1st Anniversary Weekend

This past weekend we spent our 1st anniversary in New Braunfels where we had our first "mini-moon" last year. If you don't know us, we LOVE the Texas Hill Country and New Braunfels is one of our favorite places. We stayed at one of our favorite places, Heidelberg Lodges which is right on the Comal River. Friday night we drove in and got to Heidelberg around 10. We sat out on the balcony for a while listening to the train pass by and some college guys playing guitar across the way and then hit the sack. We woke up early to head to (of course) Naeglin's Bakery for kolaches and donuts.
After Naeglin's we decided to walk around the square and happened upon a pretty awesome little Farmer's Market.

Handsome hubby at the Farmer's Market

We walked around a bit talking to the vendors and bought Casey's mom a beautiful orchid plant as a thank you for watching the pups.
After a Tiger's Blood snow cone and a little more perusing we headed back to Heidelberg for a dip in the river. It was SO. Freaking. COLD. I couldn't get in all the way so I just stood knee deep in the water for a while watching Casey swim around. We got out, showered, and headed up to Austin for my beautiful friend Christy's baby shower (see separate post). While Casey was waiting for me to get finished with the shower, he hung out at Frank - Austin. I didn't get a chance to eat anything (I ate at Maria Maria where Christy's shower was) but according to my BFFITWWW (best friend forever in the whole wide world) Leigh Anne (who happens to be a manager at the new Nacogdoches location) the food there is AMAZING. If you are in Nac - they are having a grand opening in a week so you should check it out! (Shameless plug over)

After Austin we headed back to NB where we ended up taking a glorious 2 hour nap before going out to eat at Huisache. Nom. Of course after a delicious meal you have to go home and pass out and that is exactly what we did.

On Sunday morning we woke up and headed to.... duh. We had to pick up some Apple Strudel for the folks as well as some yummies for us. Then it was back to Heidelberg for another dip in the river before checking out. We snorkeled (yes I got all the way in finally) and it was wonderful having my core body temp drop a little because it kept me cooler in general for several hours afterward. On the way out of town we stopped by the Christmas Shoppe to get a baby ornament (a cute star with a pea in a pod in the middle) and then to the outlets at San Marcos for a few hours to browse around and we ended up at Cracker Barrel for a yummy lunch before heading back to Houston. Ahhh what a nice relaxing weekend.... here are a few more pictures.

My ever expanding pregnant belly and me in the Comal River

Anniversary dinner at our favorite restaurant Huisache. I'm wearing all of the same jewelry I wore on our wedding day. :)

This deer reminded me of our sweet Zac pup, don't they look alike?

After snorkeling in the river.

A Letter to Baby Page on our 1 Year Anniversary

Dear Baby Page,

One year ago today your father and I said our marriage vows to each other on a beautifully hot Texas day. I can't believe it's already been a year. Last night at dinner your father, who is usually not overly sentimental, gave me a sweet card with a letter inside. While reading the letter I brushed away the tears from my eyes (hoping not to mess up my awesome eye makeup job) and I felt you start to kick around in my tummy as if to say "Yeah yeah, you guys got married one time.. but now it's all about ME!". Well BP... you are 100% right about that. Today I am 22 weeks pregnant with you and I don't think it's possible for us to love you more. Over the past year your father and I have had a blast together. We spent Christmas in New York City, Honeymooned in Hawaii and have taken many weekends away to enjoy each others' company. The best time we've spent together though has been preparing for you. The day we found out we were pregnant with you we were both in shock. Sure we knew we would have kids some day and we were hoping and praying it would be soon, but there's nothing in this world that can prepare someone for a positive pregnancy test. So many questions, exciting thoughts, fears, and an immeasurable amount of love was felt the week after we found out we were going to be your parents. Feelings that happily continue to flood our lives each and every day. We talk about you constantly. How we want to raise you, what we want to teach you, who we want you to be, and of course how we want to make you feel safe and loved always. We can't wait to meet you and show you how much you are loved. Until then, you'll have to settle for tons of belly rubs (hope you can feel those) and your mom's terrible voice singing random songs in the shower and car. We love you so much.

Mom (& Dad)

P.S. - In order to gross you out someday I have included this picture of your father and I kissing on our wedding day. Hahahahaha take that!