Christmas Day is finally here!!!!

If you could not already tell by the mass of presents....Santa definately came and visited us!!! I must have been such a good girl. We had a wonderful Christmas, but it has been very hectic...I can not even imagine how much more hectic it will be with children...but I am ready. 2009 is drawing near, and soon we will start trying to have baby West. The above pics are from Christmas Day at my parents. I had a portrait painted of Molly for my mom...she thought it was so good that she cried. The girl who painted it is from Fairhope and she did an excellent job..so thanks to Meredith Montgomery for the beautiful painting. I am ready for the new year to be here because Gary and I are also about to start our major eating makeover and exercise routine. I am feeling so big. Anyway, we had a great holiday and am ready to get back into the swing of things and back on schedule.

Christmas Time!

I absolutely love Christmas! I love decorating the tree(well I don't really love putting on the lights....)I love looking at all of my ornaments and putting them on the tree, I love all Christmas music, I love going to Christmas parties and being soooo busy, I love buying presents, finding the perfect gift for my family and friends, I love looking and playing with my beautiful nativity scenes, and most of all it is so specail to be celebrating Jesus's birthday! Here are a few pics of the West Family getiing in the holiday spirit!

My Sister's Wedding

Cat's wedign weekend was so much fun! She and Robert got married in New Orleans September 27, 2008. It was one of the most fun long weekends I have had since college....and when I say long...I mean from Wednesday through Sunday long. I just can't party like I used to, my body can not handle My wedding was wonderful, but nothing living 5 days straight on daqueris and beniegts. I felt horrible for a week. Cat looked beautiful and everyone had a blast. I didn't take many pics...but here are a few.

Our Babies Love to Play

We got baby Cali just a few months after we rescued Kitty Boy "half tail" Johnson from the medical supply. (the "half tail"came from Gary playing with Lulu a tennis ball and a golf club...unfortunately Kitty Boy got in the way..and lost half of his beautiful tail...my poor little show cat.)From the get go they have been the best of friends. I was worried that as Cali got bigger she might hurt poor little kittyman...but no...kitty can hold his own.

Can Not Seem to Remember to blog

I would like to blog more....especially since I love to read other people's blogs. But I just do not have the time or patience. I must get more organized...but right now I am still trying to get unpacked from bringing my wedding gifts home. What is wrong with me? We have no carpet in the three bedrooms on the far side of our house...just foundation. The antique chinese sideboard I got a market for the dining room will be here Aug 12...hooray! And I think that will make me feel better not having to look at all of those stacked up wedding gifts. I have a zillion serving pieces in every type of material from pewter to pottery to Annie Glass to spode...it is rediculous! I do not know if I will ever use them all. I have picked out fabric for the curtain in the dining room and living room...but am going to put off the living room because I need like 50 yards of fabric and the fabric is 50 dollars a yard. So much for me not working anymore...I need to start working over time so that I can get this house finished. Soon I will post some before and after pics of the house. But for now I need to go find something more productive to do!

Memorial Day Weekend

We went to the beach for Memorial Day Weekend. Dax and Mallory stayed with us, and Courtney and Josh were down there too! We had a great time. It is so nice to have my best friends in Hatttiesburg with me. I live about a mile from Brandie and just a few miles from Courtney. I have made some really new great friends like Whitney and Mallory. It is so nice to build on my set of girlfriends, because for so long I felt like I had no friends in Hattiesburg.

Looking at this picture has inspired me to lose weight. I am so tired of being the size I am right now. I have gained about 20 pounds since Gary and I started dating 2 years ago. It is totally unexceptable. I started my diet and exercise routine Wednesday, May 28, 2008. My goal is to have lost AT LEAST 10 pounds by July 4th!!! This time Gary is on the diet and exercise routine too. It is so nice to have his support and a chance for us to do this thing together. So far, I have run 27 miles and lost O pounds. That sucks so bad but oh well, I will just keep trying.

Honeymoon in Belize

This is the view from our room at Ramon's Village in San Pedro, Belize. It was so beautiful. It was also very hot! Gary and I are accustomed to better air conditioning. It is very hard to be very romantic with your new spouse when you are both entirely too HOT! We did have a blast together. We went on two all day snokeling trip, and a romantic beach picnic. We dined on fish that we caught and lobsters that our guide hijacked from someone elses traps. We had so much fun! What a great way to start our lives together. I am truly blessed to have a man as wonderful as Gary in my life.

Married

It is still a little hard to believe that we are married! It was such a long process leading up to the big day...but it was worth it. It was really the best day of my life thus far. We had the best time. I had always thought that it was going to be stressful and hard. I thought I would not make it through the ceremony without crying like a baby the whole time. I cried a little coming down the isle, but some how I dried up those tears. Everything was beautiful...it is still hard to believe that it was all for me. I could not have dreamed of anything more beautiful of perfect.