Have You Ever...

...seen something look so chocolaty and delicious?

...seen two cuter boys in the world?

...been so excited for the change of seasons, you can hardly contain yourself?

...seen a squirrel with such great balance?

Baby DoDo

Now that we are six weeks out from the night we discovered we had miscarried, I wanted to blog just a couple of things about our Baby DoDo. The beautiful name of our baby came from Riley. When we asked him what the name of the baby in Aunt Rachel's tummy was, he responded "baby dodo." He also said that baby dodo was a "girl baby". I can't wait to get to Heaven and see if he was right. : )

I have anticipated the day that I would put our first sonogram picture on our blog for a long time. Of course I didn't imagine it would be in this manner, but still. This was from our doctor appointment Monday morning after we already knew we had lost the baby. I will always cherish this picture.
These next two pictures are of the incredible box that Mom made for me to put the sonogram picture in. Inside, she put the song book page for "Jesus Loves the Little Children." I am so thankful to always have something concrete to remind me of our first precious one. She also put the little baby bracelet in too. I love it.

This is the outside.

This picture was taken the day before we went to the ER. I sure did love that baby belly!

I love you sweet one!

Rich and Full

On July 11th we found out we were pregnant!!

On August 21st we discovered we had lost our precious baby.

Since, we have felt love and support that has overwhelmed our souls. We had 10 people praying for us in the E.R. We had my family drive in at midnight to be with us with not so much as a toothbrush packed. We have been fed, we have had flowers and cards and visits. We have had PRAYER, lots and lots of prayer. Tears have been shed for our baby by so many.

My precious husband has loved me in a way I never know possible. Our hearts were broken together. We are finding our new normal together.

I am heartbroken.
I am so RICH with love and so FULL of gratitude.

2 More from Destin

Destin

We have been home from Florida for more than a week now, but I'm just now getting a chance to show you some pictures from our wonderful time. Like always, I wish I had taken more pictures, but oh well. I don't have the brain power to put them in order, but here you go!

This is all of us right before James and I headed to the airport after a wonderful, fun, magical, perfect week!

Riley with his first Krispy Kreme

On our last night I realized James and I hadn't taken any pictures, so I wanted one before we headed back to the house. Then I saw how sweaty he was...nevermind!

Ladies enjoying our last night all together in the sand.

James first experience of "home run derby"

Dad still has some moves!

Riley is ready to play too! I love this picture of him.

Our one non-sweaty picture together. Our house was perfect!

Sarah and Mommy!

Big Boy

My favorite boy in the whole wide world!

Heavenly

James and I took Riley to see the fish at Bass Pro.

And he drove some boats while we were there

Snack time

Mom enjoying the view

Thanks Mom and Dad for a fantastic trip. We had a blast and can't wait til the next family vacay!

maviman

A few pictures of our sweet boy...

We decided to take him to a dog park to play with other dogs and this is what he did most of the time. Oh well, he seemed content watching the other dogs play.

A cute one of my two favorite boys.

A happy family of three

You Might Be A Redneck If...

The only toy around for the two year old is a plastic spoon

You cook your meat on a grill made of old fence posts

You chop wood with a meat clever, while the man in a flag shirt watches nearby

Your grandfather looks like this

And your grandmother cuts vegetables on the back porch

You make the two year old go fetch an onion from the garden

Your dinner has been stored in a kitty litter bucket

Your dinner is cooked in a front end loader

Seriously

You have a dog lying around

You scare your fiance with a frog found in the flower bed

This is my family and I couldn't dream of anything better.