Thursday, April 14, 2011

Oh happy day!!!


My heart is SOOO happy! My baby girl, Kami, prayed Monday and asked Jesus to come live in her heart. She has been asking a LOT of questions lately and has been learning about being saved in church and at AWANAS. So, Monday we sat down and had a long conversation about what that means and I asked her several questions to make sure she was ready. She completely understands what it means so we prayed together to Jesus. There is no greater moment than leading your child to Christ. I remember when Kaleb did the same thing back in August of 2008. It was almost like you could hear the angels singing. God is soo good!! Now she is anxious to get baptised. I will post pics of that soon!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Family Updates!



Well, I am behind on blogging AGAIN. I had a few posts from a while back that wouldn't publish last time I was on so they were published today. Anyways, lets see....Keagan is 5 1/2 months old. He is rolling over and trying to sit up. He has a tooth trying to break thru and finally sleeping thru the night now. We had such a hard time with him gaining weight in the beginning so we started supplementing with formula a few feedings a day and that really helped. That was of course after all the tummy aches and constant crying until we figured out he was lactose intolerant and needed soy formula. Apparently, I only make skim breast milk by the way!...lol. He is doing much better now and we are trying baby food. Baby cereal just seem to upset his tummy to much. I sure hope that is not a sign of trouble to come! He was not a good sleeper in the beginning either. He had to wake up and nurse every 2 hours for the first few months. It slowly started to get better. He is so much fun right now with his laughing and cooing. I just have to say I love being a mom!


Kami is doing well in school and is finally reading. She loves school and is anxious to learn something new each day. She is taking gymnastics and really seems to enjoy it. She comes home and practices after class. She is also doing really well in AWANAS. Her memorization's skills have improved drastically. She is really into arts and crafts and loves to play outside.


Kaleb is also doing well in school. He amazes me how quickly he picks up on new things. He doesn't like writing in cursive though. He is playing machine pitch baseball again this year and Tim is the coach. He likes playing pitcher or short stop. We are really working on good sportsmanship this year. That is such a hard concept for him. Kaleb really loves riding his bike and reading library books. He just finished up his bear badge for boy scouts as well.


Tim is working alot as usual and been out of town a lot this year training new managers in the area. He has finally gotten his store running smoothly so he doesn't have to worry about them while he is gone. He is such a hard worker and I am so proud of him. He still manages to come home and be a good dad and husband too. God has truly blessed me with a great man.

As for me, I went to weight watchers to lose my baby weight and then some and I am proud to say as of today I have lost 20.2 lbs and am training for another 5K in May. I still have another 40-50 lbs left to lose and am excited to say I feel I have found a program that that goal is actually attainable! God has reminded me I can take care of myself too and still be a good mom. Please keep me in your prayers as I fight hard to reach my goal!


I am excited that at the end of the month we will be taking our spring break/vacation to Grapevine. We are going to the Legoland Discovery Center and the Great Wolf Lodge. We are also going to take the kids to eat at the Rain forest Cafe and go back to Wylie and visit our old church and friends there. I can hardly wait. We were going to a Rangers game too but I feel that would be hard with Keagan. So, maybe next year!

Baby Keagan is finally here!!!!



Children are an inheritance from the LORD. They are a reward from him. Ps 127:3

Our little blessing from God is finally here. Keagan Andrew was born October 18, 2010 @ 4:26 a.m. He was 6lbs. 6oz. and 19 1/2in. long. I went into labor that evening and had the worst back pain EVER!! I tried staying at home as long as I could stand it! We dropped the kids off with my friend Nicole and headed for the hospital around 3 in the morning. We checked in and it wasn't long before we had a beautiful baby boy. I was able to have him without the epidural like I had hoped and only had to stay in the hospital for 2 days. It was an easy birth...it only took 3 pushes! (Praise the Lord) I was so grateful that Grammy Carol could come down and help for the week. Having 3 kids is a little harder than I imagined. And, homeschooling them on top of that is even harder with a newborn! Kaleb and Kami were so excited to finally have their baby brother. They both have been such good helpers. And, Tim loves the thought of another baseball player! He is one proud papa! We are already thinking of another one....LOL. Keagan will need a sibling to grow up with and I hate odd numbers! If that's God's will of course!!




Baby Shower and New house!


I have so much to update! I have been slacking off on blogging, but hope to do better this year. Let me start with the great baby shower I had. On September 18, Grammie Carol and my friends came together to make a beautiful shower for Keagan. I received so many great things and the decorations were adorable! And, Aunt Debbie was so gracious to let us have it at her house!








On September 30, we closed on our house. We were able to save enough money for closing costs and have the carpets cleaned. I am so thankful for our new home. It needs some work, but it is so nice to be able to say it's "ours"!! We moved in all weekend and Tim painted the kids rooms. We tried to put the crib together but somehow are missing 2 major pieces. Which is fine for now. We have a great backyard for the kids to play and a room for school. The boys bedroom is big enough for all their things and thankfully so is their closet.


I will have more to update as soon as baby Keagan is here!!!