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*