Sophia's Sweet Sip n See

Thank you girls for such a beautiful Sip n See and a wonderful time to show off Sweet Sophia.  You all are the best!

Fun at Home with the Girls

Sophia Jacqueline is here

Sophia Jacqueline is here and we are just thrilled. The photo above is me moments before we headed to the hospital at around 7:45pm Monday, Februray 15th. This was my actually due date with Sophia. I had been having contractions all day, but they weren't bad at all. Once I arrived at the hospital I was dillated to a 6 and 4 hours later we had Sophia with no medication and one push! It was just an amazing delivery experience.

Many people have told me through the last week of my pregnancy that they were praying for me and many more people have said that I was on their minds and in their prayers on that specific day. I was so humbled by so many people lifting me up in prayer, because to be honest I just wasn't able to pray for it myself. God blessed me and Rusty so much through the power of prayer. I wanted this experience to go so well and it exceeded my expectations.

Sophia Jacqueline was born at 11:06pm weighing 7lbs 13oz 21in. with dark brown, almost black, hair. Her middle name is here Daddy's Grandmother's name that passed this June. We knew her as Granny.

I will tell you more when I get time. Man, having two little ones is a lot of work, but we are really doing well, just a little tired.

I heart Chick-fil-A

Lilly turned 2 this week and had a fab birthday at her favorite place Chick-fil-A. She loves Chick-fil-A and asks to go there at least once a week. We were supposed to have her party during the snow storm, but had to cancel. I was so glad that we ended up getting to have it this weekend. She loved playing with her cousin's and her friends Piper and Daxx. All the adults had a good time watching the kids.

Noah

Katie

Piper

Daxxon

Lilly's favorite part of her party was eating the cupcakes. She at the icing first and then every bite to the last crumb. The Chick-fil-A cow came to visit and gave the kids a stuffed cow which was a lot of fun for everyone, but Piper. She did not want to even be in the same room as the cow! My Mom took her to the play area until the Cow had left the building. Poor girl. All the kids had a ton of fun playing in the play place.



Well, many of you know that Rusty shares his birthday with Lilly. On there special day they had a cake sent to them from Nana. Daddy let Lilly lick the frosting off the cake, which she thought was so cool. They had a fun day of celebrating together.

I have to say that I really never just leave my daughter in her pj's all day even when we have no where to go, but for some reason she still had them on at lunch time on her birthday! I guess we were really relaxing and enjoying the day.

Happy New Year

This is Lilly's "Pumpkin" the snowman she made with her Daddy after we got back from Christmas. We asked her what she wanted to name it and she said "Pumpkin". She loved being out in the snow so much, we had a hard time getting her to come inside. Actually the snow man is still standing in our back yard after two weeks. It's so cold outside!



So, 2010 is going to be a big one for us. We are expecting our second little girl in February. I thought I would give you a pregnancy pic. My shirt is sticking out in the back.....that isn't all of my back end please let me note!haha I feel like a barn and am ready to have this precious little one out of my body, but am I ready for the craziness? I think so. I have washed the baby clothes and Rusty has put the cradle together. It's so funny how different getting ready for the second one is compared to the first baby. We are very excited. Keep watching for news of her arrival!

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Merry Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas! We hope you had a great one too. It was such a great year fellowshiping with our friends and family. I was not stressed out at all and we did so many things.

Lilly saw Santa twice once at Daddy's Office and at Nana and Granddad's.....the picture above is Granddad dressed as Santa. What a fun tradition. What Lilly remembers the most about Santa is that he brought her a sucker and a piece of chocolate. She wouldn't go to either one until we told her that he would give her candy! She never cried, which I was surprised. At the beginning of December when the Christmas Tree went up she started to say she was "scared" because Christmas was coming. I didn't understand for awhile, but she meant Santa.

Lilly also made a gingerbread "shack" with her cousin Noah at our house. I call it a "shack", because it wasn't a traditional house. I tried to make them without a guide! Why I thought I would know how to construct a house out of gingerbread is beyond me. They loved it!

Lilly loved spending time with her cousin's at Nana's. They played and played. You can see them in their matching Christmas PJ's.

Before we headed to Woodward for Christmas, Rusty, Lilly and I spent Christmas together at our house. We went to Lilly's favorite place for dinner....Chickfila! She got to see the cow dressed up as Santa and played in the play place with some girls. We came home and opened our presents.

We then headed to Woodward with Aunt Devan to visit Grams and Gramps before the blizzard hit. We got to go to a Christmas Eve service, have Christmas with Grandma Eagon and enjoy just visiting with family and friends. It was very relaxing.

Then we headed to Plainview, TX to see my Grandma Bennett and family. Lilly was such a great traveler. It's a 4 hour drive from Woodward and 5 hours back to OKC. Lilly got to play with my cousin's children, which was a lot of fun.

The next weekend we went to Laverne, OK to visit with the Roush Family for Christmas. We had a good time seeing everyone and watching the OSU bowl game.

I can't believe it has come and gone. I can say this year I really felt connected to the true meaning of Christmas because of my sweet little lillian. We would talk about Jesus birth almost everyday and she would remind me about it just out of the blue. Seeing how excited she was to look at the manger and talk about everyone who was involved in our Saviors birth, gave me a new perspective on what Christmas means. What a blessing.

Thank you Lord for little girls who love Baby Jesus!

Fall Happenings

Above is the pumpkin patch we went to in front of Rusty's work. Lilly loved getting to pick out a pumpkin, until she tripped and hit her lip on a pumpkin stem! I think it hurt pretty bad, but she is pretty tough.

Above are Halloween pictures of Lilly and Piper in their fifties skirts Shelly and her Mom Judy made for the girls. Aren't they cute! Thank you Judy so much! Shelly and I took the girls out for a little photo season on Halloween. They had so much fun playing outside and running in the leaves. I think they are already becoming good friends. What a joy to watch.