Doll House

Family Photo session

2009-09-11T14:30:00.003-04:00

We were able to get family pictures taken yesterday and she already got them back to us! I am so excited about how they turned out. Click on the above picture to check them all out.

Jacob Charles Doll

2009-09-03T16:45:00.002-04:00

We are officially a family of four!! Jacob Charles Doll made his way into the world on September 2nd @ 4:19pm. Jake weighted in at 6lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long. Reagan is already in love with her baby brother and is going to be a great big sister! We had a great delivery and are all doing well! Enjoy these early shots of little Jake!

Sleeping baby

2009-07-06T14:52:00.002-04:00

Summertime fun!

2009-07-06T14:25:00.004-04:00

We have been enjoying the sunshine this summer so that is cause for lack of posts but not to worry we have been having fun!

Enjoying watching Rob play baseball

Reagan is really taking after her Daddy and loves all things that have to do with any type of sport. She had to try out this pink bat and helmet.

The pool has been our favorite activity this summer. Reagan is such a fish!

Belly shot around 27 weeks.

Attempting to do some baking, not such a good idea with a 2 year old. Flour went everywhere, she enjoyed licking it up and so did the dog.

We have been a little garage sale crazy! The new baby has enough clothes to last well through the first several months, for next to nothing. The tent and tunnel set up below I scored for only $10!

Having fun at the Fishers Freedom Festival

Reagan got a new big girl bed last week. She has done really well in it. We also found out that same day that she has a peanut allergy! We spend three hours in the ER after she got a little taste of peanut butter. Thankfully, her reaction was not that bad but still a little scary for mom and dad!

Reagan turns 2!

2009-07-06T14:17:00.003-04:00

We celebrated Reagan's second birthday a few weeks ago with all the family. She loved being the center of attention and did a fashion show trying on her new dress up clothes.

Hard to believe our baby is two! She is going to be a big sister in a few short weeks and then she will no longer be the baby :(

Boy, oh, Boy!

2009-04-22T13:33:00.003-04:00

We are adding a boy to the family! Our ultrasound showed a healthy baby boy on track to make his appearance in early September.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T21:06:00.005-04:00

We had a very nice Easter weekend celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ! The weekend included a neighborhood egg hunt, lots of cooking, a wonderful service at church, a fun easter basket filled with goodies, and an afternoon with family eating and watching the Masters. Over all, it was a great Easter!

Vegas

2009-04-09T21:34:00.004-04:00

Rob and I took a trip to Vegas for his sales incentive trip. This was our first trip with out Reagan and leaving her over night. She did wonderful with all her Grandparents. We had a lot of fun just relaxing and catching up on sleep! We stayed at the Bellagio, which I have to say is one of the nicest hotels we have ever stayed at. Everything was themed so cool. We enjoyed spa treatments which was such a treat! Each night they had a themed dinner and this night was a formal one. It was so much fun to get dressed up together and have an adult night. Below is a shot of the best dessert ever - it was a chocolate mousse that was filled with creme brulee - oh my goodness!!

That night they treated us to a Cirque de Soule show "Love" which featured all the Beatles songs.

The next night was a rock n' roll evening. They had several areas where you could make videos, play guitar hero and get tatoos. As you can see we took advantage of the tatoo but not to worry they were only temporary.

The big surprise was the entertainment for the night. At&t rented out Rain night club and Maroon 5 performed just for our group! Not only did Rob earn this trip for his sales last year he was the top sales guys in his division! As a reward we got to go back stage before the concert to met the band. Really we just got to get our picture taken with them, there was no talking or socializing (I can't find the picture currently or else I would post that as well)

The many faces of Ms. R

2009-04-08T14:19:00.001-04:00

All my friends...

2009-03-30T15:44:00.001-04:00

As mentioned before she is in love with all things Disney....

2009-03-30T15:35:00.002-04:00

In February, Ms R and I took a trip to Ft. Myers, Fl to visit my mom and brother. My mom and Teona have a nice condo in a really great area. It was nice to also get to see my brother who lives in an apartment down there. He works at a wonderful club that we got to eat at and meet his friends.

This is the face that Ms R makes when you ask for a silly face. Kyle decided to join in the fun!

The weather was not the best while we were there. We did enjoy sometime outside and a very wind dinner at the beach.

Reagan is in love with Disney and all of the characters so we took several trips to the Disney store for her to have fun.

Children's Museum

2009-03-30T15:29:00.004-04:00

For Christmas we got a membership to the Children's Museum and have really been enjoying it. Ms R really enjoys the water and sand areas as well as the dinosaurs.

Our membership is a +2 so that means we get to take friends with us to enjoy the fun. Here is our good friend Caleb enjoying the water table, he was wet from head to toe - such a boy!

Hello are you there?

2009-03-27T09:52:00.000-04:00

Rob asked me this week if we were totally done with blogging as it had been so long since our last post. And in my defense, I was sleeping the first few months of 2009! Yes, for those of you who may not be aware Baby Doll #2 is on the way! He or she (we will find out April 22nd) is set to make their debut on Sept 9th. Now I that I have waken up out of my first trimester sleepies and have gotten my house back in order the Doll House blog will be back up and running! More updates of our 2009 to follow....

Shelby memorial fund

2009-01-10T10:01:00.000-05:00

In addition to the t-shirt sales, a memorial fund has been set up at all Forum Credit Unions. Here is the info on the two ways you can help them out....

Memorial Fund JEREMIAH PARKER SHELBY Our Brookside church pastor, Aaron Shelby, and his wife Beth welcomed Jeremiah Parker Shelby January 4th then released him to be with Jesus approximately one hour later.....Due to the financial cost of a funeral, two different options have been set up for friends and family to contribute to the family....

1. Memorial Fund

* ALL Donations will go directly to the Shelby Family to cover funeral expenses. If the financial blessing outweighs the cost, the remaider of the proceeds will be forwarded to the trisomy 13 charity of the parents choice.

* Donations are being accepted at all FORUM CREDIT UNION branches. Just go into the branch and give them jeremy's name and tell them it is for a memorial fund....After the funeral services...all money will be released to the Shelby's so please make your contributions prior to that date. All donations will be anonymous.

