It has been a busy weeks in our house ( well a few weeks to be honest) with all the preparations for Abby's First Birthday Party. It was a smashing success, and all the hard work paid off, although I am now thoroughly exhausted. The theme was Abby in One-derland, and I think she had alot of fun. We used our Church's Gathering room because frankly our apartment is not large enough by any meas for all of our family, and I think it was a perfect fit. There was plenty of room for people to spread out and talk and for the kids to run around so everyone was happy.
I had a THIRD, yes third interview with a company and I am hoping that I get this job, it is with another not for profit organization and would be a perfect fit, so our fingers are crossed.
Donnie is still applying for Jobs while he waits to take hist CNA test in February, Hopefully after that it will be a much easier task.
We are thinking about Day care options for Abby, even if Donnie works some nights he will need a few hours in the day to get some shut eye so we are contemplating a half day option for her, plus being around some other kids will be good for her :).
And we al so have some very big and exciting news to share...Abby is going to be a big Sister in August, while it was a complete surprise we are overjoyed, and looking forward to being a family of four...well 5 if you count the dudster, who is adjusting to life with a toddler very patiently :)
That is all from our house for now, I will try and post pictures after the peanut is in bed.
Love,
Christie, Donnie, Abby and Baby bean
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!
One year ago today our lives forever changed, one year ago today God Chose Daddy and Me to be you parents, and gaurdians, to raise you and love you and be there for you every step of your life in this big world.
You are such an amazing miracle and everday when you wake up Daddy and I thank God that you are in our lives. This has been a year of monumental change for us, and while things have been tough at times we have held strong and known that our only job was to be your parents and take care of you and love you the best way we knew how and that got us through some of the hardest days.
I still can't believe how fast one year has gone and how much you have changed and grown. Your life had a rough and shaky start but to see how far you have come is truly a wonderment. Being witness to a child's first everything is truly a miracle, although the climbing puts a little fear in Mommy's heart, my little monkey. Watching you grow over the last year has been a privilege and I am so thankful that God gave you to us. You see angel girl, not only have you changed but your Daddy and I have as well, profoundly. I never knew how such a little smile, laugh, stretch, yawn, and yes even cry could affect me so much. How much it would mean to me when you first reached for me, or started giving kisses back. I never knew that you could love someone so much from the very first time your eyes met, nor how much the first grab of a finger could change me.
You are an amazing and beautiful little girl, and we can't wait to see what your future holds in all your years to come!
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl we love you to the moon and back and all the way around again.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
You are such an amazing miracle and everday when you wake up Daddy and I thank God that you are in our lives. This has been a year of monumental change for us, and while things have been tough at times we have held strong and known that our only job was to be your parents and take care of you and love you the best way we knew how and that got us through some of the hardest days.
I still can't believe how fast one year has gone and how much you have changed and grown. Your life had a rough and shaky start but to see how far you have come is truly a wonderment. Being witness to a child's first everything is truly a miracle, although the climbing puts a little fear in Mommy's heart, my little monkey. Watching you grow over the last year has been a privilege and I am so thankful that God gave you to us. You see angel girl, not only have you changed but your Daddy and I have as well, profoundly. I never knew how such a little smile, laugh, stretch, yawn, and yes even cry could affect me so much. How much it would mean to me when you first reached for me, or started giving kisses back. I never knew that you could love someone so much from the very first time your eyes met, nor how much the first grab of a finger could change me.
You are an amazing and beautiful little girl, and we can't wait to see what your future holds in all your years to come!
Happy Birthday Sweet Girl we love you to the moon and back and all the way around again.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A year ago today...
This was us....
Awaiting the arrival of our Beautiful Miracle Abigail Rose!
More to come Tommorow and if I can dig up my Birth Story I will try and post it, if not I will post an abridged version...Happy almost Birthday Sweet angel you will never know how much you have changed our lives!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
An update of sorts
The last few weeks have been busy, hectic, emotional, filled with joy, and family, and sometimes downright frustrating.
I finished out the Year at Boy Scouts and am now part of the unemployed population, hopefully not for long, as I will have an in person interview with a company in the next few weeks, I also have been in contact with a recruiter and am hoping to use that as a Plan B if this other job does not work out ( although I am really hoping it does as it would be a perfect fit).
