2009 Year End Review...

January 2009 Avery all bundled up and ready for a cold day!
February...Mommy turned 28!! We went to see Elmo Live!!
March: Wow, she looks like such a baby here. Her hair has grown sooo much since March!
April: Mommy and Daddy celebrated 6 years of marriage! The weather got warmer and we spent a lot of time outside!
May: Mommy celebrated her 2nd Mother's Day!
June: Daddy turned the BIG 30!!
July: Avery turned into a fish! She loved playing outside in the big pool and the little pool! We had a fun Fourth of July at Nanny and Poppy's house!
August: We spent a lot of time with Grandaddy! Avery sure loved him and loved climbing up in his bed with him and giving him a lot of kisses!
September: Avery enjoyed a sno-cone at her first Rodeo! Or, rodero as Avery called it! My Grandaddy went to be with Jesus.
October: Avery had fun on her 2nd Halloween as the cutest Bumble bee ever! We had fun going to the pumpkin patch a lot in October.
November: Our baby turned 2! We celebrated Avery's 2nd Thanksgiving and 2nd Birthday!
December: Avery celebrated her 3rd Christmas and her 3rd year sitting on Santa's lap! Bruiser turned 7 this month!

She has grown so much in this past year! She has a wonderful personality: she is FUNNY, sassy, SMART, sweet, loving, independent, loud and has soooo much joy! I love to see her beautiful smile and contagious laugh! She is the greatest thing in the world! We have had the best year with her watching her grow, learn and turn into a wonderful little girl!! =)

Is it really 2010! The past ten years have FLOWN by!!! They have been the greatest years!! I can't believe it is a new decade! Remember all of the Y2K stuff, that feels like it was yesterday! Just another reminder that I am getting older!!

The past decade has been awesome!! 1999 I graduated high school! I was a baby then! =) I moved out of my parents house in 2001 and got my own apartment! In 2002 Ryan and I took a trip to South Padre Island and got engaged!! 2003 was a great year! We got our sweet little Bruiser! Ryan and I got married in April! And, we bought our first house in November..wow that was a good year! The next couple of years we adjusted to being married! Ryan worked and toured a lot! In February of 2006 we sold our home in Corinth, lived in an apartment for a couple of months and then bought our 2nd home in May of 2006! I quit my job at the bank (I had been with that group of people at the bank since I was 18) and started a great job at a title company w/ Ryan's aunt! That was such a great place to work and I met some of my great friends there! Then 2007 came and I found out I was pregnant in March! That year was a crazy year. Being pregnant was a great and scary and FAT time in my life! Then in November of 2007 we met our amazing baby girl! That was the BEST year of my life! 2008 was spent getting use to being parents! I also stopped working at the title company and went back to the bank. I started working part time at the bank in September. It was sooooo hard leaving my baby everyday even though she was in GREAT hands...I just really wanted her with me more! I am so glad I made that decision! =) Then 2009 my awesome husband turned the big 30 and we celebrated with a surprise party! Our baby turned two and our Bruiser turned 7! We also celebrated 6 GREAT years of marriage! 2009 was also a sad year as my Grandaddy went to be with Jesus! I know that was a celebration to him though! I am sure I left out many important things but it has been a wonderful decade! I am looking forward to the next 10 years with my husband and wonderful daughter. I can't wait to see all of the great things God has in store for us over the next decade!

Hope all of you have a BLESSED 2010 full of joy, love, health and prosperity!