Here is a link of all their locations... http://www.forumcu.com/locations/default.aspx

2. Fashionthropic T-Shirt in memory of Jeremiah has been designed and about Half of the total cost goes directly to the shelby's to help them cover expenses...This is a GREAT way to help out and have an item to remember him by.....

check out the link http://skreened.com/fashionthropic

Also you may check out their blog to be updated on any funeral arrangements...I am sure they will be posting them there... http://www.shelbyfamily09.blogspot.com

Shirt with a good cause

2009-01-05T14:28:00.000-05:00

Some great people @ Fashionthropic have put together a "1 loved forever" shirt with proceeds going to the Jeremiah Parker Shelby memorial fund. The shirt reads: in 1 hour he loved perfectly and changed our lives forever / Jeremiah 29:11 passage / Jeremiah Parker Shelby. The shirts are made out of Ohio so there is plenty of time to order and wear to services should you see appropriate. Please feel free to pass this info onto anyone you think would be interested!

This weekend...

2009-01-05T08:33:00.000-05:00

So this last weekend was a hard one for the Doll House. Our good friends the Shelby's welcomed a beautiful baby boy named Jeremy and got to enjoy him for a short hour before he went home to be with the Lord. We have been blessed to get to know the Shelby's through our church life group and are inspired by their faith daily. This group means the world to both Rob and I. Check out this post and you will get a feel for what our group is all about. I am putting together meals for the Shelby family so if you are in the Indy area and want to help out email me k3miller@aol.com. Please pray for the Shelby family during this difficult time.

Burrito enjoyment

2008-12-23T08:24:00.000-05:00

Well, some of you know about our fondness of Moe's Southwest Grill. Ok well it maybe a bit more than a fondness - at one point we were going a couple times a week. I ate it so much when I was pregnant my family thought Reagan was going to come out mexican! We also got to know the manager well that he gave us a baby gift which Reagan modeled and her picture is still up in the store.

We also love a good deal over at Doll house so we now like to go to Moe's on kid's night so that Reagan can eat free(Wednesday and Sundays). This last week when we went Reagan was so hungry she could not wait for me to get the guts out of her kiddie burrito so she decided it was time to eat her burrito whole. Rob and I just laughed at the sight of her with a big burrito taking bites out of it!

Do your chores

2008-11-27T18:54:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Ms R has really been interested in "helping out" with things around the house. She is a lot of fun but it takes a bit longer.

Now if I could just get her to do the toliets and I would have it made!

We're back!!!!

2008-11-23T20:47:00.000-05:00

So it has been sometime since our last post but give us a break, we have been very busy! In the last 6 weeks we have: moved, celebrated Rob's 40th & Melissa's 28th birthdays, Melissa had her gall bladder taken out, working to finish basement, attended three weddings, one family reunion,hosted Doll side of family for early Thanksgiving, put some furniture, and chased Ms. R all around!! I thought the few Doll house readers would enjoy some new pictures of our life lately.... Thanks for AT&T we got to attend a Sunday night Colts game in the suites! That is the way to watch a game! Gov. Mitch Daniels was in the suite next to us so of course Rob had to talk to him. Ms. R was a Colts cheerleader for Halloween. She just loved it. We also got to meet all of our new neighbors - they had a block party. Lots of kids and fun people! One of my good friends from college, Niki, got married and so I got to catch up with several of my Delta Zeta sorority sisters. These girls are so great and it was wonderful to catch up with them. We also took our first family trip to the pumpkin patch. Ms. R loved the hay ride and she even got her own pumpkin. Rob celebrated his 40th birthday last month and Ms R made a sign for him. I just love this picture of her because she looks like a blur. She no longer walks she runs everywhere and is not stop from the time she wakes up to the time she goes to bed.

When i was putting this post together I realized that we have been very busy but I don't have many pictures to show from it. I promise to be better for all three of our Doll house readers(one of those is Rob) and not let it be so long in between posts and start taking more pictures again. I am also tossing around some ideas of some different post ideas like favorite recipes, crafty projects, etc. to bring more to the Doll house besides pictures of Ms. R. Let me know if you have any suggestions!

California

2008-10-02T12:04:00.001-04:00

We took a family trip to California last week for a wedding. My cousin got married in southern California just south of LA. We took advantage of the trip and visited lots of locations - Newport Beach, Santa Barbara, Laugna Beach, Mission Viego, UCLA, Venice Beach, and Mariners church. We have a lot of fun relaxing and visiting with lots of family.

Busy time!

2008-09-12T19:22:00.000-04:00

We have been very busy enjoying the wonderful weather of the last few weeks and the most excited part has been that we sold our house!! It has been very interesting time but lots going on so I thought I would share some pictures from the last few weeks... We are so excited about our new house! It has everything that we were looking for and it is perfect for our families lifestyle. It is a brand new house that will be completed the first of October which was perfect timing. Here are a few shot of the house.

Lucas Oil Stadium

2008-08-22T12:24:00.000-04:00

We got to tour the new home of the Indianapolis Colts this last weekend. It was soooo cool!! Games are going to be so much fun here. We are checking out the opening game this Sunday as the Colts have there first pre-season game at home!

Play ball!

2008-08-22T11:56:00.000-04:00

Over here at the Doll house we are a baseball family. Ok well maybe it is not a passion for everyone in the Doll house but it is sure a big part of our lives during the summer. Rob plays in an adult baseball league with his brother on Sunday afternoon. Us girls join him occassionally to watch the game but sometimes it is just too hot to be sitting out there. At their last game of the year we capture a few action shots of Rob and his brother batting and yes, that is Rob pitching.

Good bye Kyle

2008-08-13T10:00:00.001-04:00

Well it is official, my little brother Kyle is off to Florida. He left last week and is very settled in his apartment. We really miss him but look forward to seeing him in Florida!

That's what friends are for

2008-07-31T08:37:00.000-04:00

Reagan has been working on her walking but it was not until a play date last week with our good friend Caleb that she really took off. They were great to watch and the day went on they both starting taking more and more steps until they finally walked across the room! Most of the walking was due to them wanting something the other one wanted. Reagan and Caleb are great to watch together - they will be such great friends as they get older!

Here they were enjoying a water table at Caleb's birthday/eviction party (he is getting ready to be a big brother in September so he was getting kicked out of the nursery!)

Shopping adventure

2008-07-22T16:53:00.000-04:00

We ran lots of errands on Monday and Reagan was getting a little bored so I have to get creative in getting us through the store...

Trader Joe's has little carts for kids that Reagan had a great time pushing around. Someone had to be with her at all times because she did not want to stop pushing and did not do a great job at directing. Everyone in the store thought she was so cute because the cart was so much bigger than her - they were stopping to talk to her and the employees were taking her picture.

