A new addition coming soon........

Since I am a little behind the times, I thought I'd better show that J.D. and Katie were actually married last March. That way, folks won't cringe when I say they have a "bun in the oven"! Heeheehee.....

Yep, my baby brother and his beautiful bride are expecting a wonderful gift next July. Hard to imagine the baby of our family is going to have a baby of his own. I am so happy for them both. I know they will be great parents who will raise this child to be a very important part of this world, and this child will be so loved (and spoiled by Grandparents) that it will never lack in self-esteem, beauty ( or handsomeness) and will no doubt be smart, creative, and self-sufficent.

Katie asked me the other day how come I don't write down that she has a bun in the oven, and I didn't think that, as a proud auntie-to-be, that I should be spreading the great news, but seeing how much she loves being posted in my blog, I just couldn't let her down, so from now on, all updates on this pregnancy will be posted! lol......

By the way, when JD called my Mom to tell her that he had visited the doctor with Katie, he told Mom.... "The little shit has a heartbeat!" Did he think it wouldn't????? I think baby brother is having a hard time knowing that he won't be the center of attention anymore... especially when he opened a Christmas gift that happened to be a book called "My first book of colors". Methinks the gifts from now on will be in someway directed to the new addition that will be coming soon to a family near me! Mom also gave them a gift for Christmas "To: the Baby".... JD insisted on opening it because he has always been "the baby"..... well, NO MORE!!!!! LOL

So tune in next time when we announce the gender of the little one so you all can start buying pink (or blue)....

I am just hanging out and chatting with my niece, Amanda. She and I usually chat a couple of times a week online. She is really cool to hang out with her auntie Stacey, isn't she? She just sent me a pic of her and she is gorgeous! Amanda is now 14 and is in the 8th grade. She has a couple of horses, a dog named Pistol, a kitten named Gunsmoke, a bird, a four-wheeler, a shotgun and other such stuff..... she is quite the student, too. She recently won her junior-high science fair with a project that was on balistics..... amazing, huh! ( I think so) lol. Proud aunt, I am!

Now, beside Amanda is Kaylee, and she doesn't get online as much, and I don't hear from her, but I usually find out how she is through her Grandma or though Amanda. This picture was taken at JD and Katie's wedding. We had a fun time. Kaylee and Amanda were a little camera shy, but I managed to get a couple of really good pictures of them......

Aren't they just adorable??????

They both have really good smiles, I think. Even though they are both really shy, I think eventually they will come out of thier shells and be able to not be so camera shy........

One day these pictures will be used to totally embarrass them...... hahahaha....oh wait! that day is TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heeheehee........................................................................... ( I love being an aunt!)

Merry Christmas Y'all!

Bandit settling in for a long winter's nap

Well, a very Merry Christmas, Y'all ! I hope this post finds all y'all enjoying the season and ready for Santa to visit! I just finished reading a book called "The Christmas Jar" and I thought y'all might want to check it out. I had a warm fuzzy feeling after reading it...kinda like when I cuddle-up with my pup, Bandit! This pic was taken last Christmas...hopefully, I can get a new one again this year...if he will cooperate, of course!

Bandit and Mommy posing for a pic!

We are doing fine here in the ATL as they say. Many exciting things are happen'in in our big city... as many of you may know, we have a new panda cub born here in the Atlanta Zoo.... she is now 100 days old and just received her name... Mei Lan.... it means Atlanta Beauty... you can check out the Zoo's website @ www. AtlantaZoo.com.... go to the Panda cam and you can see her in all her cuteness! she just took her first steps the other day, too! she is really adorable!

The Christmas Lights are all aglow here, too, and one of my very favorite things to do is drive around and look at neighborhood displays with Christmas music playing on the radio. This is my house with lights ....I can't get icicle lights up on my eves.... well, just because I don't want to kill myself trying to put them up... my roof is too steep to walk on, and a ladder is out of the question because it is nearly 40ft up to the highest point and with my driveway being sloped the way it is, well, it is just out of the question!

Living on a hill isn't as fun as I thought it would be..... but it looks good from the street. My next house will be on a level lot... ( in Utah, I pray) and I won't have to work so hard to mow my lawn!

I hope to get lots of bloggin done during this holiday season. I have a whole week off between Christmas and New Years! HOOOOORAYY!!!

TTFN!