2008 is gone, whew. It was not that great of a year for us. It couldn't have started off any worse with the passing of my mom. It did get better just not easier. We all had birthday's to go through without her, and the birth of another grandchild. Pregnancies, holidays and daily questions only she could answer are still with us. My sisters and I declined to eat the traditional, supersticious black eyed pea given that it didn't do us much good last year. But we do have a lot to look forward to in 2009. There will be two grandbabies born this year. One of us (no names mentioned) will be the big 3-0, another will be turning 1. We will survive yet another year and thank God for what we do have and what he will bring to us this year.

Christmas was good. We started off at Brye's family for a few days and had a great time. Bexley had been there over a week and really enjoys being at his grandparents house, and Kemps house too. He got a basketball goal for Christmas and is really quite good. He takes after his mother. We left Amarillo (in the snow of course) and went to meet my family in Altus, OK. Dad didn't want to be at the house so we went to the cabin. It was neat to be there; we had a tree and lights to help make the place festive. The kids just love being there too. The hardest part was leaving.

For New Year's, Jennifer and Joey were here so I hosted the party. Not much of a "party" but we did have a great time playing Cranium, which took about three hours to accomplish with the humor of the brothers in law. Does anyone know how to spell "waltz" backward? Anyone? Brian? Jodi and Gooch came down New Year's Day and spent the day with all of us just hanging out watching football, enjoying family. The kids were sick of each other by the end of the day, but then turn around the next morning crying for each other. Even today Bexley was asking for Ky Ky.

Coming back to work was hard. Bex did not want to get up, neither did I. Nor did he want to stay at daycare. Case was there, but that didn't matter. Two weeks at home with Momma, or "mom" he now calls me, has spoiled him rotten.

In the midst of all the holiday festivities, life does have to be normal. I had a doctor's appointment on the 31st and to my surprise I only gained three pounds over the holidays!! Baby Carter is a little big for his age weighing a whopping 12 ounces!! I only have four months left of this pregnancy and about 12 months of work to do to get ready. It has flown by so fast. Am I really ready to be a mother of two?