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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Baby Brother is here!
















Our little guy decided to arrive on January 14th via c-section at 4:53 p.m. He weighed a whopping 8 lbs. 12 oz and was 20"long. Thank the Good Lord for this healthy and hearty little fella. We are so excited to have him home to love on. His big sister is sure proud of him and is constantly covering him in kisses. She likes to pretend being the mommy which is really cute. We love him to pieces and feel that he has completed our family! We have lots more pictures to post, but this mommy needs some sleep so more to come soon!!!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

The Holidays 2009



















This past Christmas is one that we will always remember. We have so much to be thankful for and count each blessing we are given. We shared Christmas Eve with the Spikes family out in Coppell where Miss Claire and Cousin Mallie enjoyed snacking on cheese and crackers, chasing each other around, dining at their very own table with snowmen placemats and nutcracker dolls, opening packages, smiling for all the cameras, and decorating cookies for Santa Claus.

Christmas Day was so special as we hurried into the living room to find a brand new red trike with a ringing bell and felt bags filled with toys and goodies. Claire was a little overwhelmed with all the packages so we took a little break from it all and just played..... Another exciting surprise was that Santa had left lots of snow on the ground where Claire and Daddy went out to build Claire's first snowman. She could have stayed out there all day!

Then, the Carthey's all arrived where we spent the remainder of the day visiting, laughing, opening packages, lounging, watching Claire entertain us all, and preparing our Christmas dinner. It could not have been more perfect and a Christmas we will always treasure.

We wish all of you a Happy New Year and lots of fun memories in 2010. Please pray for a safe arrival of Baby Cooper as he will be joining our family on January 15th.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

October / November











We had such a busy Fall and I'm just now taking the time to sit down and update this posting. It has been on my list of things to do along with addressing Christmas cards, wrapping packages, finishing Claire's one year scrapbook (sadly enough she is almost 2 years old now :), etc.... I just do not know where the time goes, but it is flying by....

This past October, we enjoyed visiting pumpkin patches, Fall festivals, a couple of trips to Lubbock, and Halloween which was an absolute blast. This was Claire's first "real" Halloween where she could actually participate and enjoy the true meaning behind getting dressed up and Trick or Treating. We thought it was so precious getting to see this cute little ladybug go from house to house saying, "treat, treat please". We were curious to see whether or not she would actually do it and she got it down really quickly. She enjoyed it so much that we ended up staying out at the block party a little later than anticipated :)

As for November, we enjoyed a trip to Philadelphia to visit my best friend, her husband, and new baby. We had such a fun time watching Baby Weslie and Claire together and catching up on some shopping, eating, and pedicures of course :) The plane ride was a little long, but we were thankful to have a portable DVD player with Barney on the entire time. I'm sure the people sitting by us thoroughly enjoyed their plane ride!!! We also made another trip to Lubbock and Amarillo this month. I think I'm trying to cram in as many trips as possible before Baby Cooper arrives. Thanksgiving was a lot of fun as we went to Matt's aunt and uncle's house and had a wonderful meal along with entertainment. Thanks Uncle Neil for allowing the kids to jam on your drum set! I hope they didn't do any permanent damage to it :)

More pics coming soon!!

Friday, October 2, 2009

September 19 months











Here are several pictures from the month of September. We helped celbrate Cousin Mallie's second birthday on the 21st and Claire was super proud to be a part of the celebration. When Mallie got up to open her packages, Miss Claire thought she would sneak up into Mallie's chair and finish off her birthday cupcake. It's so funny just how much she looks up to her cousin (even though she's only 5 months older) and wants to do all the things she gets to do. We are looking forward to pumpkin patches, fall harvest activities, and Halloween all coming up in the next few weeks.