Happy New Year!

Wow! Is it really almost Feb 1 of 2012??? Time seems to go a lot faster these days! Christmas was so much fun this year. Santa came to our house a little early due to family coming in on Christmas Eve. I'm glad Santa knew our schedule! On Christmas Eve morning, Titus and Emmy woke up to way more than they needed! It was so fun to watch Titus ohhh and ahhhh over everything. Emmy enjoyed the paper too! After getting through with Santa we had Christmas breakfast and gifts with my family. It was definitely different having 3 little ones this year. Last year it was just Titus, not this year! Next year it will be even crazier since the girls will be walking. We then did Christmas lunch and presents with my grandparents and aunt. That night some of my dads family came into town to spend Christmas with us. So we had dinner that night (all we did was eat that whole weekend!) Christmas morning we all did church together and then just enjoyed each others company the rest of the day! It was truly a great weekend full of fun and family. Titus loved spending time with his cousins.
We spent New Year's weekend with Brad's family in North Alabama. It was also a great weekend and a great way to close out the holidays!
2011 was very good to us! New house, new baby, new job! We were blessed in so many ways. 2012 has been off to a good start but has already seen changes within our family. After much thought and prayer, I am now staying home full time once again. I loved working at Women's Resource Center and was very sad to leave, but it was something Brad and I felt I needed to do. What will happen now?? Who knows! I have loved staying home with the kids this week and just spending time with them. One of my many resolutions is to not worry so much about the house looking great all the time, but just to enjoy the moments and days I have with my children. We spend hours on the floor playing and I love every minute. Titus has grown into a little boy and Emmy is crawling/pulling up so I know it won't be much longer before she is walking. Where are my babies? We know that God has a great plan for me and for our family and right now we are just going to be content with where we are and wait on him.
Emmy has started the New Year off with a bang! Her blood level this month was 3.6......that is considered a normal range! We were so excited and thankful. Our pediatrician always tells us what a miracle baby she is. We are glad God has chosen to use her to show off!

I'll leave you with some pics!

Holidays!

We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! It seems like life has been non stop since the beginning of November. We traveled to Town Creek to spend the Thanksgiving weekend with Brad's family. It was a good weekend. We celebrated Titus' actual birthday while we were there (Nov 25). I can't believe my baby boy is 2! He has turned into such a little boy and not a baby! Our lives have changed so much since April 2009 (the day we found out we were pregnant with Titus!) We have been through some trials, but through it all our God has been faithful. We are truly blessed.
Emmy is doing wonderful! We went and met with her specialist on Nov 16th. This was the first time we had seen him since she was 3 weeks old. Dr Bock is such a wonderful doctor and we are so thankful that God allowed him to be Emmy's doctor. He was very pleased with her growth and how she is doing! Lets just say she is a big girl. He drew lab on that day and we got the results a few days later. Her level in October was 7.0, which was higher than he wanted. He wants her levels to be between 4-6. Her level on that day was 4.6!!! Did you hear me??? I said 4.6. I cry when its high and I cry when its low! We are so thankful and give God the glory! He has not put her on a diet, just told me to be smart with what she eats. I had really been watching what she was getting and had her on a pretty routine diet, so I have opted to stay where we are for the time being! Why mess with a good thing! Once she gets off formula at 1, we will be more free to add things into her diet! God is good!
This is our first Christmas in our new house and we are loving it. We went to the Christmas tree farm and picked out a huge tree!!!! We had it flocked put it in our dining room! It is beautiful! This was Brad, Titus, and Emmy's first time to go to a Christmas tree farm and have a real tree at Christmas! Brad and I decided it would be a family tradition.
We have so many things to be thankful for this holiday season. We have been blessed more than we ever deserve and hope we never take that for granted. We are thankful for each of you and hope you are all having a wonderful holiday!

                                                                    Missing Poppy!

                                                                      Crazy Kid!

                                                                    Sweet babies!

                                                                  New cousin Lizzi!

                                                                      Cupcakes!

                                                             Happy 2nd! Birthday!

                                           Logan, Titus, and Lane! Three curly headed boys!

                                                               He loved the cupcake!

Busy Weekend!

Wow! What a weekend! The fun began on Thursday afternoon! Deidra was admitted to the hospital in order to start the induction process! Thursday night was just to get her ready with the real induction starting Friday morning! We were all sooo excited to be able to welcome Lizzi into the world on Friday morning at 11:16 a.m.

Brad's family graciously agreed to come into town on Thursday night in order that I may be at the hospital all day on Friday and not have to worry about getting someone to keep the kids. It worked out wonderfully!

Saturday was a great day! It was Titus' 2nd bday party! Although he won't be two until Nov 25, this was the best weekend to have the party. Parties are alot of work, but so worth it to watch everyone have so much fun. I feel like everyone had a great time! I know Titus did! We are so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family that helped make the day a wonderful one. I can't believe my baby will be 2 in just a week.

Emmy is doing great also. She is 6 mths and growing like a weed. She weighs 17 lb 6 oz. We will see her specialist on Wednesday and get blood work. She has been on a strict diet so we are hoping the levels come down. Pray with us.

Now it is time to start focusing on the holidays! I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week!

The Fair and Halloween!

We have had a busy and fun last few weeks! We started off by going to the Jackson County Fair a few weekends ago. We took Titus to the fair last year, but being only 11 months old, he wasn't really into it. Oh how that changed in a year! He loved everything about the fair this year. It was a constant battle of trying to get him off the rides and try to do other things like eat dinner! He loved riding the cars most of all! Next year will be interesting having 2 kids that will be wanting to ride things!

I started thinking about Halloween around the beginning of October. I wanted them to be something that went together, so it was a bit of a challenge to find something small enough for Emmy. I decided to let Titus be a monkey and let Emmy be the banana! I must say it was super cute and everyone seemed to love it. I already have some ideas on next year!

We are busy getting ready for Titus' birthday weekend. His birthday isn't until the 25th, but because of Thanksgiving, we are doing the party this Saturday. Brad's entire family is coming into town for it. It will be  a busy week of preparation, but well worth it for my soon to be 2 year old!!!!!

New Project!

We are still in the process of getting things on the walls in our house. Just thought I'd share with you the canvas prints I just ordered! So excited to get them in!

Wedding Canvas

Blank Project Canvas Print

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Titus Newborn

Blank Project Canvas Print

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