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VENTING!!!

Okay ladies this is my first blog about something negative at Ft. Benning. Last night guess who knocked on my door? The MP's! Both of my kids was upstairs. Lylah asleep and Key getting ready for bed. The MP's explained that Keygan had been spotted in the neighborhood a block over and that this is a ongoing problem. BULL CRAP! My son is always in our lil area over here off 37th. The MP's explained that the witness knew exactly where my son lived and that he was drawing in the road. Okay ladies if you lived in my neighborhood and you seen my 4 yr old far from home, at dark, and you knew me what would you do? I would hope that you would bring his butt home not call the MP's. After the MP's left i took a little walk to where they said he was drawing in the road. Yes, they was drawing there, but my son cannot draw a rectangle he is still at the scribbling stage. Give me some feedback ladies. I'm really upset about this. I feel betrayed and took advantage of.

AMAZED

Guess what I just found Lylah doing??? CLIMBING UP THE STAIRS! She turned 8 mo old yesterday and today she is climbing stairs. What in the world am I doing to do with this girl? This one is definitely going to keep me on my toes. She is all over the place, fighting with her big brother, trying to sneak EVERYTHING in her mouth, and even goes after the plug ins. Oh MY WORD! It's looking like tomorrow will be spent buying baby gates. Why can't time just stand still??

starting off the year with a BIG change...

Yesterday at approximately 11 AM I had 6 inches of hair cut from my head!!!! Why you ask? I am not sure maybe the hormones or the fact that i never have time to style my hair and its beauty usually remains hide in a bun on top of my head. Now I should be able to style my hair in less then 30 min. What do you think? Please be honest.

GOODBYE 2008 & HELLO 2009

Wow the year just flew by. Here are some big events that took place in our lives this year.

JANUARY

Keygan started Karate. Pic Above. He made it to a green belt this year. (It goes White, yellow, orange, green, and etc...)

FEBRUARY

James turned 22. We celebrated quietly at home with chicken and dumplings and a tank cake.

My baby loves his tanks!

MARCH

Welcome to the world my little sister Tymee JOJO.

APRIL

We tricked James into thinking I was in labor for April fools day other then that it was a pretty uneventful month.

MAY
We finally became a family of four!!!! Delylah Gracelyn Golda Abney was born . She was born on May5. 7lbs 11 oz full of beauty.

JUNE

GOODBYE Ft. Irwin, CA

We made the long drive from Ft. Irwin, CA to Ft. Benning, GA! We made numerous stops along the way. The Painted Desert, Grand Canyon, A giant cross in TX, and the memorial for the OK city bombing *my fav*.

July

We spent 30 days traveling between FL, KY, & GA

***LR Keygan, Uncle Forest, and James***

**James and I**

August

We moved into our new house in Ft. Benning, GA , Stacey and the girls came to visit us, and Keygan started his first season of soccer. He was one of the best players on his team. Every game he always scored.

SEPTEMBER

Keygan celebrated his fourth birthday. We was lucky enough to get to celebrate this birthday with family. It had been a long time since we celebrated a birthday with extended family.

*lylah and her cousin Polly*

OCTOBER

The kids dressed up for halloween. We had little Ragedy Ann and Ragedy Andy, and YES i know Keygan is going to kill me when he grows up. Also, James and Keygan made a homemade iron man costume *pic above* .The end of this month Lylah started Crawling.

NOVEMBER

Starting off this month Amanda and Tim visited Ft. Benning. It was so nice to see them both again. Hopefully the army will one day put us at the same post. I MISS MY WORKOUT BUDDY!!We visited KY for Thanksgiving and enjoyed a wonderful holiday together. James mom came back with us after the holiday and stayed until Christmas leave.

DECEMBER

Keygan participated in his schools Christmas program. His class did a wonderful job. Lylah started pulling up this month and pulled herself our of her crib. We celebrated our first Christmas as a family of four in KY with our families and enjoyed New Years Eve at home with the neighbors and kids.

We are so blessed to have such a good year! All was well for the Abney family and I hope in 2009 we will be just as blessed. Some things we are hoping for this year: A raise, NO DEPLOYMENT, good health for us all, and lot of visits from family;-) *HINT HINT*