Time To Catch Up!

I will be the first to admit that I dropped the ball in the blogging department. In fact, I truly suck at it, but I will try to get you up to speed and then keep up from here (I hope!).



Recap 2009:

January - We celebrated the marriage of my fabulous brother-in-law, Jeremy, to his perfect bride, Beth! I celebrated my 30th birthday!

February - I began my role as full-time homemaker/mother! The greatest job ever!!! It took some time to adjust, but I wouldn't want to do anything else!

March - Us girls set out on our first road trip to mom and dad's house, all alone. We made it there and back just fine. My girls are great travelers!!

April - We hosted the family (all of Neno's and my mom/dad) for Easter. It was such fun weekend! We love when everyone comes to visit!

May - Neno and I celebrated 5 years of marriage!!

June - AG started summer camp/swim lessons at TEGA and loved it! Neno had his 10 year reunion and they still idolize him in Howe, TX.

July - We spent another fun-filled 4th on the lake (even without water behind the house) and AG turned 4!!

August - Apparently, I got pregnant with baby #3!!! Mom and I filed all of the official paperwork and opened a bank account for Sassy Rags. We are in business and have had steady jobs ever since. If you need anything for kiddos (bedding, blankets, burpies, bows, etc) you just call me!!

September - We found out we were pregnant with #3!! We also went to our only Red Raider game of 2009 in Austin with Brandon and Molly - what a fun weekend!

October - Annabelle began walking and turned 1!!!

November - Kicked off the holiday season - Thanksgiving with the Brydsons. Brandon (my brother) and I made a trip to Johnson City with AG, Marlee and Emma Beth to see the lights and make our first of many visits with Santa!! It was so fun to watch them play together and sing Hannah Montana songs the whole way there!!!

December - Christmas!!!! Santa!!! We kicked off the month with a ride on the Polar Express. Neno had to go it alone with both girls since I was sick that entire week. I took a trip to see one of my very best friends, Mendy, in Pittsburgh. It was so good to see her and get to catch up. Plus, a weekend away is always nice. Then it was on to cramming for Christmas - family phots, shopping, food, etc. Finally, it was off to the Falls' for Christmas and a 14. 5 hour drive on Christmas Eve. Yes, you read that right. A 5 hour trip took us that long with the snow/ice. Ava Grace was already at Granna's thanks to Beth and Jeremy, but poor Annabelle had to ride it out with us. I think it took a week for her to recover. It was well worth it though to make it in time to see Ava Grace's face on Christmas morning - I wasn't going to miss that!!!!!

Now, it is 2010 and I am going to work on keeping this more up-to-date...

So here is what I have so far for the year -
The Red Raiders have a new coach - Tommy Tuberville - and I couldn't be more excited!!! I loved him at Auburn and I will love him here.

Neno and I chose a midwife to deliver our baby at home!! They are out of Midland and we feel really good about them. We had our first visit to their birthing center last week. We also had our first ultrasound and it is a.... GIRL!!!

Yes, we were a little surprised, but she is perfect and healthy and obviously, we like girls!! Ava Grace and Annabelle are going to be great big sisters to this new baby (she still doesn't have a name).

I think that about covers it! Happy New Year!