12.30.2008

A Birthday for a Princess

Maya celebrated her 2nd birthday on Sunday, December 28th.  After church, we went to McDonald's for lunch with Nana, Papa, Noo Noo, Aunt Nenie, Pastor Scott, Ronda, and Byron.  After lunch, we had a birthday party at GG Luna's where Bub, Stacy, and the kids had decorated like crazy with Abby Cadabby streamers, party hats, blow whistles, napkins, plates, centerpiece, table cloth, etc.!  It was awesome.  Maya's favorite gifts included new shoes (3 pairs), sparkly clothes, a puppy dog in a taxi, My Little Ponies, and a cooking set.  


Maya had no trouble blowing out her candles!

We convinced Grady to wear a party hat for 2.5 seconds, just in time to snap a quick pic (he didn't want to be caught wearing PINK!)


Gabriel had a fun time with his cousins he had never met who were in town from Virginia, Katie & Yaw!


My baby girl...I can't believe she's already 2!!


Mmmm...birthday cake!

Christmas Morning





Gabriel's First Christmas





Opening Gifts @ Nana's





Christmas Eve



Sisters...


I swear, she's NOT a midget...he's just 8'4''!


I never thought posing for a picture could be so difficult...


Nicky Noo Noo w/ his mama...

Some Christmas Pics



Maya sporting her princess attire...


Mommy & Maya opening gifts Christmas evening @ Uncle Eddie's house...Maya and Gabriel racked up TONS of presents from the extended family!!


Maya wearing her new jeans from Grandma Carol


Gabriel spending some quality time with Uncle Eddie & Aunt Rosie

12.23.2008

Merry Christmas!

Hope you all have a wonderfully blessed Christmas.  Sorry I haven't kept up with posts lately; I have been trying to stay home with the kids, therefore, I have no access to Internet.

We love you all and pray that the true meaning of Christmas will be very real to all of you this year.

Much love,
Sarah

12.08.2008

Hey, everyone! Just a quick note to say hello to all of you. We, as everyone else in the world, are extremely busy with holiday parties, work, crazy kids, and everything else that comes along with this time of year.

A new exciting thing for us...our nephew, Dominic, aka "Nicky Noo Noo" will be starting school tomorrow! This is a HUGE answer to prayer, and we are so excited to see his development begin accelerating. Thank you ALL for your prayers and support. At this time, he is being diagnosed by school personnel as having a 2-3 year developmental delay; they cannot technically define his delays as "autism" until he is diagnosed by a medical doctor. He has an appointment in February for a diagnosis. Please continue to pray for him and for Stephanie, as the embrace these changes...they are also moving in a month or so, so we are super excited for them!!!

That's all for now. It's late, and I need to get kiddos home for baths & bed (and Sam, too lol).

Much love to you all,
Sarah

12.02.2008

Thanksgiving...





Gus & Nana
Steph & Dom
Steph and the buck she shot with his tongue hangin' out
Gabriel's first thanksgiving dinner--mashed potatoes--being fed by great-grandpa Luna