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Pumpkin Patch and Paul's Birthday

October 2, 2010

DD came in this weekend. We had to go to the pumpkin patch while she was her. We went to a new Pumpkin Patch on this year Celina's Big Orange Pumpkin Farm. We enjoyed it a lot and can't wait tell next Fall to take Baby Peanut with us. She will be almost one when we come back. Melissa enjoyed petting the animal's riding the train and taking a hay ride around the farm. They have a pretty little Chapel that they rent out for weddings. It would be a nice place to get married.

We also celebrated Paul's 43rd Birthday!

So behind on the blog

Well with us getting ready to move in to our new house the blog has been on the back burner. I have lots to post so I thought I better sit down and post.

Back in May we went to my younger cousins High School graduation in Springdale AR. Justin is a sweet young man and I look forward to watching him grow in to a young man. Melissa loves her cousin Justin and we all had a great time with the family.

Justin with his sister, mom and dad

my little cousin

Melissa with Justin

8th Wedding Anniversary, Mother's Tea and 12 week Sonogram

On Tuesday, May 11, 2010 was a busy day for us. Paul and I celebrated our 8th Wedding Anniversary. We went out to eat for dinner with Melissa.

Earlier that day, I was invited to attend a Mother's Tea. Melissa's preschool class had all the mother's come at 1:15pm for a light lunch and snacks. The teachers had the room decorated nice and all the kids had a gift for the mom's. Melissa was so excited when I came in the room she had made me a plate that had Happy's Mother's Day 2010 on it. The kids also learn a new song and sang it for us. I got it on video it is so cute. That was a special time for me. It is hard to believe Melissa will be three soon. She has grown up so much since school started in August. I love my little girl. Melissa has made lots of friends, but one friend she talks about all the time and plays with all the time is Kieffer. Melissa's teachers say they have a love/hate relationship. The will be loving on each other and playing just fine and then one of them will do something to make the other one cry.

Melissa and Kieffer

Melissa with her teacher's she loves these ladies.

Melissa's class singing

That afternoon Paul, Melissa and I headed over to the hospital to have a sonogram . We got to see our little baby. The baby is 12 weeks and every thing is looking good. The heart beat was 160 and we got to hear it. The doctor we meet with was the genetic doctor who we saw with Melissa during the whole pregnancy. We talked about the chances of having another child with CF. He is so kind and wants us to keep coming back to him every 4-6 weeks so we can keep an eye on the baby.

How your baby's growing:
The most dramatic development this week: reflexes. Your baby's fingers will soon begin to open and close, his toes will curl, his eye muscles will clench, and his mouth will make sucking movements. In fact, if you prod your abdomen, your baby will squirm in response, although you won't be able to feel it. His intestines, which have grown so fast that they protrude into the umbilical cord, will start to move into his abdominal cavity about now, and his kidneys will begin excreting urine into his bladder.

Meanwhile, nerve cells are multiplying rapidly, and in your baby's brain, synapses are forming furiously. His face looks unquestionably human: His eyes have moved from the sides to the front of his head, and his ears are right where they should be. From crown to rump, your baby-to-be is just over 2 inches long (about the size of a lime) and weighs half an ounce.

2010 Texas Bluebonnets

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Last Saturday Paul, Melissa and I went a took our annual Bluebonnet pictures. It's fun to look back on the pictures with Melissa and see how much she has grown and changed. I hope you enjoy this years pictures.

Friday April 16, 2010

Paul, Melissa and I have some very exciting news. First of all Melissa is going to be a BIG SISTER! Yes, you are reading that right, BIG SISTER. I'm 8 weeks pregnant. I had a sonogram today and the baby looks good and is a size of kidney bean and the heart beat is strong. Melissa is really excited to be a big sister. The due date is November 24, 2010.
This baby has the same chance of having Cystic Fibrosis as Melissa did. 25% having CF or 75% not having it. We pray that the baby is healthy even if it does have CF. We know what life is like with a CF child so we feel what ever God gives us we will be blessed. I know the question that is on a lot of peoples mind is will you find out before the baby is born if it has CF. That is something Paul and I haven't talked about yet.

The other exciting news is that Paul and I are going to be home owners. We signed papers on a house last Friday. The house is a brand new house being built. It is already in the framing stage. The house is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. We are excited to be able to finally have our own place our kids can call home. We won't get to move in until the end of May or early June.

Melissa in front of her new bathtub

Hanging out with family at the Dallas Arboretum

Back in April we had some family come to town so we all went to the Dallas Arboretum. Our sister in-law Jackie, her mom Patsy and our three niece's Conner, Sydney and Jordan had never been to the Arboretum. This is one of my favorite place to go during the spring and fall. Melissa had a blast hanging out with her cousins. As you can see from the pictures the Tulips are beautiful.

Pictures of our nephew and niece

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Got word from my mom that my sister is doing well from the c-section and that River and Ecko are doing great as well. We thank God for taking care of them. Peyton is going home tonight but River and Ecko have to stay at the hospital. Not sure when they will get to come come.

