Baby Blake is here!

Ahhhh....the house is clean, the Christmas stuff is put up, laundry is done, I've cleaned out 3 closets, and Reegan is nite-nite! There isn't much that feels better than that!

Reegan's latest favorite sayings are 'sat?' meaning:what's that, and 'MINE' !

Christmas was wonderful! I am certain that there wasn't a thing left to want!

OHHHH and baby Blake is here http://meredithware.blogspot.com/!!! We're going to see her tomorrow, i can't wait!!!! I'll post some pics of her when we get 'em!

Yeah for Christmas Break!!!

We are out of school until Jan 7th!!! Wooo-hoooo! I am so excited!!

In the next two weeks we are traveling the state trying to see the whole fam. I love this time of year! It always goes by too fast, but it's so much fun seeing everyone. I AM SO EXCITED TO MEET BABY BLAKE! Mere, My guess was the 22nd. That should be enough time for you to have her and be home for Christmas! :)

OK y'all, I have to brag on the hubbie. He has a hunt going on this week (duh...hunting season!) and the 17 year old daughter had a really bad experience with another hunting outfitter last year...anyway she wasn't going to hunt. Eventually the story came out that she shot her animal, and it was a good shot, they immediately walked up on the animal (should have waited several minutes) and that outfitter suffocated the animal to death in front of this girl(mind you it was the first animal she had ever killed). It TRAUMATIZED her and she was NOT interested in hunting this year. To make a long story short after several discussions this girl wound up trusting Koby so much that she killed not one but 2 animals this morning...with Koby's bow!! It was an excellent hunt and she is so proud!!! You should see the picture of them with the wildebeest she killed!....I'll have to get that and post it...

I love hunting season because we meet so many neat people! But, I'll be glad to have some normalcy again!

Reegan got bit AGAIN at school today....gggrrrrrr. I know it's just a phase this other little girl is going through...but geezzz bite another kid every once in a while!

Scattergories Game

What’s your name? ROBIN
car: ROLLS-ROYCE
city: ROBERT LEE
boy name:RALPH
girl name: REEGAN
alcoholic drink: RED EYE
occupation: REFRIGERATOR MECHANIC
something you wear: RING
celebrity: RENEE ZELLWEGER
food: RAVIOLI
reason for being late: RAN INTO A PARKED CAR
cartoon character: ROGER RABBIT
something you shout: RUUUUUUN :)

So mom...what you're saying is that I SHOULDN'T undecorate the Christmas tree?

CHRISTMAS FAVORITES

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper for Reegan, bags for everyone else!
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial – why kill a tree every year?
3. When do you put up the tree? My goal always is the weekend after Thanksgiving….I was a week late this year
4. When do you take the tree down the tree? Usually a day or two after Christmas. I leave the outside lights up a little longer
5. Do you like egg nog? Who would drink something named “Egg Nog”….rename it and maybe I’ll taste it
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hmmm… that’s hard. Maybe the doll in the blue dress. I got her when I was on the verge of being too old to play with toys….and I loved her!
8. Hardest person to buy for? My grandparents, They are 84 and only get out of the house, and out of their recliners for that matter, to go out to eat.
9. Easiest person to buy for? Reegan…, just the wrapping paper will be fun!
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail…If I get it together soon enough! It seems more formal and personal than email….despite my love for email, IM, and texting!
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? I was too young to understand an adult joke….long story short a member of my family sent me off with this giant, weighted down box, and said that I could ONLY open Christmas morning…long story short I wound up in tears when this present I had lost sleep over wound up being a joke.
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? National Lampoons Christmas Vacation!!!!!
13. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? There are things we just don’t discuss!
14. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Fudge, cinnamon dolce latte’s…sorry heather!
15. Clear lights or colored on the tree? Absolutely clear
16. Favorite Christmas song? Do you hear what I hear
17. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Home is good, but its nice to see everyone…so if we have to travel its worth it.
18. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donor and Blitzen….and Rudolph!
19. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? One on Christmas eve, and it’s usually a new pair of pajamas so that you’re cute in the pics Christmas morning!
20. Most annoying thing about this time of year? Financial stress, and that it goes by so fast.
21. Favorite ornament theme or color? Who needs a theme…it’s Christmas
22. Favorite food for Christmas dinner? Dressing and pecan pie
23. What do you want for Christmas this year? New floor and countertops!

Lately....

What a season it has been. Koby has been gone on hunts for most of 3 months. Sometimes it makes me feel like a single parent, especially because my mom is cooking for most of the hunts. Reegan and I go to the ranch for the day on the weekend but we don't spend the night. The good thing is when Koby is gone I don't have to cook! Oh wait, I haven't been cooking when he is home. I'll have to work on that.

I'm such a bad blogger. I need to work on that. Reegan has grown so much and is doing so many things. We love her new day care situation. She is staying in a licensed home and we absolutely love Teri! Out of the blue she will text me and tell me something funny Reegan has done - it makes leaving her so much easier.

We had Thanksgiving in Abilene at my aunt and uncle's house. Both my cousins were there. It was a great day. It's so much fun when we all get together - I wish we did it more often. That is something I should work on.

Baby Blake will be here very soon. Meredith's due date is the 29th but I'm hoping for sooner. I'm so excited for Mere to experience motherhood. She and Ryan will be wonderful parents. I'm ready to meet Blake! I love her already.