We All Scream for Ice Cream

Summer is here, but you can't have summer without an End of Year Class Party. Hudson & Ella's school had an end of year ice cream party for their kids. It was my last day of school with checkout and crazy stuff and Paul was sick, Hudson called Nana and Papa to see if they would come to his End of Year party. They happily agreed. Now we didn't think about the effects of Nana and Papa leaving without the kids after the party. But they had a great time!! They ate ice cream and played!!

Here is Ella with her class.Ella with Papa enjoying ice cream!!
Nana & Papa with Ella.

Hudson's class....open, shut them.

Nana & Hudson enjoying ice cream!!

Hudson really likes his ice cream!!

Newest Member of the Family!!

We are the proud Auntie & Uncle to Baby Miles!!!!

Miles Christopher was born on May 29th at 7:42 am

7lbs. 13 oz. 20 1/2 inches long

The Story of Miles

For those of you who don't know Ryan and Jen, they have had a long journey to becoming parents. I am not going into all the details, but little Miles is a miracle, a true gift from God.

Ryan and Jen had been trying to get pregnant for 5 years. They tired many different things. Finally they decided to forgo all treatments and last October, they found out they were pregnant.

I will never forget the night they came to tell us the amazing news. It was October 3rd, the night before Ella's first birthday. If you have kids, you know how crazy it is to plan for a first birthday, so I didn't understand when Ryan called and wanted to return a ladder he had borrowed. It was pretty late and we were sitting in our living room with Paul's mom putting together gift buckets for Ella's party. Ryan and Jen came in with and just started chatting like normal. Then Ryan said, Jen has a card for you. If you know Jen, then you know this is very normal.....she is the card queen. So, I opened it and was shocked to see a picture of a sonogram. It said, "The Little Miracle You've Prayed For" Due Date May 31, 2009. We all just cried and were so excited!!! I asked for permission to hang it on the fridge since all our friends would be over the next day and see it. Ryan and Jen agreed!!

The other part to the story is that they did not find out the gender of the baby. So, I knew when Baby D was born, I was going to be there when Ryan got to announce, "Well.....IT'S A BOY!!!! AND HIS NAME IS MILE CHRISTOPHER!!" (Christopher is Ryan's first name)

Baby MilesNew Family of Three (four including Lucy)Hudson visiting Auntie Jen
Auntie Mandy with my new nephew, Miles.

We are so blessed every day with God's amazing love and little miracles in life.

Miles is the littlest BIG miracle in our lives today!!

Happy Birthday Little Miles!!

Mother's Day in Kemah

Mother's Day 2009 we went to Houston to celebrate with Teta. We drove down to Houston on Friday night and arrived late. We tried to just transfer the kids over, Hudson was successful, but Ella was a different story. She didn't want to go to bed at all.....Mommy tired and tired to keep her quiet, but I think she woke up the whole neighborhood (with the exception of her brother). Saturday morning, Mommy and Daddy got to run some errands while Ella and Hudson spent some quality time with Teta and Gueddo. Ella ended up with new shoes for Mother's Day!! YEAH (Mommy has be begging for a while) Saturday about lunch time we headed out for Kemah. It was so nice outside and the kids really enjoyed it!! We rode the train, took a walk by the water, and ate ice cream....so fun!! Sunday we plan on getting up and heading out for a Sunday morning Mother's Day breakfast. Now to the good stuff....pictures!!!

Mother's Day 2009 Family PictureHudson and Ella watching and waving at the boats!!

Ella playing with Teta and Gueddo

Ella playing with Teta's hat.
The whole family enjoying the boardwalk....it was a really pretty day!!

Hudson getting ready for the train ride.

Ella and Daddy ready for the train.....hold on tight!!

Hudson & Ella on the train.

Ella wondering what is going to happen!!

Daddy & Ella

Precious Baby Girl!!

Hudson, Ella, & Mommy...Happy Mother's Day 2009

On a side note, we did get to celebrate Mother's Day with Nana and Dad's birthday this past week and I will post pics of that later (mom can I use your camera later?!?!)

Easter 2009 Part II

Teta sent us her pics and we love them!! Since I posted what we did over Easter in our last post, I will just let you enjoy the pictures!!

Gueddo & Ella ready to go on an Easter Egg Hunt!!

Ella wondering if there is something good to eat inside the egg....
Teta & Ella waiting on everyone to get ready for church!!

Hudson waiting on us too!!!!

Ella enjoying a little snack before church....she know there was something good to eat in those eggs!!

Thanks Teta for sending us the precious pics!! We can't wait to see you Mother's Day!!

Ella's 18 Month Stats!!

Our precious little baby girl went for her 18 month well check last Thursday. I can't believe how big she is getting!!

Here are her stats.

Height: 31 inches- 25%

Weight: 26 lbs- 50%

She has a little growing to do, hopefully she will catch up!!

Easter 2009

Let me start this post by saying thank you to all those avid readers of our blog who so kindly remind me frequently that I need to do some updating!! :) I am so far behind, so I thought I would start back with Easter. It was such a fun weekend, I couldn't resist posting our favorite moments. I also need to state that I don't have pictures of Teta and Gueddo because all of those pictures are on Teta's camera, so Teta, if you can email those to me, I will add them to the blog. Both sets of grandparents are important to us and our children!! Both of you were here to celebrate this special day with us!!

For Easter, my mom carried on my Memaw's tradition of dying Easter eggs with the kids. My Memaw used to dye eggs with us every year in Newby...it is something that was special to me growing up and I would love that tradition to carry on. However, maybe we need to wait a few years before we try it again. Starting off things went okay....Hudson put the little tabs in the cups and then dropped in the eggs. But when it was time to take them out, he didn't want help and when Nana tried to help, the blue dye went all over the patio, Hudson, & Nana.

My Little Smurf!!! The dye stayed on his leg until the next day when I scrubbed it with a towel in the tub the next morning.


This is what we had to put on to finish our Easter eggs dying.....again, I think we will wait a few years before we try this again!!


Ella & Papa

Nana & Hudson

Just chillin' in the wagon.

Friday night, Teta and Gueddo came in town and we went to dinner and spent time at the house just playing...Teta and Gueddo hadn't seen the kids since Christmas (way too long!!) Saturday morning we spent some time shopping at the mall...again, always fun with 2 small children. Saturday afternoon Eisie held her 1st Annual Eisenhour Easter Egg Extravaganza!!! I think there we 18 kids there with all their parents and some grandparents!! In all I think there were over 50 people there!! It was so much fun!! We can't wait to hunt eggs again next year!!

Ready, Set, Hunt Eggs!!

Ella would just open the eggs and eat the goldfish.

Hudson was running all over to get the eggs!!

Enjoying some cupcakes and popcorn!!

Dylan & Kate having fun!!

Little Bunny Emory and her daddy....too cute!!

Hudson, JD, and Dylan flyin' high!!

After the Egg Hunt, we went to dinner with both sets of grandparents. Sunday everyone met for church at FBCE and enjoy a yummy lunch at Nana & Papa's house. We were sad to see Teta and Gueddo leave after lunch, we we know we will see them in a few weeks for Mother's Day!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

(he really isn't choking her, he is just hugging her)