Ethan turns One!

This past weekend our little man Ethan celebrated his 1st Birthday. He was born on July 26 around 8am at Medical City of Dallas. He weighed 6lbs 9 oz and was 19 inches in length. At his wellness visit today, he weighed in at 21.8oz and 30" in length. He's not walking but getting so close.

To celebrate,we had a small backyard bash with a few friends and family. Grandma and Grandpa visited from McAllen. They stayed for a week and Great Aunt & Uncle, Mary and Robert also came for the day all the way from Copperas Cove. With the Texas heat, I wasn't sure how long we would all last outside but the water slide bounce house kept all the kiddos occupied. There were a few friends and family that couldn't join us for his celebration and they were missed especially our dear friends Logan and Landon who moved to Conneticut in June.

There were moments during his little party that I would glance over at our little boy and just be in awe of God's amazing love and faithfulness. Ethan is our 2nd miracle baby as so was our first, Roman. We stood on faith (and sometimes it was very little) and trusted that God would bless us with another healthy beautiful baby. It seems like the past 12 months have flown by so quickly and it was yesterday that we were at the hospital holding him in our arms for the very first time. Thank you, Lord, for allowing us an opportunity to raise our two precious sons. They take our breath away and every time we look into their eyes we are reminded of how much you love us!

Thank you to all for sharing in our joy and for keeping our little boys in your prayers!!

Reuniting!

Over Memorial Day weekend, we took a quick trip to visit my family in Mcallen. The big event was my sister, Sondra and her daughter, Mariam (my neice) were being reunited after being apart for over 18 years. I know it has been a tough journey for both and it was such a blessing to see them come together with so much joy and love especially after so many tears had been shed over the years.

Mariam was born in Dallas, Texas but moved to Morocco, Africa with her parents when she was about 6 years old. A few years later, her parent's divorced and Mariam's mom decided to return to the US. Unfortunately, Mariam did not return with her and was raised by her father's grandparents in Morocco and is Muslim. Her father remarried and had 3 more children. She became fluent in Arabic and French and knows a little Spanish and English. She went on to study at a culinary school in Morocco and is now a pastry chef. She recently married before coming to the US and is now waiting for her husband to join her. She is living with her mom and stepfather, Mazen. Mazen is Lebanese so he speaks a little arabic and can be a translator. Mariam is adjusting very well and is starting to bake pastries with the hopes of owning her own business one day.

Here we are waiting at the airport for Mariam to arrive.

Mom and daughter seeing each other for the first time!

Mom and grandparents with Mariam!

Mariam at home!

Spring time in Texas!

It seems like forever that I took the time to post to our blog. It has been a busy couple of months but we've been able to capture a few photos of Ethan and Roman despite some of the spring showers that bring some crazy weather during this time of year. Roman is over 2 1/2 years old and Ethan is now 9 months, who has just started crawling. He's a little late bloomer than his big brother who was walking by 10 mos but he is so adorable when he gets to moving. I think he's just a little smarter in realizing that mommy or daddy can pick him up at any time and give him a quick ride from point a to point b.

We couldn't get any good pictures of Ethan and Roman sitting together in the bluebonnets. Ethan wouldn't have it and threw a fit when we tried to sit him on the grass. He was so terrified of the flowers.

Enjoy!

Snow in March?!

Just when we thought we were going to leave winter and enter spring without one bit of snow this season. I guess God decided to bless us with not one day but two days this past week with snow. It really was a pretty site and it takes my breath away to see the sun reflecting from the snow. I was bummed we didn't get any pictures with Roman playing in the snow. We'll just have to pray that next year we will be blessed again with waking up to a beautiful morning with powder white snow. This photo was taken from our front door looking at our neighbor's yard.


This photo is actually looking at our home. The snow pretty much melted within a few hours but it was nice to enjoy while it lasted.