By the time we made it to Costco we had pushed our luck a little too much - she was in need of a nap! So she took a ride in the back of the cart and decided she needed to take a seat on the waters.

Catch up!!

2008-07-13T21:07:00.000-04:00

Well, since it has been a month since my last post I thought that it was a good time to catch everyone up on what has been going on at the Doll House.

We still have our house on the market and have had lots of showing but no bites yet. Hopefully, it does not take us much longer because it is not fun getting the house ready and getting Reagan and the dog out the door.

We got Reagan's first birthday pictures taken...

There are so many cute ones it was hard to pick but here is one of my favorites. She did a great job of capturing Reagan's personality and lots of her expressions.
One of the coolest things we did in the last month was celebrate the ground breaking of our building project at church. Everyone during the service got a stake and wrote prayers on them. Then we took them outside and hammered them down along the perimeter of where the new building is going to be.

It was so cool to see all the stakes once it was completed and think about all of the people that will be able to walk through the doors and attend a service in the new santuary.

We also took our first trip to the zoo. Reagan called all the animals dogs and really enjoyed the dolphin show. We got to feed the giraffes.

Reagan has been watching baseball with Rob and wearing his hats.

We enjoyed a visit with Rob's family over the 4th. This is Rob's sister's little girl who is 8 weeks older than Reagan. They really had fun together.

These are her older kids Rachel and Joel. Reagan could also say Joel...it was so cute!

We have made many trips to the park. Reagan mostly enjoys watching the other kids but has really starting climbing on the playground. Here I was trying to get a shot of her in her new shades and yes she does leave them on.

Watching a little league game...we are really serious about baseball in the Doll house!!
Got the two ring pool from Walmart out. She had more fun climbing in and out then actually playing in the water.
Nothin like playing with no diaper on! She has gotten so fast that I turn around to get the diaper and she is gone. We are working on the walking, getting better everyday.
Reagan got her first taste of a popsicle. It was tasty and very messy but what a great summer treat!

I promise to be better about posting - it has just been too nice out to be sitting at my computer.

Doll House for Sale

2008-06-17T13:59:00.001-04:00

It is true we have outgrown our little home and are in need of more space! So, we put the house on the market last weekend. This home has a lot of great features... -Ranch in Fishers -Open floor plan -large back yard with privacy fence -New carpet in April '07 -Updated light fixtures -Ceiling Fans in all rooms -Mature trees -Located on a cul-da-sac -Neutral paint through out If you know of someone looking for a great home in Fishers, point them our direction and I can get them more information. (k3miller@aol.com)

Happy Birthday Reagan!!

2008-06-15T21:58:00.001-04:00

Yesterday our little girl celebrated her first birthday! It is hard to believe that she has been a part of our lives for a year now but we can not imagine life without her! To celebrate that occasion we had family and a few friends over. Here are just a few pictures.

This is a cool gift that my sister gave Reagan. It is the words to my favorite Rascal Flatts song "My Wish". This song puts into words so much of what I would want her to always know. The first time I left Reagan was to see Rascal Flatts and when they played this song I was a mess!Such a cool gift that she will cherish for a very long time.

Check out her new ride from Grammy and Epa. She has already enjoyed several rides around the neighborhood.

OK so this is one of the most interesting gifts that she got. It is a Rody Horse that you ride but it grows with her, you just put more air in it! You can not tell by this picture but she is in love with it!

Reagan even enjoyed some cake or atleast played in the frosting! She did take a little taste but really didn't like it! Oh well, back to the fruits and veggies for you!

Spring Time Fun!

2008-06-09T08:34:00.000-04:00

We have been enjoying the sunshine here at Doll House so we have not been very good at updating our blog. Here is a little slide show to update you on recent events including my mom's 50th birthday, farmer's market downtown, Grandpa's memorial, Reagan helping with planting of flowers and hanging with friends.

Kyle's graduation

2008-06-05T22:20:00.001-04:00

Here are a few pictures from Kyle's graduation

Congrats Kyle!!

2008-05-30T23:12:00.000-04:00

My baby brother is graduating from Hamilton Southeastern High School tomorrow and as a present I have been compiling his pictures from birth to present day. It has shown me a few things...

1. My parents were not very organized when it came to pictures which is something I want to be better at. Pictures, I see now, are priceless and something wonderful to have.

2. My brother is a lot younger than me. For example the pictures of me moving into my dorm at Purdue showcase my brother being very little.

3.Time goes by very fast!! Looking at so many memories that feel like yesterday and to realize they were 10+ years ago is just crazy.

So here are a few oldies but goodies I hope you enjoy....

My Great Grandma with her brand new grandson.

Disney World trp playing dress up

Another trip to Disney enjoying fries after a long day!

One of my favorite pics of my dad and brother when he was about 6 months old.

Sisterly love!!

Kyle we are so proud of you!! We know that the path that God has for you is amazing and we pray everyday that you will be true and faithful to that plan. Though we are going to miss you when you make the big move to Florida, we wish you the best of luck at school and in all things in your life! We love you very much, Kyle!!!

Party Time!

2008-05-20T17:50:00.000-04:00

Reagan's little friend, Cullen, turned one this last weekend and he had a party to celebrate.

And what a party it was - Lots of fun friends, clowns making balloons and face painting, tons of good food, and a silly safari guy! Reagan really enjoyed watching all the kids and was taking every bit of the animals in. We had to break the news to her though that she was not going to have such a large celebration for her birthday - I know we are such mean parents but hey she is not going to remember her first birthday so might as well keep it simple!

Watching the Silly Safari guy and all his animals.

"Yes KiKi, a car similar to this would be a wonderful birthday gift!"

The birthday boy was a little worn out after all the activities - as you can see here he was eating his cake with his eyes closed and falling half asleep.

Great day for a picnic

2008-05-18T22:31:00.000-04:00

We enjoyed a picnic with Sam and Joe on Friday to soak up the sunshine and get out of the house so their mom could get some work done.
The boys had fun running around and climbing on a fence.
I took my eyes off of Reagan for one second and she decided it was time to have her first taste of mud! She had it all over her face and in her mouth! Tasty!
Of course we had to have transportation to and from our picnic so they all rode in the wagon. Needless to say, I had a good workout!

Flowers

2008-05-18T21:53:00.000-04:00

For my Grandpa'a memorial service I arranged some flowers for the church. It made me remember how much I enjoyed doing it.

Comfortable?

2008-05-07T10:44:00.000-04:00

This is the second time we have found Reagan sleeping like this....

