A crazy few weeks

The last few weeks have been an absolute whirlwind. We finished up IGNITE at church and my life just went into crazy land. School begins on Monday!

This past Tuesday my princess turned 5. That is F I V E! I remember when I was having the ultrasound during her pregnancy where we found out she was a she. I had such a flood of emotions. I was scared to have a girl on so many levels. I had two boys and boys and boy things were all we had in our house. I knew how to parent boys. I knew what they liked and I knew what made them tick. Now, we were going to take my blue world and throw in a splash of pink ... threw me for a loop. I remember the next day after I dropped the boys off at pre-school, I walked through carters and actually cried. I know, crazy pregnancy hormones. I didn't even know how to SHOP for a girl. For the boys I could grab things and mix  and match them. Didn't need a different pair of shoes for each outfit. Didn't need accessories and I didn't have to do much when it came to HAIR! Now, I was having to re think my whole parenting world. :)

She had been so worth it! I wouldn't trade a day of the splash of pink in our lives. Kennedy is all girl but she can throw down with the boys while she is all made up in her princess attire. She loves to wear dresses and loves bows in her hair. I don't know what I did to deserve a daughter but man am I a blessed momma! So thankful for the past 5 years with this little lady. I pray that I can continue to be the momma she needs me to be!

Pace is about the same. The eating plan didn't change the way he was feeling or the abdominal distention so he was able to come off of it. The doctor is now looking to see if he has a motility issue. So yesterday we had two tests run. One was a gastric emptying study and one was a contrast enema. He is such a champ! He teaches me so much as I walk through this journey with him. Hopefully, we will know the results today of those tests and can move forward from here. I'm tired of going to GI dr's and tired of going to the hospital. I KNOW that he is too.

School begins on Monday and there is so much to do between now and then. Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Keegan's Story

I haven't blogged much lately ... Today Keegan is 4 weeks old! It doesn't really seem possible. The last 4 weeks though they seemed to move slowly b/c of lack of sleep - they really have flown by. I look down at my little peanut and realize that all too soon she will be running around playing with the other 3.

Some people have asked about her birth story so I thought I'd blog about it ... that way I can have it written and others who want to know, can know. :)

Tuesday the 20th we got to the high risk doctor at 8:15 for the amnio. They estimated her to be 8 pounds 8 ounces and for her belly to be the size of a 41.5 week gestation baby. After being monitored we left and Jeremy wanted to get a hair cut. So we ran a few errands and had lunch with the kids and Jojo before going to my regular OB appointment at 2. She hadn't gotten the results of the amnio yet but said they would call to let us know whether or not to come to the hospital at 10pm or not. We went home and waited .... and waited .... and waited ... and finally went to dinner with the family one last kids night at Chickfila as a family of 5 - we hoped :). We hadn't heard before dinner so we thought we would have a message at home when we got done with dinner. We didn't. We were unsure at this point what to do as the OB office was closed and the high risk drs office had closed early. We decided that we would just show up at 10pm and if they sent us home they sent us home.

The drive to the hospital was quiet. I'm not sure either of us knew what to think. When we got to the hospital they told us to have a seat - our room was not ready as they had a few women come in at the same time. So we waited in the waiting room with about 10 young men/women who looked to be in high school. It seemed that they thought this was a game. They were in and out of the girls room who was in labor and finally they were kicked out because she was getting an epidural. I felt a little sad for them - all too soon they would realize that this was no game - and this was not going to be as easy as they thought it would be.

A few more women came in and had to wait with us in the waiting room. Finally at 12 we were taken to our "birthing suite". I was beginning to get nervous ... just thinking that this was really about to begin ... I was going to meet my baby girl soon. I was thinking about how I was going to be a mom to 4 - how the older 3 would react to a new baby in the house. Would Jeremy and I ever get a moment to ourselves again? And then just as these things were flooding my mind - a peace came over me as Jeremiah 29:11 came rushing to the front of all my questions/thoughts/feelings. He planned this, he had this and he had us in his hands - I didn't need to worry.

They had an incredibly hard time finding a vein for the IV. They tried 5 different times digging to find the vein all to go up against a valve each time. I tried to get them to use a smaller gauge needle as this wasn't my first rodeo and I knew what was used before - my veins are small. Finally, they decided to use a smaller one and the 6th time was a charm. But, I felt like a pin cushion by this point :)

I was hooked up to all the fluids and the next waiting game began. I was already having contractions about 3 minutes apart by the time they kick started them. I was dilated to a 3 at this point. They told us to get rest - Jeremy had no problem falling asleep. It was not as easy for me. Even though I felt a great peace, I was too excited to sleep. At 7 am my doctor came in and told me that she had a c-section and a hysterectomy to do and then she felt I would be ready to push by lunch time.

