Weekend in Wimberley

A few weekends ago we headed to Wimberley for our 1st Anniversary.

This trip was so unplanned and last minute but it was great because we just went and did whatever we wanted!

This is the B & B we stayed in and it was absolutely wonderful!
We didn't have very high expectations because we booked so last minute but we were pleasantly surprised!

The outdoor space was the best part! There was seating everywhere on the patio & along the creek.

As you can see, I got a good nap in along the creek while Nathan read a book!

Wimberley was not lacking in interesting people to watch.
We were thoroughly entertained by the locals…
I could post some videos we got of some locals as well but I won't even go there...
We visited an Olive Tree Farm/Vineyard...not all it was cracked up to be but we still had fun!

And we visited a Bonsai Exhibit which was completely random but actually fairly interesting and informative. Learned we didn't really know what a Bonsai technically was...

I'm pretty sure Nathan is ready to start growing his own soon....we shall see!

Nathan running from me while I try to take pictures...what's new!
Photos to come soon from another work weekend in Sabinal!!

Also, go check out my friend Robyn's blog to see the precious photos of her little one who showed up at our door trick or treating last night.

Absolutely precious!!!

You will probably get a good kick out of Robyn's costume as well!

We made it through the 1st year!

Sunday we celebrated our 1st anniversary!

We had a great time working in the yard, reliving our wedding day by eating lunch at Royer's, and eating cupcakes from my wonderful sister!

I can't believe it has already been a whole year but when I started looking at pictures I realized so much has happened!

Here's a little recap:

1 year ago we were here!

Our quick Honeymoon to Gruene for the weekend!

Our extended Honeymoon cruise to the Bahamas & Florida Keys

In the Bahamas at Atlantis

Celebrating our first Christmas together!

Colorado Ski Trip to Visit my Family

Nathan ran his 1st 1/2 Marathon in Galveston --- it was so cold but he did great!

Especially since he only trained for 2 weeks!

We enjoyed spending as much time as we could with our sweet niece Mallory!

We moved from our first home in Belton when finishing school...

...to Brenham where we started our 1st jobs!

We almost bought our first fixer upper!

Fortunately God clearly told us both no before it was too late!

This experience taught us a lot about each other & our marriage ;)

We took a group of kids from Church to Youth Camp at Highland Lakes

Took a family trip to Sea World!

Enjoyed Lake Travis in Austin with family!

Nathan had never been baptized before so he took that step with our wonderful church family!

We graduated together from Mary Hardin-Baylor in August

Our first nephew Luke Gardner Bryan was born!!

We have another nephew Jaxon on the way in November as well!

What a blessed first year we had together. It was not always easy but I will say that we love each other even more now than we did the day we got married.

I am pretty sure today we took it to a whole new level considering we both came down with a stomach bug last night and predominantly spent most of our night on the bathroom floor.

Talk about in sickness and in health...

As we laid in bed all day today together being miserable we joking decided that the

"Honeymoon is officially over!"

Happy Birthday to US!!

Yesterday, I celebrated the best birthday anyone could possibly ask for!

Luke Gardner Bryan was finally born!

9 lb. 4oz. 20"

I feel so blessed that he came on my birthday!

After countless miles walked, 11 days of overdue misery & 38 hours of labor Baby Luke finally made his grand entrance. Tori was so tough and was seriously such a trooper!

I could not be more proud of my sister!

Still so surreal seeing her hold a baby!

What a beautiful family!!
I just want to kiss those chunky little cheeks!
How much cuter can he get!?!
Just can't get enough!
So much love for this little man already!

In the midst of all the excitement my husband was such a sweetheart! I told him I wanted money to go shopping and this is what he gave me! If you look closely you will see that the bills are twenty's & two's hence my 22nd birthday!

Isn't he wonderful?!?

What an amazing birthday!! More than I ever could have hoped for!!

Cannot wait for our big birthday party next year!!

Still Waiting...

For those of you who are wondering---we are STILL waiting on Luke!!

Last night Tori went to the hospital to be induced but after steady contractions they had to wait it out for a little while with hopes that would stop so they could do an alternative option before the petocin. After about 2 hours she was still having steady contractions...much like the ones she has been having for the last week so they could not administer the alternative to the petocin.

So...late last night they made the call to start a slow petocin drip. At that point Dad, Haley & I decided we would head to their house (a few blocks from the hospital) to get some sleep. Of course Mom wasn't going to leave..we all know that!

As of this morning they had increased her petocin 4 times but she had still not progressed as much as they would have thought. They are now thinking that Luke may come as late as sometime this evening or even early tomorrow morning.

For now we continue to wait. Please keep praying for Tori & Luke. She is getting very discouraged and tired as the contractions continue to get more intense. She has been a real trooper though---I just know this will grow her love for Luke even more WHEN HE FINALLY GETS OUT OF HER!!

As much as I don't wish tomorrow on Tori, Aunt Paige wouldn't mind sharing her birthday with Luke!! We shall see!