Earth quake in Indiana!?!

2008-04-18T14:43:00.000-04:00

OK for those Doll House readers that do not live in Indiana, I wanted to make sure that you were aware that earth quakes can happen in Indiana. Rob and I were awaken this morning around 5:30 and not by Reagan but by the movement of our house shaking! For those of you in California this would not be something that would suprise you to experience but for us it took a few minutes to figure out what happened. It was confirmed on the news that in deed it was an 5.2 magnitude earthquake located in southern Indiana - hard to believe we could feel it so many miles away. Good news it that not really any damage or injuries have been reported. There have been several after shocks but we have only felt one around 11am which was 4.5 magnitude.

On a different note - we are going to be participating in the Race for The Cure event in Indy tomorrow morning, if the rain holds off. My Godmother, Teona, is a 20 year survivor!!!

Trip to Cincy

2008-04-17T09:04:00.000-04:00

We took a trip to Cincy to catch a Reds baseball game. We headed over on Friday with hopes of getting out and about but it was rainy so we hit the pool instead and went to a great dinner at Montgomery Inn.

Reagan really enjoys the water so it is going to be a fun summer!

Rob wanted to make sure that he did not get anything on his shirt - looks great!
The best part of the trip was going to a Reds game. The sun was out and we soaked it up. Reagan had a great time checking out the people around her and eating ball park food. She did fall asleep during the 9th inning so she missed the Reds coming back and winning the game.

Little worker

2008-04-09T20:48:00.000-04:00

Reagan and I had lunch with a friend downtown and we visited Rob at his office. Reagan wanted to "type" on Rob's computer badly.

Things you have always wanted to know!

2008-04-07T20:54:00.000-04:00

I have been tagged by my friend, Jenni, to share some interesting info about myself....

Four jobs I have had

1. Sweet Things- Chocolate store

2. Babysitter - all the way through college

3. Catering downtown as a server

4. Pharmacy Tech at Kroger

Four movies that I have watched more than once

1. Legally Blonde

2. Sweet Home Alabama

3. Any of the Disney Classics

4. Pretty Woman

Four Places I Have Lived

1. Walnut Creek, CA (born there)

2. Columbus, OH

3. Minnapolis, MN

4. Avon, IN

Four TV shows I watch

1. Grey's Anatomy

2. Biggest Loser

3. Food Network - I know this is not a show but I love anything on here

4. Yankees Vs. Red Sox and praying that the Red Sox are winning!

Four places I have been

1. Paris

2. Hawaii

3. Italy

4. Greece

Four people who e-mail me regularly

1. life group members

2. Mom

3. Martha Table Mates

4. Teona

Four of my favorite foods

1. French Fries

2. any kind of Mexican

3. Dark Chocolate

4. Coke Classic

Four places I would like to visit

1. Cabo San Lucas

2. Hawaii, I know I have already been here but it was a great time!

3. Boston

4. Not sure of a fourth right now...but I know it is some where cool!

Four things I am looking forward to in the next year

1. Big birthday celebrations

Reagan turning 1

Mom turning 50

Rob turning 40

2. Summer fun and watching Reagan take her world in

3. Learning how to sew

4. New house!

Four friends I am tagging

1. Tish

2. Christie

3. Kristi

4. Tara

Celebrating....

2008-04-05T18:18:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was my Grandpa Ross's birthday and also the day that he went home to be with the Lord. Reagan and I were lucky enough to get to see him early in the day to wish him a happy birthday and tell him we loved him. You could tell that he was not doing very well and I felt in my heart it would not be long. He was not very with it but was able to tell us that he loved us and good bye. We are all very at peace knowing that he is in a better place and he is healed.

So we are celebrating Grandpa - his life and his return home.

Walking girl

2008-03-30T10:59:00.000-04:00

As promised here is a video of Reagan walking with Rob....

Easter Celebration

2008-03-26T09:37:00.000-04:00

This last weekend we celebrated Easter with our friends and family. It was a very busy weekend but we all had wonderful time. Saturday we attended church for an amazing service! Then we went to our couples life group and had a great time of fellowship. Sunday Melissa served in the children's ministry and Reagan and Rob spend some time together. We spend the rest of the day eating and visiting with family.

Reagan enjoyed a ride on her school bus after church. She loves to be pushed around on that thing.

This was her Easter dress. BTW she is working on taking some assisted steps, still not crawling yet though. Watch out for a video in the next few days of her latest trick.

Opening an Easter basket. She really enjoyed the bubbles!

Riley gets a bath

2008-03-19T17:03:00.000-04:00

One of Rob's jobs around the house is giving Riley baths. The other night he had a very special helper...Reagan was so excited to watch Riley get a bath. Doesn't he just look so pitiful with wet hair?

9 months old....

2008-03-14T16:08:00.000-04:00

Reagan is 9 months old today which means it was time for a trip to the Dr. Here are her 9 month stats....

Weight: just shy of 17 lbs. (15%)

Height: 26.5" (17%)

OFC: 16.75" (12%)

Luckily, we did not have to get shots so she was a happy camper. We also got the go ahead with all soft foods. There is a possibility that Reagan has some food allergies due to family history and spilled milk incedent that caused hives all over her body. So...we are going to avoid the major allergy foods (ie. milk, eggs, fish, etc.) until 18 months and peanuts until 3 years old! Poor baby will not have the joy of a PB&J sandwich for a few more years.

New shirt

2008-03-10T16:43:00.000-04:00

We got Reagan's free shirt a few weeks ago and we finally tried it on. Looks so cute - a bit big but that means it will last awhile!

Good Birthday Celebration and then the Flu....

2008-03-06T18:52:00.000-05:00

We enjoyed a great lunch on Sunday to help celebrate Grandma and Teona's birthday. It was a wonderful time but then the flu hit us! It started Monday night and went on for about 48 hours! She has been wonderful through the whole thing - you would never know she is sick. Today she finally made it without getting sick so hopefully we are through the worst of it.

Uncle Kyle and Reagan the big girl sitting at the table - she was so excited the whole meal.

The birthday girls

The sunshine!! Sunday is was nice enough out that we could take a walk outside. Riley got worn out before we were done so he stole a ride with Reagan.

Today on the way to being better. As you can see she is getting much more blonde hair - just enough to hold a hair bow.

Which character are you like...