She was right - though she wasn't quite done with her other patients :) It was time to push and she got there just in time. My epidural wasn't quite working as it should :) So I felt more than I wanted to. I don't know how those of you that don't get one do it! I had a bit of my epi working and I know I wouldn't have made it with nothing - I have a very low tolerance for pain. I remember telling them I couldn't do it. Jeremy, looked at me and said "honey, you don't have a choice, she is RIGHT there." Some how I mustered up the strength and 2 pushes later she was out. They laid her on my chest and I remember thinking what a small almost 9 pound baby she was :) I couldn't tell who she looked like and all I wanted to do was hold this little bundle of Joy!

After a few minutes they took her to check her out and all I could do was ask a million times if she was ok. The best part of all of this was we had our ipod playing in the background with some music. We had started it earlier and right as she came out the the song, How Great is Our God, started playing. It was a beautiful reminder to us that God was in the middle of this birth and that he was taking care of all of us. Also she was his creation and that we celebrated as we held our new addition to our family!

She was 7 pounds 1 ounce and perfectly healthy. They tested her sugar levels due to my gestational diabetes. Her first stick was fine and they tested her 5 more times and each stick was fine. It confirmed all our thoughts that I really was just borderline and didn't really have GD. Though it was better safe than sorry!

We are adjusting well to being a family of 6 ... dare I say having 4 kids is really no different than having 3 or 2? The newborn stage is always the hardest but at least I have a beautiful reason to get up at 3 or 4 in the morning :) Right now she is giving me about 5 or 6 hours of sleep at night so we are thankful for that!

I look forward to seeing how God will use this little life to bring him glory! She's yours Lord - we are thankful that you are allowing us the privilege of raising her!

S E V E N !

Seven years ago today, I became a mom! It still seems so surreal to me. I don't feel like I'm old enough to have children of my own. :)

Today, my Ryan is 7! This morning he was in the bathroom doing his thing and I gladly interrupted him so that I could sing to him and the look on his face was priceless. I would have recorded it had he not been in the bathroom. :) He looked shocked and said "wait, I'm 7? really 7? today 7?". It was cute to watch.

Ryan, you are such a joy to parent. You have an amazing heart that blows me away and challenges me. You love to serve others and you love to help those around you who are in need. You also love to pray and you pray frequently for others. I love how you take your requests to him - Don't ever stop! I am amazed at what God is doing in your little life and I know that he is going to do something great if you allow him to continue to use you. You have taught me so much through the 7 years of being your mom. You are such a blessing in our lives and I am so thankful that of all the mommies in the world, I was chosen as yours! I couldn't imagine my life without you in it.

I pray that you will continue to run the race before you. That you will run and not grow weary. I pray that you will continue to hide God's word in your heart and that you will always turn to him and listen for his voice in your life guiding you left or right. I pray that you will continue to have the faith of a child, that you will trust in Him even when you cannot see Him or understand Him! Remember, that your dad and I are always here for you, we love you more than you will ever know - to the moon and back, and back and back and back!

Happy 7th Birthday son! You are loved to infinity and beyond!

Cultivating Giving Hearts

This year at Birthdays we have done something different. We wanted to do something out of the box, to teach our three to give always. In November last year Jeremy and I talked about how Ryan just didn't need a thing for his birthday in the way of presents. We started talking to Ryan about ways he could give and between the 3 of us we decided to take up toiletries for his birthday that we would take to a homeless shelter in our area. So he did ... He turned 6 and instead of gifts for him, his friends brought toiletry items to be given away.

It was incredible as a parent to see my son get excited about this. He is still very much a kid and he still very much desires to get presents for himself. However, he attached on to this idea and he ran with it ... at lightening speed, I might add. After his party, on his actual birthday, we delivered the items - TWO boxes full - to a local shelter. It was an amazing experience for us all. I blogged about it here if you would like to go back and read about it.

That day Pace declared that he wanted to do it for his birthday as well. So once again we took up toiletry items for his birthday and he donated one box to a guy at our church who runs a weekly night to feed the homeless downtown and one box was given to his school who sent items to tornado victims in Alabama. Pace was so excited to give away as well.

