Beautiful!

I have never felt more beautiful in my life than when I was pregnant with our 5 children. (maybe not in this picture) I must tell you that I have never seen my daughter more beautiful than she is now. The excitement and the anticipation is getting ready to culminate in the birth of our grandson and the excitement really is building. The interesting part of all this is that Samantha has walked this path very recently with me. I must say how special that was for me. Being pregnant when your daughter is older is such a blessing. Sam was with us when Emma entered this world and I will never forget that moment. A mama's heart is a blessing and I am so excited to have been blessed so abundantly by these "little" people. How very proud we are to be the parents of some fine human beings.

As Samantha and BJ enter into this time in their life I would ask all that love them to pray for them and to pray for their little man child and that he will know the Lord early in life and will be a blessing to his parents just as his parents have been a blessing to us.

We love you Sam and BJ and baby grandson and can't wait to watch you all grow as a new little family.

fall wardrobe and clips

This post is really for my friend EB who makes the most adorable hairclips. She crochets them and makes them out of ribbon. check out her blog. You can get to it from mine it is the Irving Family. Leave her a comment and let her know you would love to see some of her clips. Oh and she makes some of the cutest little tutus you have ever seen. Think Emma is going to need one of those as well. Thanks EB. EB think I am going to need ten of them and would love some ribbon ones as well. I love the halloween one and would love to get that soon for Disneyland!

Family!

No words are needed!

Awww Grandpa

Mama, Grandma and Auntie Em at PF Changs. Check out the grandma t-shirt that Sam made for me.
Sissy and Em. Emma now has a name for her sister it is "Ssssssss". She walks around asking for "Sssssss" all the time or when she sees a picture of her.
The whole family together on Sunday night! (8/23/09) Took this with the timer, turned out pretty good.
Emma and "Ssssssss" Sister love is so sweet!

Celebration!

We had a shower for Samantha and BJ this past weekend. They flew in and spent a whirl wind weekend with the families. It was so nice to see them. And we had so much fun. The highlight was the shower on Friday night. A dear friend of mine, really of our whole family, hosted the shower in her big, beautiful house. I was so glad that she did! We had over 130 people that came to shower Sam and BJ with love and gifts. What a blessing. We had lots of help. The neighbor made the cake on the cupcake tower and Tami, Tracey and I made the cupcakes and my neighbor, Miranda stepped in again and went over to Priscillas the day of the shower and iced the cupcakes for me so that I would not have to and could spend my time with Sam. What a true blessing..

Miranda, my neighbor, again used her talents and made this cute diaper cake. The only thing I did was find the stuffed animal and put the ribbon on the cake.
Ok so when I was at Michaels the two days before the shower I saw these letters and I decided that we need to make this little train with the baby's name on it. I know it is hard to make out but the name is Brayden. The two grandmas painted and put together this little train based on the letters that Bj and Sam did for the baby's room. (see bj and sams blog)
And then there is our beautiful daughter. Isn't she lovely.
The whole family. The Dunham's and the Hendricks at Chris's birthday party (did I say that Chris turned 20 on Saturday, wow busy weekend)

Oh and a big shout out to Priscilla who not only opened her home but also made all the food for the 130+ people. And she made a full meal! We are so grateful!

Puppies

This is mama two days before laying on the cool tile.



All six of them. I know you can only see a little of the sixth but they are all there.

the new Daddy!

help

For those of you that are very good at this background thing. Could someone help me figure out how to take the background color away? I don't need the pink bar on the layout and can't figure out how to make it go away. Ok you techies out there help me.

Isn't she beautiful!

Here is my sweet daughter 3 weeks ago just before she left for the airport. She is 17 weeks pregnant here. She is so lovely. We can't wait to hold this little sweet baby in our arms just like we did with Sam when she was born.
Look who loves her big sister! Emma loves her sister and as you can see, Nicky is trying to get in on some of this action. They both love her so much and Sam feels the same way. I know that I have had said this before but we can't wait for her to get home. Three more years! (and we want BJ home as well)