Coming this Fall...

After 2 yrs of challenges, both physical and mental, a lot of tears, questions and tons of praying, the good Lord has blessed us with the opportunity to become parents again. Yep, that's right! This Fall we will go from a family of 3 to a family of 4! I didn't realize how much I wanted to become a mother again until I saw those two pink lines:-) We are overwhelmed with joy and thankful for all our family and friends who have prayed and will continue to pray for us during this process. We can't wait to meet our little gift from God.

Ella can't wait to become a BIG sister and for Luke to become a BIG puppy brother!

Happy 2011

Happy new year! 4 days in and I'm wondering if I should have eaten my black-eyed peas, cabbage and ham for good luck! Don't get me wrong, I live a full life with lots of love surrounding me! It's just the past couple of months have been very trying! I've had to quit a job, change multiple dr's & still feel as if I'm at square one! I still hope and pray for a cure for my chronic back pain that causes me to miss out on many special events in my life. It's caused me to reevaluate my relationships both family & friend. It's a struggle knowing I need help and either I'm too proud to ask for it or those I so reach out to are too busy to give it! This makes me so thankful to have the wonderful and understanding family who provides support and encouragement even when I really don't want to hear it:-) My resolution this year is to make the best of my circumstances & prosper, even when I don't feel I have the strength and to look to the Lord when I'm lost! Now, hopefully Ella will cooperate:-)

House progress

Please click on the link below to view the up-to-date progress on our new house in Avery Ranch

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We're buying a new house!!

Randy and I have decided to build a new home in Avery Ranch. We secured a lot today and are very excited about our future in Avery Ranch. The kitchen is my favorite:-)

Wow, I'm behind!

Let's see...this year has started off great! Not much happened in January. We spent time with the Schuette family in February at the San Antonio rodeo. Blane and Dustin participated in the Muttin Bustin' competition. Ella turned 2 on March 9th. We celebrated with a backyard party. She had a blast! She is already measuring 36 inches tall - must get that from her daddy;-) We took her to the doctor for a sonogram to check up on her kidneys and received a clean report. Both of her kidneys have grown to normal size and are healthy. Yay!

Randy and I decided to put our house on the market. We hope to get is ready to sell within the next month. Not much else is new with us, except work; which is great that we have survived the economy so far (we're keeping our fingers crossed).

That's it for now, N

Christmas 2008

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Zilker Park 2008

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Ella's meeting with Santa 2008

We attended Gayle's work Christmas party last night and Santa was there!



Ella still isn't ready to sit on Santa's lap..

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Pretty Ella

Mommy needs to give her a few tips on how to apply her make-up!

Halloween 2008

On Halloween, we decided to stay home to pass out candy. Not without dressing up, of course. It had to be a Wizard of Oz theme! We already had the Cowardly Lion (Luke) and Ella makes an adorable Dorothy; eventhough she made a complete mess of her dress while eating ravioli:-) Randy really got into it and made his entire costume from the cardboard box shoes to his silver-painted funnel hat! I decided to dress as the Wicked Witch because I knew I couldn't pull off dressing as any of the dwarfs and I'm just not nice enough to be Glenda, the good witch! It was a great evening, except for the massive amounts of candy we had left over from having few trick-o-treaters.

Big Daddy 80 in 08

We celebrated Big Daddy's 80th birthday this weekend in Horseshoe Bay. The party started Friday night and didn't end until Sunday afternoon; hence the sunglasses at Sunday brunch;-)Becky did an amazing job planning this special weekend.

Melissa's Wedding

This past weekend was Mel's wedding. It was a wonderful weekend full of fun family memories. We are very happy to welcome Josh into the family!

I think she may be a chef when she grows up!

Ella LOVES to help mommy cook.

California Trip

Ella had her first trip to the beach! We left Thursday afternoon for Laguna Beach. The Nixon family celebrated Lindsay's graduation and BJ's wedding. It was a fun-filled weekend. Of course, I forgot to pack Ella's swim suits, so she had to go to the beach in her tank tops and shorts. She didn't seem to mind.

She didn't know what to think of the water at first, but when she saw Mommy and Daddy get excited about it, she changed her mind. Then, we couldn't keep her out of the water! She also enjoyed feeding the seagulls and playing in the sand. She would squeal with delight when one of them would pick up the bread she threw for them.

Ella News

Hello Everyone,



I wanted to let you all know that we are having to do some tests on Ella’s kidneys. As most of you know, when I was pregnant we found out that one of her kidney's was enlarged. Last week, she had a diaper “blow-out” at school. It was pee and not poop, then her teacher mentioned that she has at least one wet diaper an hour, so we decided to call the doctor. Randy took her in on Tuesday for a urinalysis and blood work. All of that came back clear (no infection present). Wednesday, she had an ultrasound and we found out yesterday that both of her kidney’s are slightly enlarged. Her doctor recommended that we do another test. This time it’s a dye test, a bit more invasive, but will give us a better idea of what’s going on and how to further treat her. The test is scheduled for Tuesday morning at 8:00 AM at Children's Imaging Center. Unfortunately, her doctor had left for the day yesterday and is on vacation for the next week, so all of our questions will have to wait until then!


Please feel free to call either of us if you have any questions or just want to talk. Say some extra prayers for our baby girl

Ella's Business Call

Ella Walking

New Pictures of Ella

Ella is growing fast! She took a few steps last week and can walk holding only one of your hands. She is very active, loves playing with Luke and destroying tissue boxes!!

Randy's birthday weekend

Friday night we had my office holiday party. We had a great time! On Saturday, Randy and I drove to Salado for the weekend. We walked around the town of Salado and then drove to Temple that night for a movie. We woke up early Sunday morning and I took Randy to get his birthday present. As we drove up to the site, I asked him if he knew what he was doing for his birthday. Just as he was about to say no, the sun moved and he read the sign that said 'Skydive Temple'. Yes, we both jumped out of a plane yesterday morning in the freezing weather. It was the most amazing experience and we can't wait to do it again!

Princess Ella

Ella is going to be a princess for Halloween...