Our First Christmas

36 weeks & 4 days.

Christmas this year wasn't our first time to celebrate it together, but it is our first Christmas together since we got married. The weekend before Christmas we had planned to do a photo shoot with my big prego belly. This was something I wanted to do for quite some time, but never really figured out when we were going to do it. Because it rained all day Saturday we weren't able to do photos of hubby & I together, but I still got a few photos inside of me & my baby belly.

Our first Christmas together in person!

Last year was our first Christmas together and we had just gotten engaged earlier that month (December 6, 2012). Autry proposed to me just before we watched the Park Hills Christmas Parade pass by. We had hoped to go to that parade again this year, but had to settle for one a little closer to home.

In case you don't already know,
that hang signal is "I love you" in sign language.

The year before that we celebrated Christmas in different states: he was in Mississippi and I was in Oklahoma. I made him a grey crochet hat (which he still has & wears) and cookies and I printed off the above picture and mailed it all to him!

I’m so glad that we are able to be together today and I’m excited that next year we’ll have Little Man to celebrate with us too!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

ASL | The Journey Begins

Hi everyone! I wanted to write a little about a new adventure I've started thanks to the wonderful opportunity provided by Sister Wendy at our church! Each Tuesday night we have a Sign Language class where she has been teaching 15-20 people how to sign ASL. It has been a really wonderful opportunity and I am LOVING learning ASL.

I have only learned a few things since beginning the class (I've only actually attended 3 classes so far) but I really do feel hopeful and positive since I've managed to retain the information that I'm learning which has been a hard thing for me to do since The Car Wreck. I am SO excited that after three weeks I can still remember how to sign "I live with my husband. His name is Autry"! I think it is fabulous!

In my journey I would like to share resources I find useful and/or helpful in learning ASL. As I said, so far I only know a little, but I do hope that will grow as the days and lessons go by.