2011 Part IV

I will finish this!
10. Sara's Bachelorette
No update on Barry's Vegas Bachelor Party b/c Boys don't take pictures...
11. Thanksgiving
12. Gender Reveal Party
13. Bara Wedding
14. Christmas

10. Sara's Bachelorette marked my first Preg-o nights out.  There were supposed to be two others there, but due to technical difficulties they were unable to make it.  Minus my issue with smoke, the weekend turned out to be Awesome and I got to participate in almost everything.

Friday night we headed out to Pour House, an old favorite.  There was a great band and fun was had by all.  Some of the single girls had picked up a group of guys before Jessica, Kelly and I got there.  We sat down and began talking to the group when we arrived.  Apparently one of the guys started asking Jessica about me, to which she replied she is married.  Sadly, this did not deter the guy... but the she is 3 months pregnant did the trick. Some people's boundaries are scary, but I must say, it did make me feel a little more confident about looking a little pudgier than normal at the bar.

Sara living it up on stage!

Paige and her new BFFs rapping country Music :)

 

The next morning we woke up at a decent hour and Kelly, Kassidy and I went for a long run.  The run through downtown and on the river made me remember everything I love about Ft. Worth.  I think I had both of them wanting to move there by the time we were done :) 

The whole group went to a late brunch at Taverna.  It was amazing.  Then we did a little Sundance Square shopping and got rested up for the evening.  Unfortunately I didn't take many pictures the second night. We had a lingerie shower, then headed to Reata Rooftop for our first round of drinks. 

After drinks we headed to Cantina Laredo where I had the best "virgin" Mango Margarita that I have had so far.  We will be going back.  The girls spent the rest of the night at Pete's and 8.0.  Pete's got a little to smokey for me, so Jill and I headed back early.  I hear the fun continued to late in the night. 

A weekend in FW is never complete without a trip to Joe T's.  Who knew the served breakfast?  Everyone got in one last cheat meal and then we headed home.  Celebrating Sara was wonderful as were all of the girls who came out to make her night special!  It is always fun when you have a great group at a bachelorette party and all get to meet up a month later for an awesome wedding! 

I hear the boys trip was just as great.  Unfortunately, they don't document like girls, so I don't have any pictures.  From what I understand the weekend was blast and Jonny had the more game than any other guy in Vegas :)

11. Thanksgiving this year was a little different.  Jenny knew traveling at Christmas was not going to be an option, so we they were trying to get family time in with both sides in one holiday.  Jill stepped up and offered to throw Ginormous Thanksgiving at her house.  She is a brave soul.  Everything turned out great. 

Jim and Judy came in town on Wednesday and were here through Saturday.  We had actual Thanksgiving on Thursday at Jill and Jarred's house with both extended families.  Usually, Thanksgiving goes to the Davis' and the Thomas' get Christmas, but since we were in town, we got to swing by my parents house too. It was nice being able to share the Holiday with both families.

Jeff, Jenny and Cam spent Wednesday through Friday at our house, which was awesome.  Friday night we got to take Cam to go see the Christmas Lights in Frisco and have dinner outside in the square.  (Unfortunately Judy was sick, so Jim and Judy stayed home)  I was impressed with the light show, and the fake snow that fell on us as we sat outside and ate.  Frisco is a fun experience.  Hopefully we will take our little one there next year!

The one thing we missed out on this year was visiting the Haugen's.  Lena and her BF Jason were in town and we had hoped to make it to Austin, but with a fully filled weekend, and having no preg-o energy, we couldn't make it happen.  Luckily we are planning on heading to NYC for my 30th and she is planning on joining us!

Speaking of NYC, we finally got to meet Andy Coelen and Lauren Meyers!  Christie and Nate were in Dallas and we all met up at Melissa and Rob's Sunday afternoon.  Check out these cute faces!  Baby Davis already has friends waiting on him to get here!

For some reason I was being my super awkward self, and didn't announce that we were expecting while we were all hanging out.  Instead, I decided to wait until we were leaving, and it was freezing cold outside, to tell Christie and Nate.  Then Tim made fun of me the whole way home.  Why do I do weird things?  Typical.

12.  The weekend after Thanksgiving Judy, Jenny and Cam came back in town for Jenny's Sprinkle. Timing worked perfectly with out sonogram, so we decided to have a Gender Reveal Party Friday night. 

