Sweetness. Best cousins.

Emily and I spent the earlier part of this week with Lindsey and Campbell. Isn't she precious! We wish we could see eachother more often but we always enjoy our days together! The girls had fun playing and me and Sis got some good shopping time in! Thankful for sweet time we can spend together.

They're best cousins. For sure!

Dreaming of landscapes...

I most definitely do NOT have a green thumb. I have been successful at times in the past with keeping some things thriving, but for the most part, NO. I wish I was better. However, we are in the process of working on ideas and thoughts of doing some spring landscaping around the house. We have a new house (as of September) and we (well me anyway) would like to make people smile when they drive up to our house! So here are a few pretty pictures that make me smile and what I envision that my yard could look like...possibly.

This is a joke...please people...Seriously. 

Although I do not have a fountain/river thingy in my yard, this is 

a pretty picture. Nice color scheme I think.

A couple ideas for how I'd like my front beds to look like, maybe with more pink and purple and yellow though, and fuller throughout-and probably minus the river.  Think I could just copy and paste??

I'll keep you updated with how our progress comes along...Hopefully this weekend we will get some stuff going!! YAY. I'd also like to plant an herb garden...anyone have any thoughts on this??

Our life lately...

     Even though I am not sure how many people even read this blog, I am ashamed and a little embarrassed that I haven't even updated anything since October! Wow, time flies. 2010 was a wonderful year all around, especially and most importantly with the newest addition to our family...Emily. She, now 13 months old, is doing great and growing everyday. Funny that she is already somewhat outgrowing her 18 month outfits and I just bought alot of 2T summer clothes. She isn't a baby anymore, but a little girl now! She is so fun.
     2011 has started off wonderfully as well. I found out in late December that Emily will be a big sister in August! This was exciting news and I look forward to watching Emily meet and interact with her little SISTER. Yes, we will be having another girl and I couldn't be happier. My girls will be 18 months apart, so fun! I am feeling good and have had an uneventful, healthy pregnancy thus far. So thankful for this. Jeffery is busy, which is a blessing, and working very hard at Diamond C. We are continually thankful for new opportunities and experiences for him at work. He is making strides, and I respect him a little more everyday.
      I want to try to do MUCH better keeping the blog updated, especially as we prepare for baby girl #2. So for now, let me share some pictures from the last several months of our lives. God is good, we are blessed and will keep on thanking Him for the good (and even the bad) in our lives.

Happy Halloween 2010. Little Ladybug Emily.

Emily's Dedication Service at church in November

Hot Chocolate Cake with Homemade Marshmallows to welcome in the Holidays!

Emily's First Christmas

Christmas Eve 2010

Christmas Day 2010

The first of MANY snow days this winter that Emily experienced!

Happy Birthday Emily! February 10, 2011

Emily's Cupcake Birthday Party

What a WONDERFUL Year!

Crabb Family Ski Trip 2011-Trying on ski boots for the first time

I will blog again...soon. Promise.

So behind...

Emily, 8 months old now!!

I realize that I am very very very behind in blogging. I can't really even remember the last time I sat down to blog. I miss that. I enjoy sharing what is going on in our lives to our few readers (I guess I have a few...). Well to whoever reads, I am sorry for being so behind.

We have had alot going on, biggest thing being that we have moved!! Yes, and I am sorry that I don't have any pictures to post at this time, but I will one of these days. (Judging from my record of previous posting, that could be months away! haha) We are enjoying our new home and we feel very blessed with the unfolding of God's plan for having us here. I was concerned with how Emily would transition, but she has seemingly not been affected at all. She has really always been a good sleeper and moving to a new house, in a new room didn't seem to bother her one bit. I was thankful for that! Jeffery and I both have been busy at work as well. I have been working more days than usual the last month or so. Emily still LOVES her babysitter, Obdulia, and I am so happy to have her. Jeffery stays busy at Diamond C, which is a huge blessing. He is out of town right now at business meetings in New Mexico. We meet up tomorrow in Waco for Baylor Homecoming...Emily's first, I'm excited!!