2008-03-01T14:14:00.001-05:00

Due to the writer's strike, there has not been a new Grey's Anatomy in some time so I am going through with draw!! I checked out the website to see when new shows would be back on again and to my dismay it will not be until late April. I did however find this great quiz to see which character you are most like. If you are like me and missing this great show check out this fun quiz here.

You must crawl before you walk....

2008-02-27T12:37:00.000-05:00

Well at least that is what I thought should happen with a baby. Reagan has no interest in crawling - she hates to be on her stomach, she will only stay there for about a minute before rolling over. Instead now she likes stand up! A few nights ago she even pulled herself up to a standing position on Rob. This child may just skip over the crawling and go right to running!

Reagan is also a little lady - sometimes when she is playing she crosses her feet - I just think it is so cute!!

8 months old - what!

2008-02-18T09:28:00.000-05:00

Reagan turned 8 months old on Valentine's day! It is hard to believe that we are more amazed by her everyday. Her little personality is really starting to show and we are really enjoying this stage.

What are Reagan's tricks at 8 months:

waving "hi" and "bye" like a little princess

clapping

eating lots of foods - fruits are her favorite

working on crawling but can't stand being on her stomach for too long

gets so excited when Rob gets home everyday - he just loves it!

talks all the time - just loves to make noise

This is her buddy Sam. We watch Sam and his little brother Joe a couple days a week so their mommy can get out. Reagan gets so excited when she see these boys and Sam is so in love with her - he asks his mom if they can keep Reagan!

Cold weather blues

2008-02-13T11:14:00.000-05:00

It is cold here in Indiana and has been for awhile. We got a bit of snow and ice on the ground which is pretty but cold! Reagan woke up yesterday with a runny nose and sneezing all the time. She is not a big fan of the kleenex but who really is. Today the sun is out so we are enjoying it from the inside. Let's hope that the nasty nose goes away soon so we can go outside!

You know I love a great deal!

2008-02-08T15:21:00.001-05:00

So you are sad that you do not have a cool blog like us and missed out on getting a great deal on PollyTod shirts....well here is your chance to get them for 40%off! Simply use the coupon code: blogagogo

Great little friends...

2008-02-08T14:51:00.000-05:00

Today we had a play date with Caleb Reed while his mommy took care of some business. Reagan was so excited when he got here but Caleb was a little overwhelmed with her. Once they settled in they had a great time for about an hour! Finally, they both had melt downs before falling asleep. These two you can tell are going to wonderful little friends as they grow up! Man those toys taste good!

I tried to get both of them to look at me but they were way to busy.

Reagan clapping and Caleb saying "Hey what is that trick - you need to show me how to do that!"

Reagan and Riley both checking out Caleb.

This is just moments before our big sleepy melt down.

Cool Kids clothes!!

2008-02-01T20:47:00.000-05:00

Are you looking for a really hip kids clothes? Check out this new mom and pop online store that has all kinds of cool shirts for kids - It is called Polly Tod. I would have to say this one is awesome, makes me think of how Reagan would act after nursing when she was a new born! My favorite would have to be this one with a cute little "R" for Ms Reagan. Check out the website: Polly Tod

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Any good Dr's???

2008-02-01T18:03:00.000-05:00

I just learned today that Reagan's Dr is no longer in network for our insurance. We are so sad because I just love Dr Gollnick - she is very calm and makes you feel so comfortable, a wonderful Dr to have in your corner for your first year of being a mother! Isn't it just awful that insurance companies dictate who we can or can not take our family to for medical care? We really should be able to take them to whoever we feel will give them the best care! Well, now we are stuck without a Dr for our little one, so I am turning to all my blogger friends out there for any suggestions of Dr's that you trust in the area. If you love your kiddo's doc let me know!

Doll Look-alike Meter

2008-01-04T16:07:00.001-05:00

I was really surprised to see that this claimed that Reagan looked more like me - I think she looks just like her dad!

Update...

2008-01-02T21:09:00.000-05:00

It has been several weeks since our last post...we have been very busy. Here is a brief update on what has been happening at the Doll House.

Reagan had her baby dedication at church. She did a wonderful job and even smiled when Paster Steve held her up for the church. She looked so cute in her dress - we had to have her wear it again for Christmas eve.

We took a family trip to Ft Myers Florida and enjoyed my Mom's new condo. It was very nice to get away just the three of us and spent a week together. We visited the beach a few times, Reagan took her first dip in the pool, ate lots of food and slept in!

Christmas Eve we spent with my Mom. We started out by going to church together for a wonderful Christmas Eve service and went to Mom's house for our traditional "dinner" of all kinds of finger foods. I just love the traditions we have at Christmas.

We had a lot of family in town and it was so nice to visit with them. Some how though I did not get any pictures of them but here is my sister who we also had a great time with.

Christmas morning was spent at home with a little family time with just the three of us. Santa visited Reagan and brought her a piggy bank so she could learn about saving! Later in the day my Dad, brother, sister, and Rob's brother all came over. My dad wrapped a present for Reagan to open and she had more fun with the paper then the toy.

We headed down to Columbus later in the week to have Christmas with Rob's family. His sister was in town from North Carolina with her three kids. Reagan played with her cousin Lindsey who is just 9 weeks older than her. We could already see that they will have tons of fun together in years to come.
This is our niece and nephew, Rachel and Joel, who were having a little Christmas fun. Even though they live in North Carolina they are big Colts fan so we got Joel a Reggie Wayne jersey and he did not take it off for days.

We have had a wonderful few weeks with family and friends and really enjoyed having Rob off of work but it did wear us out. Reagan's schedule has been thrown way off so we have a rough couple of days ahead of us to get her back on track. This is a shot of her this morning as she looked so peaceful and relaxed while she slept until 9am. (sorry it is bit dark, I turned the flash off as I did not want to wake her up!)

First play date with Caleb

2007-11-26T12:58:00.000-05:00

We had dinner with our good friends Chris and Tish Reed and thier little guy Caleb who is 8 weeks younger than Reagan. We had a great time and the two babies enjoyed checking each other out. The two I am sure will be trouble together one day!!

A new trick

2007-11-26T12:49:00.000-05:00

Reagan has been working on her ability to sit up on her own. She is doing a pretty good job especially when she has her boppy around her. It will not be long before she is sitting up and playing with all her toys.

Thanksgiving

2007-11-26T12:35:00.000-05:00

We did a lot of celebrating with family for Thanksgiving. It was very enjoyable to have lots of good food and time with family!! Here are a few of the highlights...

