Our Baby Arrives!!

Our little bit of heaven arrived Jan. 16th! Little Darling is such a sweet pea. Her big sister, Dot, has a fun update at www.xanga.com/Joy4Kitties We have been recovering well. Two of the pictures are at the hospital (Mom needed the help of pictocin), one was at home when her color improved (she was a little bruised in the face from her rapid ride). Hopefully I'll get another update in soon after my pictures are uploaded. :-)

December Update

Wow! With all that has happened in the past month it feels like it should have been a year since I last updated. We had a busy but fun holiday season and also did the bulk part of our remodeling. We are now just finishing up some of the details. The nursery is finally ready for baby "Sweet Pea". I'm looking so forward to holding her.

Here is a picture of Drum and Dunk.
They had a special event that night so Drum wore his dress blues for the first time. He got to see alot of pomp and circumstance. The last Monday of this month he will wear his dress blues again and get his "wings" because he passed his first test in CAP (Civil Air Patrol). Congratulations, Drum!!

We spent a special last day at my Mom's office. The kids got to use her special pen, press their own seal, and walk around the capitol enjoying the sites.

We had a very enjoyable Christmas at G&G W on Christmas Eve and at G&G K on Christmas Day. Deer did her sign language song, Silent Night, at church on Christmas Eve and the event was extra special because my brother, John, was home and able to come see it. Dot did her song two weeks before. It was "Mary, Did You Know". She did an absolutely fabulous job and brought tears to her mother's eyes. Duke and Dessert did one to "Little Drummer Boy" that day as well. Duke did the sign language and Dessert played a little drum at the Rum pa pa pum parts of the song. It was a new experience for both of them.

We celebrated my Mom's 60th birthday at a hotel with all the siblings and cousins. It was so fun to get to see everyone. It had a water park that was a great hit with the kids and also most of the adults. I enjoyed it from the sidelines, not wanting to be seen in a swim suit at two weeks before my due date.

New Year's Eve we ended up getting quite a snow storm but made it safely to the events we had planned for the day. We skated with friends on an indoor ice arena which had a walking track so Mom got some exercise as well!

I will have to post pictures of the kid's rooms and hopefully a picture of the new baby very soon. :-) We have been so busy I haven't taken the time lately for many pictures but Dot gets in a few and G W and Papa K keep us from forgetting pictures altogether.