Christmas Week and NYE

Andy and I got to spend the entire week between Christmas and New Year's in Illinois visiting friends and family. I'm so glad that I felt well enough to make the trip, as it would of been a pretty boring week in Virginia otherwise. Surprisingly the long car ride didn't bother me as much as I thought it would. We got into Herscher late on the 23rd and stayed there until Christmas afternoon. We had the usual Christmas Eve party at my parents house and then headed to my Aunt and Uncle's for Christmas Day. Andy picked up all sorts of advice from my cousin Liz and her husband who have a 2 month old named Frankie...he is adorable!! Later Christmas day we headed down to Springfield for Andy's family Christmas. I headed back up to Herscher the day after Christmas while Andy stayed in Springfield for 2 days to go hunting and catch up with a few more friends and family.

Weds Andy came up to Herscher so we could head up to Chicago to visit some of my girlfriend's from college. Molly, Megan and Andrea threw Katie and I a joint shower, which was so fun!! Katie and I are due exactly a month apart, so it was fun comparing bellies! It was so great catching up with all my college roomies and best girl friends. Since we were in the city Ashley was able to come too, which was great.

For the rest of the week, Andy and I just hung out in Herscher. New Years Eve we had a nice dinner with my parents, Grandpa and brother and his fiance Dana. I think we made it all the way until 10:30...a good record for us on NYE!!

New Years day we headed back to Virginia. The ride home was a bit more uncomfortable than the trip out, but we made it. It was so nice having the entire week off and getting to spend the time with our friends and family in Illinois.

We are both looking forward to a great 2011 and finally getting to meet our little girl in about 5 weeks!!!