O Christmas Tree!

Well, I don't mean to mention my own birthday, BUT it's my birthday!!!! And even though there's nothing crazy going on today, it's the BEST birthday yet because I have a wonderful husband (he made last year's birthday the best until now) and a beautiful baby girl (and another on the way who wished me Happy Birthday this morning by giving me a big kick)!! My hubby is taking me to a movie tomorrow afternoon and sweet Hannah this morning woke me up with saying "ma ma"...I went into her room and she was all smiles and laughs. Is there any better way to start off your birthday (even at 7:15am)??? I don't think so!!!!!!! Christmas is right around the corner and we are so excited. We went and bought Hannah's Christmas gifts last night and so now everything is wrapped and under the tree. Thanks to all the family for all the beautifully wrapped gifts and I'm sure whatever is inside of them is going to make us all very happy come Christmas morning! The tree has been up for about a week now and so far Hannah hasn't really attacked it! There's some new pics, I'll post some more later too!!! Love you all! And another quick note, I know Aunt Meme won't be having her baby today...even though I secretly kind of wished for that. But we want her to know that we love her and Uncle Matt so much and can't wait for Caleb~We pray all goes well at the doctor's office today!!!!

Our Little Rudolph!

Pictures

I took some pictures of Hannah the other day that I think are just so cute! Enjoy!

Mer's Shower

We're Back!

We've gotten a lot of hassle about not updating the blog lately and we're sorry about that. There's been a lot going on lately and now we have a ton to write about.
Hannah is huge! In reality she's just growing up fast and we are so blessed to have her in our lives. She brings lots of laughter and tears (good ones) to each new day and it's just incredible how God created such a sweet little girl. Whoever lot we could love someone so little so much! She's been doing her "army drag" for a long time now and has been sitting up on her own for a little over a month or so. Her favorite thing to do now is to be "free" on the floor in the living room. She does her super roll (rolling 4-5 times really fast) to make her way to the kitchen or the tv set where she loves to try to pull down the Christmas decorations. She's been pulling up on things and is very close to successfully sitting herself back up...it'll happen one of these days. She just brings so much excitement to our lives and we know that she will be a great big sis.
And speaking of the new little one...I should be returning to the doctor very soon, but our last and final ultrasound we had last month showed that she is doing great. They didn't get great pics of her heart in October because she was moving around so much so they just had take a second look. Her due date still stands at March 10th, which seems to be approaching rather quickly!
THANKSGIVING! Trey and I were blessed to have some family here to celebrate the holidays with us...my parents arrived the Monday before Thanksgiving (Zach and Jacki came tues. and Mer on wed.) and we just had blast. We're grateful to Matt for sparing Mer for their first Thanksgiving as a married couple and with her being soo pregnant it was just a blessing to be able to share the holidays with her. And we thank God for her health (she's doing great now) and for Caleb who will be here sooner than we know it. And thanks Mom and Dad for all the ways you blessed Trey, Hannah, and I while you were here (even when you aren't here we feel blessed for all you do for us)! And Hannah loves her Uncle Zach and Aunt Jacki and just had so much fun with all the family that week! She's just now getting over the fact that Mommy is only one person (since she had so many people to play with that week) and I can't entertain her every minute of every day. And thank you all for all the pre-Christmas gifts and just gifts...we are THANKFUL! And to all the family in Mississippi, we're so thankful that Hannah has so many people that love her and even though ya'll couldn't spend the holidays with us, you were here in our thoughts and in our hearts!
So I'm blogged out I think...Christmas will be here 16 days and we can't wait! Hannah's first Christmas and we can't wait to read to her the 'Baby Jesus Story' from her little book with the furry sheep, but we're def. going to have some fun with the whole Santa thing too (even if she can't understand everything yet)! Don't worry I won't write this much each time, but there was a lot of time we didn't blog about....we love you all!!!!!!! (I posted pics from the shower we threw for Mer and others from that week)

A Look To The Holidays!

Our camera has not been working probably to be able to upload new pics of Hannah...bummer! But the time has flown by, it's almost Thanksgiving and the new baby will be here before we know it! We are so blessed to be able to have our family coming for the whole week of Thanksgiving! Dad and mom come in Monday night, Zach and Jacki on Tues. night, and Mer on Wed. Sadly Matt won't be able to come this year b/c of work, but what a blessing to have everyone else! Over the years, the tradition of the Montroy family has been to travel to the Songer's house and spend Thanksgiving with them and celebrate Christmas with them the Friday after...the past couple of years we've all been seperated and have been starting new chapters in our lives, but WE'RE BACK! Hannah is so big and I can't wait to show her off to the fam. next week! And to all of our family in Mississippi.."We miss you all and wish that we could all be together for the Holidays!"

And thanks Mer...I'll try to keep the posts up to date..I just hate posting without being able to put new pics of Hannah on here-she makes the blog cute!!!

Back From A Long...Pause!

Hello again! It's been a little while since our last post and I just wanted to update everyone on the family! A week or so does not seem long enough for a lot to happen but it most certainly has. Hannah is getting so big and has accomplished a lot in such a short period of time. She now knows how to say "ma ma" and "da da" (she says "ma ma" a lot more which is so weird because all we've said the past 3 months or so has been "da da"). She knows somewhat who is who, but it was so cute when this morning Trey walked into the room and she looked up at him and said "ma ma" very loudly...it was hilarious! Also she's learning how to stand on her own and we're teaching her how to walk with assistance (that one is coming along) but she can stand up by herself holding onto the exersaucer for a couple of minutes! What a treat! The only thing that is scaring me is that she can get to one side of the room faster than you can say Hannah...and man does it give you a work out chasing after her (and remember this is all BEFORE she's walking...my goodness)!

Secondly, my brother Zach came to visit last week and what a joy it was to spend so much time with him. Because of Zach's church job he can't stay in town but a few days and normally there's so much family around that it's hard to just "talk" with him, but last week Trey, Hannah, and I all got to talk, play, and just have so much fun with him. And the best was when we got to enjoy a delicious dinner at the Hilton (thanks to mom and dad!) with Zach and hear him sing for the Pregnancy Resource Center Banquet. That was a special night! And don't worry Zach, Hannah had fun too-right now she doesn't like anyone, but she will again soon!

Thirdly and lastly an update on the baby! Noel is doing wonderful we pray! I'll start my 23rd week tomorrow and the pregnancy this time around has been so much easier on me. I think having a little one to run after and take care of helps keep my mind (most of the time) off of the "fun" pregnancy stuff (fun meaning pain and sickness). We're still praying about Noel's middle name, but we know that will come with time. God has tremendously blessed Trey and I with Hannah and we can't wait to meet Noel!