St. James

We are officially here...we are trying to get settled.  We have had some huge blessings from those in the church and in the community.  I am hoping to get pictures posted soon but we still have no internet at home...I'm at the church now.  More to come later!  Thanks for everyone's thoughts and prayers throughout this process.  I do have some job interviews this week so continued prayer would be great!  Thanks!

Happy Fourth!

Happy Fourth! It was potentially our last fourth in Anderson. It was happy and sad. Sad that Jerry couldn't be here with the boys (he's in Missouri already workin' hard) but happy that my parents were able to come down here. Sad because we always have fun going out with friends and we will miss them, but happy because we will have new friends and traditions to set with the boys in Missouri. Ok. Enough of the sad/happy stuff...here are some of the pics from our 'redneck' fourth. We met in the At&t parking lot with Josh and Melissa and the kids. We were joined by our friend Abby, Melissa's mom the rest of her family. We ate a picnic meal out of the back of her van and there was even a table cloth spread out so that the kids could sit in there and eat while watching a movie and waiting for the fireworks to start. There was even a potty in the van for the kids!

We also set off alot of fireworks that Melissa and Josh had brought. The kids thought it was fun. The "big kids" even got in the action too.

At one point in time the boys (Kaleb and Kaiden) locked everyone out of Melissa's van. They had free reign and pushed every button in the van except the unlock button. Kaiden was running around playing with all the DVD's in the van he could find...mind you he is not allowed to touch them at home. Finally after twenty minutes or so, Kaleb pushed the right button and all was good.



We waited for forever for the fireworks to start. They didn't start until almost 10:40pm...way to long for all the kiddos. We watched them in the back of Josh's rental pick-up. It was fun, but they were over it by that point, and Hunter passed out around 9:30 and never got to see any of them!

Here are some other snap shots to enjoy...until next year!

Mommy and Kaiden

Mommy and Hunter

Grandma and Grandpa laughing with Hunter

Kylie and Kelsey

Chillin' with Kaiden

Tia, Abby and Melissa

Poor Baby

Hunter had to have surgery this past Monday. He, just like Kaiden, had to have his circumcision redone. As a mother I hate to put my boys through this but at least we have been able to have it done right after their first birthday's and they will hopefully not remember it first hand!

He was a trooper. He was charming everyone at the hospital before his surgery running around and playing. He kept trying to go behind the counter and help the secretaries work. He was laughing and giggling...having no idea what was coming. We went back and got him all dressed in his gown. So adorable!

After we talked to the doctors, the nurse came back to get him for surgery. Then the waiting game. They told us it would take about and hour....it took about 35-40 minutes. We spoke with the doctor. He said that everything went great and we could see him soon as he was in recovery. They paged us again with our little buzzer and took us back to see him. He was crying, but snuggled right down after he heard Jerry and myself.

Not too much longer he woke up and drank a bottle. After that we could take him home. He watched his Praise Baby DVD all the way home and only fussed once...not because of pain but because his movie was over and needed to be started again!

When we got home he got down and ran around the house playing like nothing had ever happened. He must have had some great meds. He did finally fall asleep and took a long nap!

Overall he has been doing great...better than Kaiden did. I hope that he continues to heal quickly and have no complications! Thanks for everyone's prayers!