BIG news!!!

Well... We've got some exciting news to share! Trey and I should hear the pitter patter of little feet very soon! That's right... we are expecting a baby! The little one's due date is August 24, 2007. We are so excited and nervous and anxious all rolled into one!
For those of you that are dying to know, but won't ask... yes, it was totally planned! :) We found out just before Christmas, and I will tell you, I think we were both surprised! (FYI - sometimes the home pregnancy test doesn't work!)

So, that's about it! I just thought I would let the cat out of the bag!

The Short Version

I haven't posted in a while... so I'll try to condense this into the short version of what occured in December for us. First, at the beginning of the month we go to visit with our friends Scott and Rebecca and meet Landon! It was great to catch up and just chill out with them for a day in Ruston. Thanks to Warren and Jennifer Byrd, who let us come over and hang out with everyone that Saturday... Here are a few pics:



So, that was the weekend of Dec. 8th. The next weekend we were back in Louisiana for a quick trip to see my uncle in Minden. He has a family get together every year. It was great to visit and the food was great too! Unfortunately, no pics of that event.
The next weekend... Dec 23-24 was spent at my parents house. We made a short detour to my dad's duck camp for some duck hunting that Saturday. The guys did pretty good! See pics below... They are of my hubbie, brother, dad, and Lady (duck dog).

That leaves Christmas! Well, my family decided to do something different this year. Instead of exchanging presents, we took the money that we would have spent on presents and donated it the charity or foundation of our choice. It was great! Trey and I gave our money to the Arkansas Hunger Relief Alliance during their Spirit of Giving food drive. It was great to be able to do that. And honestly, way less stressful for everyone involved! Of course, my parents exchanged presents and Trey and I exchanged Christmas cards. Trey got his Christmas present in November in the form of a brand new truck. I requested a treadmill and we picked it up after Christmas.

So, we spent Christmas day at my parents house in Shreveport and here are a few pictures:

This is my Aunt Mae and my Grandma, relaxing on the couch before lunch.

My mom has a Nutcracker collection. My dad gets her one every year for Christmas. This one was a Robin Hood Nutcracker... very pretty!

Here's Daddy, opening up some new CD's he got from Momma!

My brother is going on a fly fishing trip this summer, so he got some new gear! He was quite surprised and very excited!

Trey's eyes are closed in almost every picture, but this one was close enough. The flash gets him every time!

Me and my little brohter.

We didn't get to see my sister, Chris, and Kennedy on Christmas day. They celebrated in Dallas and came over on the 27th. No pics... I totally forgot.

After Christmas we got to spend an afternoon at Trey's parents house. They had been in Laurel, MS visiting Trey's sister and kids. Trey's brother-in-law just graduated from the state police academy. Big congratulations to Scott!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Oh yes, for New Year's... um yeah.... we went to bed around 10:00 or 10:30 pm. I think I woke up and heard the neighbors popping firecrackers. Didn't phase me... went right back to sleep. It was great!