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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Sunday, October 5, 2014
We are back
For those of you that are interested, I'm going to make a solid attempt to bringing the blog back. To be honest, I completely lost interest in blogging along with the aggravating technical problems of posting the pictures. Hopefully, I have most of the kinks worked out and for all of the anti-Facebook friends (yes, I said that and my husband is included), you can keep up with us Weavers.
Also,I feel just a tad bit guilty for not blogging the littlest one. Hear is his fist appearance at 6 months old. I will go on record now saying he has got to be the best baby ever.
So, I saw my last post was of Leyton turning two and she is now 3 1/2 years old. She is absolutely in love with her little brother. We will see how long that lasts :) Alex adores her cause she is the only one who can make him really laugh and smile so big. It's precious. Alex has just recently learned to sit up from laying on his belly and is in the crawling position. No crawling yet though. He only fusses when he's hungry or tired and we can lay him down and he goes right to sleep. You may wonder why I am telling you that part. Well, if you had kept up with previous blogs then you know that Leyton was a colicky nightmare. And still doesn't sleep that great.
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We just had Alex's 6 mth pictures taken. And again, I cannot say enough about Tracy at Memories by TLC. Don't ask yourself if it's worth it.... because it is beyond worth it. Worth the cost, worth the time, worth the drive, worth meeting her, and worth your precious memories.
First year of playing soccer
So here's to hoping I can keep y'all updated on our crazy kids and life.
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Also,I feel just a tad bit guilty for not blogging the littlest one. Hear is his fist appearance at 6 months old. I will go on record now saying he has got to be the best baby ever.
So, I saw my last post was of Leyton turning two and she is now 3 1/2 years old. She is absolutely in love with her little brother. We will see how long that lasts :) Alex adores her cause she is the only one who can make him really laugh and smile so big. It's precious. Alex has just recently learned to sit up from laying on his belly and is in the crawling position. No crawling yet though. He only fusses when he's hungry or tired and we can lay him down and he goes right to sleep. You may wonder why I am telling you that part. Well, if you had kept up with previous blogs then you know that Leyton was a colicky nightmare. And still doesn't sleep that great.
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We just had Alex's 6 mth pictures taken. And again, I cannot say enough about Tracy at Memories by TLC. Don't ask yourself if it's worth it.... because it is beyond worth it. Worth the cost, worth the time, worth the drive, worth meeting her, and worth your precious memories.
First year of playing soccer
So here's to hoping I can keep y'all updated on our crazy kids and life.
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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Happy 2nd Sweet Girl
So, it's again been quite some time since I've blogged. To be honest, I just haven't felt like it. I have spent the last few months reflecting, keeping myself busy, and loving on my sweet, sweet family. Hopefully, very soon, I can back post some pictures and family activities.
We celebrated our sweet baby girl's 2nd birthday on Saturday. Because this little one loves Minnie Mouse, why not have a Minnie Mouse party. Leyton's favorite activity is jumping around. She's like a little kangaroo. Or a Tigger. or a bouncy ball. She just loves to jump. Some very sweet friends let us use their bounce houses and we had a Minne Mouse bouncy house kind of party. All of our sweet family and friends came over for hot dogs and a grand ol' birthday goodtime. Thank you to all of you that joined us in celebrating our Leyton. She enjoyed every minute.
Leyton has just moved up to the 2 year old class at daycare. She has started potty training. That is a whole new experience. Gone is the running out the door or really long car rides. We are on the potty a lot :)
She has lots and lots of energy and loves to talk. However, if she doesn't know you...in comes Miss Bashful. Two years has also brought trying times for mommy and daddy. Time out has been introduced at our house along with other disciplinary measures. whew... the Lord has heard a lot from us the past few months. Thank goodness for warmer weather coming to let loose on all this pent up energy.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Big girl bed
It was finally time to give Leyton a chance at a big girl bed!! She was so excited and has been doing great staying in her bed. When she wakes up at night she doesn't get out. She calls for Mommy and Daddy. So far we have success.
- helping daddy put it together ;)
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- helping daddy put it together ;)
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Snow fun
We finally got snow!!!
Yes that is my old boogie board. Hey, it worked great as a sled!
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Yes that is my old boogie board. Hey, it worked great as a sled!
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Great Wolf Lodge
We decided to take Leyton to GWL as a winter getaway. We had such a blast! This little one loved to go "swimmin". We literally stayed and played in the water until she passed out. We an awesome family getaway!!
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
Words
Well, I went back to work this past week....another obstacle overcome. I can tell you, I was more nervous to be there than I may have shown. Thank you to the coworkers who hugged me, said "I'm sorry", or simply just gave me space. Now, I'm on vacation this coming week. Leyton and I will bake cookies and make candy and spend precious time together. Poor Daddy has to work. But, he will be the recipient of lots of goodies from his girls.
