Jaxon and Lauren Update

Jaxon and Lauren are 3 months old! I cannot believe how quickly the time has gone by; however, so much has happened in the last 3 months. The most significant, in the Jobes' lives for sure! While Tam was still on maternity leave, a pipe in the house burst and flooded the house. Naturally, it was a day that John was out of town so Tam had to deal with everything by herself and the MIL. I went to help as soon as I found out and after 2 hours solid of moving furniture, sucking up water and moving office files, I was exhausted. They had to completely move out of the house and into a hotel for a week and a half while there house was packed up, "fixed" and then moved back. Through it all, Tammy was amazing - she has changed so much since the birth of the babies - much more "go with the flow". I loved having them in the hotel because it was only about 5 minutes from me so I could stop by often. They are moved back into the house and Tammy started work last week. The babies are in a transition nursery that JP Morgan provides downtown so she can go check on them during lunch. John had to go to California last week for 2 nights so I stayed with Tam and the kiddos. It was an eventful week. Our great-aunt, Alice, passed away so the funeral was Wednesday. We made the trip to Brenham for the funeral and to visit with our grandparents and aunts and uncles. Jaxon woke up in the middle of the night both nights, and I was able to get him back to sleep with me (guess I did a good job as a "nanny")! Jax was running a low grade fever and ended up at the doctor on Friday. The doc said it was nothing major - congestion and low grade fever. It was so much fun to spend some quality time with them. They are so precious and are really good babies!

Blogging break is OVER!

HA! I am going to do my best to start posting more again! I finally connected the internet in my apartment - yes, I have lived here for over 4 months - so I am ready to blog on my new desktop (that I also got about 4 months ago)!!! Stay tuned...

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!

Houston Victoria Girl's Christmas!

What a blessing to have such great girlfriends! This year we had our 4th Annual Houston-Victoria Girls Christmas! It is so much fun to get together with everyone's families and hang out! It is hard to believe that I have known some of you for over 25 years! It is amazing how well all of the guys get along and allow the ladies to chit-chat and exchange gifts! This year was a little crazy with 9 kiddos, but oh, so much fun! I love all of you and your families and cannot wait to get together again! For everyone not in Houston, I wish we could have gotten together over the holidays, as I missed seeing you ladies and cannot wait for this summer's girl's weekend!

Special thanks to the Kotlarz's for hosting this year!

December 29th!

Lots of you have been asking so I just thought I would go ahead and post it here! Unless something changes, I will become an "Aunt" on December 29th. Tammy is still feeling good, just large! It has gotten increasingly hard for her to get up and down and move around so she is now on moderate bed rest. The c-section is scheduled for 12.29 unless the babies decide they want to meet everyone sooner! We are just praying for them to stay in as long as possible so that they are born big and healthy!