2009 is here!!

I cant believe another year is here already. And I cant believe my baby is already 3 months old as of this past Wednesday. I had her weighed that day and she now weighs 10# and 11 oz. She is such a little cutie!! The kids are really enjoying having another little one around. And she is such a sweet baby!! She really enjoys eating. Yes I feed her and she loves it. She usually doesnt get messy but I let her just so I could take some pictures of her messy!! She LOVES tapioca pudding and sweet potatoes!! (the orange face) Just to catch up a little bit since the last post...... Christmas came. What a wonderful time of year. Lexi came and stayed several days with us and I was actually able to get a pretty good picture of all of the kids together. AND it didnt take as many snaps as I thought that it would. It may not be the best but for a picture of 6 kids, I thought that I did a good job. We had a wonderful time together.

Then next was New Years Eve. Well the day before that I think it was we were eating dinner approximately at 9:00 pm. And it was so good. I had made beef tips over rice and I dont remember now what I fixed to go with that. ANYWAYS while we were eating Marlee ran outside to get something from one of her friends and when she came back in she said look who's here and when we looked....... it was Grandma and Pa!!!! They surprised us by coming down to see us. I had asked them to the day before, Daddy had a Dr.'s appointment in Durham and I tried talking them into coming but Mama said they couldnt they didnt have clothes or anything they would need with them. I didnt know but they were planning on coming here all along. So New Years Eve, me, Mama and the girls but a bunch of party food and partied all night!!! Mama laid on 1 couch and I laid on the other and both tried staying awake until the New Year came in. Other than that there isnt much going on. John and I are working really hard to build our business. We now OWN 14 machines and are hoping to increase our inventory to 20 very soon. As anyone knows........... good help is hard to find. We have several really good, hard working guys and gals right now. Hopefully there are a few of them that we can hold onto. The kids have a long weekend since it is MLK day on Monday! They have off for their winter break the middle of February. We may go to the Island for that week, but we have also talked about going to Myrtle Beach. Oh yeah John got me a new laptop for Christmas. It has a webcam and camera. This is just one of the many pictures that has been taken with it. We have really enjoyed talking to our family back in NC and being able to see eachother. We are very excited for this new year with our wonderful little family and teaching Mali so many new things. Love to everyone!!!