Welcome Logan Paul

Congratulations to Jason and Jennifer!!! Logan was born yesterday, 12/17/07 @ 6:40 PM. 7 lbs, 9 0z and 20 inches long. And the best part, father and son have the same birthday!!!! We can't wait to come down and visit the newest addition to your family!!

Now it's your turn Julie....we're anxiously awaiting your call.

Star light, star bright

Now that Moa is getting closer and closer to 13, his bathroom habits are getting more and more needy. So while Mike finished cooking dinner, I took Moa on one of his hourly walks. Luckily we've been having 70+ weather, so we were not in a hurry like when it's cold. We were headed back towards the house when I looked up and saw a shooting star go right over our house. I was so excited, it's the first shooting star I've ever seen!!!

As many of you know, I read too much into everything. So obviously I saw my shooting star as a sign. I know it's really just a meteor shooting through the sky, but I choose to believe it means something else. The star did two things for me last night, it gave me a chance to send up a much desired wish and also gave me hope, something we could all use a reminder of from time to time.

Or it could have been our other theory......it was Santa Claus checking his naughty and nice list. We know he went over the house, but more importantly, which list are we on?

Not really related, but it's something I want to share. Yesterday on the way to work, one of the local radio stations was doing their annual Breaking and Entering Christmas. They break into a needy family's home and leave them enough gifts, food, and necessities for an army. The family of 6 with one on the way was doing fine, until the 5 year old girl was diagnosed with cancer. She is currently going through her 2nd round with this dreadful disease, and obviously it's putting a financial and emotional drain on the family. When the kids were asked for the letters to Santa, all they asked for was for their little sister to get well. Of course I was boo hooing most of the way to work, especially when they were going through all of the stuff that was donated. One restaurant gave them free meals for a year (unlimited). That is just truly amazing, but not as amazing as these siblings. It helped me remember that Christmas is not always about the things you want, but the things you need.....our family, friends, and helping others. To the big man last night, thanks for the reminder last night :-) (and I don't mean Santa Claus).

23 months......that's it?!?!?

"Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison today for his role in a dogfighting conspiracy that involved gambling and killing pit bulls." from charlotte.com

As most of you know, I'm a huge animal lover.....especially cats and dogs. Mike makes fun of me all of the time for paying more attention to people's dogs when we see them than to the owners. Case in point......our shopping venture to Birkdale yesterday. What can I say, dogs are almost always happy to see you and they never disappoint you.

Back to my point, how did Vick get off with less than 1/2 of the maximum sentence, with the option of getting off early for good behavior. What he did is deplorable and unforgivable. I could rant for days about this self-centered "piece of monkey sh*t" as Clark Griswald would say, but he's not worth any more of my time. End of story.

In other news, I hope everyone is having a good holiday season. We spent most of our weekend shopping and have most of Santa's list checked off. Nothing like shopping for xmas in short sleeves in 70+ degree weather. I LOVE the South!!!

Julie is due any day now. I know she's ready (and still at work!!!), and we're ready to meet Baby Girl Witers. We got other good news today too, another couple we know is expecting. It's still a little early, so we'll share more later. Oh, and congrats to Reggie and Pam....they're also expecting. I think that's everyone. Ha. Babies everywhere in this bunch.

Merry Christmas everybody!! Thanks to everyone that came and started off the season right with us last weekend (1st). To all of our friends and family, we hope you know how much all of you mean to us!!