the spirit of aggieland...

on sunday we got back to our old stomping grounds (and possibly annabel's in about 18 years). after breakfast in houston we loaded up the car and drove the two hours to good ole college station, home of the fightin' texas aggies. whoop! in addition to introducing annabel to texas a&m, we had a full schedule of friends and family members to visit. first on the list was aunt kim. this was the first time that they had met each other and they immediately hit it off. annabel was talking about her car ride and kim was remembering all her notes from the early childhood development class she took and placing annabel on the timeline of growth. it was fun. after all the introductions were made we headed over to get some tasty texas barbeque. a few plates of brisket, sausage, green beans and cornbread later we were stuffed to the max. so we said our goodbyes and went to go meet up with cheryl's old boss and his family. it was good to see him and catch up on what's been going on around town. cheryl is godmother to their oldest boy and its good to see him every now and then. he grows so dadgum fast that i feel like if you don't it would get real tough to recognize him at all. but we couldn't stay too long because their house was about to become bunco central and there was still lots to do to prepare. so again we said our goodbyes and headed out. next was the speedy britches reunion and christmas party. this was the name of our city league softball team from a few years back and a great group of people. its always tons of fun to get together and our christmas parties are a blast. annabel was getting a bit cranky about the time we arrived but she took a short nap, ate dinner and then was a huge hit making her rounds. after dinner we had our yankee swap gift exchange. snuggies, coconut bras, nerf guns and softballs were just some of the gifts this year. we wrapped up the night talking babies with the newly expectant kristin and dirac. it was a fun night with good friends.
monday morning we were able to sleep in a little bit before meeting aunt kim for breakfast. next we made a trip to hearne to see all of cheryl's old coworkers and townie friends. last stop of the trip was to st. mary's catholic center where i used to work. we got to see my old boss, angie, lucy, mike, glenn and another friend, kimmy. after some catching up and oogling the baby, we piled back in the car and returned to houston. all in all it was a super busy two days (and there were even some more people who we wanted to see but just couldn't work it in) but totally worth it to see old friends and show off our new little baby. thanks and gig 'em!