Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all my family and friends! May the Lord richly bless you throughout 2009!

Blessings from Above!

The Lord blessed my family with 2 of the most beautiful, healthy babies on December 29, 2008. Tammy and John welcomed Jaxon Charles and Lauren Elizabeth into the world at 4:14 and 4:15pm. Jaxon weighed 7 lbs, 4 ozs and Lauren weighed 6 lbs, 4 ozs. We cannot believe that Tammy was able to carry around that much weight to 37.5 weeks!

Jaxon is a mini-John in the looks department. He makes faces that are exactly like John. Lauren is more petite and delicate...still looks a lot like John, but has a little more of Tammy in her. These babies are such blessings! I cannot wait to watch them grow up and spoil them rotten! :)

Merry Christmas!

This year Christmas was a little different for me. I have always enjoyed going home and spending time in Victoria for Christmas so it just didn't feel right this year to not go home. Tam was so pregnant and her doctor told her she needed to be pretty much confined to the couch or bed if she didn't want to go into labor before the 29th. My parents came up the day before Christmas Eve and we had the Plemons Family Christmas that night. Like always, my parents spoiled us way too much!

The next day, Mom, Dad and I went to Rosenberg for the Stern Family Christmas. It was Reggie & Valerie's 1st time hosting and they did a fantastic job. It was a great day of family, food and gifts. I know that I am so blessed to have the ability to spend time with my family, especially my grandparents and cherish the time we have together. We were so tired when we got back to my place that we settled in for the night. Not going to church was so hard for me...another tradition I did not get this year. I was very disappointed, as the Lord is the reason for this joyous season and I have always loved Christmas Eve services. Hopefully next year is more "normal" and we will get back to all of our family traditions!

Christmas Day, we cooked a late lunch at Tammy & John's with John's parents. We had a beautifully decorated table with overflowing stockings! It was great to spend the day with Tam and John before the babies come. Poor Tam was getting really tired and it is hurting her more and more to stand up. I know she is soooo ready for the babies to be here!