Meeting Baby Emery

Soon after Adom and I arrived in Kerrville we had to go meet Baby Emery! She is gorgeous, and Ryan and Marissa are completely smitten, as any new parents should be ;) They were not the only ones smitten though... Adom could not stop talking about her! He couldn't say Emery so I think I heard something like "Emy". Anyways, this picture says it all!

WARNING: HOLDING THIS BABY WILL PUT YOU AT RISK OF CONTRACTING "BABY FEVER"!

Congratulations to this beautiful family! Ryan, Marissa, and Emery Joy Neal!

We love you guys!

2 Years Old!

My baby is 2! I can not believe how fast these last 2 years have flown by. He is such a joy in our lives, I can not imagine life without him.
So we had a birthday party for him on the 26th (his actual Bday is the 27th) and it turned out great! Adom and baby Landon (Ryan and April Simpson's youngest) were the only boys haha! Adom was definitely the Ladies Man for the day :) He got tons of wonderful presents and played with lots of little girls all day long. I made cupcakes with dinosaurs on top for his birthday and of course the little toot wouldn't even take a bite... instead he ate his weight in gummy bears (see them in the bowl below the cupcakes?). I didn't care, it was his day, and besides the rest of us didn't have any problems finishing off the cupcakes :) Greg was busy filming everything so we didn't get a whole lot of pictures. Maybe I'll attempt to download the film off of our video camera... maybe. Thanks to all that made Adom's 2nd Birthday so wonderful!

Happy Anniversary!

Happy 1st Anniversary to our wonderful wacky friends Dustin and Jessica Cowart! I don't know what we would do without these people. We love you guys!

It's bad

It's really bad :( I haven't posted in over 2 weeks! Sorry! Adom and I went to stay at GiGi and PopPop's for a while and Greg joined us the last week. We had such a wonderful time! So over the next few days I will be catching up on pictures. We celebrated Adom's 2nd birthday while we were there and spent a lot of time with family and friends. So.... get ready for lots of pictures :) Hope everyone is surviving the heat! It was 108 degrees in Dallas yesterday ugh! I can't wait till fall! Blessings!

My first attempt at blogging a video.... we'll see how it goes :) Adom loved riding up and down this little hill at Gigi's in his car.

Quilt giveaway

Go check out the link on my sidebar to the right to win a totally fabulous handmade quilt!
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Good Luck!

Goodbye Dear Friend

We are here today to bid farewell to a dear friend. He goes by many names; Paci, Binky, but there is one name that we don't know where it came from but it's what Adom has named him. MIMI. We've figured out that if Adom really likes something he'll give it it's own special name. For example, French Fries are "Dadas" , the piano at GiGi and PopPop's is "Weeano" and finally the pacifier is "Mimi".

As you can see this mimi has been there since the beginning. I swore before we had him that I would not give our child a pacifier, well after many sleepless nights I gave in as any sleep deprived new mother would. It has not been an easy week without mimi and I have to admit I have given in and given him his bestest friend when I couldn't take it any longer.

Mimi never spanked him or said a harsh word, mimi was always there for him when he didn't feel good. At this very moment my son is still asleep at 9:15 in the morning, which he NEVER does. I believe it is because we gave in last night and now he is relishing every moment he can with his mimi. Poor lil' guy cried for almost an hour :(

I know that it is inevitable that mimi will be gone soon. I most certainly don't want a teenager running around my house saying " Mom have you seen my car keys and my mimi?". Yikes!

But it is a sad day for me as well when we say goodbye to his friend. It's just one more "baby" thing that is drifting away. You moms out there know what I mean. The day when you realize your "baby" is actually a big boy now. Well I will go on saying what my parents have said all along and now I fully understand, "you will always be my baby".

Happy Birthday Greg!

Happy Birthday Honey! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and father in our lives!

Love,

Colleen & Adom