Tis The Season

Friday was my last day of work this year! Yay! Jason has to work a few days this week and then he's off too.

Saturday night we went to our annual Stooksbury Christmas party. As always, we ate great food, played dirty Santa, competed in cut-throat Cranium (Go Girls!), and had tons of fun.
Andrew, Jason, Jason, Kenny and John Curtis. I'm just happy they behaved for at least one picture.

The girls: Angelina, Brooke, Me, Sarah and Kim. Note to self, the red and white horizontal strips definitely make me look way pregnant.

The three moms-to-be. Kim is due in March, me in April and Sarah in July! Our next Christmas party is sure to be different and I can't wait.

I bought Chester a new toy this week, a squirrel. It's his first new toy in four years. He loves it. Even though I've been a little under the weather this weekend, these boys take good care of me and keep me entertained. Only five days until Christmas!

Booty-Do

I learned a new term this week from my basketball team. One of the girls told me before practice that I had a "booty-do." After the team regained composure from their hysterical laughter, they explained to me that my belly looks bigger than my "booty-do." What will they think of next?

In case you haven't heard, Monday Jason and I found out that we're having a boy! John Thomas Kirkpatrick. He is developing right on schedule and he even weighs above average for his age (6.5 inches long and 12 oz.). I feel him moving much more often now and love every second of it.
These are his little baby feet. It also happens to be my favorite picture so far.I decided to use some discretion and spare you the "winkie" shot. Here, although he looks like an alien, he is looking right at the camera and has is hand on his face. I hope he's not bored already.

Friday, after our much needed victory, we met my parents out for dinner. It was an unplanned and pleasant surprise. Saturday, I stayed around the house all day and it was wonderful. I was able to tidy up, wrap presents, spend time with the family and get some much needed rest. Jason and I also made our first major baby purchases, a crib and the baby bedding.

As you can gauge from the photo, Chester is starting to feel normal again. Although I'm not sure what's normal about a 70 pound lap dog.

Baby On Board

I had such a fun weekend! I finally got to take my maiden voyage on the annual girl's Atlanta shopping trip. Every year in early December my group of girl friends go on a shopping extravaganza to most of the outlets and malls in and around the Atlanta metropolitan area. I finished nearly all of my Christmas shopping in less than 12 hours. Besides spending time with some of my favorite ladies, we got to stay in one of the swankiest lofts on Peachtree.
From left to right: Kim, Brooke, Sarah, Angelina, and Me. This picture was taken by the concierge in the Park Place lobby (where we stayed). Most of us definitely felt like fish out of water walking into this place, but it was super cool of Brooke's uncle to let us crash at his place.
All the common space was done with marble floors and almost every room had a complete view of the Atlanta skyline. This is what Atlanta looks like from the 25th floor.Even the toilet paper holder was fancy!

This morning we headed to Buckhead Church. It was a really cool experience. No kidding, I felt like I was at a concert or something. Besides the great music, the message was challenging. It always amazes me when pastors take a typically overlooked biblical phrase and turn it into a thoughtful, even provocative lesson. The video of this morning's message hasn't been posted yet, but let me encourage you to check out their website and look for today's message later on this week. http://www.buckheadchurch.org/

As promised, here is my baby bump. I will be 20 weeks on Tuesday. Halfway there--yay! Jason and I go to the doctor tomorrow morning to find out if Baby KP is going to be a momma's boy or a daddy's girl. We can't wait and we'll keep you "posted!"