This past weekend was Kennedy's birthday and she decided that she wanted to follow the boys and do the same. So she took up school supplies which were combined with some others from people in our church and were delivered to area schools. This week they were able to help so many families get back to school supplies for their students.

Jeremy and I talked about how we really want to cultivate giving hearts in our children. And I think this year they all got a glimpse of how much they have in relation to others who may just be in a hard season of life. I think we will continue to do this on birthdays in the years to come. We will also do it at other times but the best thing is that my kids want to do it. We didn't have to twist arms or beg, plead or bribe them to do it. We put the idea out there and they got excited about it. I truly hope that this is only the beginning of their journey to think of others ahead of themselves. I pray that Jeremy and I will set an example of givers to them and that they will see this as a way of life for them and not just something they do to get a tax write off at the end of a year :)

"For whatever you have done for the least of these ...."

Weekend Re-cap

This past weekend we celebrated KK's third birthday. It was so much fun. This year she was SOOOOO very excited about her birthday. It has been all she talked about since May - seriously! As it got closer and we had it planned she was inviting people we didn't know to her party - our cashiers, anyone who walked by us at the store, you get the picture? It was fun to see her joy and excitement as she approached her 3rd birthday. It looked like it might rain Friday afternoon but thank the Lord it did not. Very thankful that God kept the rain away and allowed my girl her night to celebrate!

Saturday we took her out to eat and the restaurant staff sang to her when they brought out her dessert. The smiles just could not be contained. I loved watching her take it all in!

We started a new tradition this year on her birthday. I've read about friends and others that do this and so I wanted to incorporate it into our family. So Sunday morning as we were eating breakfast we all went around the table and told KK how thankful we were for her and one quality she had that stood out to us. It was so much fun hearing the boys lift up their sister - and to watch her face as they did it! AND the best part is they are looking forward to the next birthday when we can do this again!

One other moment to cherish from this weekend happened at her party Friday night. One of our friends little girl fell and got hurt at the beginning of the party. I was with my friend as she tended to her daughter and tried to figure out what steps to take next. Another friend came up to me and said that one of my boys went to Jeremy and asked him if they could pray for her. My heart melted. I love that all 3 of my children believe in prayer and aren't afraid to ask for prayer or to pray for something or someone. I pray that they will carry this with them throughout their lives.

And by the way .... God answered his prayer and their little friend is doing just fine!

T.H.R.E.E.

This is my spunky little monkey! She is an absolute delight to parent. She has her moments of DRAMA like I'm sure most girls do but man do I love her. It's so funny to me now how scared I was to have a daughter. TERRIFIED is a better word for it. I remember the 4 months after we found out it was a girl and processing it. Walking through stores and thinking ..."God are you sure you want ME to be a mom of a girl?" I sure am happy that he allowed me this privilege!!! She makes my heart mush (just as the boys do) and I cannot imagine my life without her!

Today she is 3!!! She if full of spunk and full of life. It doesn't seem like 3 years ago today I was making my way to the hospital and was nervous about meeting my girl for the first time. Time goes by so quickly.

I am so thankful that daily I get the wonderful opportunity of spending my days with my 3 kids. It's something that many mothers want to do and don't get to do, yet God has made a way for it to be possible for me. I love it!

Happy Birthday my sweet girl! Your daddy and I love you so much and we are so thrilled to have you in our lives. You are such a girly girl with so much spunk and love of life in you. Your brothers love you and we are so happy that today we get to celebrate you and hope that you have a wonderful day! We love you to the moon and back!

I pray that you will continue to grow into a godly little girl and one day a godly woman. I pray that your little heart will continue to remain open and that you will fall in love with God and receive his love for you. I pray that you will be a light to those around you and that God will use you in mighty ways to further his kingdom!

Happy birthday baby girl! I love you so much!

Happy 5th Birthday Pace

Today my middle child is 5!! I remember going to the hospital that Wednesday morning. I had fallen again and so my OB had me come in to be checked. It was just one of many falls and my OB decided to induce me. We were checked in and on our way to having our second child. We got to the hospital at 9:30 or so and at 5:30 our little Pace entered the world.

Happy Birthday little man! I love you so much and I am so glad that out of all the moms in the world that I was chosen to be yours!!! I am the lucky one in this relationship! You are a joy to me and I just love the joy you bring to me and those around you. I am thankful for what God is doing in your heart and how you love Him and others around you! Never stop being you! You are precious, fearfully and wonderfully made! I cannot wait to see the wonderful year we have ahead of us. You will be in kindergarten in the fall and that will bring a tear to my eyes! You on the other hand are so very excited about being in school and being with your brother again.

