Christmas 2009

This is a long overdue post. I have not posted any Christmas pictures and figured I'd post them all at once. There are a million pictures!

Mom, dad, Matt and I went to Fantasy in Lights at Callaway Gardens over Thanksgiving. We had a great time, albeit cold! This is me and Matt in the little village before going out and braving the cold.

Mom and dad Pulver in the Christmas Village

Our holiday schedule rotates every year. This year we spent the 23rd, 24th and morning of the 25th at the Hendrix's house in Aiken. The Aiken time started with game night at the Parks house...it definitely was a spirited crowd when it came to Catch Phrase.

Dad Hendrix opening his knife we gave him. We laughed at the picture because it looks like a violent Christmas day :)

Not sure why I posted this, but Justin apparently found something interesting on his blackberry. My guess is he and Matt were playing sports trivia.

Ahhh, the problem we have with the dogs....Sophie (the Hendrix Dog) and Hogan don't necessarily get along. This visit went much smoother but they aren't exactly the best of buds now.

I got a precious night light for the baby! Can't wait to put it in Chase's room!

Midmorning on the 25th we made the trip to LaGrange. Usually this is a dreadful trip because I-20 is so incredibly boring, but we had fun! Hogan slept the whole time and Matt and I enjoyed talking. We opened presents and such on Christmas night but saved all the delicious eating for Saturday.

Mom and Dad Pulver had a stocking made for Chase...how cute!!!

Matthew and Leslie's stockings

Our presents from Leslie and Matthew! They did such a good job and we LOVE all the gifts for Chase! They also gave us a precious blue bag...I think they had spy cameras on us because as we were packing, I told Matt that we have to invest in some blue bags since I will clearly be outnumbered in this house in February!

Mom and dad know I love to curl up in a blanket and gave me a Snuggie...one of the best presents ever!

You know you are old when you are excited about getting a ladder for Christmas :)

Matthew and Leslie gave mom a songbook for the baby...

Mom and her new digital picture frame!

Matthew and Leslie opening their map of NYC. They didn't know yet that their gift was a trip to New York City!!

Leslie was sweet and showed excitement for the used New York mug mom and dad gave her. Again, she didn't know what the real present was...Off to NYC they go!!

Pregnancy Update

Figured I should give you an update on the pregnancy...not that there is anything really new to report. I've now started to go to the doctor every 2 weeks so that means we are getting closer! Hard to believe Chase will be here in only 9 weeks (well, 9 weeks according to the doctor). My blood pressure and weight gain is great (only time weight gain is good :) ) and Chase's heartbeat is nice and strong. He weighs about 3.5 pounds and is about 16 inches long!

These past few weeks have been incredibly busy and stressful around here. I found out about 15 days ago that we had to be out of our office at work because the landlord was renting the building out to other people...thanks for the warning! He said we had to be out by December 29th and none of us had a place to go. So, Matt and I worked diligently to get my office moved to the house. This is nice because I can work in my pajamas some days :) but will have to be disciplined. In all this mess, we decided to move my office to the room downstairs and move the nursery to what was the office. And cleaning out the old office was a task! So many trips to the dump! And I have discovered what a hoarder I am...though I have turned over a new leaf and am now throwing everything away.

SO....now we are ready to get started painting the nursery and put everything in it. We still have to get a dresser and a rocking chair but hopefully we'll have those soon!

Pictures to come!!

BABY HAS A NAME!!!!

We have finally named Baby Hendrix!! We have had the name for a while but wanted to explore all options. Matt and I wanted to use family names and had to make sure that if we had more boys, we had more family names available :)

Drum roll, please.......

Baby Hendrix's name is Charles Bryant Hendrix and he will go by CHASE!!

My grandfather Pulver and greatgrandfather Pulver were both Charles and Matt's maternal grandmother's maiden name is Bryant. Funny enough, we both have Charles and Bryant as cousins.

We cannot wait for you all to meet sweet Chase and he cannot wait to meet you!!!!