Thank You 2011 for the BEST YEAR EVER!!!

So, 2011 was a GREAT year for so many reasons...the most obvious, of course, being Stafford's arrival!! I cannot believe that this year has flown by so quickly...it really seems like yesterday that Reed and I were planning our wild NYE dinner date at Babalu and getting excited about ringing in 2011 - the year we both turn 30!! 2011 has blessed us beyond measure with so many wonderful things: great times with family and friends, lots of laughter and love, fun vacations, new experiences, and the most importantly, the most precious, loving, healthy little boy that we could ever hope for. We don't have any major plans for ringing in 2012...just spending time with our little one and getting some rest! I thought it would be fun to do a "year in review" in pictures so see below for highlights from 2011...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

January: getting Sis initiated into Phi Mu

(and telling my parents that a little one is on the way)!!

February: baby shower for Kristin and sweet little Perry Allen

March: Reed finishes New Orleans Half-Ironman for the 2nd time

April: Reed and I in Oxford for Double Decker 2011

May: our 3 year anniversary to San Diego

May: sweet Caroline Reed (far right) turns 2

June: baby shower for Katy and Hattie Hedglin

June: Reed competes in the Heatwave Triathlon in Ridgeland

June: beach trip to Orange Beach...6 months pregnant

June: Reed and Gray celebrate turning 30 with a bday dinne at CCJ

July: I celebrate turning 30 with fun friends at Margaritas

July: our sweet friends, Joshua & Brittany, get married!!

July: Reed competes in the Heart O'Dixie Triathlon at the Neshoba County Fair

for the 3rd year in a row

July: my precious Dyersburg friends throw me (and Stafford) a fabulous baby shower
at the Guthrie home...Iwas 31 weeks pregnant

August: my wonderful Jackson friends throw me (and Stafford) a fantastic baby shower

at the Country Club of Jackson...I was 33 weeks pregnant

September: my fabulous husband finishes his first ever Ironman in

Louisville, Kentucky...I was 36 weeks pregnant and cried like a baby when he crossed that line

September: my sweet friend Lauren, gets married!!!

September 21st: our baby boy is born

September 21st: Stafford Daulton Stacy = 100% perfection

September: with Morgan (and Baby Kate) at their baby shower

September: Stafford goes to Oxford, MS for the first time

October: my sweet 1 month old!!

October: Stafford's first Halloween (he's a bear!)

November: my sweet boy is 2 months old!!

November: Happy 1st Thanksgiving Stafford!!!

November: it's a pirate birthday for my 4 year old nephew, Ryan

November: Stafford meets Baker Arnemann for the first time

December: Stafford and Santa at the Country Club of Jackson Christmas Luncheon

December: Stafford and Savannah Peters go on their first date!!

December: Stafford starts smiling!!