Hanging out with my Dad

Yes, we had a few snow showers on Thanksgiving so Katlyn had to take Reagan out side to see the snow flakes.

Checking out Rob's dad.
The girl's in my family always go shopping the day after Thanksgiving more than anything to check out all the crazy people trying to get good deals. Reagan got to experience the fun with us for a few hours. We converted her stroller into a cart and she went along for a fun ride!

Hands

2007-11-13T09:41:00.000-05:00

I have been fascinated by hands lately. I look at Reagan's hands and try to imagine what God's plan is for her life and what she will be doing in her lifetime with her hands for His kingdom! Hands can also be so healing in so many ways. A few weeks ago one of my dear friends shared that she is fighting breast cancer. The ladies group that I am in with this friend got together and put our hands on her to pray for her during this difficult time. At lunch we all painted our hands and put them on paper as something for Carol to look at as she is going through this journey. She can look at it and remember this powerful time together and also have our hands there whenever she needs our support. It was such an amazing experience and I had to share the picture.

Trip to Orlando

2007-11-04T14:07:00.000-05:00

Last week Reagan and I took a trip with my mom and Teona to Orlando Florida. Reagan did so well as a little traveler and it was hard to believe how much you have to pack for such a small person!! Here are some of the highlights...

On the airplace ride there she did wonderful. Took a little nap, looked out the window, laughed at mommy, etc.

We spent a little time on Disney World property. We did not acutally go into the parks but did everything that is free - downtown disney, eat at several of the hotels, rode the monorail, and visited the shops. It is so much fun to just explore the disney properties and really feel like you had a disney experience without having to go into the parks.

Reagan also got her first Mickey Mouse which is in love with. I gave it to her in the store and when it came time to check out she screamed when I took it from her. Here she is checking him out for the first time.

We spent a little bit of time at the pool but not much since it rained a lot while we were there. Here is Reagan all ready to go in her swimsuit and cover up.

But as you can see she never got to get her suit wet, instead she thought it was nap time!

A trip to Florida would not be complete without a visit to the ocean. It was pretty winding and rainy so we did not stay long but we got a feet sandy aleast.

We traveled home on Halloween so Reagan got dressed up. The hat did not last very long.

After a long trip we both caught up on a few zzz on the flight home.

Reagan and I had a great vacation but were very happy to get home and see Rob. We all went over to my mom's house to pass out candy and see all of the kids dressed up.

Cold weather is here!

2007-10-12T13:33:00.000-04:00

The weather in Indiana can be so unpredictable! On Monday we hit a record high of 90 and on Wednesday we got down to a high of 57 - that is correct a swing of more than 30 degrees in a 48 hour period!! I have been walking with a girlfriend who has a little boy three weeks older than Reagan a couple of days a week. On Thursday I had to get her all bundle up for the adventure and she was not very happy to have so many layers on.

Talking baby

2007-10-02T18:16:00.000-04:00

Reagan's newest trick is talking - she loves to hear herself talk! My favorite part are her faces, she looks like she has some serious things to talk about.

Jumperoo time!!

2007-09-20T12:19:00.000-04:00

Today we put together Reagans rainforest jumperoo and tried it out since she able to hold her head up now. She did not know what to think at first and as you can see she is a bit small compared to it. Once the music started she seemed to enjoy watching the lights and licking the seat!

With the addition of this toy, it is official - our house has been over taken by baby things!!

Kate is home!!

2007-09-17T13:21:00.000-04:00

Kate returned home from Romania last night and we are happy to have her safe and sound in Indiana!! She had a great time and was able to use her skills to help out several women and children there. After all the travel she is very tired so I was not able to get much out of her yet about her experience but I will try to post some pictures some time this week.

Reagan 3 month photos

2007-09-13T21:26:00.000-04:00

Reagan is 3 months old today - how time flies! To help document how she grows over her first year we are having her pictures taken every 3 months. I loved the photographer we worked with for her 3 months pictures. She only charged $95 and then you got a copy of all the shots and a CD with all the pictures on it to make all the copies you want. I would highly recommend her! As you can tell from the pictures she wanted to be a mama's girl. She would scream her head off unless mom was holding her so I was in most of the pictures with her. Here are some of the shots from her photo session this week.

Kate arrives in Romania

2007-09-08T16:48:00.000-04:00

My sister, Kate, after about 20 hours of travel has finally arrived in Romania. She is there for a mission trip to help take care of children and mothers. This was such a calling for Kate and a huge step of faith. Please keep Kate in your thoughts and prayers as she is there for the next week being the hands and feet of the Lord. I will post some shots of her once she returns!

So cute

2007-09-02T15:18:00.000-04:00

This little girl I swear gets cuter everyday! We just love having her in our lives!!

Brookside Celebration in the Park

2007-09-02T14:56:00.000-04:00

Saturday Rob and I volunteered with our life group at Brookside Celebration in the Park. It was a free day for an inner city community that our church works with. We had such a great time - we were in charge of cooking on the grill. This was a such a nice opportunity for Rob and I to volunteer together and we are hopeful to go back again.

Playing a little football with some of the kids

Jenni helping out with the games.

Some of the guys of our group - Andy, little Carter, Chris V. and Rob. We were missing Aaron who is the paster at Brookside so he was busy with organizing things and Chris R. who just had a little baby boy.

We are really blessed with our life group - they are great people to be doing life with!!

2 month check up

2007-08-21T16:09:00.000-04:00

Reagan had her two month check up at the Dr yesterday. Dr Gollnick said she looks wonderful!! She did have to get shots which was not fun, she turned shades of red that I have never seen. The medicine upset her stomach a bit and she was very fussy that night but by morning as you can see by the picture she was back to normal. Here are her 2 month stats...

Weight - 10lbs. 4 oz. (30%)

Height - 22.5 inches (47%)

Head - 15 inches (27%)

Rob's 20th reunion

2007-08-21T15:24:00.000-04:00

This last weekend we attended Rob's 20th high school reunion in Columbus. We had great weather for spending the day at the park. Rob enjoyed catching up with a few friends and I do believe I was the youngest wife there - something Rob seemed to be pretty proud of!!

We finally got a family shot with all three of us together - isn't is awful it took us this long!

Reagan really enjoyed her first visit to the park. She discovered her ability to make bubbles last week and now is bubble machine!

Mommy's first night out...

