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This week has flown by! It was jammed packed with stuff and every day felt like we were on a special mission to get it all done in time. But we did and it was a great week. Some highlights were the Pilgrim Stew at school for the kids on Tuesday night. During class the kids got to go down to the kitchen and pour in the cans and then that night all the families got to come and enjoy the stew. It was so fun and lots of eating took place. It was much nicer than a huge feast and more relaxed for all involved as well. Gracelyn kept asking when we were going to the soup party!

Wednesday night we got to decorate the church for CHRISTMAS!!!! I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!! I do like to give each holiday it's own time and Thanksgiving ranks right up there with Christmas but it was a special time to be with friends and get to decorate. The new tree that was bought for the foyer was beautiful and HUGE. Now my mission is to find an ornament that represents our family somehow to hang on it.

At my OB appointment this week my doctor reviewed all the results of the tests and ultrasounds to say that things are just perfect. WHEW! It was a huge relief and she did go on to say that Dr. Urban (my internist) wants to do some kind of study/scan/test on my head to determine the source of the headaches if we can. The medication that was prescribed does work but from what I can tell he wanted to do something more to see if we can understand it all better. There is a list of tests that can be done starting with something that is the least evasive and then working your way up the ladder that would end with at CT SCAN if necessary. I feel confident that after the first test we won't find anything and it will be all over. But it is nice to know he has a plan.

Cameron is out of town, actually on his way back home by now, but he is helping to bring Kassie and Bella to Amarillo! After getting things squared away down at Fort Hood they are ready to come to the panhandle for a year. We are ready for them to be here. Gracelyn can't understand why Nana-B isn't around. No matter how you tell her she thinks that Nana-B moved to be with Bella. Is there some jealously going on? Watch out Bella! Just kidding. She is anxious for them to all get here permanently! Cameron left Friday morning and last night Gracelyn asked if she could sleep on daddy's side of the bed. Sure~why not. She promised to keep on her side. Hmmm.. Has she heard me say that before?? Does she know that I like my space during the night? It was nice to feel her up against my back because I can guarantee you she did not stay on her side!


Another tidbit of information is that we are adding another name to the list of possibilities! I thought we were done but oh no!! Cameron has to throw in Samuel and say that from the very beginning he has really liked it. I have too but we came up with so many other names I thought it got moved off the list. So Samuel Baker is listed with Jace and Mason. Samuel is Cameron's grandfather's name. We are huge into family names and try to incorporate either the first or middle name of a family member into the name. Gracelyn's middle name Mae is actually Cameron's great-grandmother's name and my mother's maiden name (May). Cannon David is using the initials CDM like Cameron and Charlie (Cam's dad) with David being both their middle names. My family does not provide very many opportunities for boy names. To list a few~Leon, Irving, Walter, Harvey, my grandfather's name was just the initials I.W. because the real names were so bad. SERIOUSLY! So you see where using my maiden name comes into play which we do love! After a high five we thought we decided to name this little guy Samuel Baker. I was done. Ready to tell the world, but then Cameron comes home after a pretty hectic day and as he is talking to my belly he calls him Mason. HUH? What? What did you say? Oh good grief! People may think it is me that is gun shy of naming this baby but I want it to go down in blog history that CAMERON is the one who cannot make up his mind! So to my sweet baby in my tummy. You had a name for a very brief 12 hours. Then daddy came and decided he just didn't know for sure! I do promise that you will have a name when you are born though. Until then I also promise that it is not me who is pushing on you all the time. It is big brother Cannon. I will point him out when you get here. I know that sibling rivalry starts early but give him a break he doesn't know how his little world is about to rocked!

I signed mom and dad up for making a turkey and dressing for the church holiday meal tomorrow. When you want good dressing you go to the source right? Well my grandma May made the BEST dressing ever and for years mom would watch her and ask her how to do it. It is not by a recipe by any means and you just do it. Before grandma's memory got so bad you could ask her and probably never write down the same thing twice. But mom and dad have perfected her dressing! Although we have not sat at the kitchen table with Grandma in the past few years making dressing I still feel like it is her tradition. I don't know how many times my mom will say today, "Mother always said..." but I know it will be said. I am too pregnant and emotional to blog about Grandma today but I will soon. I love that lady so much! She is really happy and that is all that matters in the world to me.

Many blessings this weekend and next week. I hope to not get too busy to write some more soon! November 20th or so through January 2nd is my absolute most favorite time of the year! Throw in some snow and I am in heaven!
Love you all,
Keri