I can hardly believe it is 2011!!!! We spent the last two weeks traveling and spending times with friends and family. What a blessing!!! However we had very limited internet access! I'm getting caught up now- on your blogs and on our end, too! Here's a snapshot of our itinerary.
Day 1: Part one of our drive home to Texas. Drove 6 hours and stopped to visit Barbie! WHAT A JOY to meet Barbie, ALANA and her wonderful husband!!! Barbie is even sweeter and more beautiful than appears on the blog- and Alana...well I really could eat her with a spoon! She is absolutely precious! It was adorable to see the babes staring at each other and Alana reaching for Abigail's hand! And my husband really enjoyed Barbie's husband! I love it when all four people get along! Too bad we're not closer, Barbie!!!
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| Hopefully I will be able to reveal her beautiful face SOON!!!! |
Day 2: Part two of our drive home- another ten hours in the car. The first day of driving was hard, but Abigail did MUCH better day 2. YEA!
Days 3 and 4- relaxed!
Day 5- drove 45 minutes each way for dinner with friends! SO sad but we both forgot our cameras and the iPhone picture just didn't turn out at all.
Day 6- drove 45 minutes each way for lunch with a friend!
Day 7- Every year I make a *fancy* dinner for my immediate family. We dined on prime rib with a roasted shallot port-reduction sauce, potato-bacon cake complete with Gruyère, Yorkshire pudding, spinach salad with a poppyseed vinaigrette, and molten chocolate cakes for desert!
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| This is actually my Mom and me at last year's dinner! But it's pretty much the same thing! |
Day 8- Christmas eve Mass! I cried and cried- rejoicing in our baby girl, remembering all the pasts Christmases I longed for her, and praying for all my blogging friends!
Day 9- CHRISTMAS!
Day 10- ABIGAIL'S BAPTISM!!!!! More on this coming soon!
Day 11- Drove 2.5 hours to Oklahoma to visit friends.
Day 12- drove back!
Day 15- Tearful goodbyes as we headed home. We drove 6 hours and spent New Year's Eve with two of my best college friends and their families.
Day 16- HOME at last! Another ten hours in the car and we have made a road warrior out of Abigail!
In other news-
TPR- termination of parental rights is scheduled for WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5!!!!! Of course, the date can always change at the last minute, but we've been counting down the days. This will be a huge sigh of relief! And I'm hoping to be able to post pictures after this! Please pray that all will go as anticipated on Wednesday!
18 comments:
Looks like y'all had fun! Praying about Wednesday...
Love you.
Oh I am so praying about Wednesday! I'm anxious to see this precious one. SO happy to hear you had such a great holiday with your friends and family. Loved those pictures too!
What a road trip!
I said the same thing about Barbie when I met her.
We'll be praying for you this week. I can't wait to see pictures of A!
Wednesday! Woo Hoo!!
I'll keep praying :)
Wow, you were busy! And what a feast you made! Molten chocolate cake, can I please have the recipe! Yummy!
Praying Jan. 5th is THE day and we get to see that beautiful baby!
Welcome home! That IS a lot of driving! Glad you are home safe and sound.
Wednesday! That's the DAY AFTER TOMORROW!!! (Doing a subdued happy dance which will break into unrestrained full-on Broadway-style high kicks when we get the good news!)
Whoa!!!! That is a lot of driving!! You have my undying admiration! And, may I please be considered "immediate family" so that I can have some of that fancy dinner????? I will make sure a bubble boy marries Abigail!!
WEDNESDAY???!!!!!!!! Oh, I am soooooooooooo excited for you!!!!!!!!!!! A dream come true! Praying!!!!
What a trooper! You guys made it! WOW, I am totally impressed.
Now, you know you can go anywhere...weekend road trips, etc.
WEDNESDAY, YEAH!!
Congratulations!!! Wednesday is going to be an exciting day :).
That dinner sounds lovely. So glad your trip went well!
Praise God! I remember following your journey this summer, with Caedan and of course then Abigail. It seems like ages ago. Prayers for your family and for her birth family during this important week.
I can't wait for Wednesday!! You better post the second it happens!!!!
I have been wondering about where you've been! Hahaha! Enjoying life, food and sacraments I see! So sweet Lauren, it just brings tears to my eyes...January 5th, prayers indeed!
WOW! That is tomorrow! I will be praying so much for all involved in this next step toward Abigail being your forever daughter!!
I loved this post! Looks like you had a wonderful Christmas! I love seeing Blogger meet ups! If you are ever in a certain city, in the Midwest, you can meet Beth, Jenny, Julie, and Me all at the same time! :)
p.s. praying my heart out for Wed!!!!!!!
Oooh welcome back! And the 5th is TOMORROW! I pray all goes smoothly, and I hope to see pics of your sweet baby girl soon! And I am so impressed at all your travels with a tiny one!
Hold the phone here! You were in OKlahoma? Hello? We could have had a cool blogger meet up. Let me know next time, please? I want to see that baby's face!
You should go back and repost the pic of you with Barbie and Alana, showing Abigail's face this time!
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