I just wanted to take a moment to share some words that have given me comfort or some perspective on our loss. I know many people have not had this experience, but I feel like almost everyone has experienced a great heartache sometime in their life. So, maybe you can or can't find peace with these words, but honestly, they are good for my soul. I really enjoy reading and listening to music. I will play a song repeatedly if it's hitting close to home. After the loss of Lindsey, I dove into the Word. What a place of comfort and peace that I am so guilty of neglecting too often.
"If we want to grow in faith we must be open to listening to our own stories, perhaps familiar or forgotten, where we have not mined the rich deposit of God's presence. With better eyes and ears we will sense how God has worked to redeem even our most tragic experiences." - Dan Allender
"We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." - C.S. Lewis
"Look at your problems in the light of God's power instead of looking at God in the shadow of your problems" (not sure who to give credit to for this quote. Just one I jotted down that I read somewhere or maybe just heard)
"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" James 4:8
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted" Matthew 5:4
"Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30.
" The Lord is near to those who are broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18
"The Weaving"
My life is but a weaving, between my God and me
I do not chose the colors, He worketh steadily
Oft times He weaveth sorrow, and I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper, and I the underside
Not til the loom is silent, and shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why
The dark threads are as needful in the skillful Weaver's hand
As threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.
- anonymous
"With Hope" - Steven Curtis Chapman
This is not at all how
We thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile
And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take the pain away
The pain of losing you, but...
We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again
And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father smile and say well done
And I, imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and
We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope
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I just wanted to take a moment to share some words that have given me comfort or some perspective on our loss. I know many people have not had this experience, but I feel like almost everyone has experienced a great heartache sometime in their life. So, maybe you can or can't find peace with these words, but honestly, they are good for my soul. I really enjoy reading and listening to music. I will play a song repeatedly if it's hitting close to home. After the loss of Lindsey, I dove into the Word. What a place of comfort and peace that I am so guilty of neglecting too often.
"If we want to grow in faith we must be open to listening to our own stories, perhaps familiar or forgotten, where we have not mined the rich deposit of God's presence. With better eyes and ears we will sense how God has worked to redeem even our most tragic experiences." - Dan Allender
"We're not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be." - C.S. Lewis
"Look at your problems in the light of God's power instead of looking at God in the shadow of your problems" (not sure who to give credit to for this quote. Just one I jotted down that I read somewhere or maybe just heard)
"Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" James 4:8
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted" Matthew 5:4
"Come to Me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30.
" The Lord is near to those who are broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:18
"The Weaving"
My life is but a weaving, between my God and me
I do not chose the colors, He worketh steadily
Oft times He weaveth sorrow, and I in foolish pride
Forget He sees the upper, and I the underside
Not til the loom is silent, and shuttles cease to fly
Will God unroll the canvas and explain the reason why
The dark threads are as needful in the skillful Weaver's hand
As threads of gold and silver in the pattern He has planned.
- anonymous
"With Hope" - Steven Curtis Chapman
This is not at all how
We thought it was supposed to be
We had so many plans for you
We had so many dreams
And now you've gone away
And left us with the memories of your smile
And nothing we can say
And nothing we can do
Can take the pain away
The pain of losing you, but...
We can cry with hope
We can say goodbye with hope
'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no
And we can grieve with hope
'Cause we believe with hope
There's a place where we'll see your face again
We'll see your face again
And never have I known
Anything so hard to understand
And never have I questioned more
The wisdom of God's plan
But through the cloud of tears
I see the Father smile and say well done
And I, imagine you
Where you wanted most to be
Seeing all your dreams come true
'Cause now you're home
And now you're free, and
We wait with hope
And we ache with hope
We hold on with hope
We let go with hope
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Monday, December 3, 2012
11-22-2012
They say that what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.... That's hard to process when your heart is broken into a million tiny pieces. We will never be the same after 11-22-2012. That is the day we said goodbye to our precious second daughter, Lindsey Alexis.
Some of you know that Ryan and I were excited to be welcoming a second child into our family. Some of you also know, that a pregnancy can change at any moment up until you are holding that precious baby. As a mother, you pray and worry from the moment you see that little line on the pregnancy test and every day after. As the daddy, you may wonder if you too will survive the first trimester. Of course, the daddy's pray and worry not only for their unborn child, but for the mommy as well.
Our lives were already changed when we saw that little pink line. We were instantly in love and truly blessed to be expecting again. Then it changed very unexpectedly as we stared at the ultrasound screen at 19 weeks. Devastated does not even come close to our heartache. I was admitted and had our sweet daughter on November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving Day. What did we have to be thankful for??? Well, I will tell you.... We are thankful that our daughter will have eternal life with a loving Savior until we see her again, she will have a life grander than anything we could have ever given her, she will have more love than any of us can even fathom or give, she will never feel an ounce of pain, she will be happy... guaranteed. We were able to hold her, love on her, and pray over her, have her dedicated to Christ, love on her some more, kiss her, pray over her some more. Why did we have to give her back to Him so soon??? Well, we will find out one day.
