After College Station, Boston, Ohio, Texas (for a short few months) and Arizona.....Renee and Alissa are FINALLY comming back to Texas for good!!!
Renee has accepted a great position at Wells Fargo in Grapevine, Texas and will begin work on December 29th! Yes, she just found out yesterday and has tons to do to get ready to move!
She is in the process of finding a house too!
Congrats Renee on the new job!! I am sure you will do great!!
This past Thanksgiving weekend, Renee and Alissa were in town! We had a wonderful time, except Joel and I were sick with a cold and sinus infections! Yuck! We split the day with my dad and Joel's dad's side. It was very nice to see everyone, even though it was for a short time on each side.
On Saturday evening, we went to my dad and Sheila's reception. It turned out very nice, and the girls had a wonderful time!! As you can see....Faith LOVES her cousin!! I don't think Alissa realizes just how much of an influence she is, and is going to be to Faith over the years! Faith learned to copy EVERYTHING Alissa did!! Right down to jumping on the sofa at the reception!! WOW! I never thought I would let my daughter act like that...but it was pretty darn cute! As you can see, she was a mess by the end of the evening!
These pictures are out of order....sorry
Cute Faith...before the running and jumping came out....
We received Faith's school pictures back....and they are too
cute! Look at my little "Big" girl....doesn't she look like a little school girl now?
I had to post this update......
Yesterday Joel went on a motorcycle ride after he was done working. Those of you that know me, know how much I HATE him riding! We have recently talked seriously about him selling the bike and getting a fun old car.
Well, my worst fears came true yesterday. He wrecked his bike! Thank God he will be okay. Basically his bike was acting up, and quit running. He was on a country road, and was pulling over to restart it. It fired back up on its own, and basically bucked him off the back. He went off towards the right and has some road rash. They worst is that he has broken and dislocated his right wrist.
He is in surgery as we speak having it set, and having a plate put in. His right arm will be no use for several weeks as it heals.
So, the moral of the story....the bike is being sold!!
Here is a picture of his arm last night after it was casted to help stabalize it before he had surgery today.
Joel and I were kindly given tickets to the Cowboy's Game last Sunday. They played Tampa Bay. We had a great time and they actually pulled a win off that day! Not yesterday...wow...not a great season!
I had to post this one..... Tuesday when I picked Faith up from Mother's Day Out, I was greeted by her teachers. They were somewhat laughing, while writing up an accident report.
Apparently Faith decided to BITE another little girl! She bit her finger and left some marks. I told them I would ground her and put her to bed with no dinner...(obviously I was joking). They did not see exactly what happened or if anything provoked it, but it happened. I apologized with embarrassment and told them to please tell the other mom I am so sorry.....
Hopefully this is not going to be an ongoing thing!! I think something had to of happened, or Faith was just checking out her new teeth to see how they felt! :)
Friday is Faith's first (ok, second) Halloween!! Last year she slept through the entire thing in an orange onesie that said "Lil Punkin" on it.
This year she will be........stay posted to see some adorable photos!
Pictures from this morning!
Ryan, Olivia and Grace
Ryan, Susan and Sydney
Joel, Deanna and Faith
Hayride
Faith is really becoming a BIG GIRL now, she 13 months today! And, she is officially off the bottle!! Ok, so they are still in my cabinet, but sippy cup only now! She is SO proud of her new cup and will not let us hold it. She is still taking formula out of it, but I am slowly weaning her off of that with Organic Whole Milk. Within the next few weeks, she should be on milk only! Joel will be so excited, he can't wait for the pay raise! Now if we could only get her potty trained ~ I would be thrilled!
She is finally getting some more teeth. She has 4 on top and working on a 3rd one on the bottom. Which means another bottom one will soon follow!
She is becoming quite the good eater now too! She was so picky, but now she will eat almost anything, except meat. She is not sure about the texture ~ I don't blame her!
Here are a few pictures I snapped with my I Phone over the weekend. My sister called and was missing her and asked for some pictures, so here they are....OH...and her hair is looking more and more blonde too!! YEAH!
I have decided to stay home with Faith. I am very lucky to be able to do this. I am working only on Monday's and then will be with her the rest of the week. So far I have been doing this for just over a month. I am really enjoying it and so glad that we have finally resolved our nanny issues once and for all!
Deanna
I can't believe my baby girl is 1! (September 6th) Amazing how quickly this year has gone by! What a blessing she has been and continues to be in our lives! We are so lucky to be her parents!
Enjoy these pictures from her birthday party!
Faith's 1st Birthday cake, designed to match her invitation and 
The Birthday Girl checking out a flower from her cake. 
Renee and Alissa
Madeleine, Alissa, Grace, Olivia, Analise, and Faith
The Birthday Girl with Mommy and Daddy
