Just 1.5 more days in TN...

Well, it's almost movin' time and boy have we been busy! Painting, painting and more painting as been our life for the last couple of weeks. We do most of it after the babies go to bed so that means late nights for mommy and daddy. It's been a tuff couple of weeks though, with two babies fighting colds and mommy, once again got sick, it's been a sick year for me and the babies! UGH! So while Brad worked and took care of the babies during the day, I rested to feel better so I could work at night. We still don't know if the house is going to be in tiptop shape to sell, but it will have to do. Brad has done so much work with so little rest. I really can't believe he is still standing. Getting up with the babies and letting me sleep a couple more hours, the pretty much working on stuff until 11pm to midnight. I sometimes sneak a nap in when the babies lay down, but there was so much to get done he really couldn't. We have had some friends and family help us pack and help us with yard work, etc. I have no clue what we would have done without their help so THANK YOU GUYS!! It's hard to believe we only have a couple of days left and it's looking like we may not get to say goodbye to everyone we wanted to. Hey if you are ever in the Indy area, look us up! We will miss our friends here in Nashville and will never forget the support and relationships we had here. Well....it's almost 9pm so let the painting of our bedroom begin! Here are a few farewell pics of the babes I took over the last couple of weeks. After the house is empty I'll take some pics and show ya what all we did! So long Nashville...

Happy Birthday Lilly and Asher!

The babies turned a year old on Jan. 11th! It was a fun day that we got to celebrate with my two sisters, mom, cousin and nephew. They got in on Thursday night about 11pm so the babies woke up Friday morning to a house full and were very excited about that! They had planned on coming one weekend in Jan. to help us pack and this weekend worked out perfect because of their birthday. Friday we spent shopping at Walmart for birthday presents and NEW CAR SEATS!! The babies are now facing forward and Asher is really likes it. He was getting to the point where he would cry every time we put him in his car seat, but now he seems to really like the new one and being able to have a different view. We all went to dinner Friday night at Demos' Steakhouse and then came home and gave the babies their cupcakes! We didn't really have a "party" for them, but thought we would have a little celebration since some of my family was there. As you can see in the pictures Asher loved it, Lilly hated it. She really got mad when we tried to put some of the cupcake in her mouth. Asher ate almost a whole cupcake and mommy was really scared he was going to wake up with a belly ache! He slept just fine the whole night, thank goodness. Saturday we woke up early and had breakfast, let the babies play with their new birthday toys and got to work. We got soooo much done. I don't know what Brad and I would have done without them coming to help. We thought we had a pretty good start on things until my family started cracking the whip! The babies took an unusual 3 hour nap that day as well, which was a total Godsend because we were able to work that whole time. Thank you so much Christy, mom, Becky, Shelly and Brennen for all you did! Here are a few pictures of the birthday babies!

A year of blessings...

It's hard to believe that it's 2008 and the babies first birthday is right around the corner. We waited so long for a baby and God had even bigger plans in store, 2 BABIES!!! Having Lilly and Asher in our lives has blessed us in so many ways. It was a huge change going from a family of two to an instant family of 4 but we survived and are happy to say finally thriving! Around this time last year I was laid up in a recliner with swollen feet bigger then you have ever seen wondering how on earth I was going to stay pregnant another day because I hurt so bad all over! I loved being pregnant up until that last month....ok maybe last 2 months! The babies are growing and getting such cute little personalities and sometimes not so cute! :) Brad and I feel like we have grown right along with them, learning so much more about being parents, about God and unconditional love. It has been an incredible year with them! Another huge blessing was our church family and small group that helped us so much after the babies were born. We had tons of people we didn't even know bring us food. It was a strange thing when all that food ran out and we had to start cooking again! So thank you if you brought us food, I may not have gotten the chance to tell you back then when things were still a little foggy! We will miss our church so much when we leave, all the great friends we have made there. We feel so at home at FBC but know that God has other plans for us. So here is to a new year and a new adventure for us in Indiana! We hope you all have a wonderful 2008!

Love

Amy