Stone Mountain

Thompson loves his Aunt Lay-Lay; one of the many reasons is because she is great about making memories with him. Lacey took us and my cousins,  Sara and Matt to Stone Mountain. It was a wonderful way to spend Good Friday; William had off from work so he came too! Thompson loved the obstacle course and Lacey was super sweet and let the kids do what they wanted. Thank you, Aunt Lacey for another fantastic memory and for being a terrific Aunt, great-aunt and friend. We love you and Andy too! :)

 

 

 

 

  

He wanted to get into the water the entire day:

Jonathan had fun "taking it all in"

Easter Egg Hunt

Thompson had an Easter egg hunt in Vinings. The bunny came and read stories and then the kids hunted the eggs.  Daddy even took off a little early from work to be a part of the hunting! We had a family dinner at La Paz! We had a great family day!

I love him

And I love him!  

"The Bunny" 

 

TWM started in the 3 and under section and soon realized He was too advanced for it.

 

 He's serious about hunting Eggs!

 

Happy Birthday, JRM!

Jonathan,
 Happy 1^st Birthday!  You have been through a ton in your first year of life.  God has blessed us tremendously with your birth and life.  It was a scary/stressful time with the two, week long hospital stays and numerous follow up doctor appointments.  Your mother did a wonderful job managing and tracking your progress to ensure you had the best care and recovered quickly.  Now a year later, you are looking strong, happy and healthy.  You eat everything we put in front of you; you must be making up for all that time you were on a feeding tube.

 I look forward to watching you learn to walk, talk and keep up with your big brother. You two get along very well.  I thank God for giving you to us and pray that your mom and I can be good parents to you and that Thompson can be a good brother to you.

I love you,

Daddy

Dear Jonathan,

You have come so far this year:

·         You are crawling fast

·         You are pulling up on everything.

·         You smile a lot

·         You love your momma (which thrills me to no end).

·          You already look up to your big brother and try and copy him.

·          You are a fantastic sleeper!

·         You babble and say “Dada”, “Nana” (banana), “Baba” (ball, brother, not sure what else??)

·         You have six teeth and working on some more

·         You love to eat pretty much anything

·         You love your little giraffe blanket from T-lo and to suck your thumb only with the blanket

·         You get excited when daddy comes home

Jonathan, your dad and I had no idea how fitting your name would be. You truly are our gift from God. We are thankful for His mercy in healing you and we pray we can parent you in a Godly way.  Happy first birthday precious baby boy!  
I love you so much and you are a delight, Mommy

NICU

CHOA for your CLE

Brotherly Love

   On Friday night, William and I went to a Mark Miller concert at a fellow church member’s home (Thanks Auntie for babysitting).  It was fantastic and we bought the CD!! We listened to Grace upon Grace the entire way back from Sylvester. I have been jamming out to it since!

Monday morning in the car, Thompson started singing part of Jesus Paid It All. “Praise the One, who paid my debt and raised this life up from the dead.” Then, Thompson turned to Jonathan and said, "Jon-a-Fin,  Jesus died on the cross for your sins.”

It was one of the sweetest moments I’ve witnessed! Yes, we've told Thompson that many times. Sometimes we tell him when we are playing and sometimes when he is disobeying and we try to explain sin. But, it was precious how Thompon shared the Good News.

 One of our prayers is that, our boys would know Jesus, share Jesus, and become dear friends.  This moment was a reminder of Psalm 127:3 “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”

My sweet boys, I’m blessed to be your Mom! Thank you for reminding me that Jesus died on the cross for our sins! Tullian Tchividjian (who inspired the Mark Miller CD)  says, “ Jesus + Nothing = Everything.”

Jonathan's Birthday Party

It's the big 1!!Jonathan turned one on Sunday. I decided to go with an Elephant themed birthday party because I think they are so cute for little boys. My parents helped us get ready for the big event!

The party was at 5:30pm. We had quesadillas, rice and beans and cake of course! McEntyre's Bakery made the cake to match his John-John! It was so cute and tasted fantastic!

We set up the party in our garage and driveway and just as we were sitting down the rain started to come down so we moved all the tables inside but then it stopped about 5minutes later and we were able to move outside again. I like having it outside so everyone can be in one place. The kids played with cars, bikes, slides and a sand table! We had a fun time and Jonathan enjoyed the food and his cake! Jonathan gave bubbles for his party favor!

 

Picture Post

March has been packed full of fun activites!

Jonathan's first haircut in Rome, GA

Rhonda gave William and Thompson

their first haircut too!

Naval Retirement Party

Lake Allatoona 

 

Atlanta Zoo

(Daddy had Navy duty) 

 

 

 

Cascio Visit

In February, the Cascios came for a visit! Jay and Kristi are the boys God-parents and their family is so dear to us. They also have adopted our dog, Chapel (now their dog). We love them a ton. Kristi drove Lilly and her friends down for her birthday to go the American Girl Cafe'. I was able to join them and it was so much fun! Lilly is so sweet and Thompson just adores being around his "God-cousin"

Later in the month, Sadie came down for a couple days and stayed with us during her winter break. We went to the aquarium, Children's Museum and many parks! We had a blast with Sadie and I really miss my "helper" and Thompson misses his friend! She was great with Jonathan!