Well we got a new dog. Actually a puppy, my first one ever! And actually we got her Nov 29, 2008, and she was 6 weeks old. A little behind the times again; way to ring in the new year! But anyway, we love her! Her name is Birdy Lou, used to be Birdy Blue, but then her blue eyes changed to green. She is so cute! She is a chocolate lab/australian shepherd mix, so she is mostly brown with a white stripe on her chest, white feet, and a tiny white tip. She is so funny and so smart. And Penny and Scout love her! At least now; for about a week they were really ticked off, but now she is a part of us! She snuggles with Penny and plays with Scout, so it all works out! She is mostly potty-trained; most of her accidents now are when I am at work and she's home with her daddy. But those don't happen every day anymore so the parenting skills are improving!
In other history, Christmas was great last year. We actually got to go to Meemaw's house, which I haven't been to on Christmas for 3 years! It was so nice to get back to my memories of "how its supposed to be;" I mean 3 years is a long time to spend away from the 30 nearest and dearest relations on my mom's side of the family! We spent some time with my dad's side too because they all live in the same town, which is convenient. We were actually gone from that Thursday to Sunday and so it felt a little like we were on vacation. Oh and we got a real tree this year! That we actually cut down ourselves! It was so fun! We didn't put one up 2 Christmases ago because we had just moved and there were boxes everywhere, so this was our first real, house-decorated, tree-up Christmas!
In current news, what was coming this year will be definite in a couple of weeks, right after my birthday acutally. No details yet until its finalized, as there are still some uninformed members of the family who should know before its out here on the web. And in even more exciting news, we are currently NOT trying to "not be pregnant," if you know what I mean! So 2009 could be the biggest year of our short little married lives! And I will keep this thing updated more often with actual news instead of history as we get news to share.
The only real resolution that I made that I actually intend to keep this year is to better my relationships with people other than David, my immediate family, an in-laws. Sometimes those are the only people I talk to for like weeks, except who I work with and go to church with. I mean if you don't live here with me or you didn't raise me, I probably haven't talked to you in months, maybe longer. And I am sorry about that and want to change it. I mean, other people matter, you know? It's just been so easy to settle into the people immediately surrounding me and neglect those out of my reach. So watch out-you may be hearing from me soon.
We had a Thomas Family Picture Day over Christmas-here are a couple of previews!
In other history, Christmas was great last year. We actually got to go to Meemaw's house, which I haven't been to on Christmas for 3 years! It was so nice to get back to my memories of "how its supposed to be;" I mean 3 years is a long time to spend away from the 30 nearest and dearest relations on my mom's side of the family! We spent some time with my dad's side too because they all live in the same town, which is convenient. We were actually gone from that Thursday to Sunday and so it felt a little like we were on vacation. Oh and we got a real tree this year! That we actually cut down ourselves! It was so fun! We didn't put one up 2 Christmases ago because we had just moved and there were boxes everywhere, so this was our first real, house-decorated, tree-up Christmas!
In current news, what was coming this year will be definite in a couple of weeks, right after my birthday acutally. No details yet until its finalized, as there are still some uninformed members of the family who should know before its out here on the web. And in even more exciting news, we are currently NOT trying to "not be pregnant," if you know what I mean! So 2009 could be the biggest year of our short little married lives! And I will keep this thing updated more often with actual news instead of history as we get news to share.
The only real resolution that I made that I actually intend to keep this year is to better my relationships with people other than David, my immediate family, an in-laws. Sometimes those are the only people I talk to for like weeks, except who I work with and go to church with. I mean if you don't live here with me or you didn't raise me, I probably haven't talked to you in months, maybe longer. And I am sorry about that and want to change it. I mean, other people matter, you know? It's just been so easy to settle into the people immediately surrounding me and neglect those out of my reach. So watch out-you may be hearing from me soon.
We had a Thomas Family Picture Day over Christmas-here are a couple of previews!