So about Emily now...she is doing super. She is 8 months old already (on Oct 10). I can't believe how fast time has gone and that in less than 4 months now, she will be a year old! She is a happy, happy baby and such a joy. She loves to eat and she eats pretty much everything these days! I am still nursing her, but not nearly as often. She eats what we eat, in moderation, and likes about everything. It is fun to watch her try new things and watch her reaction to different foods. She is on the go, go, go! She has still not mastered the crawl up on hands and knees. She can army crawl anywhere though! She is fast and determined when she wants to get somewhere. She has started pulling up on tables, chairs, couch, the bathtub, my leg, whatever! She likes to wedge herself in odd places, as seen in the picture. If I leave her somewhere, even for just a minute, I most often find her under something, or between something, or in something...well you get the picture. She is a little mischievous one! We really are so blessed by her and realize what a great gift that being a parent is every time she smiles at us. Sweet baby!

A couple weeks ago at the Titus County Fair...She was really tired here!

The joys of my life! I still think she looks so much like him!

Best Cousins...Emily and Campbell

One of her newest hiding places...she went there three times today over and over!

Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21

So as of now, Emily has...

1. Two teeth! The first one came through last Thursday and then another followed quickly behind on Sunday. She has been a little fussy and snotty because of them (I am assuming). She has ran a low grade temperature too. Overall, she is doing well with the teething business so far. They are two sharp little teeth, thats for sure! Not looking forward to biting!

2. Enough hair to wear a bow or clip without a headband. This is a big deal to me since I was a complete 'baldy' until I was about 18 months old. Maybe I'll post a picture of that (if I can get one scanned in) to follow, just for laughs. I was thrilled to hear when Emily first arrived that she had a head full of hair and now it has grown long enough to hold a bow. She seems not to even notice one clipped on her head, which is nice, because she had learned to pull the headbands down and wear them as a necklace. I guess she was to make a fashion statement already!

Hard to believe how fast time flies by, but happy and blessed to report that my baby girl is doing great...God is good. Blessings to you and yours...

hello again!

I know, I know...it has been forever since I have visited this thing called blogging! We have had a busy, wonderful summer and especially a busy month. My sister's precious baby girl Campbell was born on July 20! Yay! Emily had her 6 month birthday last week...wow how time flies! We have been enjoying lots of fun family time and trips back and forth to Keller to visit baby Campbell. Emily is doing great, she is extremely happy, mostly calm, a great sleeper, a GREAT eater (17 pounds proves that), and overall she is an incredible blessing.

I have been reminded and refreshed of how awesome the responsibility and privilege of being a mother really is. As I have said before, I never thought I'd be one to gush and gush about how quickly time flies and how the 'grow up so fast'. But how true that really is. Especially with my sweet new niece, who at only 4 weeks, is still so tiny and fragile and needs so much support still, it is hard to remember when E was that little and couldn't hold her head up, reach for things, laugh and smile at us, make good contact with us, etc. They grow and change daily and it is an honor to be able to watch and witness every minute of it. I am starting a Moms In Touch group for young moms in my church and in our community. If you are not familiar with MIT, I encourage you to visit the website to get the dish on it. (www.momsintouch.org) The main focus of MIT is to pray, specifically and fervently for our children and schools. I know that Emily is far from school age at this point in her life, but how awesome that I can go ahead and start praying for her teachers, her schools, her friends, and her decisions later in life. MIT focuses on praying specific scriptures over our children. I can already tell that this will change my view of scripture and my own personal prayer life. I am so excited about this ministry. I have been praying and seeking ways to serve and to be more involved with other moms, and God has been faithful (as always) to answer.

My biggest prayer, even now, is that Emily will have a heart for the Lord and that Jeffery and I can be faithful and disciplined to model our love for Christ by the ways that we love her, serve her, and parent her. What a privelege to be a parent. We couldn't be more blessed...

Emily is...

-17 pounds

-eating solids 2-3 times daily (but still nursing too)

-smiling & laughing all the time

-rolling all over

-trying to crawl...just not quite

-sleeping from 8-5 pretty much every night then back to sleep til about 8 again

-figuring everything out, EVERYTHING goes in her mouth

-precious, precious, precious