Thanksgiving and A Sneak Peek

The holidays are upon us!

Thanksgiving was wonderful and we have so much to be thankful for right now! A new home, great family and friends, good (even though stressful) jobs, and a healthy pregnancy just to name a few. I enjoyed the usual this year: eating all my favorite holiday foods! It doesn't get any better than chicken and dressing and sweet potato casserole! Yummy!



Now it's time for Christmas which is my absolute favorite! I have so many things to look forward too: Journey Thru Bethlehem, our annual Cracker Barrel/Santaland trip, Christmas day, wedding anniversary and SO much more. It's the best! We are working on getting our Christmas cards designed and sent out. I had my cousin come take some pictures for us like she has done in the past. Here is a sneak peek:

It's a.................GIRL!

Looks like Maddie was right all along! She is going to have a "baby dister"!

Jaime, Maddie and I went to a place in Tyler today to have an early gender sonogram done and sure enough....it's another girl! I couldn't be happier and I think that daddy is pretty pleased himself! The experience was great and some other family members got to be there for the occasion. Meet our little girl:



Brooklyn Hope Crouse

I had calculated myself to be 16 weeks today and due around April 23rd, but Miss Brooklyn measured about 5 days larger with an estimated due date around April 18th. Either way, I can't wait for April to get here so I can hold her in my arms!

Pumpkins

As always, Jaime cleaned out and carved a pumpkin for us to be displayed! It was a lot of fun and added that special touch to our front porch. Maddie enjoyed watching her daddy transform the pumpkin into a Jack-O-Lantern and even got to "decorate" a small pumpkin all by herself!

A little pumpkin for a little girl!

Stickers and Crayons!

The Front Porch The finished product!

Back Online

Christmas came early this year!! I am so grateful too, because now I can resume blogging. We lived in pre-historic times for quite a while in our house and only owned a desktop computer. (I can hear the shock in your voice now) BUT, we finally have upgraded to a lap-top which makes all our computer use so much easier. So, after a long absence, I'm back, and all thanks to this:

And it's PINK too! How perfect. Thank you Jaime!

Well, we've moved into Fall but since it's been so long since I've posted, I actually have some Summer pictures to still post. So here are a few pictures from our last trip to a Rangers' game (who I might add, are currently playing the Yanks in post-season!)

In other news, baby #2 is on it's way and doing well. I am currently 13 weeks along and have had all great reports! I worry constantly, considering my history, but am really trying to trust that God has everything under control. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated!

Man-U Vs. MLS All-Stars

Jaime's favorite English Premier soccer team is, of course, Manchester United. For those of you that attended our wedding reception, you may even remember that his groom cake was fitting for the fan he is! His dream would be to travel to England and see Man-U play in their home stadium. However, that dream probably won't happen anytime soon. So we settled for the next best thing! Man-U came to America! They've been touring for roughly a month and recently played the MLS All-Stars at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Of course, we had tickets and Jaime was thriled to get the opportunity to see his favorite team. I, myself, am not the huge soccer fan that my husband is; however, even I realized that this event was a pretty big deal. I was sick with a stomah virus and sinus infection when we went, but I refused to lose money on the tickets and I really wanted to spend the evening with Jaime. So I put on a happy face and went along, despite feeling horrible. Im glad I did. We dropped Maddie off at Nana's house and hit the road. Man-U ended up winning, 5-2! We topped the evening off with a late dinner and then got a hotel for the night, before driving back home the following morning. Here are a few pictures of the evening: