It's a .........BOY!

Well we had an ultrasound yesterday and the results are in... it was very clearly a boy. But more importantly everything looked normal and healthy. We are ecstatic that the Lord has blessed us with this little boy. So everyone says "well great you can have two - a boy and a girl". However, we aren't convinced that this is all the Lord has in store for us. We will wait and see.

Crazy Life

Our lives have been fast paced recently. We have all been sick (Laurelle has her first ear infection) and then we celebrated Laurelle's first birthday last Friday evening. We had a wonderful evening with friends and family - eating and watching Laurelle open her presents. She enjoyed the messy cake experience and then was wisked to bed because she was desperately tired. She is enjoying her new toys immensely.

I am in my 19th week of pregnancy and feeling good. I am beginning to show obviously - meaning people are beginning to ask when I am due (not just secretly suspect). It is much more fun this way. We find out on Thursday if the new baby will be a boy or a girl. I believe we have names picked out either way. They are leftover names from the last baby. It hasn't been long enough for us to change out minds.

Ryan is extremely busy with work - trying to grow the business in new directions. He hired a new employee who started today. Hopefully it works out.

Laurelle's Dedication

Laurelle and Grandma Becky

Laurelle's first encounter with snow - we took her sledding

Laurelle's First Christmas

Mommy's legs - the rest is all the cutie pie.

Mommy and Laurelle

This is Laurelles' favorite bear.

PICTURES

These are some of Laurelle's one year pictures. J C Penney's does such a great job. I was really happy.

Andrew and Christina's Engagement Photos

Go to www.weddingprints.com - subject Christina and Andrew's engagement - password Grout to view their beautiful photos.

Just thought I would share the information.

Baby Dedication

I don't know exactly the origination of this name baby dedication. We are dedicating the baby to the Lord but moreover, we dedicated ourselves as parents to raising Laurelle in the ways of the Lord. We want our daughter to love the Lord her God with all her heart. On Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005 we dedicated ourselves and our daughter to the Lord. Our friends and family were present in an intimate setting (not in front of the whole church but rather a separate room with 3 other sets of parents and their friends and family). It was a sobering event reminding us of the task which lay ahead and all the responsibilities that come with it.

With the Lords help only can we accomplish this lofty goal.!!