Look at these precious pictures.

Proud Dad Alex

This is Baby Ecko Jude

DD holding Ecko Jude

DD holding Rver

Proud mommy holding River

The proud parents

Proud Great Grandmother (Mema)

River and Ecko

Ecko getting some food

Welcome our newest family members

Thursday, February 25, 2010

My sister Peyton and Brother in-law welcomed into the world their twins today. The babies are about 6 weeks early. Peyton went to the hospital last night because her blood pressure was up, the doctor wanted to keep her at the hospital over night to monitor her blood pressure. About 1:00pm today the doctor told Peyton and Alex that she had preeclampsia and that they need to deliver the babies today. So after a c-section Peyton and Alex finally got to meet their babies.
Peyton is doing well after the c-section.

River Isabella was born @ 7:16pm weighing in at 3lb 11oz, 16 1/2in long
Ecko Jude was born @ 7:17pm weighing in at 4lb 6oz, 18in long

Both River and Ecko are doing well and are breathing on their own. They are in NICU and hoping they don't have to stay in there long.
We also know that Peyton is not a carrier for CF so we don't have to worry about them having CF.
Paul, Melissa and I won't get to meet River and Ecko until May, it is going to be so hard not go visit before then. Melissa doesn't understand about her baby cousins. She knows that they are in Auntie Peyt's tummy, but she isn't going to understand when she sees pictures of them. Once I get pictures I will post them.

Our Winter Wonderland 2/11/10 at OneTrueMedia.com

On February 11, 2010 we woke up to snow. The local weather said we would get about 2-3 inches of snow, but we got a lot more than that. I think we got around 6 inches, but DFW airport got over 12 inches. That is a lot of snow for North Texas. Melissa and I had a blast playing in it and then when Paul got home from Russia he helped us make another snowman.

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DD comes for a visit

On February 5, 2010 DD came for a visit. It had been about 4 months since DD has been to see us. Melissa had a blast the her DD. Melissa and DD made Valentine cookies and just played. DD gave Melissa a Thomas the Train set and also a Mickey Mouse floor puzzle for Valentine's .

Can you tell what part of making cookies Melissa likes?

Melissa giving DD her Valentine's Day gift

Playing with her new train

DD laying with Melissa in her big girl bed.

Our Christmas and New Year's

We had a wonderful Christmas this year. On Christmas Eve we made cookies for Santa and then a Birthday Cake for Jesus. Melissa had fun making the cookies. That evening we went to the Christmas Eve service at our Church. As we got ready to head to Church the weather was getting bad outside. After Church we came home and got ready for Santa to come. We sat out the cookies and milk and then Paul read the Christmas story to us. Melissa has a Fisher Prices Little People Nativity Set and she loved playing with it this year. She took well care of Baby Jesus. As we tucked Melissa in to bed on Christmas Eve we looked out the window to see if we could see Santa.

Christmas morning she woke up not early thank goodness. The first thing she said was did Santa come see me? She was so happy to see the fun gifts Santa had brought her. Paul and I had fun watching her opening up the gifts and just seeing her face light up every time she would open up a new gift. This year was really fun with Melissa and I know next year will even be better. We also woke up to 1 inch of snow on Christmas morning. That was nice to see, wish it were more. After opening up all the gifts Melissa thought it was time to head outside and play in the snow. She had a blast walking around looking at the snow and even making a small snowman. The rest of the day we just stayed home and enjoyed playing with Melissa.

The day after Christmas some of my cousins came into town so we got to hang out with them. Melissa loves getting all the attention because she is the youngest one

We packed our bags and head out to West Texas on December 30th to visit my family. We stayed at my moms (DD) house. On New Year's Day my sister Peyton and brother in-law Alex came over and we had our Christmas with them. Peyton and Alex are expecting twins around the first part of April. I can not wait to meet my nephew and niece. Melissa was confused about her baby cousins being in Auntie Peyt’s tummy.
Then later on that afternoon my grandmother Mema, step grandfather Bill and my mom’s friend Robby came over for dinner. We had a fun time visiting with everyone.

We had a nice holiday this past year and look forward to seeing what 2010 will bringing us. We hope you all have a wonderful 2010.

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Our Thanksgiving

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Oh boy I'm behind on this post so sorry. It just seems the blog has taken a backseat the last couple of months. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot to blog about and when I do, I forget to post.

For Thanksgiving we packed our bags and load up the SUV and headed to the Texas Hill Country to spend a long weekend with the Liberto family. Paul's brother Dan and his family had Thanksgiving dinner at their house. We had a great time hanging out the the family. We got to see Paul's sister Laurie and his other brother Michael. Also our niece Lisa who is back from serving over in Afghanistan was with us.

We enjoyed our visit and Melissa had a blast playing with her cousins.

Family hanging out before dinner