We went to the Dr. Friday morning and she was able to tell the gender.  Instead of finding out there, we had the Dr. call a bakery and tell them the gender.  That night we invited family and some close friends over to find out with us.  Our friends and family were asked to wear Blue or Pink depending on weather they thought we were having a boy or a girl.  Everyone (minus 3 Aggies) showed up in blue.  We had a neutral colored cake with icing filling either blue or pink... accordingly.  Cutting into the cake was such a fun surprise.  It was special to have three of the Grandparents, family and close friend with us when we found out.

It's a BOY!

Saturday, we headed over to Jill's for Jenny's Cookies and Milk shower.  As always, Jill out did herself.  the decorations were awesome and there were so many different types of cookies.  Yum!  I think everyone is ready to meet Baby Collins!  Hope she gets here soon!

13. Bara Wedding!  It is always fun when Two of your best friends get married.  Tim and I go to a lot of weddings, and most of them are Awesome, but there is something special when you are good friends with the Bride and the Groom.  This weddings was one of those situations where Tim and I are close to Barry and Sara and couldn't be more excited for them to start their married life together!

This is the only picture I took that weekend :(  The boys were troopers while shopping! (look at the store they agreed to go in!)

The rest of these are stolen from FB...

Here is the Awesome sign we found on our Friday night FREEZING cold walk to dinner.

Barry is an awesome (to scale) map maker :)

 Saturday Shopping and Eskimo Joe's

 Saying "I Do"

Celebrating!

 

14. Christmas!!!! I can't believe I am doing my last 2011 post! (on the first day of 2012)

This Christmas started off with a bang at the Thomas house.  I got a call from my mom one morning asking if I had ever heard of the song Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer? Well... your Grandpa just ran himself over with a car.  I have always thought of Grandpa Bill ans one of the thoughest people I know, but after this incident, there is no question.

On a trip back to Abilene to visit with friends and check on his house Grandpa had a little accident.  He pulled up to his house, put the car in park (so the thought) and got out.  Apparently the car was still in reverse and immediately started to roll backwards.  The open door hit him, knocked him down, and the car ran over his right leg.

Luckily the car hit a curb across the street without wrecking.  Then, like any other 87 year old, Grandpa got up (cussing I'm sure) got in the car and went to lunch with his old law partner.  Apparently on his way out of town he thought maybe he should stop by the hospital... where he was admitted for a week.  Luckily Billy only lives about 45 min from Abilene, so he got there quickly.  There were no broken bones, but doctors were really worried about blood clots.  The pictures of his leg are pretty rough. 

Cril and Jake headed to Abilene the next day to help out while Billy went to work.  About a week later, Grandpa came back to Arlington and has been staying at Clint's house.  Jake is his chauffeur back and fourth to his daily Dr. appointments in Weatherford.  Who would have thought Weatherford would be the only place in the metroplex with the special pressurized machine he needs?  I think grandpa has enjoyed his time at Clint's, but should be heading back to Grandbury soon.

Meanwhile, my mom has been spending a lot of time in Granbury.  Granny Johnny has Alzheimer's and has to be coaxed into eating every day.  Grandpa usually spends a large portion of the day with her, but since he has been out of commission, my Mom is out there daily.  It is a job my mom excels at and compares to working with her special needs kids.  She finds different ways to trick Granny into eating, and Granny comes up with all kinds of amusing stories to tell her while she is there.  The week before Christmas she turned to my mom and told her " You sure are a good looking Guy".  I think it made my mom's day :)

The rest of our Christmas festivities were spent with extended family and exciting as usual.  Our first celebration was in Smithville with the Bedgood Family :)  It is always fun to get everyone together and see all the new babies!  I love that there are so many cousins and everyone still comes to family Christmas.  It is always great to catch up and spend a day out in the country.

We celebrated Christmas Eve at Connect Church in Arlington, and as usual, had friends and family over to my parents house after church for Mexican Dinner.  Christmas Morning we did immediate family presents then had the extended Thomas Family over and Granny Ruth.  We were missing a few people, but still had a great time!  Here is our annual Thomas Family Photo!


I can't believe I have reached the end of 2011 blogging.  2012 will start with a NYE post.  My Blogging resolution is to update at least once a week so I don't have to ever spend this much time in one week on this thing again.  I love having a 'scrapbook' but it is definitely time consuming! 

I hope everyone reading this had an awesome Holiday Season and end to 2011.  Here is to 2012 being even better!

<3
Christina