Another year has come and gone!

It's hard to believe that 2008 is already over!! What an exciting year this has been for our little family! We have enjoyed every minuet that 2008 has had to offer!! Who knows what next year will have in store for us!

Amelia and I will be "ringing in the new year" cuddled up in our jammy's and in the bed!! Matt on the other hand, will be bowling the night away with our youth group! I'm going to take Amelia for a little while, but then it's back home and off to bed!!

For all of our adoring fans who are wondering how Amelia's first christmas went...wonder no more! She had a great time! I was actually quite impressed with her unwrapping a.k.a. eating paper skills! She had SOOO many presents to unwrap! Needless to say... nap time came early for this little one! She was exhausted! Must be such a hard life!

We spent the holidays at my mom's (grandmama's house) and enjoyed every minuet of just being back home! She even pulled out some of her yummie recipes and we ate our hearts out!

Mimi and Josh got to come too which was an added bonus to our holiday fun. The more family the merrier!

For those of you who we didn't get to hug this holiday season ( Grandpa Bob, Mam-maw, Pap-paw, Neesie, & Granny) Here is a big hug from all of us...especially Amelia....*Squeeze* Squeeze* *REALLY BIG SQUEEZE* =)

May God Bless this upcoming year and be with each of you for 2009! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Here are some pictures from our christmas 2008!

This Amelia in action opening up her presents on christmas morning!

Picture perfect moments!

The holidays are times for giggles, fun, and memories!! Here are a few pictures that capture the beginning of our holiday fun. The weather has been pretty cool here the last few weeks and we've had to bundle up our little one! (Although it hasn't been that cold....I'll find any excuse to snuggle up to my two most favorite people!!) =)

The family drinking hot cocoa...YUM!


Our little snow bunny!

sweet dreams

Daddy and Amelia picking out our christmas tree!!

This is her "angelic face"

Thanksgiving Highlights

I know I'm a little behind, but our thanksgiving memories were too special not too share with everyone! We had a great time visiting with family and of course being back in good ol' Louisiana!

Every year for thanksgiving we always attempt to cook the turkey a different way. My mom came up with the "great idea" of doing our turkey trash can style. That's right folks... TRASH CAN TURKEY!! translation: Redneck smoker.

Matt attempting to "get the fire going" haha

Looks like it worked!!

I must admit....it tasted DELICIOUS!



Amelia had her fun too! She was tempted and lured by all those grandma's to taste the table food. I stood my ground and somehow managed to protect her from all those fingers dipped with thanksgiving delights!.....Well almost all of them... my brother managed to stick a finger full of turkey gravy right into her mouth. Fortunatly, the camera wasn't far out of site and I was able to catch her first taste on video!!

Needless to say... I think she liked it!

Our little Amelia is 6 months old now and last time we checked she weighed in at 15 lbs. & 26" long! She is sitting up great with very little help! She has started to learn some new baby babbles this month. In the words of Amelia "ba ba dah dah ba"! Sounds like she will learn to say da-da before ma-ma *sigh* I did all the work and get none of the credit! =)