2007-08-14T10:01:00.000-04:00

My Dad and Step Mom were very kind to come over and watch Reagan for a few hours so that Mom could have a few hours out. (Actually, they were begging to get to watch her!) It was a hard step for me to take but I did it and had a great time. Where you might ask did I go? Well, the state fair of course to see Raschall Flatts!! The fair is a strange place - lots of great people watching to do and any kind of fried food your heart could desire. We really enjoyed ourselves but I was very happy to be back home with Reagan at the end of the night.

Reagan all dressed up for Grandpa to come over.

Can you tell Aunt Kate has been around again?

Kate and I enjoying some pineapple whip after our very fried corn dogs.

Got to love state fair food but not the best place to go when you still losing baby weight!

Reagan's First Bath

2007-08-11T14:55:00.001-04:00

Reagan had her first real bath this week, yes I said this week at 8 weeks old. No, she has not been a smelly girl for the last two months, we have been giving her sponge baths. Her cord, which you might remember has been a trouble maker since the beginning, just fell off this week!! I think that maybe some kind of world record to have your cord on until 8 weeks old - I thought the thing was never going to fall off! As you can see she really enjoys being in the water, she was kicking her feet and smiling.

Such a girl...

2007-08-08T19:37:00.000-04:00

Reagan is a teenager in training as you can see by this picture - she is getting some important phone time in. Just in the last few weeks she has started to look at things more and is able to hold some light weight things in her hands. This week she has been staring at her hands and is so interested in them.

This was an attempt at some tummy time. As you can see she is so comfortable that she fell asleep after just a few minutes and by the look on her face she thinks it is pretty funny!

Playing Dress Up

2007-07-20T11:22:00.000-04:00

Aunt Katlyn enjoys playing dress up with Reagan whenever she comes over to visit. Today she was here when it was time to get her dressed for the day. This is her first time to have shoes on her feet and they are a bit big for her but she looks cute!

Earlier in the week she was trying on all her hats....

As you can see she will only play dress up for a short period of time before getting mad about being messed with. I am sure it is something she will enjoy with Aunt Kate once she gets a bit bigger.

1 month old today

2007-07-14T11:34:00.001-04:00

Reagan is 1 month old today!! We went to the Dr this week and she is up to 8lbs. 9 oz. and 20.25 inches long!! She is awake a lot more during the day and making it sometimes for 5 hours at night - we are very lucky to have such a good sleeper. Reagan had a couple of first this last week including going out to dinner with Mom and Dad and attending her first church service. She did wonderful at all the events. Here are a few shots of her at one month.

2 weeks old

2007-07-03T10:32:00.001-04:00

Here are some shots of Reagan at two weeks old. Hard to believe it has been two weeks already...but I don't really remember what life was like without her!

Riley is very interested in Reagan but very gentle. He loves to check her out when we get home from somewhere and she is in her car seat. He is also very concerned when she cries - very protective of his little sister!

Here is my first attempt at Reagan taking a nap in her big girl bed. It only lasted about minutes once she realized Mommy was no longer holding her. During the day the only places she like to sleep our my arms or her swing - luckly she does like the swing so I can get a few things done during the day.

This is one of my favorite pictures of her that we have taken so far. It is amazing to me how awake is has starting being during the day. She is becoming much more alert and focusing in on objects. It is amazing what she is able to do for only two weeks old!

The princess is home!!!!

2007-06-20T11:36:00.000-04:00

We were able to all come home together yesterday(Tuesday)!!! What a joy it was when they said she was doing well and we could go home - I cried of course. Here are a few shots of her without all the cords and in some real clothes at home.

She loves her swing already, she just looks so peaceful in it.

Even new born size clothes are a bit big for her. Oh well, she will grow into them quickly.

Reagan Elizabeth Doll

2007-06-16T10:19:00.000-04:00

Reagan Elizabeth Doll

June 14th, 2007

6 lbs 7oz.

20" Long

Reagan had a mind of her own and deceided she was going to make her entrance into this world on her own schedule. Melissa started to have contractions late on Tuesday night which continued all through the night and into Wednesday. By Wednesday evening we were ready to head to the hospital with contraction only being 3-4 minutes apart - we were so excited! When we got to the hospital we were discouraged to hear only 2cm dilated - they were going to try to send us home. (Melissa was not happy to say the least since she had been in painful contractions for several hours) Once discussing our options we choose to stay the night at the hospital with some pain meds so we could get some sleep. The next morning we still had not progressed so the Dr choose to the help the process along. Reagan's little heart did not like the meds that we were getting so the process took a lot longer than expected. But finally she deceided to enter the world on Thursday at 8:23pm!! (For those of you keeping track that is 48 hours of labor)

She did have a few complications...the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck but our Dr was awesome at getting that taken care of before she was even completly delivered. They quickly found out she was having some breathing problems so she was taken to the NICU. She was placed in an oxygen tent to help her out and quickly bounced back. They have kept her in the NICU for her whole stay but she is doing wonderful now and should be able to come home on Sunday!!

Here are some shots of her first days, let us know who she looks like, we still can not tell...

The proud new daddy

Take a look at that double chin

She loves her pacifier already

Here is the oxygen tent she camped out in for her first few hours of life. She only had to be in there for a little over 12 hours and now she is doing wonderful!

Of course she had to steal the show from her Aunt Kate - they share the same middle name. Kate graduate from The Aveda Institute Friday night so we had to miss it but she came to visit afterwards. Doesn't she look awesome - we are so proud of you Kate!!

37 week appointment - Term!!

2007-06-02T18:01:00.000-04:00

We have made it to 37 weeks and we are term!! Reagan is safe to come into this world at anytime now - isn't that crazy? This week the Dr said everything looks wonderful measuring on track, heart beat 140, good weight gain. She said that I have dropped a bit more which she did not have to tell me that - my clothes are fitting very differently now. She has scheduled an induction date of June 19th so just a little more than two weeks til Reagan is for such here but if she is like the other women in her life she will have a mind of her own and come before the 19th. Either way we will be parents by the 20th!!!

35 week belly shot

2007-05-22T20:31:00.000-04:00

Here is a shot at 35 weeks. We are getting there...you can count it in weeks now instead of months!! Her nursery is almost complete so watch for some shots of it. I promise we will do a lot of posts in the next few weeks to keep everyone up to date as we get closer to Reagan's arrival.

Baby Shower

2007-05-22T20:08:00.001-04:00

We had such a great time with family and friends a few weeks ago at our baby shower. I felt so blessed to have so many wonderful women there to help us celebrate our little angel that is on the way.

We had gerber daisies all over thanks to my wonderful Aunt Florence who sent them from Michigan and this great cake that my mom's neighbor Alison made.

