Christ-is-Lord: December 2007

Well, the day after Thanksgiving is the annual UT vs. A&M football game. Chris is a die hard UT fan, and I am partial to A&M, mainly b/c my brother went there, but also I love their traditions and their conservative views. Ever since John was born and we began receiving gifts for him from both sides of the family, I had this day planned out. He was going to where his A&M onesie with his UT socks & pacifier. He also has a UT bib, but Pappy has it so he wore a football bib. Daddy wore his UT shirt, & I wore my A&M shirt. We got to watch the game on a BIG screen. Uncle Dave has a projector so the game was up close and personal. As my sister commented when watching the Spurs play on it, "you are close enough to see their sweat and their pimples." It was a great game. All season long, as I watched UT play (yep I do watch their games!) I knew that there was a good possibility that they would lose to A&M. They just didn't have the power they used to under my favorite quarterback, Vince Young! Granted they were a great 4th quarter come from behind team, so I wasn't sure. But, unfortunately for daddy, (especially as it was his birthday), UT lost. I actually felt bad, b/c he wasn't having the greatest of birthdays as it was. With the moving and all we didn't really have a chance to give him his special day, and then his team loses.

John as he's getting ready for the game

During halftime we tried to take pictures of the three of us in our house divided getup. We realized it is very hard to pose a 4 month old! The first one (the one where we were all looking good) we missed the socks. The second one daddy is holding the binky in John's mouth as he didn't want it and is trying to squirm away! Third one, John shot the binky out right as the picture snapped, and the last one, he decides not to look! :O)

John playing with Uncle Dave & Aunt Sarah. They are so good with kids. We think they should have one soon! ;o)

Giving Daddy his gifts:

John decided to chew on the gift he gave daddy!

He actually "handed" the gift to Chris!

Well, this Thanksgiving would have been almost perfect if we weren't distracted by packing to move, and what was going on with our house. We had hopes that we could move over Thanksgiving as Chris had a four day, and my folks were in town to help, but no such luck. The inspection on our house came back the Tuesday before Thanksgiving indicating that some things needed fixing prior to closing. We didn't hear back from the sellers until the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday that they were going to fix them.
I look back and I'm not at all upset that we weren't able to move (I thought I might have been). I realize that we wouldn't have been able to have the Thanksgiving we did, if we were moving that weekend. We wouldn't have been able to be hospitable to Chris's classmates who weren't able to go home. My sister wouldn't have been able to cook her first Thanksgiving dinner and use her new table! We wouldn't have gotten to talk to our friend who is in Iraq via teleconference. Granted there were some things that we could have done without. The one hour(no lie) traffic standstill in Austin, where "some crazy person decided to shut down I-35 on Thanksgiving Day" (Chris's words!) It took us 1 hour to go 3 miles, and it would have taken even longer if we hadn't exited at the next available exit. And of course the sign indicating the highway would be closed was right at the last exit you could take for 3 miles, and you couldn't read the message all at once. You had to wait for it to blink through each line. People started making their own lanes. Instead of 3 lanes of traffic there were 5 as people used both shoulders as lanes. It was craziness. Thankfully John was good most of the way!
We went to Georgetown to have Thanksgiving lunch with the Kelley side of the family. It was a lot of fun. Everyone really loved on each other. Cameron and Shelby loved little John and each fought for turns holding him or playing with him! Plus, even though the traffic in Austin was horrendous, we weren't late!!! Always a plus when I'm in the picture!
Then right close to the beginning of the Cowboys game (how Chris tells time!! :o) ) we left and drove back to San Antonio to my sisters house. She looked radiant. I meant to get a picture of her in her cute little apron with a serving spoon in hand, but I missed the opportunity. You could definitely tell she was made to be hospitable. Just like her mommy! She had put together quite the spread! Not only were there any kind of appetizers you could think of, but there was plenty of food. Enough to cover a pool table (which by the way is their "new" dining room table)! Three of Chris's classmates joined us in addition to one of our soldiers from Bible Study, plus Dave's & my parents. It was a very memorable Thanksgiving. The only thing that I missed was sitting around playing games all afternoons. Maybe next year!
Here are some pictures from the day: