Thankfulness

I love this season!! It's so wonderful to stop and thank God for all of his blessings. Here are just a few things that I have to be thankful for:

1) My relationship with Jesus Christ. We had a 40 days of prayer at church and we were supposed to give up something during that time to pray. I gave up all music except for Christian music. Whoa, that was hard! I worked out at the gym to only christian music and listened to only the christian radio station in the car. They honestly can play some good songs, but sometimes the songs are awful! That's when I just turned off the radio and prayed. Wow, it's been a great experience.

2) My amazing husband Matt! He is so giving, helpful, loving, caring, and fun! He's my best friend!

3) This wonderful little boy growing in my belly! I can't wait to meet him!!! He's very active already and responds to Matt's voice!

4) My mom! She's so helpful and giving! I'm so excited to go home tomorrow and see her!

5) Matt's parents! They have been so giving and hands on. They've been in town with us this past weekend. We've had so much fun! Pam took me shopping for maternity clothes yesterday! We had a great time. We always have so much fun with Bill and Pam. It wouldn't be a "normal" trip for them if we didn't go to the Fish Mongers! We went there Sunday night and Monday night.

6) Our brothers and sisters. Matt and I are blessed with such a wonderful family! We love you all - Mark, Whitney, Mike, Rusty, Trina, Mike, Cindy, Andy, and Elizabeth!

7) Our friends! We are so fortunate to have so many wonderful friends here in Dallas and all over!

Hope everyone has a fabulous Thanksgiving!!! Eat up!

Names for baby Franks

Ahhh, I'm so upset! Matt and I can not pick out a name for this little boy! We will both love one and then usually Matt will say he doesn't like it anymore! I'm getting so frustrated. I just want to call him something other than baby F. We are definitely using Dale as a middle name. This was my dad's name. By the way, today is my dad's birthday. He would have been 77 years old. Sad. Anyways, his name is ???? Dale Franks. Please email if you have any suggestions. We would love them!

On another note, lots has been going on. We finally got moved in. Here's a lovely before picture. I was exhausted! Poor Captain, he was pretty tired too! He now has triple the amount of space to run in! It's going to be great! We're having a funny problem with Captain. He won't just go in the backyard and go to the bathroom. The only way that I got him to go last night was if I put a leash on him and took him in the backyard. He's so used to having a leash. It's kind of funny!

Here's a picture of the baby's room before. I love these before pictures because you can actually compare your hard work! Stay tuned for the final product some day soon! We're putting a queen size bed in his room so I can sleep in there some while Matt is out of town. Also, the fact that his room is 17'x16' might have something to do with it. Aesthetically, a crib would be swallowed in a room that big by itself. If I had tons of money, I would create a baby suite like they did on Father of the Bride II. Oh well! We'll work with what we have!

Here's the picture of me at 22 weeks pregnant! This is flying by so fast!!! He's definitely growing!!! With or without a name, this boy is going to be here before we know it!