Our Trip to Alabama

Jason and I took a road trip to Killen, Alabama, on Friday, 2/20/09, to visit a very good friend of mine, Cascia (pronounced Cash-a - like cash a check :), and her family. Cascia and I have been friends since we were 12 and in Drama class together in Middle School! The road trip was a blast (even though it was about 6 hours) and I even got Jason to stop at a rest stop even though we had watched a horror movie about rest stops the night before!! We had a great time on the drive and an even better weekend with Cascia and Todd and their boys (2 year old Jack, and 4 month old Adam)! Here are some pictures from our weekend!

This is Jack in his chair - this chair cracks me up! Isn't he handsome!

This is Cascia and I with Jack and Adam

And Jason and I with Jack-A-Saurus-Rex

Cascia and I with the wedding gift I gave her in 2002, a kitten named Gracie, from my mom's cat, Jezzie

The Weldy Family

Cascia and Adam - see Jack peeking around behind them? :)

Cascia and I with the boys again

Jack, looking angelic!

And cute little Adam again in his hilarious seat! I LOVE those Bumbo chairs!

We hope you enjoyed and have a wonderful weekend!

Love,

The Ratliffs

We're Expecting!

Jason and I found out on 12/16/08 that we were expecting our first child! Of course we didn't believe the first test and had to take a second before calling Dr. Thatcher!

We had our first sonogram on 12/21/08 and could not really see anything, but got a good report. On 1/5/09 we had our first sonogram (where we could actually see something) at 7 weeks, 1 day and learned that our due date was 8/25/09 and saw the heart beating!

We had another sonogram on 1/12/09 at 8 weeks, 1 day and saw the little arms and legs!

Our next sonogram was on 1/20/09 at 9 weeks, 2 days! We saw the baby moving and it was the COOLEST!

This is my first belly shot at 8 weeks! (7 weeks, 6 days so I'm only showing 7 fingers)

My second belly shot at 9 weeks!10 weeks!

11 weeks!

12 weeks already!

We went walking on Erwin's Linear Trail during week 12!

13 weeks - Valentine's Day!

My Valentine's Day gift from my awesome husband!

And finally...14 weeks!!

Christmas Eve at the Ratliff's House

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve at Jason's Father, Donnie, and Step-Mother, Vickie's, house. There was tons of family, lots of fun, and of course a BUNCH of presents...oh and did I mention the delicious food? Here are some pictures...

This is Donnie and his three boys...Jason, Jared, and Nick

Jason and I "BP" (before presents)
Nick and his girlfriend, Rachel

Donnie, Mamaw, and Jason

Me, Mamaw, and Jason

Mom, me, Dad, and Jason

Dad and Mom opening their presents

Vickie and her mother, Dec, opening presents

Randy (standing up), Mattie, Joyce, and Lara

Some of the presents around the tree!

Mamaw and her elephant

Dad and I with his special gift from Donnie

Jason and I opening gifts

An awesome gift from Randy and Joyce

Jared passing out presents

An awesome gift from The Ratliffs

Nick with his "special gift" from his father :) Yep boys and girls, they even jiggle while they "jingle" :)

Nick and Rachel with Rachel's gift from Randy (a plaque congratulating her on making it to 2 Christmas's with the family!)

Nick, Jason, and Jared in their p-coats

Nick and Vickie

Donnie in all his UT "junk" :)

Jason, Jared, and Nick again

Courtney (cousin), Jason, Jared, and Nick