Aunts & Uncles

St. Louis Zoo

When we were in St. Louis William visited the Zoo for the first time. The weather man said it was supposed to me warm but it was quite cold and rainy. However, we did our best to enjoy it and I think we succeded!

First Birthday: Fun with Cousins

All together seventeen 10 and under, oh, and two on the way.

First Birthday: Dinner

We had pigs in a blanket and tator totts for dinner. William loved it!!

First Birthday: Thankful Celebration w/ Family

First Birthday: The cake

Of course we've got lots of pictures of William's first birthday. He had one in St. Louis on the actual day of his birthday and then one in North Carolina several weeks later.

I wanted to make a nursery rhyme cake since that's the theme of his nursery. I found a picture of a humpty dumpty cake on the internet and with some helpful advice came up with this.

First he had the cake,

then he had the ice cream.

Where to Begin

I know it's been forever since I posted. So long in fact that no one may be checking this blog anymore. Oh well, I know eventually someone will check. And, for those who can remember the post before this, my house is definitely not in the pristine condition it should be since my excuse for not blogging was cleaning our abode. It is, however, clean and getting cleaner and more organized as time goes on. I actually did get my scrapbook corner built and organized. I'm soooo excited about that one. We've also got some of our vegetable garden in and I've been working on my first flower garden. So just in case you were wondering I have been doing something--just not blogging.

And one more note. I know there are a few of you who are always wondering if another baby is on the way and think maybe I'm not blogging because I'm sick or tired or both. So the answer to that question is, no a baby is not on the way. Russ and I would love to have another one but that is out of our hands. We are so thankful for the way the Lord has blessed us with each other and then with William. And I must say every month I think to myself, "God proves himself to be God in so many ways, praise his name."

And now, finally, I'll start posting again. A few each day till I get all our current pictures organized.

Thanks for stopping by.