Cruising right along and loving every minute of this wonderful life! We had a great thanksgiving! We are so blessed to live in the same area with my family and most of Kerry's family. We ate Thanksgiving lunch with my family at my Pa and Mema's house. It was a particularly sweet day spent with my family enjoying all the foods my Mema has prepared for us for as long as I can remember. I enjoyed my time with them watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade as we always do and then searching through the sale ads and mapping out our shopping route for Black Friday. It was a perfect day except we all still feel a HUGE void anytime we are together and my sister isn't present. Malena was and will always be a very big part of my family. We all miss her terribly and Thanksgiving was particularly difficult as it fell on what would have been her 34th birthday. I know there was a huge celebration in heaven but selfishly we all wish she were here celebrating with us on earth. My family is not the same without her and I know we all wonder how much more precious things would be if she were here. However, we do cherish our time together and are so grateful for all our other blessings. Thanksgiving evening we watched the first half of the Cowboy game with my grandfather and then went to Kerry's parents house to watch the rest of the game and have supper with his family. It was a wonderful day spent with both of our families. Mom and I carried on our Black Friday tradition and shopped til we almost dropped. It was a wonderful time and we got lots accomplished. We both enjoyed it immensely. The rest of the weekend I spent decorating our home for Christmas. Bree enjoyed all the decorating and wanted to put her special touch on the pink and white tree in her room. All the decorations are sparkling, we have all our shopping done and the presents are all wrapped and under the tree. I just love Christmas!! Being so on top of the game this year is nice, I just hope I haven't forgotten anything. I kicked off the holiday party season last weekend with my first party being in Forney at Jennifer's house. It was our annual "Girls" party with my girlfriends that I grew up with and went to school with. We have been having that party since we were freshmen in high school and every year we continue the tradition with a sleep over and lots of catching up and laughter. It was a great party and as usual great seeing everyone. I am so blessed that God placed these amazing women and friends into my life. They are all life long friends that I treasure more than anyone knows. I am 5 weeks away from my due date and so anxious to meet this precious baby boy. I have had 2 amazing showers in the past few weeks. One given by my dear girl friends and another by my awesome co-workers at the hospital. I have been showered with so many wonderful gifts and feel very prepared to welcome Aydan into this world. These next few weeks will fly by I know and Aydan will be here soon. I am diligently praying for a safe delivery and a healthy baby boy. Please feel free to join me in my prayer. Hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas season and remembering what the real reason for the season is all about. XOXOX & love to all!!