There's more than 1 way to celebrate a New Moon!!!!

We arrived 45 minutes before the theater opened to find an empty parking lot.

No one else in Irving, Texas was as eager as Lex & I (by Lex & I,I mean me!) were Friday morning. I guess all the real fans saw it at midnight. We didn't want to hang out in the car for 45 mins. so we ran to Barnes & Nobles to kill some time.

I bought tickets almost exactly 1 month before opening day

2 hours later...we left the theater again...still had plenty of time to kill

& no line to wait in.

I invited Lindsey to come see the movie with us.

I'm still trying to make up time with Linds. after 2 years of not seeing her!

I brought my Official Illustrated Movie Companion to read

while we waited.....and waited....and waited :)

And yes, I'm wearing a New Moon t-shirt.

Gotta go all out for these things.

New baby Moon

After we watched the movie & loved it we went to the hospital. There we got to celebrate the real New Moon, Mr. Liam Moon. A sweet baby boy born on Thursday at 2:08. This 6lb.14 oz. bundle of joy couldn't have come at a more perfect time.

He was born on our anniversary & Laura called me as we were driving to Dallas to say he'd arrived. So that meant we'd get to see them in the hospital!

Congrats Laura & Allen!

Liam, I'm so glad that we got to meet you!!!! You are adorable!

Yay for a weekend full of New Moons. The end.

I heart my husband

Lex & I just got back from a weekend anniversary celebration. We celebrated 4 years last Thursday!!!!! We went to Dallas & stayed at the Omni Mandalay hotel in Las Colinas. And by we I mean no Annerson. She stayed in Lubbock with Meems & Potsy (Lex's parents). She did great. We did great. It was definitely hard being away from her. We missed her every day but enjoyed the break and chance to focus on each other. It had been almost 15 months since it had been just the 2 of us so we were way overdue for a weekend alone. We got back late last night & went straight to Annerson's bedroom to gaze upon her cute little sleeping body. I feel like she's grown just in the 3 days we were gone. Crazy!

I'll get some pics from our weekend up later. I still have to unpack, do laundry, and all that fun post trip stuff.

Hope your weekend was fun! Bye for now!

I thought she couldn't get any better

Oh my goodness! We just got pictures back that we had made in October. To say that I am happy with the way these pics turned out is a HUGE understatement. They were supposed to be Annerson's 1 year pics but we kinda turned them into one big family shoot instead. All 3 of us were trying to get over a cold & felt pretty yucky that day so I was very unsure how these pics would turn out. Knowing Lezlie, I'm not sure why I was at all worried :)

Lezlie you did an amazing job. We had a blast with you as usual. I couldn't be happier with the pictures.

I can only post this one on my blog, but click here to see some more of them

Other sessions we've done with Lezlie:

maternity

newborn

7 month pics

Lezlie will be coming to Lubbock to shoot maternity pictures for us sometime at the beginning of the 2010. If you are interested in hiring her let me know and we can set up a time where she can do your session when she's in town for ours. She's amazing as you can see. Check out her website for more information.

Getting Bigger

Everyone in this house (except Lex) is getting bigger. I'm 17.5 weeks along in pregnancy #2 and finally feeling able to really enjoy the excitement of it all. Baby is getting bigger therefore I am getting bigger. Annerson is definitely getting bigger. She has turned into a cutie pie toddler. She is talking up a storm and exploring her boundaries left and right. Even our cat is bigger because of all his crazy fur he's storing up for the winter!

BY THE WAY

I have a few prayer requests I need to post about.

Please keep praying for John Means. He's a former 9:30 student who is fighting very serious lymphoma.

Keep my sister-in-law Steffany in your prayers. She is still struggling to get healthy from pericarditis. You can read the latest update & leave her words of encouragement on her blog.

Lastly, Joel's best friend Paul Gartland died unexpectedly yesterday. He most likely had a heart attack in his sleep. Please pray for God's hand to move among those involved. Please pray for Joel, my pseudo dad, who just lost his best friend in the world & that the Lord will draw him near to the grace & peace of the cross through this. Lex & I will be traveling to Austin this weekend once funeral details are in order. Sorry, no link for Joel BUT you can leave words of encouragement or prayers on my blog & I'll be sure to pass them onto Joel.