New House

Here's some pictures of our new house. We moved in August to Ona, WV. We are blessed to live on an old 1820s farm surrounded by 100 acres. There is an old slave cabin you can see in the picture below and a cemetery with gravestones dating back to the 1700's . I love this swing in the picture above.

Here is our house (the white one). We are so happy to have such a beautiful place with the conveniences of town. We are two minutes from the mall, Sonic, Wal-mart, and Chick-Fil-A. What more could anyone want?

This is the driveway coming onto the property. That house is the owners, but they are only here once a year. We almost daily see deer, turkeys, and rabbits. The fall leaves stunned us as we turned into our driveway on Sunday afternoon.

Daddy with his two pretty girls.

Emma is all over the place now and doing so much. Here she is taking on the pumpkin. I think the pumpkin won, he still stands firm on the porch unmoved.

Erin is a lovely girl. She melts our hearts when she smiles at us.

Our annual trip to the corn maze.

This is Emma's response to the question "Are you cute?" She is such a ham. She is learning so fast. Just this week she has learned to sign bath, more, and book.

Gotta love her! We had another good sleep night last night. Please continue to pray that Erin will sleep well at night. It is very hard to take care of a toddler and a baby and keep the house from looking like a disaster when you are walking around like a zombie. I really am enjoying this time and doing well. God gave me such good girls that the job He gave me to do is a blessing. Still...we appreciate and covet your prayers for health and sanity.

Here is a very cute video of Emma dancing to her singing duck. As soon as we press the foot, she has to stand up to dance. It is very cute.

Life with Two

Well, we are back on the internet! Praise the Lord! What an ordeal this has been. I am glad that now I can continue to keep in contact with all of you and let you in on our exciting lives! We now are a family of four and life is more interesting than ever. Two in diapers, one walking..and falling down, and one waking up at all hours of the night.

This is our lovely Erin Elizabeth. We are so happy that she is a part of our family. She turned 6 weeks old this past Monday. She is a good natured little girl that loves to eat constantly. She is learning to be brave as a result of having a toddler for a sister.

Emma loves the baby and as of today has only bit her twice, but continues to steal her pacifier. This baby may never take a pacifier because once she gets some suction going, Emma comes along and yanks it out!

What a pair! My life will never be the same again! I feel many days like I am the juggling act at a circus. One cries and needs attention then the other starts in. One gets a dirty diaper then the other one is dirty. Erin needs fed, Emma needs breakfast, Erin needs fed, Emma needs lunch, and so on. Emma takes a nap, Erin is awake. I consider my day a success when I get to take a shower!

Typical picture. Main objective of day: Keep Emma from killing her sister and herself! Well, I think Emma is in the bathroom, so I better go. I will be keeping you all updated more often. Thanks for being patient with us.

News

Well, we have had a very eventful summer and a lot of changes in the making. As most of you should know, we are expecting our second little girl on August 24 (that is the date of the c-section). Bryan also got a new job at a school called Covenant School in Huntington, WV which is about an hour from where we live currently. Yesterday, we just signed the lease for a beautiful little house on an old farm half way between Charleston and Huntington, so we can continue attending the same church and continue the ministry to the hispanics. God answers prayers. We are very excited about all of the changes coming up, but also ask for your prayers as we start packing and moving this week. Emma's first birthday is coming up on the 11th of August and she just gets more fun everyday. We have really enjoyed watching her personality develop and see her turn into her own little person.Still no pictures as computers and time have been scarce lately. Thank you for understanding. We love you all.