(Note: the cup that John is holding, actually has a J on it. Apparently they didn't want to right out Jay's full name. How appropriate that it should be held in honor of the J boys.)
Friday, September 21, 2007
"J" day
On Tuesday, one of our former soldiers, Jay Velasquez came into town. We hung out and then met Joe for dinner at Papa Dante's. Unfortunately John hadn't napped that great that day, so he screamed all the way to the restaurant, where he promptly fell asleep! After dinner we met James & Galyn at Starbucks, where we realized, we have four "J" names here: Joe, James, Jay, John, so we had to get a picture to commemorate the occasion! Too bad Joakin wasn't here. :o) Then the rest of us, not so cool b/c we don't have a J name, had to get in the picture.
(Note: the cup that John is holding, actually has a J on it. Apparently they didn't want to right out Jay's full name. How appropriate that it should be held in honor of the J boys.)
(Note: the cup that John is holding, actually has a J on it. Apparently they didn't want to right out Jay's full name. How appropriate that it should be held in honor of the J boys.)
Monday, September 17, 2007
Hellos & goodbyes
These pictures are from Sept 12-16th. Wednesday, one of my college roommates, Heather, and her daughter Annabelle, came over to meet little John. The first two pictures are from that visit. We wanted to compare how long John was next to nearly 2 year old Annabelle. He's getting long!! Annabelle just loved giving John hugs. It looks like she'll be a great big sis to her new sibling due in February!
The next few pictures are from our last supper as a big group on Thursday night. Cass and Becca got to enjoy one last dinner with us before heading overseas. Bob was unable to join us :o( They had to get their last times in with the babies. Bryant was a big help watching John while mommy finished cooking dinner!
Friday, all but two of our regular Bible Study group got to go see Becca, Cass, & Bob off. We also ran into a few people that we had met at the barracks when we were doing Bible Study there. It was quite an emotional time. We truly will miss them. They were an integral part to our Bible Study, and things won't be the same without their presence and input. I think the realization of how long 15 months actually is, hit that day. I realized that Zavier, & John will both be walking and probably starting to talk. Bryant will keep getting bigger, and Galyn's baby will be over a year old. Then realizing that John & I will likely have to do this all over again next year if/when Daddy's unit deploys made it extra emotional. There were babies as old as John who's daddy's were leaving. I think one of the most precious things I saw was a little boy wearing a shirt that said, "Mommy says Daddy has to leave because he's a hero." We love them and pray for them every night.
Finally, the last few pictures are random ones of John: playing with Daddy in his Bumbo (he can actually hold his head up for a while), watching football while daddy naps, and then some cute poses of him napping. Plus, I had to throw in one where he got to wear his robe. He looks like he's fixing to go into a boxing ring! He had wet through his PJ's, and it was too early to put his clothes for church on, so he got to wear his robe for a while. My was he styling!
The next few pictures are from our last supper as a big group on Thursday night. Cass and Becca got to enjoy one last dinner with us before heading overseas. Bob was unable to join us :o( They had to get their last times in with the babies. Bryant was a big help watching John while mommy finished cooking dinner!
Friday, all but two of our regular Bible Study group got to go see Becca, Cass, & Bob off. We also ran into a few people that we had met at the barracks when we were doing Bible Study there. It was quite an emotional time. We truly will miss them. They were an integral part to our Bible Study, and things won't be the same without their presence and input. I think the realization of how long 15 months actually is, hit that day. I realized that Zavier, & John will both be walking and probably starting to talk. Bryant will keep getting bigger, and Galyn's baby will be over a year old. Then realizing that John & I will likely have to do this all over again next year if/when Daddy's unit deploys made it extra emotional. There were babies as old as John who's daddy's were leaving. I think one of the most precious things I saw was a little boy wearing a shirt that said, "Mommy says Daddy has to leave because he's a hero." We love them and pray for them every night.
Finally, the last few pictures are random ones of John: playing with Daddy in his Bumbo (he can actually hold his head up for a while), watching football while daddy naps, and then some cute poses of him napping. Plus, I had to throw in one where he got to wear his robe. He looks like he's fixing to go into a boxing ring! He had wet through his PJ's, and it was too early to put his clothes for church on, so he got to wear his robe for a while. My was he styling!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Daddy's Back
I was suppose to be at Fort Sill until next month, but the Army decided it wanted me at Fort Sam Houston. To make a long story short I will be here until 14 December. Here are some new pictures of John. He weighed in last week at just under 12lbs. He is now 6 weeks old and smiled for the first time this week.
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Away from family
Well I am up at Fort Sill and it doesn't look good for me to come home for a while. Things got messed up w/ my course and they are pushing me way back. Anyway, here are some new pictures of John after week 1.
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