Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Baby Gray #3

Some of you may or may not know... but Little Baby Gray #3 is due September 19th! This pregnancy has gone by SO fast. As of right now we are 19 weeks, almost halfway!

So far everyone is healthy and growing slowly... thank goodness. I was a little scared that #3 might completely explode my body, but so far He/She has been extreamly kind to Momma.

My next appointment is scheduled for May 9th. This will be my 21 week sonogram and we will find out the sex of the baby. I'm betting its a girl, Byron is still rooting for a boy but we will take a healthy baby!

We waited a little while before we told our families about #3... just so we could cherish him/her on our own for a little bit. Selfish, I know but it was nice knowing something that no one else knew. We finally told Tamra and Robert when Anne and Davy came to visit us. We all gathered around in the living room and I read a re-vamped verson of the Cat in the Hat while Thing 1 and Thing 2 played their parts OH SO WELL:

I call this game: FUN-IN-A-BOX

 

In this box are two things I will show to you now.
You will like these two things, Said the cat with a bow.

 
I will pick up the hook.
You will see something new.
Two things. And I call them
Thing 1 and Thing 2
These Things will not bite you.
They want to have fun.
Then, out of the box
Came Thing 2 and Thing 1!
And they ran to us fast.
They said, “how do you do?
Would you like to shake hands with Thing One
And thing two?

And we did not know what to do.
So we had to shake hands
With Thing One and Thing Two.
We shook their two hands.
But our Fish said, NO! NO!
Those Things should not be
In this house! Make them Go!
They should not be here
When your mother is not!
Put them OUT!
Put them OUT!
Said the fish in the pot.

Have no fear, little fish,
Said the cat in the hat.
These Things are good Things.
And he gave them a pat.
They are tame. Oh, so tame!
They have come here to play.
They will give you some fun
On this wet, wet, wet day!

Now here is a game that they like,
Said the cat.
They like to fly Kites,
Said the Cat in the Hat.
NO! Not in the House!
Said the fish in the pot.
They should not fly kites
In a house. They should not!
Oh, the things they will bump!
Oh, the things they will hit!
Oh, I do not like it!
Not one little bit!

 
Then we saw them run down the hall
We saw those two Things Bump their Kites on the wall!
Bump! Thump! Thump! Bump!
Down the wall in the hall!

 
Thing Two and Thing One!
They ran up! They ran Down!
On the string of one kite
We saw Mother’s new gown!
Her gown with the big white dot?
Oh, what could this mean?
Could it possibly be?

That THING 3

Is soon to be?

It was a super fun way to "let the cat out of the bag" per say... However, I think GiGi got a little too into the story because at the end she still didn't get what the story really ment. After a little explaining from her son and ALLOT of laughter she finally caught up with the rest of the group!

Here are some pictures of our "BIG WHITE DOT"


9 Weeks

13 Weeks, Sorry this one is sideways...
Patiently waiting,
 

Funny Baylee Story

A couple of days ago Baylee and I pulled up into the church parking lot to pick Saydee up from school and Baylee begged me to let her go in by herself and get her little sister.... She was very convincing and so darn cute that I actually said yes. It was the cutest experience EVER! They both came running down the sidewalk... lunch sack in one hand and little sister in the other with huge smiles and screams of MOMMA!!! I scooped both of them up and got little sister all buckled into her car seat and walked around to help Baylee buckle in her booster seat. As I was doing all this Baylee asked me this question: "Mom, since I went in and got Sissy, does that mean I get chore money when we get home?" I kind of chuckled to myself and told her, No Honey... sometimes we just do things out of the goodness of our hearts. I then proceeded to close the door and she stuck out her right arm AND leg to stop the door... I peeked around and looked at her and she had the funniest most questioning look on her face and said with both arms up in the air... "WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?"

I could hardly compose myself I was laughing so hard. When I shared that story with Tamra she laughed and said that was a really good teaching moment... did you tell her what it means? Of course I said NO, because I laughed ALL the way home!

This little girl keeps us on our toes. ALL. THE. TIME.


Howdy!

Where have we been lately? That's a really good question! I'll let you know just as soon as I can remember! I'm not sure if its my mushy pregnancy brain or all the crazy busy weeks we have had lately. I'm not going to overload myself with trying to catch up on every single picture since.... oh.... maybe OCTOBER... but I will post a few to bring us up to date. I'm hoping to take about 30 minutes each week to update this blog, so please pray for me! HA!

