November 19

Well, we had a big busy fun day planned for today. First, it was Aaron’s last t-ball game of his season.

The highlight was the trophy ceremony after the game. SO darn cute. The coach got a trophy for each player with their name on it and Aaron was just so proud. He carried that daggone thing around for days.

Here’s Aaron with his coaches. They were great guys.

This was so fun to watch, and we are really pleased with how the season turned out. There were some parts that were pretty challenging for him, but he learned a lot, and being part of a group like this is something we really want him to have experiences with.

Ashley and I left straight from the field to go to a baby lunch that Neecers hosted to celebrate the upcoming arrival of our sweet girl.

The flash made some of the details hard to see, but we got this sweet little cable knit sweater from our friend Angie.

and this beautiful blanket made by our friend Vanessa’s mom. It is so cushy and soft!

 

And this adorable Rams cheerleader outfit from Cari. This gift was obviously a hit with Chris too :)

and…who doesn’t love a pair of butterfly bottom pants? This set was from Neecers.

Now, looking at these pictures is so hard. I wish our baby girl was wearing these clothes now. The person you see opening these gifts and smiling seems like a completely different person than the one typing this post, in fact that day seems like a whole different lifetime. Even so, like I said in an earlier post, I don’t want to erase these happy memories just because of the pain I feel now. In fact, I want to get to the point where I can have the happy memories right alongside the pain. That could be years from now, but I’m trying.

When Ashley and I got home from the baby lunch, Chris and Courtney were hard at work building a new apparatus for our Christmas Village. Our furniture has changed a bit since last year, and there is a different couch in the place where the village goes, and we saw right away when we took out the supplies that it wouldn’t work the same way with the different couch. So Chris hatched an idea and got to work on it, and it is awesome!