Donnie finished his CNA Class and is currently waiting to take the test, he is still on the job hunt and is hoping something will come up very soon, even if it is short term until her gets the results from his test back.
Abby is growing like a weed, has started the beginnings of Dada, and is amazing us everyday as she learns something new. She is working on standing, although she is strong enough to do it and has done it several times she is having a courage gap, and only will stand when she doesn't realize she is doing it.
Other than that we are just trucking along and hoping that 2010 will bring new opportunities, jobs and adventures for us.
We are heading to California for a few days and are really looking forward to the warmer weather and spending some quality time with family, and getting a much needed break from the past few months.
Abby will also be taking her very first plane ride and I will post how that goes when we get back, also what worked for us, what didn't and what traveling with an almost one year old is really like.
we hope everyone had a joyous Holiday season and that 2010 is a year of promise and hope for your family.
I finished out the Year at Boy Scouts and am now part of the unemployed population, hopefully not for long, as I will have an in person interview with a company in the next few weeks, I also have been in contact with a recruiter and am hoping to use that as a Plan B if this other job does not work out ( although I am really hoping it does as it would be a perfect fit).
Donnie finished his CNA Class and is currently waiting to take the test, he is still on the job hunt and is hoping something will come up very soon, even if it is short term until her gets the results from his test back.
Abby is growing like a weed, has started the beginnings of Dada, and is amazing us everyday as she learns something new. She is working on standing, although she is strong enough to do it and has done it several times she is having a courage gap, and only will stand when she doesn't realize she is doing it.
Other than that we are just trucking along and hoping that 2010 will bring new opportunities, jobs and adventures for us.
We are heading to California for a few days and are really looking forward to the warmer weather and spending some quality time with family, and getting a much needed break from the past few months.
Abby will also be taking her very first plane ride and I will post how that goes when we get back, also what worked for us, what didn't and what traveling with an almost one year old is really like.
we hope everyone had a joyous Holiday season and that 2010 is a year of promise and hope for your family.
A pictoral Year in review
I have been a bad blogger and life got in the way and I haven't posted in awhile, so without further Ado here is Abby's year in review, I will post another update post after this one as well :)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August 
September
October
November 
December
You have come a long way little girl and we can't wait to see what all the years to come will bring!
We love you so much angel.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Thankful
I know it is after Thanksgiving and all but it has been a busy few weeks and I haven't been able to post this yet.
This has been a challenging year for us, and every year we make it a point to sit down and think about what we are Thankful and grateful for. To say it was easy this year would be a big fat lie. We have had so many ups and downs and challenges to overcome that it has made us a little jaded.
With that being said when we sat down and started thinking about it, and made an effort to really look at things in a positive light it got easier, so here is our list!
We are thankful for...
Our families, we never would have gotten through all of this without them, and knowing that they support us, love us, and are there for us every step of the way has been a comfort on our tough days.
Our amazing and beautiful daughter, she is the light in our lives, our greatest, and most amazing blessing and miracle. I look at her everyday and and fall more and more in love. I cannot imagine our lives without her in it, or what our life was like before as it pales in comparison. To be able to watch a child grow and learn and change is the greatest gift anyone could ever be given.
Our marriage, we have struggled as of late but we are better because of it, if this year has shown us anything it has shown how much love can really change you and soften you. Even on our hardest days, if all we had to come back to was our love for each other that was enough to pull us through.
The changes we have gone though, yes they have been difficult and this year will be full of more changes but, the ones we have faced and taken on have been an amazing transformation for us. We have learned to live with less, and make due when needed, but we have also realized how full our life really is and that material possesions are not what matters, rather love, compassion, family, and a relationship with God are what save you from your hardest times.
So even though we look around and see how much we have had to endure, how much change we have gone through and how much change is to come; we are thankful, even for the smallest things, like food on the table and a roof still over our head, family to celebrate with and cry with, a community of faith that came together in our hard times and helped to pull us through, and the fact that no matter how far gone things can get there is always a light. No matter how far off it seems it is there, you just have to go through hell sometimes to get to the end, but what matters is that you keep on going, right through it and in the end you won't look back with regret but with thankfulness that you had to struggle to get where you are, so you could be evermore grateful for the things you will have.
