Thansgiving 2009!

WOW! We always have a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving, but this year I was completely OVERWHELMED with thankfulness as I looked into sweet Landrie's face. Last year at Thanksgiving, we had no idea how many more months or years we might wait to have a baby in our arms. We never dreamed that parenthood could be this amazing! THANK YOU, GOD for our precious baby girl!!!

Our week started with Mark's sister Megan and her husband Greg coming in town. We were so glad to see them! To add to the party, Mark's other sister, Beth, and her husband Rusty came over too (they live close by). We love our family! Landrie got to hang out with all 6 cousins and was loved on by her aunts and uncles too. :) The only ones missing were Mark's parents! They will be down for Christmas soon!

I turned my back for one minute... Tucker thought Landrie's swing looked really comfy!

Aunt Megan

Uncle Greg


Cade and Colson

We were checking out the resemblance between little Gramm and his cousin Colson. Wow! (You see where Landrie gets her beautiful big eyes from, right? :) )

This picture is from when Landrie was just 2 weeks old, but I never posted it before! It's such a sweet one of Landrie with her cousin Jaxon.

Aunt Beth and Uncle Rusty

McKinnan loves to help me bake!

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For the second half of the week, we headed down to Houston to see my side of the family. We had all the aunts and uncles and cousins with us there too! We did "fake Christmas" with my brother Kevin's family since they won't be here at Christmastime. We'll miss you guys!

This is another one I didn't post earlier! This is Uncle Eric's first time to meet Landrie.

If Braiden stretches really tall, he is taller than Nonny!

Adelynn and Anna

You've got to love Christmas morning coffee cake! YUM!

The Snuggies were a HUGE hit! Abbie and Anna really wanted them!

After this whirlwind Thanksgiving, the only thing that could top it might be Landrie's FIRST CHRISTMAS!!! Woo Hoo!! We can't wait!

Shower of Blessings

Whew! Going back to work really cut into my blogging! I'm going to attempt to catch up. :)

On November 14th, Landrie turned 2 months old, and we had our last baby shower. It was so special, because it was with all the friends I grew up with in my church! Most of the hostesses have been in my life since elementary school!

Mrs. Duff, Mrs. Carpenter, Mrs. Watts, Mrs. Coffey, Mrs. Fisher, (me, Landrie and my mom) Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Lynn, and Mrs. Johnson hosted this beautiful shower!

They had a Blessing Tree and everyone wrote notes of blessings for Landrie and put them on the branches. The notes were so sweet! They also passed out Bible verses to everyone that had Landrie's name put in them. It was so precious to hear her name with God's promises. Here's one:

"Thank you for loving Landrie so much that you gave your one and only Son that when Landrie believes in him, she will not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16