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The End of 2009, Hello to 2010!

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Happy New Year everyone!  We enjoyed our New Year celebration, although Mommy-to-Be was pretty lazy (making a baby is harder than I thought it would be).  We spent our New Year's at the Snowden household with our nephew, his daddy, Grandma and Grandpa (Kimber was working, so she was MIA).  Here are some photos:


Braxten pedaling on his smart cycle with Auntie's help.



Grandma was a little worn out from a tough day--would she make it to midnight?!  NOPE!


Grandpa having fun


Mommy-to-Be being LAZY... wondering if I would make it to midnight?!  YEP!


Grandpa & Daddy-to-Be having fun


Grandma, Brother-to-Be Bruiser, Mommy-to-Be & Brother-to-Be Porky having fun on the last night of 2009!


Baby F is so lucky to have this cutie as a brother!


Baby F's Daddy & Cousin Braxten


His shirt says "I'm Going to be a Big Cousin"... and a cute one at that!


And finally the full, blue moon (won't happen again until 2028)




Kevin and I will be headed back to the "real world" tomorrow.  It has been so nice to spend the holidays with family.  We've been blessed with wonderful memories shared with the Fagundes, Avila, Remillard, Bortz and Snowden families.  We were also able to get together with friends & other family members we had not seen in a while.  Everyone gave us many happy memories to look back upon and shared in our joy of becoming parents in the New Year!  We are so blessed to have such WONDERFUL friends & family.  Here are some photos from our gatherings over the past couple of weeks:


Our adorable niece Natalie



Natalie opening her gifts (with mommy's assistance, of course)


Big-boy Ryan opening his gifts (and he was so polite "another please?")


Bruiser was upset because we would not let him open the kids gifts!


The next morning, the boys putting their sweaters on


Quick portrait


Santa Claus came

They started opening some gifts



 

Success, finally!



Braxten and Nana helping the boys open their gifts

 
 

Braxten starts opening his gifts (and HAD to play with each one before moving on to another)


 
 
 
 

Our 2009 Christmas card


And finally, Mommy's growing belly (14 weeks, 2 days)... please ignore the pj's, Mommy-to-Be spends far too much time in comfy clothes these days!



 

As you can see from Mommy's belly, Baby F is growing & growing.  Kevin and I are truly looking forward to becoming parents this year!   Last night, a few tears fell from my face when the clock struck midnight.  I turned to Kevin and said "goodbye to the last year we were kid free, we're going to be parents every year on from this point!"  Kevin beamed with pride and we silently celebrated the gift we've been blessed with.  We spent the rest of the evening enjoying family, headed to bed and spent some time laying there talking about the future.  Baby F please know that you are so very, very loved and such a blessing to so many people, but especially Mommy & Daddy who have wished for you, prayed for you and wanted you for so long!

Blessings to all in the coming new year!

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