The name Lindsey came to me the day before my ultrasound. I was in Foodlion. I had even texted Ryan and told him if we have a girl... It's Lindsey. Ryan and I had no intention of finding out the gender. So, we struggle with finding boy and girl names that we both can agree on. Believe me...Leyton took some coaxing on my part. We decided to find out the gender at the ultrasound and appropriately named her Lindsey. Alexis is a name we have both loved and we wanted the same initials as Leyton.
She came at 7:53am. We had not slept in over 2 days. We were exhausted. And heartbroken. And exhausted. My husband never left my side. We've cried more tears than I thought possible. She was beautiful. She had my hands and mouth. Ryan's feet. Blonde eyebrows. She looked like Leyton. She was just beautiful. A sweet mixture of all of us.
We left the hospital late that day with only a box full of memories. That was tough. We cry for her still. I cry as I type this. Her stocking still hangs on our mantel... Hurts too much to take it down.
Our family and friends have been wonderful. Thank you for the prayers, flowers, cards, texts, and calls. Especially for those of you who have been supportive and not just trying to pry. We are private people and need our time to grieve....thank you for honoring that wish.
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Some of you know that Ryan and I were excited to be welcoming a second child into our family. Some of you also know, that a pregnancy can change at any moment up until you are holding that precious baby. As a mother, you pray and worry from the moment you see that little line on the pregnancy test and every day after. As the daddy, you may wonder if you too will survive the first trimester. Of course, the daddy's pray and worry not only for their unborn child, but for the mommy as well.
Our lives were already changed when we saw that little pink line. We were instantly in love and truly blessed to be expecting again. Then it changed very unexpectedly as we stared at the ultrasound screen at 19 weeks. Devastated does not even come close to our heartache. I was admitted and had our sweet daughter on November 22, 2012, Thanksgiving Day. What did we have to be thankful for??? Well, I will tell you.... We are thankful that our daughter will have eternal life with a loving Savior until we see her again, she will have a life grander than anything we could have ever given her, she will have more love than any of us can even fathom or give, she will never feel an ounce of pain, she will be happy... guaranteed. We were able to hold her, love on her, and pray over her, have her dedicated to Christ, love on her some more, kiss her, pray over her some more. Why did we have to give her back to Him so soon??? Well, we will find out one day.
The name Lindsey came to me the day before my ultrasound. I was in Foodlion. I had even texted Ryan and told him if we have a girl... It's Lindsey. Ryan and I had no intention of finding out the gender. So, we struggle with finding boy and girl names that we both can agree on. Believe me...Leyton took some coaxing on my part. We decided to find out the gender at the ultrasound and appropriately named her Lindsey. Alexis is a name we have both loved and we wanted the same initials as Leyton.
She came at 7:53am. We had not slept in over 2 days. We were exhausted. And heartbroken. And exhausted. My husband never left my side. We've cried more tears than I thought possible. She was beautiful. She had my hands and mouth. Ryan's feet. Blonde eyebrows. She looked like Leyton. She was just beautiful. A sweet mixture of all of us.
We left the hospital late that day with only a box full of memories. That was tough. We cry for her still. I cry as I type this. Her stocking still hangs on our mantel... Hurts too much to take it down.
Our family and friends have been wonderful. Thank you for the prayers, flowers, cards, texts, and calls. Especially for those of you who have been supportive and not just trying to pry. We are private people and need our time to grieve....thank you for honoring that wish.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
18 months
A lot has been going around here and we haven't been posting due to computer issues. So, I'm having to slowly type on an iPad. Blogging on our regular computer is not an option right now.
Our little girl is getting so big and changing so fast. She has become quite the chatter box. She can repeat almost everything so mommy and daddy are watching what they say around here. :). She absolutely loves music and sings all the time. Her favorites are "Jesus loves me", "itsy Bitsy spider", "ABC song", "if I die young" by the band perry, "if you're happy and you know it", "the BIBLE" song, and "head, shoulders, knees, and toes". She can also count to ten all by herself.
Thank goodness we have a really good eater on our hands. Leyton will try almost anything we are eating. Feeding her is so easy. Now, keeping her in the high chair is another story. This little one is full of energy. Whew she wears us out!!
Leyton was able to go to the Pitt county fair for the first time and ride her first rides. She rode the Ferris wheel and the elephant ride with her daddy. We also went to the state fair and had a blast. She rode about 3-4 rides there.
I would like to add that Leyton had a great time at her first ECU football game. :) unfortunately we weren't able to stay because of rain. So, daddy can dress her in red but she loves her purple, too:)
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