I love the relationship that you have with Ryan and Kennedy! They love you so much as you do them. I pray that you 3 will always have this kind of relationship as you grow older.

I'll Love you forever and I'll like you for always. As long as I'm living my baby you'll be!

Happy Birthday Son! I love you!

Lessons from a 6 year old

Today at 4:08 am my baby turned 6! The last 6 years have absolutely FLOWN by! In 6 years Ryan has lived in 3 different states, in 5 different houses, he has gone to 4 different schools, and 4 different churches (not counting all the ones we visited trying to find the one) He has the biggest heart and is ALWAYS striving to do his very best at everything he does.

This year in April Ryan decided to give his life to follow Jesus. His heart has been transformed so much over the last year .... I have seen such tremendous growth. We have had our periods of trial and error but he is learning and his heart is being softened. The best thing is that I see his mind working and I see his heart bending towards the things that matter to the heart of God.

Each year at Christmas, our children get 3 gifts, to represent the 3 gifts that the wise men brought to Jesus when they visited him. Its our way to teach them many lessons at Christmas. They also give away 3 of their toys at Christmas ... it makes room for what they will get but it also teaches them to give to others who do not have as much as us - they get to pick what 3 toys are given away. (we also buy new gifts to give away, so don't think we are scrooges)

This year as Christmas has gotten closer and closer we have talked about the various ways as a family we can help those around us who are in need. One of the things that we talked about was Ryan's birthday. We talked to Ryan about how much he has and how blessed he is compared to so many. (God had already been working on his heart) We asked him if he would mind asking others to bring a gift not for him, but a donation for others. He was more than excited about this idea.

Saturday, was his birthday and everyone who attended brought a donation for a local rescue shelter in our area. We had toiletries galore! Soap, razors, deodorant, toothpaste, tooth brushes, etc ... all for a 6 year olds birthday! He was so excited when we got home and looked at everything that had been brought. His brother even commented how he wanted to do the same thing for his birthday!!

Fast forward to today ... his birthday ... we picked him up from school and took him to deliver his donation to the rescue shelter. We had so much stuff that Ryan couldn't carry it in. We walk in and the staff greeted him with such a grateful heart .... the woman who runs the shelter came out and told us that the Lord told her to pray over Ryan and our family. She prayed the sweetest prayer over him. I cried. I was blown away with how she prayed for my son. I have prayed some of the same words but he is MY son, I should pray those prayers. This lady had no clue, zero, who this child was, she didn't know him before he walked in the door and she has no connection to him. But the prayer she prayed ... WOW! She spoke a word over my son and I cannot wait to see how God brings it to fruition! I've known God was doing something special in his life, but to hear a stranger also testify to that ... WOW is all I can say, WOW!

Today we were blessed so much more than we were a blessing! I love how God encouraged us today as parents through this womans prayer over my son! I loved seeing the JOY on my childs face as he received nothing but gave away instead. I loved seeing how it trickles down to the other two. I love how his heart is changing and growing!

Happy Birthday Kennedy!

Happy Birthday sweet girl! I cannot wait to celebrate your special day with you! You are such a delight and a joy to parent. You have opened my eyes to such a fun world that is so different when parenting a girl!

You are such a blessing and we love you so much. I have a letter to write you but we are about to head out for your big day so I'll have to post it later!

We love you Kennedy!

An Awesome Day!

Today my middle child turned 4! Yes, 4! I cannot believe it! It seems like just yesterday they were placing him in my arms for the first time.

He is a typical middle child. He constantly cracks me up and we just never know what may come out of his mouth. He is always (well almost always) happy.

He loves one thing more than any other and that is quality time. Jeremy and I were brain storming about what we should get him for his birthday / do for his birthday and the thing that we came back to was a day alone with just the 3 of us. So we began working on a plan to spend most of his day alone with just him. Ryan went to school and then home with one of his friends from class. Kennedy was here at the house alone ... she's good at doing things on her own ... KIDDING ... a very sweet couple came and watched her for us and she was in heaven! And voila, we only had one kid for the day!

