Sweet Maddie story

This morning on the way to Miss Mary's house, we were stopped at a red light and I noticed Maddie looking out the window. We were listening to Air 1...the best Christian music station I have ever heard, anyway there was a really pretty song on, wish I could remember the name of it, and Maddie was singing along. She said, Mom, look at the trees, they are dancing to the music." I said, "Do you think they can hear this song." She said, "Yea they can and they are dancing to it." The trees really did look pretty "dancing" in the wind and my daughter looked beautiful noticing God's amazing creation...something as simple as trees blowing in the wind.

Our trip to say goodbye...

On thursday, my parents and I headed out to El Paso to see Jame before he deployed. We had a great trip and shared a lot of laughs and had a fun time being with each other. This is Jame's second deployment...he came home from his first one last May. (Man...a year sure does fly by!) We were able to spend Thursday afternoon with him seeing the base and having dinner. Then Friday morning, my parents and Jame went to run some errands of things he was going to need while gone. (I was recovering from a stomach bug from the night before!) Then Friday afternoon Mom and I went to the base with Jame and then we all ate dinner in the hotel room and watched movies and Jame stayed the night with us in the hotel.
This morning was crazy! We got to the base early to help Jame finish packing so he could go to bag check and weapon handout...Mom and I stayed at the room and cleaned it as best we could. (Boys are messy!) Then we headed out to say goodbye to him. As emotional as we all felt, we held it together pretty well...until we got in the car to leave.
I'm afaid this deployment will be much longer and he will not be coming home for his two weeks leave. We already miss him and hope this time away from him goes quickly. Please pray for the safety of our troops and say a little prayer each day for my brother James...God has BIG plans for that boy!

I LOVED the mountains in El Paso...such a change of scenery from Flat ol Abilene!

Jame and Mom goofing off on the computer.

Laughing!

Laughing so hard... it hurt!



Last morning to sleep in.



Dad and Jame



Dad, Mom and Jame

Mom and Jame

His Pack


Me and Jame




Mom and her kids



Talking to Maddie and Wyatt on the phone.






So serious!






I told him to smile and he said, "I'm trying to get in the zone." But obviously he couldn't keep a straight face.


Saying goodbye to Mom.

Saying goodbye to Dad.

Walking away.



And this was the last we saw of him...he walked over and took his place with the other guys and never looked back. What a hard thing that must have been for him to do.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Goodbye to James

My parents and I are driving to ElPaso tomorrow to see my brother before he deploys for Iraq on Saturday. I made him this video to help say goodbye. You will definitely have to MUTE the music at the bottom to hear the videos.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

3 and a HALF!!!!

Our sweet Madeline is 3 and a half today. She is turning into such a beautiful little girl on the inside and out. She is quite the spunky little diva these days and she says the craziest things now. She is so imaginative and likes the "read stories" to us as well as have us read to her ALL the time. She dances...and I mean everywhere and anywhere. I think we are going to put her in dance in the fall. She is so sweet to her baby brother and loves to make him laugh. Maddie is such a mother hen with him and SO reminds me of how I was with my own brother.

Here are a few Madisms to mark this special day:

Mom, it looks like we are driving in a rain forest! (on the way out to Truett's party)


Me: Maddie did you see that plane fly over us? Maddie: Too Cool!



Me: Did you catch any fish today?
Maddie: not fish mom, wobblers.
Me: What are wobblers?
Maddie: The fish I caught today. (wobblers really means bobber...which Nick kept telling her to watch the bobber so she would know when she had caught a fish)



Mom, if you don't let me ride my bike then I'll be so sad and will never be able to ride my bike again! (yea...check out all those words)




We love you Maddie and you make every day an adventure!

Fun at the Ranch

We were invited to a birthday party yesterday afternoon for our friends Tate and Abbye's little boy Truett. He was turning 4 and they had a Backyardigans themed party (Maddie LOVES the Backyardigans). Wyatt started running a fever right before we left...so Nick stayed home with him and Maddie and I set off for the boonies. Maddie ran wild and enjoyed playing in the country VERY much! She was so worn out when we got home. Thanks Ellison's for inviting us to a wonderful party and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Truett!!!

Our nephew, Carson and his mommy. (Isn't he so cute?!)

Going down the slide into the trough.


Giggles and Squeals!

My blue icing mouthed beauty!

Maddie and the birthday boy.

Friday, April 24, 2009

18 months old!!!

Oh my goodness...where has the time gone! I am finding it very hard to believe my baby boy is a year and half old. He has changed so much here recently and has definitely been developing his personality. Wyatt is NOT going to be soft spoken and given the meaning of his name means Warrior...I think that fits him just fine. He is so lovable and cuddly when he wants to be and ready for action the next. It is NEVER a dull moment with this little guy. He is weighing in at 27lbs. 11oz these days and I don't know exactly how long he is but he comes to about Maddie's shoulders now. He has started saying more words such as: shoe, Mommy, Car Car (for his cousin Carson), woof woof, Shhhh (and he puts his finger over his mouth), and Shewie (when he is stinky). He has also picked up on a few more signs: eat,milk,no, yes, please and more.
We Love you Wy-Wy...you are so fun and it is such a joy to be your parents. We think God has BIG plans for you and we can't wait to watch you grow.

Love you,

Mommy and Da-Da

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