New Years Eve

We got back down to Jackson to spend a little more time with Bert's family late Thursday (29th) night.  We've had a great visit so far.  Bert's sister, Carrie, flew back to CA early this morning We were sad to see her go, but we're looking forward to seeing her in a few months when she comes to visit us in Wake Forest after Hannah's born.

This morning we started out the day with a trip to Macon to visit my brother, Stanley.  Stanley's been living in Macon since August, and since Macon is just about 40 minutes from Bert's parents house we decided we'd hop in the car to go see where he lives and what he's been up to.:)  It was great to see him.  He's participating in the year long Fellows Program through First Presbyterian for recent college graduates.  He's staying really busy, but I think he's really enjoying it.  It was fun to be able to meet his host family...they're so sweet to him!

On the way back, Grandmama (Bert's mom, Linda) had the important job of keeping Emily awake until we could make it back to her house.  It had been a busy morning so Emily really just wanted to go to sleep...she was fighting it the whole way back to Jackson.  Linda did an amazing job keeping her entertained.  She kept pulling fun things out of her purse for Emily to play with, she sang to her, read her books, etc.  It really was impressive!

Just as we were turning back onto the interstate to head back to Jackson we heard something bounce across the top of the car.  We first thought we accidentally left Emily's sippy cup up there, but then we found it.  We still were not quite sure what had fallen off but nothing seemed to be missing.  About a minute after we'd been driving down the interstate Bert all the sudden remembered he'd set his phone on top of the car when he was putting Em in her car seat.  Sad, sad day.  Bert and I both felt sick to think it was gone.  His phone is just a few weeks old, we don't have a land line, we're about to have a baby (so I need to be able to get in touch with him), my phone died about a month ago and I'm not up for renewal for another year.....you get the idea....all these things were going through our minds.  Bert got off at the next exit and we headed back to look for the phone.  Thankfully, the phone had fallen off while we were still on the ramp getting onto the interstate.  Bert and I got out to start looking for the phone and Grandmama stayed in the car with Emily (still working hard to keep her awake).  Well, we found the phone in the grass on the side of the ramp.  SO thankful!!  The battery and back of the phone had broken off and were separated from the phone itself...we were able to find all three pieces.  Bert had to work on the phone a little after we got back to Jackson, but he was finally able to get the back on the phone, and it seems to be working well.  Woohoo!  The phone definitely looks like it's taken a beating, but Bert doesn't seem to mind.  I think he might even like that phone a little better now.:)

Later on, Jeff and Linda treated all of us to dinner at Longhorn Steakhouse.  Bert's Grandma came with us...it was fun to see her as we haven't seen her in awhile!  Here are a few pictures from our night out.

We finished off New Years Eve by watching a fireworks show put on by Bert and Jeff.  The fireworks were beautiful and very impressive!

2011 has been a wonderful year, and we're looking forward to 2012 and the arrival of our Hannah!

Happy New Year!