Happy New Year! Can anyone really grasp that 2007 is officially gone? I can’t say that I’m too bummed as we’re really looking forward to 2008 and what it has in store for us. We’re expanding our family with BT’s arrival in April. We’re planning a location change out of state towards the end of the year. It’s a new year for Mike to embark in with his fishing career. We both turned 30 and are ready to embrace the new decade. All in all we are looking forward to the new year!

Thanksgiving and Christmas have come and gone with not much fanfare. We really enjoyed two visits from Mary’s family for each holiday. Thanksgiving brought the Creans and Tucks together for the first time since the wedding (I think.) We had a great time talking, eating and playing Catch Phrase. At Christmas, all of the Creans were here to enjoy the holiday along with John’s girlfriend, Jess. It was a such a pleasure to get know her and Mary’s niece Keira. They both have such fun personalities.

We found out on the 3rd that we’re having a girl!! She was looking good and healthy and progressing nicely. Mary has really been feeling her move since Thanksgiving and Mike finally felt her recently. It’s been very exciting and makes it so real now! This little girl is all ready quite spoiled with numerous gifts for Christmas. Her wardrobe is beginning to take shape quite nicely. Hopefully we’ll get her furniture soon and be able to really put the room together. Aunt Gaile and Uncle Michael have given us several much needed items that used to be Cousin Keira’s so we are forever grateful to not have to try and accumulate this stuff our selves.

The last week of November found us in Tennessee visiting family and then to Indiana to see our good friends get married. We had a good time house hunting in TN and have narrowed our choice of location down to one or two areas. We plan to return in the summer to look for our house of choice. Indiana was a fun and the wedding was just gorgeous. Our flight home was delayed so much that we were able to go to a Colts game. It was a blast!!! Mike finally got to see Peyton play as a pro after watching him at UT for years.

Mary returned to work on the 4th. It wasn’t as bad as she expected as it was nice to be able to ease back in to the flow of things. People at work are very excited about the pregnancy and keep commentating on how cute Mary looks right now. It’s funny!

Mike is up at Shasta right now getting ready for tournaments on January 5th/6th and Stren on January 9th – 12th. It’s very cold up there and will be colder at the end of the week with a storm front coming in. Mary is heading up on the 6th to celebrate her birthday with him and friends. The rest of the Tuck clan is in Tennessee rallying around Nana as she prepares for triple bypass surgery.