Advent Blessing

May everyone have a blessed advent as we await the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ!

Babies Love Boxes

This picture says it all...babies love boxes!

Grace Marie

It is so amazing to look at your child and think to yourself, "She is the product of the love that my husband and I share!" How great a love that is! What a blessing! She is such a precious girl!

Grace and Daddy

Grace sure does love her daddy, and it is clear in all of these photos!

Early Presents

Grace sure was tickled to receive early presents this year from her Aunt and Uncle/ Godparents! She received some things that will work wonders in keeping her entertained in Church. One of which is a lovely soft Nativity book with movable angel, very cute! She also received another book on the Story of Christmas, an inspirational book with a carry handle perfect for taking to Church. My favorite was My Pocket Nativity, a perfect playful traveling companion. We are very thankful to have such wonderful Godparents for our child! They truly are wonderful role models for her! We love you, and again express our thanks for the gifts. We have already taken them to church with us.






We didn't remember a wookie being present at the Nativity, but upon opening we found out that it was St. Joseph.

Sticky Pig

Grace has a favorite toy and his name is Sticky Pig. Thanks to Grandma Gretencord, Sticky Pig has a happy home. The last time that Grandma G. came to visit she gave Grace a pink pig. Grace played with it happily. She carried that pig around everywhere. She especially enjoyed licking it. Eventually the pig grew dirty from all of the saliva, dirt, dust, and lent. So Daddy gave the pig a nice bath with lots of soap to clean him up. The pig was a new pig, shiny as could be. Except, the pig now was very sticky. So he became "Sticky Pig." Grace loves Sticky even more now. He travels everywhere. Daddy even found out that Sticky Pig sticks to the ceiling. He discovered this one day while throwing Sticky Pig up in the air. Daddy said that Sticky Pig stayed stuck to the ceiling in the living room for 30 minutes. He just stayed there staring back at him with a smiley face. Sticky Pig is the greatest! We all enjoy his company! Now, I bet that you would like one too...don't you?

Growing Up

We Will Always Be Pirates

On Halloween this year, we were invited to a Halloween costume party. I had already had Grace's costume picked out for awhile. She was going to be an M&M. However,at the last minute we decided to make some changes. We had to dress her to match us. We decided that we were going to be pirates. The party didn't start until 7:00 pm, and although it was not far from our house we still managed to get lost. It was pitch dark and we were driving down a Texas back road. For those that have traveled around this area, you get the picture. We ended up pulling into a subdivision and calling for help with directions. I had pulled over the car and I had two cars pull up to park behind me. I think that they thought that we were trick-or-treating, but they were waiting for us to get out of the car. Well, we weren't trick-or-treating, but the cars just stayed behind us. Finally I attempt to pull forward and try to back up the car, carefully watching for little children. As I was backing up, children started coming out of those vans. I re-traced our path and went along with the new information to get to the house. We managed to make it to the party about 7:45 pm. We arrived and joined many others dressed up. There was a clown, a zombie, the corpse bride and groom, a football player, a chic magnet, a cowgirl, a witch, a little pumpkin, and Michael Jackson. We had a great time! Grace started to get very tired. She was so tired that she nodded off on a stranger's shoulder. Then, she seemed to melt into the carseat. Marc had to pry her out of the seat when we made it home. As we settled down for the evening remembering all of the good moments, we realized that we would always be pirates.