Jeremy and I spent the day doing only what Pace wanted to do! It was perfect and you couldn't contain the smiles on this kids face. It was the perfect day for him and for us. We had the best time just loving on him and making his 4th birthday a special one. He thanked us so many times for so much throughout the day ... the one that brought tears to my eyes was when he thanked his daddy for taking a day off work to be with him! He loved his day and I loved watching him take it all in.

I love my kids and I love pouring into them in ways that matter to each of them. Today wasn't just a great day for Pace ... it was a great day for mom as well!

Thanks for making my day a special one Pace! I love you!

Happy 4th Pacer!

4 Years ago today this spirited, animated bundle of joy came into our lives. He is such a blessing and I am one blessed momma to be able to call him MY son! (oh and Jeremy is a blessed daddy to call him HIS son as well :)

Pace cracks us up countless times throughout the day. We just never know what will come spewing out of his little mouth. I love it!

Pace,

Happy 4th Birthday buddy! I love you so much! You are a huge blessing in our our lives and I am so thankful that the Lord chose me to be your momma! How blessed I am! You are such a wonderful little guy and have such a soft heart. I pray that God will use your gentle and soft spirit to do mighty things to advance his kingdom!

I cannot wait to spend this day with you. To celebrate YOU today. You are special, loved and adored here in this household and I cannot wait to shower you with love on this your special day. Right now you are upstairs sleeping. You had a hard time going to sleep last night because you were so excited about all that we have planned for you today. Your daddy and I cannot wait to spend the day with just you! We love you little buddy!

Happy birthday!
I love you to the moon and back!
Mommy

Happy Birthday Pop

Happy Birthday Pop! Hope you have a great day! The video camera is missing so I'm sorry we don't have a great video singing to you! However, you will get a phone call soon. The trio will be singing to you! :)

Hope your day is wonderful! Sorry we missed being there!

Happy Birthday Poppa

Happy Birthday Poppa! We hope your day is awesome!!! We love you!

Happy Birthday Jesus

And Merry Christmas to all our friends! Hope you are having a great day as you celebrate and spend time with family!

Happy Birthday Benjamin!

Happy Birthday to my brother! I love you very much. You'll always be my favorite brother ever!!! :) (I won't mention that you're my only brother) Love you bunches! Wish we could be there to celebrate with you ... try to have a good day even though we are not there. I know it will be hard but give it your best shot. K? Love you!

He made me a mom!

Five years ago, he made his way into this world. It is hard for me to believe that five years have come and gone already. It seems like just yesterday. I remember on Saturday that year we had spent a lot of time out and about gathering last minute items that we needed for his arrival. We were at Babies R Us, Target, the mall and a few other places. We got home to sit and watch the UGA game that was coming on that evening and I started to feel contractions unlike any that I had been having. We had already been to the hospital only to be sent home so I wanted to make sure that this was it before going. We called Jeremy's parents since they were 13 hours away to alert them that this "might" be it. We called my parents and my brother and began the process of waiting. I was still feeling contractions but not like I thought I should be. We decided to call it an early night and turn in. I knew if it was the "real" thing that I wouldn't be able to sleep through it. I woke up at midnight and was having contractions pretty strong every 15 minutes for the rest of the night. My OB had told me not to call but just come if it was on the weekend and they were 5 minutes apart. At about 6 AM they started coming every 8 to 10 minutes so we got up and decided to shower and put the final touches on our hospital bag. At 8 am they were coming very strong and about 6 minutes apart. We made a few phone calls and headed toward the hospital. Jeremy was very sad to make one phone call. You see our small group was having lunch together that day at a Brazillian steakhouse. He had been looking forward to this lunch for a while.

We made our way to the hospital and got checked into triage. My favorite doctor was on call ... Dr. Scott. I was so excited! I had always feared that the one Doctor I didn't like so much would be on call when we went in. My contractions were hard and heavy every 3 mins but I was not progressing in any other way. They tried to get me to walk but that was hard to do. They kept checking me but I was not budging. Contractions were closer and harder but no progression. Dr. Scott admitted me and broke my water and then I started progressing. They had warned us that even though my water was broke it would still be awhile before he arrived.

Around midnight they told us that it shouldn't be much longer, maybe 4 to 5 more hours ;) Everyone had arrived and at 2 AM they kicked everyone out of my room and the pushing began. I pushed for about 2 hours and Ryan was born at 4:08 in the morning. I couldn't believe that I was finally holding my bundle of joy.