Here we go....
Easter Cuteness... No prize egg for Baylee this year but she can tell you the Easter Story! PRAISE GOD!

Little Miss Adorible... Love those smiling eyes!

Official Country Bumpkins (we secretly LOVE it!)

Getting ready to ride with dad...

Baylee's first Play Day... Running the barrel pattern with Dad leading

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She told her dad she wanted to go faster... so... he did!


3 First Place Ribbons! Barrels, Flag & Keyhole
Sunday night when Byron tucked her into bed she told him she wanted to
practice more so she can do it by herself.... Not too sure Mom is ready for it, but Dad had a big
smile on his face. (and somewhat of a prideful puffed up chest!)
Our little girl is growing up.


Little Miss Grumpy pants.... Now, I wonder where she gets that from?
She was telling me "NO-WA".
Translation = NO, don't take my picture MOM!


Thursday, October 13, 2011

I just thought I'd share this picture... It is of my sister and her friend Kayla. They and their husbands
got season tickets to see our Aggies play...
Isn't this an amazing picture of Kyle Field!

Gig 'Em Aggies

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

My two little angel bugs....

Oh my how the Lord has blessed Byron and I. I'm so thankful for these two little people he has entrusted us to. I love how he teaches us and believes in us and guides us in how to mold them to follow Him. It is not an easy thing to be parents... because we are still children ourselves. BUT the one thing our Heavenly Father tells us is that we don't do it on our own strentgh and we don't do it alone. Isn't that so comforting?
















Wow.... I'm so behind....

No, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth... just in case you were wondering...
There has been A LOT of things going on in our small little Mayberry world. I'll post some pictures to tide you over while I'm working on all the updates! These are from Saydee's 1st Birthday!!!!









Monday, June 27, 2011

Flyin' Solo....

For those of you who don't know, we moved. We are no longer citizens of Throckmorton, Texas. We are now proud members of the Elbert (or what we call "Thelbert) community. (we call it Thelbert because we are between Throckmorton and Elbert.)


We bought a place out in the country.... way... out in the country. We are 13 miles from Throckmorton. This place, this home, this area that is OUR's is amazing. It feels like us and for the first time we feel at peace with where God has lead us. We have horses, cats, chickens, and one guinea. I'm sure we will add to our little farm very soon. Baylee needs a couple of dogs and she says she wants a goat. (ah hum... Lindy, you are totally responsible for that!)


Our daughters will get to grow up knowing what it is like doing real chores and hopefully their dad will get to see a grow yard full of cattle and his little girls helping him operate it.


It has been so wonderful to see God's hand in every aspect of our lives. Complete Faith in Him is so fulfilling. Complete surrender is even better. I have to tell you this little piece of Earth did come with a price tag. One of more than just monetary value. The purchase of this place meant the departure of our very dear friends, The Sharon Family. They moved back "home" to Colorado.



It has taken some time and lots of prayer, but I have found comfort in two things:



1.) Scripture



2.) I get to see little glimpses of them in our home



Yesterday was special. Yesterday Baylee and her Dad shared a very special "first."




You see, Baylee's "Uncle Jed" gave her one of his favorite old horses.... Alpo. Baylee has wanted a horse so badly since we told her we were moving to the "country." Last weekend Jed delivered Alpo and Baylee has been over the moon.




Yesterday, to spite the 110 degree heat wave, Byron saddled Alpo and we skipped evening services at the Church to spend some quality family time together.







I had to sneak around to get some candid shots... if she had seen me it would have ruined the whole experience.




She was telling Byron something about Alpo's head... not too sure, but she thought it was serious.


Learning to lead Alpo



How can one little girl be so overwhelmingly amazing?




This picture warms my heart. I can't tell you the many thanks I sent up to God after watching this scene unfold. Precious, just precious.


Baylee normally says the blessing around our dinner table. Last night was no different. She prayed and said, Amen. Very suddenly she said, "Oh, wait... I forgot something." So we all joined hands and she added this:




"God, thank you so much for Uncle Jed giving me Alpo." Amen.




Uncle Jed, you will never know how happy you made this blond haired blue eyed little girl.