Memorable Moments - 2008 in Pictures

2008 will always stand out as one of the most memorable years of my life for the amazing blessings and devastating trials that it brought. But i know that all things work for good for those that love the Lord. He has continued to bless us thru this year and we are praying for happy and special 2009 with our baby boy!


january

new year's '08

one of matt's games



february

superbowl party @ our house

visiting friends in Portland- beautiful city!

march

Easter with family

Saying goodbye to a friend at a girl's night dinner!


april

last lunch with Amanda before she moved to Austin :(

huge hair change for me this year! new cut and color! jess, too!

@ a friend's wedding

haley's senior softball season w/family



may

the best news ever! (we'd actually been pregnant since March and didn't know it)

Dad's 50th birthday @ shogun

june

haley's graduation in college station

haley w/gran and daddy joe at her graduation

port aransas

july

jeremy and I at Duke's in Hawaii!

me and my mom went to visit Daddy Joe a couple days after I got back from Hawaii after his first brain surgery. This was before his fall and these were some of the most precious moments of all... it was a great trip. he was doing so well and cracking us up!

august

most august weekends were spent in san antonio...and most of august was spent praying for a recovery for Daddy Joe

September

my 99$ spontaneous cruise with Jess, Jennifer, and Kayla- much needed at that time!

Saying goodbye to our daddy joe-still doesn't seem real sometimes...

october



3d ultrasound...finding out what a cute boy we had!! so neat!

shower #1 @ Jess' house... a blast!

pumpkin patch

kinley turns 1!

shower #2 @ Rachel's - beautiful!

november

b-ball season...yay!

thanksgiving



december

Jess and Nikki's surprise shower- me and all my preggo friends

me and my baby on Christmas Eve

us on our due date - Christmas Day!

Maternity Pics!

Last Tuesday (the week of Thanksgiving) I had a maternity shoot done in our house and also at the pier on the lake in our neighborhood. I wanted some in his nursery, but the lighting turned out to be really bad so we didn't get any in there. :(
Don't ask me why I waited until I was nine months pregnant with a double chin to do these pics...they should have been done months ago! :-) Here are a few of my favs:

I LOVE this one!

Swollen Fingers! Those of you that know me know my fingers are one of the skinniest parts of me! ;-) Notice the absence of my engagement ring and Aggie ring. I can't wait to fit in them again!

The shoes he will wear home- that is, if he does not have a size 2 foot at birth like my brother did!

New Year's Day

We spent New Year's Day evening in Magnolia at my family's. We ate tons of Ham, macaroni, twice baked potatoes, green bean casserole, homemade bread, black-eyed peas, and chicken pot pie. Don't worry, my parents didn't cook ALL that food for us and the Coleman's...there were about 15 people! After dinner the guys headed upstairs to play pool after we all played a game of buzz words. My mom and sis took the above pics of us and the Coleman's. Kinley is precious, as always... :) They said the world was going to be confused as to who her mom is, since I always have her. ;-)

We ended up getting home around 10pm last night...not early enough when Ryan, Jeremy and I all had to go back to work this morning and staying up until 3am the night before after a night of games at the Alarids. :(