Friday, September 27

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAVANNAH

Our sweet little Savannah turned 11 on September 29th.  She wanted to have her party at the Trampoline Park, as did Madison and Nicholas, but Savannah wanted a very special theme......
"DUCK DYNASTY"
That reality TV show about the Christian family of rednecks from Louisiana that made their fortune, developing duck callers for duck hunting.  It is a good and pure show about this church going and prayerful family, and the kids love to watch it with daddy

Well, aside from the Christian aspect of their humble family, they all have long beards and always wear camouflage.
Here is my sweet little Savannah on her 11th birthday.....yes....she has a beard!! Just as I always envisioned her 11th birthday as I rocked her when she was a baby!!
It is JUST SO SAVANNAH!!!
Here is Savannah ans some of her sweet friends.  Daddy had the awesome idea of having matching camo T-shirts specially made, with the "duck commander" logo and a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAVANNAH" on the back
Savannah was so excited!! She felt so special.... and she IS so special!!
 Here is Savannah next to the poster showing one of the Duck Dynasty characters named Si
 Of course we did "Nothing Bundt Cakes" for the cake (our family's favorite) and decorated them with little duck decoys to keep with the theme.  I had to accent the cake with hot pink candles and #11 sparklers!
Here are the tables.....as camo as we could be with a little bit of hot pink bling!
 The girls had a GREAT time jumping and playing dodgeball at the party.  It was so nice that they all matched!  We could find them easily in the crowd at the trampoline park


TIME FOR PIZZA


Everyone had a great time...they were so hot and tired by the time pizza was served....lots of bottled waters flowing
 All of the grandparents, Aunt Kiki and cousins came to celebrate with Savannah and the family!

TIME FOR CAKE

Savannah happily blew out her candles as we sang "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU".  She just lit up the room with her smile.....oh and it was nice to see her without her beard again......there is my sweet little girl!
Other people at the trampoline park were taking pictures of her party because it was so funny!!  Savannah was the bell of the ball!  The trampoline park took a picture for their official facebook page....we are famous!!

What a fun evening!  Birthdays are the best for a mommy watching the eyes of her sweet child light up as everyone celebrates that very special day!  It warms my heart.

We love you Savannah so much!! You are a joy to our hearts!! Daddy and I pray that you will always be happy, healthy, and joyful, and most importantly, Christ-centered....which will make you happy, healthy, and joyful!!  
Savannah the next morning after her party.....she got these cute pajamas as a gift from one of her sweet friends and was so excited to try them out!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPECIAL GIRL

Saturday, September 14

OUT FOR SUSHI

We LOVE sushi!! So of course after Mass this evening, we went to get some!  Daddy is out of town and Madison is at a sleepover so it's just Nicholas, Savannah, and me!

We went to our favorite Sushi place called "Japanese Fish and Knife"

We had a nicest waiter.  He suggested that we try this authentic Japanese soda. The kids were totally up for the experience.  The soda was in a cool little glass bottle where you had to "pop the top" and a marble would fall into the soda.  It was really cool.  The kids wanted to take a pic with the cute little bottle

Of course we asked to take the bottles home to keep them as a memory.  The soda was pretty yummy too!!
IT WAS A FUN EVENING......WE LAUGHED A LOT!  I LOVE THESE SPECIAL TIMES WITH THE KIDS

Thursday, September 5

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!

Our Sweet Lord Jesus never ceases to amaze His children!!  Jeremy and I have always prayed for more  sweet children.....as I have said before in my blog posts, we just thought that we would have an entire houseful of children!!  Always open to life, and more importantly to God Will for us, we assumed that after 8 years of no more babies, our Lord was calling us to contentment with our 3 beautiful and precious children, Madison, Savannah, and Nicholas.

Our kids are amazing and we have faith that our life is just the way that He (Jesus) had planned it for us......WELL, 4 weeks ago, we got another blessing of a lifetime!!  We found out that we are now the proud parents of 4 beautiful and precious children (how powerful God is)!!  There is actually a tiny and precious life, sweetly growing and thriving right inside of me!  How humbled I am to be able to play such a big part in such a totally incredible, miracle!!
(This is our little one at 11 weeks...it's such a funny picture...he/she looks like a little duck!!)  This picture makes me laugh....look at those sweet little arms and legs!

We just cannot believe how fortunate we are!  The kids are over the moon with excitement about their new little sibling.  Little one is due on April 13th 2014
Which just happens to be a very important day, when our Holy Church celebrates...

PALM SUNDAY "PASSION SUNDAY"
(MT 21:1-11-Palm Sunday...is when we celebrate, Jesus entering the town of Jerusalem.  When the crowds excitedly greeted Him by waving palm branches in His path.  After this great time of celebration, in the ministry of Jesus, He begins His journey to the Cross....the beginning of Holy Week)

We just had to share our excitement with the world!!  We never thought that we would get this blessed opportunity again in our lifetime....and that was okay with us if that is how Sweet Jesus wanted it, but aren't we SO JOYFUL that He saw us fit to be able to bring another beautiful life into the world
Look what my sweet friend, Gisele made for me when we told her about our sweet baby on the way
They were SO YUMMY too!!

THANK YOU JESUS!!! YOU ARE AMAZING AND PERFECT AND WE ADORE YOU!!!
Here is a video of our little one at nine weeks.....you can see his/her precious little heart beat....I am totally in love!

Jeremiah 1:5- "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you"  "Before you were born, I set you apart"