My precious Ryan,

Happy Birthday Son! I can't believe you are FIVE! I am so very thankful God allowed me to be your mom. I can't imagine my life without you in it. Being your mom (and Pace and Kennedy's Mom) is the greatest privilege in the world.

It seems like yesterday that I held you in my arms and lulled you to sleep for the first time. I still try to cuddle you, but you're not as easily convinced anymore (grin). Unless of course you are not feeling well and then we can cuddle ... but that is few and far between.

You are already pondering hard questions and you are ever so sensitive to deep spiritual matters. You asked us earlier this year how Jesus could be God and God's son and how he could actually live in your heart. Whether saying your blessing or praying for friends, family or children around the world you are already developing an instinct and hunger for prayer, and an awareness of how great and wide God's love is for us. I love hearing you pray. Sometimes you like to go to a place all by yourself and pray for the needs you know and sometimes you allow us to be apart of it. Either way you enjoy talking to God and I know he loves hearing from you!

I pray that if you learn only one thing from me that it would be to, Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart, mind, soul and strength and to also love your neighbor as yourself. These truths along with Christ in you has the power to affect this world in a positive way.

These words are not new but there could be nothing better to build your life around. You are fearfully and wonderfully made. You were knitted together in my womb and God makes no mistakes. He deserves every bit of your love and affection throughout your life. If you allow Him to, he will always provide for your needs and he will never steer you in a wrong direction. He will lovingly lead you beyond what you or anyone else can think of or imagine ... but my son, you must allow him to lead your life. You are so close to giving your heart to him ... I'm sure many happy tears will be shed on that day.

I pray that you will leave a mark on this world by continuing to love each and every person your life touches ... those who love you and even those who do not. Love is patient, love is kind it attaches no conditions and expects absolutely nothing in return. It will multiply and grow when given freely and in abundance. You have such a loving heart and I pray that you will continue to grow in love and grace. I pray that your father and I will be able to provide a home that will continue to nurture you to grow into the young man that God wants you to be. I play that you will always know that this is a place of security, love and grace. A place of laughter and nourishment not just for your tummy but also for your soul. A place where you can laugh and cry without fear.

I love you buddy and I hope that the next five years do not pass by as quickly as the first five. Happy 5th Birthday Ryan!

Love,
Mommy

Happy Birthday Cousin Casie!

Her First

Yesterday, we celebrated with our family, Kennedy's first birthday. It is CRAZY to think that one year has passed already. It seriously just doesn't seem like a year has come and gone.

We had a luau for her yesterday. The weather didn't quite cooperate so we moved everything inside but we still had a nice time.

She absolutely LOVED her cake ... she just wanted someone else to feed her. She picked at it very daintily and would look up at us and smile then back down at the cake. The boys LOVED putting their fingers in the cake and giving it to her ... every once in a while I would notice Pace putting his finger in his mouth instead of hers :). Don't let the picture below fool you ... she wouldn't get messy so I had to take her hand to her face myself. I had to have a messy first birthday photo ... but had I not done it the only thing that would have been messy would have been her hands.

I will say that I think I have a shopper on my hands! I took her on several errands last week and she would look at thinks and point and ooh and aah over them. I found a night gown for her that was silk and when she saw it, she fell in love with it. She oohed all through the store and HAD to hold it in her hands. She would show it to me often as we walked around the store with a huge proud smile on her face. It was too cute.

She also got her toes painted to match the pink in her dress yesterday. I took her to this place where I get my toes done and the guy painted them for her. She was less than thrilled to have to endure such torture but in the end she was looking at them and oohing over them. I think I just might have a girly girl on my hands who just so happens to like to play with her brothers cars.

O.N.E

Today my baby is ONE! Can't believe this day has come. It seems like just yesterday we were on our way to the hospital to have her and today she is O.N.E.

Baby girl I love you so much and I hope you enjoy your special day!! You are so special.

We just got back from the DR and Kennedy weighed in at 20 pounds and was 29 1/4" tall. She is in the 60% for Height and the 30th % for weight. She didn't much care for the doctor or the wait time but all in all she did great. Developmentally she is right on track. She has about 5 words and is seriously babbling all the time. She loves to talk on the "phone" and she loves her books. She will pick them up and say "book" ... it is the cutest thing!

Happy Birthday to my man!

Happy Birthday Jer! We love you and hope that you have an awesome day! You are an awesome father, husband and friend! I love you and am so thankful to be by your side. I hope that today is special for you and wouldn't it be awesome if today was the day we found out about our house? I love you and I hope you have a great day!