a few updates

Life has been so sweetly full these past few weeks!!

We had such a wonderful trip down to Georgia for Thanksgiving, the Taft Christmas, and Liz's wedding; what a precious, precious time it was! The wedding was gorgeous, Thanksgiving was precious, seeing Danny and Bridget and meeting Jackson was such a privilege, and spending time with the Meades was just so special.

 (the gorgeous bride)

(all the Meades)

 (getting together with our dear, dear friends Danny and Bridget)

(and we got to meet D and B's son, Jackson, which was so special!)

Then we had Andrew's birthday on Dec. 5th, his special birthday date on the 7th, my cardiologist appointment on the 10th I believe, the Weston Family Christmas Retreat this past weekend from the 13th-15th, my birthday on the 17th, my echo-cardiogram is tomorrow on the 19th, my special birthday date is on the 21st, then Christmas!! Whew!! What a precious, precious month this has been!

But let me back up a few days... Andrew's birthday. Super, super fun! I had such a blast celebrating him, his life, and honoring the amazing man that he is. And of the 3 of us, Jasper was the most excited for Andrew's birthday (and that's saying a lot, because I was pretty super excited myself). He kept spinning in circles all day, yelling, "HAPPY BIRDAY DADDAAAAAA!!!!" at the top of his lungs, even though Andrew was at work. It was so incredibly precious!!!

(andrew's ice cream cake)

Andrew's special birthday date included free babysitting from our dear friends, the Clausons, while Andrew and I chowed down at Rodizio, a Brazilian Steakhouse, and watched the Bucks play the Big 10 Championship (which did not go well for the good ole buckeyes... sniff sniff).

Next up- my cardiologist appointment. You all have been so, so incredibly sweet to send texts, emails, etc about this appointment. A sum up- the EKG looked great with no problems, which is a huge praise. The doctor thinks based on my symptoms and family history that I'm having heart palpitations due to either an electrical or structural short circuit in my heart. So tomorrow I go in for an echo-cardiogram to check out the structure of my heart and I'm currently wearing a heart monitor for 30 days to record the electrical functions of my heart. Hopefully it the doc will quickly find the prob and be able to fix it easily!

Weston Family Christmas Retreat- It can be summed up in one word= amazing! My parents rented out an entire Bed and Breakfast just for our immediate family and we all had the wonderful privilege of staying there, together, from Fri afternoon- Sunday noonish. It was such a blast and such a special treat! I especially loved watching Jasper play and interact with his cousins, aunts, and uncles and I loved the fact that no one had to leave. We all just got to stay and hang out and enjoy each others' company for an extended period of time.

(our b&b)

(all the Weston cousins)

(playing with his new excavator in the bubbles)

 (jasper had the world's most bubbly bubble bath, much to his delight)

(A lil' bit of christmas lovin')

 (all the Westons)

My birthday... oh. my. goodness. Between my family having a party for me at our "Christmas Retreat" this last weekend and Andrew, I am completely spoiled! Andrew obviously had to work on my birthday, but he did so much behind-the-scenes work to ensure that every moment of my day was special. It was incredible. I had special meals, special decorations, a gourmet delivery by a real delivery man, Andrew lined up a babysitter to watch Jasper so I could go to Starbucks by myself for the afternoon, Andrew got my favorite special meal for dinner (Potato Ranch pizza from Romeos) and made me a homemade birthday cake, etc. It was just the most glorious day ever! And to top it off, Jasper was just SO excited the whole day and kept spinning in circles, yelling, "HAPPY BIRDAY MOMMA!!!!" the whole time! :o)

 (Jasper and I got cake pops from Starbucks on my birthday to celebrate)

 (my edible arrangement that Andrew had delivered to me!)

(my ho-ho cake!!)

Tomorrow's the echo, Sat's my special birthday date, Tue's Christmas eve, Wed's Christmas, then we have nothing on the schedule until little ninja baby decides to make his appearance. :o) Either at or before thur, Jan. 30th. We are just so blessed by the Lord with all the amazing family, friends, and gifts He's given us and we're just havin' the time of our lives!