Destin Florida, June 2009

These are some pictures from our trip to Destin FL, for Matt and Krystal's wedding (Daniel's brother)....

She just couldn't figure out the wind!

Rehearsal night...

So beautiful!

The Davis Family...

Daniel and Uncle Steve

We wrote Anna's name in the sand after the wedding!

Me and my lil princess!

Loved, Loved, Loved these shoes!

Anna catching a much needed nap in her stroller on the beach before the wedding ceremony!

L to R

(Daniel, Matthew, Brandon and Chris, all holding up their mom, aka Me-Me)

It has been forever...

I am almost four months past due for an update! Wow...time flies!!

Here is a list of what all we have been through...

• Our wedding in May


• Anna started daycare (loves it there)


• the death of both of my grandfathers, almost 3 months apart


• Trip to Destin Florida for Daniel's brothers wedding


• A whole week long vacation in October...and we forgot to take our camera!


• Enjoying the first part of our vacation as our belated Honeymoon!!


• Anna has spent several long weekends in Vidalia


• Trying to keep Anna well! This child has had way more than her share of sickness in the last 4 months


• I became a Pampered Chef consultant!!!


• Learned our daycare is closing in May...debated over how to change our life...prayers were answered when a lady who is friends with our current daycare owner asked if she could keep Anna when daycare closes!


• Anna talking, saying Momma, Da-Da, "at" for cat, bye (in a southern accent), and pa-pa for paw paw...only her me-me has heard her say this!


• Anna sitting up, scooting and now crawling everywhere! She is into everything!

She had the cutest lil lady bug costume for Halloween...but unfortunately she got sick right before it was time to trick or treat so we didn't get to wear it! We will have a photo shoot soon though!

And...the princess is almost 9 months old! Where does time go????

Most of my pictures are on walgreens cd's...I'm going to work on some picture post...but for now I'll add my favorite from June 13, 2009 on the beach in Destin Florida!

Pampered Chef

I'm hosting a Pampered Chef catalog show this week. If you would like to place an order please let me know and I'll send you a link so you can browse online!

I'm also planning on selling Pampered Chef after the 1st of August!

Oh, and an update coming real soon....Today was Anna's first day of real daycare! I'm hoping for a good report when I get there after work!

I have tons of pictures to post (beach trip, our wedding, Anna's uncle Matt's wedding and so much more)...but with a super slow computer at home I haven't had any time for blogging!

Update...

No pictures with this post but I am so behind on blogging that I thought I would do a quick update!

Anna is now 3 months old and growing up so fast! She loves to "talk" and laugh...she knows what she wants and normally isn't happy unless it is her way! I have tons of pictures to upload but can't seem to find the time anymore! I think she has the beginning of her bottom teeth coming in...we have been able to see them forever but here lately she is gnawing on her hands like crazy...or anything she can get in her mouth....and drools and blows bubbles like crazy!!

Clingy has finally decided that she likes Anna....good thing since she was on her way to finding a new home.

We have been back and forth to Vidalia a few times and Anna has even stayed a week with her Grammy! Her great-grandpa (Hayes), my moms dad, finally got to hold her a few weeks ago...they just did their normal staring at each other! Ha!

We are going to Vidalia this weekend. We had originally decided to go visit and Daniel and my mom were super excited about fishing at the Barlow's on Lake Concordia...well yesterday my mom found my grandpa on the floor when she walked in to feed him. It appears that he has had another stroke, although the test are not showing it yet. He is in the hospital at NRMC and hopefully will be moved to the rehab on 5th floor this week. Although he is in the hospital mom still has to feed him, this stroke has caused him to not be able to feed himself anymore, nor can he walk or stand. All of his food has to be in liquid form, we have been blending food up for him for a few years now. The food at the hospital isn't the right consistency so my mom and her sister are still having to prepare his food and feed him. Hopefully Daniel and I can help her our while we are there this weekend!

While we are in town we are going to homecoming Sunday at Calvary...It has been years since I have been there and I am sooo excited!

Oh, and the biggest news....we are getting married on May 23!!!!