My Godmother, Teona, was such a great hostess! It as just lovely!

Who invited this boy to the party? Well I guess since he is going to be the Uncle and he lives there it was ok for him to join in the fun. Plus, what guy would not like to hang out with a group full of awesome ladies?

Since my sister, Kate, and Reagan are going to be sharing the same middle name, Kate had to get her a few of her favorite things which included this cute swimsuit. Kate really put together a very thoughtful gift.

Reagan is very lucky to have such a great group of women that will be around her to love her and help her become a very strong and confident women. In the back row is my mother in law Marty and my step mom Kathy. In the front is my sister Kate, me, my mom, and Teona. The only one missing is my grandma Bennett who had to leave before this shot.

Pregnancy update

2007-04-16T19:33:00.000-04:00

It was brought to my attention this weekend that it has been some time since we have posted a belly shot...so here is the most current one. This is at 30 weeks...

Mom and baby are doing well, the Dr says we have had a perfect pregnancy so far measuring right one track and a healthy heart beat of 145. She has become a gymnast in the last few weeks and really enjoys getting a foot, hand, or butt wedged up in my ribs! Sometimes it is a bit uncomfortable but I love having that sign of her thriving well inside of me - well worth any discomfort! We have been working on getting the nursery together...Rob put her bassinet together last week and of course we had to put Riley in it to try it out.

Such a cute dog....he has no clue how his life is going to change in 2 months!!! He will always be my first baby!

Newest addition to the family

2007-04-15T14:33:00.000-04:00

Rob's sister welcomed a beautiful baby girl to her family last Wednesday. Lindsey Katherine was born at 7:15am and weighed in at 6lb. 11oz. We can't wait to get to meet her in July!!

No more snow for Riley....

2007-03-03T13:00:00.000-05:00

THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF SNOW HAS BEEN AN ADVENTURE RILEY WOULD RATHER NOT TAKE AGAIN FOR AWHILE. AT FIRST HE THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF COOL BUT THEN WHEN HE REALIZED IT WAS NOT GOING AWAY HE JUST GOT PLAIN WORN OUT HERE ARE SOME SHOTS OF HIS SNOW ADVENDTURES...

Break out the pink...we are having a girl!!

2007-02-01T17:15:00.000-05:00

Well, we had the big ultrasound today and of course we have a stubborn child who did not want to let us in on her identity at first. The tech was great though she did everything we could to see the sex and then finally all it took was emptying the bladder giving her a little room so we could see she is a girl!! The beautiful girl is standing right on her mom's bladder which I could have told you before. We are so excited to finally be able to picture our angel as a girl!! Here are some pictures from the ultrasound.

It's a Girl!!!

A leg shot, they said she has big feet!

What a beautiful Face!! You can tell already she is a looker like her mom!

One of arms that was moving all over the place.

The Dr said everything looks great, measuring just as it should for 20 weeks, she weigh 11 ounces! We feel so blessed that we are having a healthy baby girl and that we had an opportunity to see her.

Rob getting a hair cut

2007-01-29T17:47:00.000-05:00

Melissa's sister, Kate, is in cosmetology school at The Aveda Insitute and she was so kind to lend her services to help out with cutting Rob's hair. We turned the kitchen into her temporary salon and she did a wonderful job. Rob said it is the best hair cut that he has gotten in the last 5 years!! She has really found a way to use her God given talents toward a career that she really enjoys - we are so proud of you Kate!!

We are still here...

2007-01-21T17:57:00.000-05:00

Yes, we are still here....we have just had a broken computer that we had to take care of before we could get online again. So, from here on out I promise we will be much better about keeping our blog up to date! Things are going very well at the Doll household. Melissa is growing more everyday, the picture is a 16 week belly shot. We have our big ultrasound on February 1st - we are so excited to see our little angel and yes we will be finding out boy or girl so we will let everyone know. We have been trying to organize the house while Melissa has energy right now to make room for all the baby things. Other than that, we have been enjoying cheering on the Colts on the road to the Super Bowl.

Awesome early birthday present

2006-10-31T19:37:00.000-05:00

So tomorrow is my birthday and I got a very cool birthday present....a picture of our little one! It was such an amazing site to see that little bit of cells that God is forming into our baby. You could see the little heart beat, which pretty much moved the whole body since the baby is only half an inch long. Our due date got moved back to June 22nd based off of the measurements of the baby currently. What a huge blessing that we can have such great technology to get a glimpse of our baby!

Telling The Parents...

2006-10-29T20:16:00.000-05:00

What an exciting event in our lives that we have looked forward to since we have been married....telling our parents that we are going to make them grandparents! So when we found out we were expecting a few weeks ago we immediately starting thinking about how to tell each of our parents in a fun way. So we took a picture of the positive test which we figured we could just show them so we would not have to vocalize something clever through our emotions.

Well this did not go as planned....we had lunch with Mom, Teona, and Katlyn and Rob opened a "gift" with the picture inside and then handed it to my Mom and asked what she thought of it. She just looked at the picture, we thought she was taken over by emotions but the truth was she was unable to see it up close! So Teona took it from her and held it across the table for Mom to see but still that was not possible. Finally, Kate had to look at it and said it is a pregnancy test...it then took about 30 seconds for everyone at the table to figure out what we were telling them and then they all became very excited! For my Dad and Cathy we thought we would try the same thing, surely it would work better for them. My Dad stared at it for a few minutes - not able to see it very well either - once he figured out that it was a pregnancy test he them proceded to try and see if it was positive. We were so anxious for them to get it we finally had to say "why else would we show you a pregnancy test if it were not positive?" Once it sunk it what was happening we got several tears.

For Rob's parents we figured we needed to do something a little bit easier so they could pick up on it quicker. So, we enlisted Riley's help....we got him a t-shirt that said "Big news I am going to be a big brother!" We told his parents that they just had to see Riley's halloween costume...we took him in the other room put his shirt on...and he knew exactly what to do...he ran right in the living room and jumped up on Marty's lap. When she read what the shirt said she screamed in shock! Now that we have told our parents hopefully everyone else will not be so difficult to tell the great news that we are expecting our first bundle of joy in June 2007!!

First Blog

2006-10-13T10:03:00.000-04:00

We are so excited to have joined the wonderful world of blogging! What an awesome way for us to share with our family and friends all of the exciting adventures of our lives together! Be on the look out for pictures and blogs of our journey along the blessed road God has in store for us.