Pictures...start of the summer!

The first grilling of the summer!
The new haircut...

Busy, Busy, Busy....

Ok, let me tell you about the picture below...one of Lauren's little friends gave her that tu-tu/ballarina outfit and we haven't been able to get her take it off except for leaving the house! As soon as we get back home she puts it right back on! It's been four days. She likes to shake her hips and get the skirt part to move. It's pretty funny.

Life has been a bit crazy around here. I had another birth last week. It was awesome! I have three more scheduled for the summer. Paul has been really busy with school and trying to get through this quarter. Only 15 more months to go! Lauren has been busy with a little music class that she and Paul go to together and learning her letter sounds. I love this age because she has amazing memorization skills. She knows the pledge of allegiance and Paul thought maybe we should teach her the constitution next...Kidding! I told him we should hold off on that for a little while. :) She is so joyful to be around!

We pray that this finds you all doing well! Have a blessed beginning of summer!

So yeah, we were able to get a new camera. This made Lauren so excited that she wanted to wear her new ballerina outfit. She even danced a bit for us. Thought you might like it.

Baby Time!

I finally got to experience my first official birth as a doula! It was probably the most incredible experience I have ever had next to the birth of my own child. We weren't sure if baby x was ever going to come after having two nights of false labor over the past week. Around 2:00 am today they called me and said to get ready for the real thing. I was a nervous wreck all the way to the hospital! We had a couple minor set backs, but I am happy to say that my pregnant mom did an incredible job and achieved her goal of a completely natural/drug-free childbirth. It was amazing!

A glimpse into the exciting life...

I think that we have decided that we need a springtime home to escape all of the allergy problems here. Lauren is doing much better, but I am still really struggling with some sort of sinus/respitory thing. Ugh! What you get for living in the Ohio Valley.

Being the parent of a three year old just keeps getting more confusing, surprising....I'm not sure what the word should be! This morning she informed us that "Hippopotamus" is actually "Hippotapotamus". "You and Daddy need to say it right!" She is also learning how to butter you up in order to try to get out of things. Yesterday she was going was to have to get punished for something that happened and when I walked in the room right before Paul was getting ready to carry out the punishment, she looked at me and said "Mommy, my daddy is a really nice man." It is hard not to laugh at times! Life continues to be so much fun as we work with her to learn new things and surprise at the same time at what she already knows at the age of three. We pray that life is treating you all well and you have a reason to celebrate as we enter into this new season!

We will post pictures as soon as we can. Our digital camara decided to die!

Life...

I'm sorry it has been so long I have written on here. Life has been busy! It seems that the weather can't make up it's mind about being hot or cold so everyone has been sick.All three of us have had probably every respitory issue out there. Lauren is currently getting over her first bout of pneumonia. On top of her being exhausted and crabby, I am having to force disgusting tasting antibiotics down her. Poor girl! This has been one of the scarier things I have experienced. I called the Dr. about her constant congestion and they told me it was possibly allergies. So we gave her claratin. Well, two days ago she woke up and had some issues breathing. After dealing with three seizures, I wasn't about to play around. We rushed to the pediatrician and they gave her a breathing treatment and put her on some strong drugs. They said that she was having some issues with her left lung and we need to go back in two weeks to check her breathing. We are looking forward to spring coming and staying for awhile! We pray that all of you have a very blessed Easter!

Lauren has found a new love...American Idol. She found a little flashlight and stood in the middle of the living room and used the flashlight as a microphone and proceeded to sing at the top of her lungs for the entire American Idol episode! It was one of those times that I wish I had a video camara!

Pooped Out!

Lauren has been sick today and she said she wanted to take a nap and this is how I found her. Don't you love company when you are sick?

Dress up...

"Princess Lyla" - This is what happens when we play dress up at our house!

Fun with playdough!

This is what you do with three year olds when they are bored! She was so proud of herself because she made jewelry (notice the green ring, necklace and bracelet) She made most of the face by herself, too. I just had to straighten some features!

The Zoo

The snow is melting and we finally got to go out!

Did I say I liked winter? Ha, Ha, Ha!

We are going on the the sixth day of being frozen here in wonderful Jeffersonville, IN! They only have a little over 100,000 people with out power now. On wednesday it was almost 350.000 in the Louisville area. In a way this has been fun because usually we get snow and it melts the next day. We have definitely had time to enjoy this....now it needs to leave! Poor Lauren keeps getting awakened at night by frozen branches falling everywhere. She told me the other day that she thought we had a ghost! I have no clue where she heard about a ghost. She told Paul earlier today that people were trying to come in the house because she kept hearing noises outside! It was from all the icicles falling off the trees and roof. It's pretty dangerous here. Ice just comes crashing down at any moment hitting cars and whatever else happens to be under it. Craziness! We pray that you all are doing well and trying to stay warm and dry!

Tom and Jackie's Wedding and Random Pictures of our Snow Day

We had a freak snowstorm here and in between the freezing rain and bitter cold we were able to go play outside for a little while. Lauren had a blast! We have about an inch of ice on our trees and everything else! All night long we kept hearing transformers explode and tree branches crashing down. Our power went out for a little bit, but it came back on after a few hours. We are on our second day at home and I have to say that we are getting cabin fever. You can only play Pretty,Pretty Princess so many times before it gets a little old! I love staying at home and hanging out with the family, but when you are actually stuck, it is different story! Paul had to dig the cars out so he could go back to work. There was some sort of power or phone line that landed on his car so he took mine. We are definitely snowed in! Our temperatures are supposed to stay really cold so this isn't going away any time soon! Sigh..

Thomas Arthur and Jaclyn Williams

January 17, 2009

Tom and Jackie!

Nana and Paul. It was slightly cold sitting out there on the beach, but everything was absolutely beautiful!

Happy New Year!

Sorry this is a few days late! We hope you all had a happy and safe new year. As you can see Lauren had fun! Earlier that day Paul and Lauren opted to sleep in while a friend and I went to eat breakfast. We went to a little restaurant called "Lynn's Paradise Cafe" in Old Louisville. On New Years everyone comes in their pajamas and robes. It was so much fun. I forgot to take my camara, but the local television crews were there to catch people in there crazy PJ's and curlers in there hair. It was a memorable New Years day! I brought those glasses back for Lauren. For some reason her daddy won't let her wear them out of the house!