We are going to Houston for Memorial day weekend, all of Daniels family will be there and up until my grandpa's episode yesterday, my parents were going to be able to make it for the weekend. Things are kind of uncertain at this point...just taking it day by day. Originally my sister was planning on staying behind to take care of my grandpa's feedings so my parents could come, but now that his speech, and other motor skills have been affected she is unable to take care of him. The ceremony will be nothing big at all...we wanted something simple and casual...Daniel and his groomsmen (his dad and uncle) are wearing khaki shorts and a white shirt and I'm wearing a sundress and my bridesmaids (Daniel's cousin and her daughter) are wearing carpi's and a shirt that match my dress in color...

Oh, and Anna loves her new babysitter Kelly! Thanks again Casey! We owe you big time! Daniel is getting a lot more done at the office without the princess in tow each day!

Update on Anna...

I am back at work and Anna is at home with her Grammy! This morning went so good! She is a trooper to say the least! Anna did great during the test and never cried, only got a little fussy right before it started since she was so hungry! It was amazing for me to watch the stuff they gave her to drink as it went down to her little tummy...then within seconds of them stopping her from drinking you could see it coming back up :( The doctor who did the test said that everything is going where it should and things look good but she does have some reflux. We should hear from Dr. Khanfar next week! I'll keep you posted! Thanks for all the prayers!

Tomorrow...

Tomorrow Anna will have an upper GI done at St. Francis North in Monroe. We are still having some issues with her reflux and her pediatrician wants to do this test before he makes a decision on what other treatment we can do for her. My mom is coming in tomorrow to keep her after the procedure so I can go back to work since the person who normally relieves me when I'm out of the bank is on vacation. Trust me, I do not want to go back to work but I know I have to! Daniel is also going to go to work after and get as much done as he can!

Also, we found a babysitter for the summer and possibly one for the rest of the year! My friend Casey told me about a girl from Vidalia that she knew and that I knew of but didn't personally know. To make a long story short I called Kelly and she will start after her finals on May 11th! I'm so happy that we found someone and I owe Casey big time for helping me out so much!!!!

I'll post again when I know more results on Anna! She can't have anything to eat after 5 tomorrow morning and she normally eats by at least 6 each morning so I am going to set my clock for 3:45 and try to start waking her up to eat...I know she is going to be one unhappy little camper if she doesn't eat then though! Say a prayer that all goes well for us tomorrow!

Tons of pictures....(updated)

Figured that I would list who and what all of these pictures were....

This is my friend Tiffany's youngest daughter, (of 5) and she two months older than Anna...they were both asleep on me! Daniel and his two girls :) Anna and our cat Clingy.
Anna was a few days old here, she was holding her head up looking around while we were still in Vidalia the week she was born...and she fell asleep with her head in Daniel's hand!

Daniel and his little angel! We loved her in brown and pink...at this time we thought she was going to have Daniel's italian skin...little did we know we had a yellow baby and once the jaundice was gone that we would have us another white white girl in our house!! ha!

This is Bailey Burley and Anna, Bailey was holding Anna for the first time in the hospital! Bailey and her mom Ann were also the first ones to keep Anna besides our family...Daniel and I went out to eat and to Walmart of all places and then rushed back to see our baby...felt like we were gone for hours! Her cord also fell off while she was with the Burley's!

This is Anna's going home outfit. I wish now that we would have had someone to document more of this day. Dr. Kumi came in and released me a whole day early and we were thankful he did let us go but I wasn't up to getting her all dressed up and posing for pictures! Notice her dress has Go Tigers on it! Thankfully the dress still fits so maybe this weekend I can take her to Me-Me's for a picture session...and to meet the Easter Bunny!! This is my dad holding Anna for the first time! He was at the hospital first thing the day after she was born, besides Daniel and I, he was the first to hold her!

My sister, Melissa holding her for the first time!

My mom aka Grammy holding her for the first time also.

This is Anna's cat sister, Clingy. Clingy hated Anna at first...literally....constantly hissed at us and the baby. She was only about 10 months old when Anna was born so she was used to being our baby! Don't worry, this picture was taken way before Anna was born, Clingy does not sleep in the crib, she did get caught in there after she snuck in the room and caught her a nap in Anna's baby bed! Guess she was making sure it was ok for the baby! HA! I couldn't resist getting the picture! Now Clingy has adjusted to Anna, I wouldn't say she loves her but she tolerates her being in our house. I have several pictures on my cell phone of me holding Anna and Clingy in the early mornings...she makes sure to make her way to me while I'm feeding Anna in the early mornings for some early morning loving!!