“But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.”
~ Paul Coelho
Moving on, below are some new pictures of our little miracle and from the holidays...Enjoy!!
So thankful to have such a beautiful table to come together at
(thanks to Tess and Aunt Mary Fran)
(thanks to Tess and Aunt Mary Fran)
First Thanksgiving
All ready for Turkey
Gammie and Abby, and of course Abby made her stinker face right on cue for the picture
Grandpa H and Abby all ready for the Holly Days Parade
All Bundled up at Holly Days
Hitchin a ride with Dad
As you can tell it was pretty cold that night :)
Love,
Christie, Donnie, and Abby
Monday, November 16, 2009
Not the original post
I had planned...
So it has been awhile since we have posted and I promise pictures and videos at the end.
I came on here today and planned to post an update on life and post some pictures and be done with it, but I am feeling a little nostalgic and emotional today so I feel like writing....bear with me and like I said above I promise new pictures and videos at the end :).
I can't believe our daughter is 10 months old, I am so much enjoying this stage in her life but at the same time I am having some sadness, sadness that my baby is gone, the angel I used to cuddle and wanted to be rocked to sleep is perfectly happy to do it herself now. The little baby who needed me and her daddy to do everything for her is growing more and more independent with each passing day. She pulls away when you try and cuddle her for too long because she has far more exploring to do, she likes to hold her own bottle now, and really doesn't like to fed anymore either.
While these are all things that are exciting, and amazing to watch, they are hard to accept. In 2 short months she will be one, and the next time I blink we will be leaving her at college, and sending her off into the big world, a confident and amazing woman.
This year has been full of changes, and trials, and tribulations, moments of pure terror and fear, and yet so many moments of pure bliss. Months when we didn't know how we got through them, or how we managed to pay the rent and still have money left over at the end.
I look at our beautiful girl and feel so blessed that we have her, feel so blessed that although alot was taken from us this year, we got more in return than we could have ever imagined. I know a lot of people may wonder how we got through this so positive, and finding the silver lining...I will tell you how, God's grace, our families, and our love for each other.
I firmly believe that is how we got through many of those months on one income and fear, that week in the hospital with Abby, The months of trials that our marriage went through. At the end of the day when we felt like we had nothing left, but tears, at the end of the day when we were sure it was over, and we had nothing left to give, we clung to our families, each other, our daughter and God. We asked for help, we asked for peace, and we asked for Grace.
I post on here alot about how we have been positive and happy to just be, and that isn't always the truth, there have been some dark and stormy days, some days when Donnie and I were not sure we could get through, some days when we needed some outside help to get through our marriage and just be able to live in the same house, in order to deal with the bigger challenges we were facing. There were days when we just dealt with being parents and the growing stack of bills on the table, and forgot about our needs in our marriage.
We are are on the right path again, and we are good, we are happy and we are communicating. I think that is why I feel comfortable talking about it now. In the thick of it we were angry and bitter, at each other, at God, and just in general. In all of that it is easy to lose sight of the big picture, to trust that there is a reason we are going through this and while we may never fully understand all the tests we were handed, and I believe passed, we know one thing, we are strong.
Stong in our love and strong in our faith. If this last year has done anything for us it has shown us that we can do anything, get through anything, and overcome anything.
We have another year of challeges ahead with me losing my job, and Donnie changing careers and re-entering school, while working, but I am not scared, I don't have any fear, because I know we will overcome it, and I know that we will again be stronger because of it. I know that there is a plan in it all, one we don't need to know about, yet have faith that it will work out the way that God wants it to.
So we will cling to our families, each other, our Daughter and God , and ride out this storm. We will look for the Silver lining and the rainbow at the end and know that God will provide a way, and a window will open, allowing us to get through.
We don't know what our future holds but we do know that it is great, and wonderful, as long as we have each other, Abby, our families and our faith.
So without further delay...please enjoy the pictures and video of our beautiful miracle, and a little girl who will never know how much she saved her parents on their hardest days. She is and was the reason we get out of bed everyday and put two feet on the floor, and keep fighting. We fight for her, for her future and for her to grow up happy, peaceful, and confident.
We love you Abba Dabba, and you will someday hopefully understand what an amazing blessing you have been to your mommy and daddy.
