Welcome Home!

This is our front porch at our new home! It officially became ours this past Friday, it's been a VERY busy weekend but so worth it. I got the two red chairs for my birthday last weekend. It makes me think of one of my favorite thoughts....sitting on the front porch with Nathan and my kids drinking sweet tea and watching the Oklahoma sun go down.

This is a picture of part of Hailee's room. It was one of the room's I wanted to get done first since she has had so many changes this summer. I wanted her to feel "at home". She loves her purple room, except she calls it pink. :)

Here is a picture of our fire place, just waiting on a picture of little Jackson to add to it with Hailee's.

Hailee loves turning the water on and off in Mommy and Daddy's bathroom. I have to say, this is my favorite room of the house. For those of you who know me well, know that I am a bath nut!

Last night we had some really bad thunderstorms here in Moore. We lost power around 8:30 and we figured it wouldn't be too long before it came back on. We were wrong. We scrounged up some candles and managed to find a flash light amongst all the boxes in our house. It was somewhat neat though, it was just the three of us sitting in the candlelight in our new home. It was about 10:00, no power. Hailee had fallen asleep, I was sweating so much because there was no A/C and right now I am a human furnace with this baby boy! 12:30am comes, still no power. We're all sleeping (well, I am trying) in the living room and we decide to drive to my sister and brother-in-laws house to sleep there. We loaded Hailee into the car and a block down the road lights were on. So, we figured we would drive for a little while, because surley it wouldn't be too long before ours came back on. Wrong again. We came back home and decided to open our windows to let some air in and tough it out in the living room. Well, there wasn't a single breeze in the air. It was still, humid, sticky, and muggy. Hailee and Nathan fell asleep almost immediatley, me, not so much. Then, at 6:00am, our power came back on. We jumped up and quickly turned off our lights that had been on so Hailee would not wake up, moved her to her bed and off to bed we went. 6:30am, Hailee wakes up. So, all in all, very long night! Tomorrow we are calling it lazy dazy day, and I am looking forward to it!

Jackson's Day

My Mom and sister threw me a shower for Jackson this weekend with family and a few of my closest friends. Here is the picture of the cake, I thought it was pretty darn cute. Kristen and Christine, missed you gals, wished you could have been there.

One of my Momma's famous diaper cakes for her new grandson!

A few of the girls...Mindy, me, Cynda, and Kelli

Cousins- Lindsey, Leslie, Stephanie, Courtni, Jessica

I have to say, this is one of my favorite pics of the day. Hailee was not wanting to take her picture and we were trying to put on our best faces to get a good family pic. Nathan's face makes me laugh too, I think he was thinking, "we are about to have two of these little blessings!".

In the end, it was a wonderful time. I am so thankful to have so many wonderful family and friends that have been there with me and whom have been a constant support for me through my entire life. Thank you to everyone for making it such a special day. We love you!

Fun in the Sun

Hailee and Nathan at the water park in Choctaw, she had a blast running under that rainbow!

Here's the latest pic of the house. We are very ready to get in! We have finally got our official close date of August 29th! Yeah! That gives me a good six weeks to get it all put together before Jackson arrives. Anybody got any plans on Labor Day weekend? If not, give me a call! :)

Both my Darlings

Hailee, Nathan, and Daisy Dragon pool side at Aunt Renee's.

It's been a couple of weeks since my last post, so I thought I would log in and share some updates to all of you. My belly continues to grow and I no longer plan to be preggers in the heat of the summer, it is not enjoyable, I wouldn't recommend it! I was always fairly accustomed to the Oklahoma heat, I actually prefer it to the colder weather but when you already feel like an oven, carrying around extra weight, this 100 degree weather is not making matters any better.

Hailee is getting bigger everyday. It amazes me how much she puts things together and retains so much that is said. She's getting very clever at remembering everything that we say. A funny story...Nathan has an I phone that I got him for Christmas last year. She knows not to play with our cell phones. She went up to Nathan's phone the other night and said, "That's Daddy's I Phone" We have never called it an I-phone, just Daddy's phone. So, we have no idea where she picked up this new terminology, but it was so cute, funny that a 2 year old knows what it was!

She continues to love spending time with Marmie and Papa right now while we are all together during the process of our homes being built. She also loves Miss Rhonda and all her friends at school, she's just getting so big. I cannot believe she is going to be a big sister this fall.

Nathan is doing great, he is continuing to cycle this summer, training for the 100 mile Hotter "N" Hell ride this August in Texas. We are blessed that through all of the processes of home building, we have, thus far, not had any marital strife that they say come along with it. Hopefully, it stays that way! However, I will say I have a terrific husband who is pretty laid back about everything in life. The house is on schedule, we 're hoping it could be done a little sooner.

I keep telling Nathan that I need a vacation. My friends have gone to these amazing places this summer or are planning to this year. Mindy- Hawaii, Cynda- Italy, Kelli- North Carolina, Kristen- India (more of a mission, rather than a vacation), Christine - Utah, Nate- NYC....but, I am holding my time for motherhood! I'm not complaining at all, but oh how I miss the open road listening to some great tunes with my family headed to a great spot somewhere. There is always next year! I'm grateful, I'm grateful, I keep repeating that to myself. :)

Also, my poor niece fell down and bonked her head today on some pretty hard tile, it was a little rough on Les, first experience with that as a Mom. It happens to the best of us, right guys? Emily is doing well, kids are resillient that way.

11 weeks to go, oh yeah, we have officially decided on Jackson Dyer Hamilton.

Happy 4th!

Emily and Hailee at the fireworks stand, aren't they precious!

ADA Ride

Nathan and his best friend, Austin, at the American Diabetes Association ride in Mustang, OK....getting ready to head out.

Coming in after the 70 mile trek, way to go guys!