The Name...

VIOLET ELIZABETH GRACE!!!!

Mom and Baby are fine!! Still waiting on pictures and the story!!!!

Ms. Violet

It's a girl!!! All I know is her name is Ms. Violet. She is 6 lbs. 8 oz. She got here realllly fast and is healthy. I don't know her full name yet. Scarlett had to go to the hospital afterwards, but I think she is fine. Mitch will keep us updated. I think her mid-wife got there a little late, because she was soo fast! I'll post pics when I get them.

The Beginning!!!

It's official...Scarlett has started having contractions! I spoke with her on the phone and she is mooing like normal!!! The contractions are an inconsistent 15 minutes apart so it is still really early!!! Woo hoo!!!

Remembering Sampson

I would like to dedicate this post to Sampson. Sampson passed on this morning. Our thoughts are with Chris, Dayna and Lauryn. It has been a hard year for the family. Sampson was the loving companion to this family for eight wonderful years. In that time, he became friends with our family's dogs. They will miss him too. He has brought so many happy memories to many people. He saw many chapters to Chris & Dayna's lives. He was with them when it was just Chris & Dayna. He was with them when they built their house. He was with them through their trials of beginning a family and he was finally there to see them expand their family. He made sure their little one Lauryn was okay and now Chris, Dayna and Lauryn had to return the favor and make the hard choice to let him go to a place where he would be young and pain-free and where he could play and boing with all of the other puppies.

FAREWELL OUR FRIEND

SAMPSON

1/12/2009

Dork

I guess I am a pretty big dork for wanting to read the Twilight Series....Such a teeny bopper! :-)

New Year with New Adventures!

I can't believe another year has gone by. It goes by so quickly. 2008 was an eventful year to say the least! I am also sorry that I am so slack on doing this whole blog thing. I am going to try and make Monday my official blog day!

I had just moved her in the beginning of 2008! I can't believe I have already been here this long! Scarlett, Mitch & Mason moved to Texas in April, and the next day Mary & Jason had Victoria! Victoria is full of herself now. She poops all the time..I guess that is her little joke! Garrett had some ups and downs with his job search, but finally has a job working with the state as a Right-of-Way agent. I'm not sure if that is how you put it.... The economy has done nothing but get worse throughout the year, resulting in many people I know losing a lot of money. We found out when John was going to be leaving for Qatar, so we planned a white water rafting trip. That was a ton of fun. Scarlett came to visit a few days later, when we remembered that she was expecting another little one! Just kidding It is easy to forget these things when you don't see the people on a normal basis. We were hoping Mitch would fly out to see us, but conveniently, his Mustang fell on him almost killing him! Now, approximately 3 months later, I think he is going to start flying again this week! We wished John farwell as he left for Qatar November 4th. It was a sad day, but also historic, that was when our nation voted for Barack Obama as our new president.

The holidays have officially ended now and a new year has begun. I took my tree down yesterday and now think that my house looks cold! :-( I still haven't gone skiing, but have been promised a day trip from Garrett. Garrett has officially started a new schedule at work and is now going in at 7 in the morning, which would be great, except for now I don't get to see him much in the morning, so I'm not very happy about that. Scarlett's baby should be here anyday now! We anticipate the arrival and gender! The Wests and I will fly out to Texas mid-month. Hopefully she will have had the little one by then!

I hope everyone had a great and safe New Year!