So it has been awhile since we have posted and I promise pictures and videos at the end.
I came on here today and planned to post an update on life and post some pictures and be done with it, but I am feeling a little nostalgic and emotional today so I feel like writing....bear with me and like I said above I promise new pictures and videos at the end :).
I can't believe our daughter is 10 months old, I am so much enjoying this stage in her life but at the same time I am having some sadness, sadness that my baby is gone, the angel I used to cuddle and wanted to be rocked to sleep is perfectly happy to do it herself now. The little baby who needed me and her daddy to do everything for her is growing more and more independent with each passing day. She pulls away when you try and cuddle her for too long because she has far more exploring to do, she likes to hold her own bottle now, and really doesn't like to fed anymore either.
While these are all things that are exciting, and amazing to watch, they are hard to accept. In 2 short months she will be one, and the next time I blink we will be leaving her at college, and sending her off into the big world, a confident and amazing woman.
This year has been full of changes, and trials, and tribulations, moments of pure terror and fear, and yet so many moments of pure bliss. Months when we didn't know how we got through them, or how we managed to pay the rent and still have money left over at the end.
I look at our beautiful girl and feel so blessed that we have her, feel so blessed that although alot was taken from us this year, we got more in return than we could have ever imagined. I know a lot of people may wonder how we got through this so positive, and finding the silver lining...I will tell you how, God's grace, our families, and our love for each other.
I firmly believe that is how we got through many of those months on one income and fear, that week in the hospital with Abby, The months of trials that our marriage went through. At the end of the day when we felt like we had nothing left, but tears, at the end of the day when we were sure it was over, and we had nothing left to give, we clung to our families, each other, our daughter and God. We asked for help, we asked for peace, and we asked for Grace.
I post on here alot about how we have been positive and happy to just be, and that isn't always the truth, there have been some dark and stormy days, some days when Donnie and I were not sure we could get through, some days when we needed some outside help to get through our marriage and just be able to live in the same house, in order to deal with the bigger challenges we were facing. There were days when we just dealt with being parents and the growing stack of bills on the table, and forgot about our needs in our marriage.
We are are on the right path again, and we are good, we are happy and we are communicating. I think that is why I feel comfortable talking about it now. In the thick of it we were angry and bitter, at each other, at God, and just in general. In all of that it is easy to lose sight of the big picture, to trust that there is a reason we are going through this and while we may never fully understand all the tests we were handed, and I believe passed, we know one thing, we are strong.
Stong in our love and strong in our faith. If this last year has done anything for us it has shown us that we can do anything, get through anything, and overcome anything.
We have another year of challeges ahead with me losing my job, and Donnie changing careers and re-entering school, while working, but I am not scared, I don't have any fear, because I know we will overcome it, and I know that we will again be stronger because of it. I know that there is a plan in it all, one we don't need to know about, yet have faith that it will work out the way that God wants it to.
So we will cling to our families, each other, our Daughter and God , and ride out this storm. We will look for the Silver lining and the rainbow at the end and know that God will provide a way, and a window will open, allowing us to get through.
We don't know what our future holds but we do know that it is great, and wonderful, as long as we have each other, Abby, our families and our faith.
So without further delay...please enjoy the pictures and video of our beautiful miracle, and a little girl who will never know how much she saved her parents on their hardest days. She is and was the reason we get out of bed everyday and put two feet on the floor, and keep fighting. We fight for her, for her future and for her to grow up happy, peaceful, and confident.
We love you Abba Dabba, and you will someday hopefully understand what an amazing blessing you have been to your mommy and daddy.
Her first go at pears as finger food...
The Aftermath, she really likes to run her sticky, soggy fingers through her hair
Our Cheeseball...and the reason we laugh so darn hard some days
As she has gotten bigger, so has her love for dudley...
Although I am not sure he feels the same way most days
Our solution to our wanderer
But she knocks it over since it is full of her toys, and has managed to figure out how to get past it...on to the next idea
She loves her new (to her) jumparoo courtesy of her Aunt Ashley and Cousin Scarlett...thank you for letting her borrow it :)
Abby has learned to clap!!!...everything now gets applause, diaper changes, food, dudleys toys, getting up in the morning, etc. It is her new favorite thing to do!
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