Date ideas??

Hello blogging friends! I have a question. Do you have any fun and INEXPENSIVE date ideas? Colin and I always seem to end up at Starbucks, which is fine, but it's getting old. What do you do when you get a night out without kiddos???? :)

Abby :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Ashley!!!

Dear Ashley,

Happy birthday darling, we love you!! You're two now, I can't believe it!! I know it probably seems like only a moment that you've been in heaven, but for those of us still here on earth, two years is a long time to be without you. We miss you like crazy, and spend a lot of time thinking about you. I want you to know your little sister is precious and we are wild about her. We love our new little cousin, just like we love you!!! We can't wait until the day we are all together again, and the pain of losing you won't even be a memory because all our tears will be wiped away. Until then....here are your pink balloons from your cousins! We love you stars in sky sweet girl!!

Aubrey drew you a happy face!!! :)

Stars in sky,
Uncle Colin, Aunt Abby, Russell, Aubrey & Bethany

CRAZY LOVE

I'm looking forward to reading this...check it out!

This time FIVE years ago....

I was breathing/grunting/screaming through contractions!!! YIKES!!! Where has all the time gone??

Hmmm...am I sure I want to do this without drugs??

Praying for baby Muirhead...will it be a boy or a girl?

She drove me to the hospital, wouldn't trade that memory for anything!!

Anxiously awaiting!

Some Daddy love!!!

And then our lives changed forever...more to come! :)

Family Pictures!

We recently had some pictures taken by a fantastic photographer, Jay Isaac, in The Woodlands. We had a lot of fun and love the pictures! Enjoy! :)












This picture is what "normal" looked like when we were living with the Wilhelmsen's! :) (You really need to enlarge the picture to see everything...look at Aubrey!)

Happy Birthday Bethany!!

Happy First Birthday sweet girl! It was on this day just a year ago that you graced us with your presence six days late! Oh how we have enjoyed this past year. You have grown so much and we have loved every minute of it. God has given us a precious gift in you and your Daddy and I love you more than all the stars in the sky!!!!

Wilhelmsen and Muirhead + Eight! :)

Life has been crazy for us lately (I know I ALWAYS say that, but it's TRUE!!). I was trying to wait to write this post until I had a picture to go with it, but it might be awhile so I am just going to write...

Back in September, after Ike, we were living in Navasota with my Aunt and Uncle, waiting to close on the houses we were selling and buying. As it turned out the commute from Navasota to Spring with three little ones was about to kill me, so our very precious friends the Wilhelmsen's invited us to stay with them for about a week while we were waiting to move into our new house. We thought that would be great, but were still a bit hesitant because we have three kids and they have five. That would be eight kids and four adults under one roof...imagine the chaos getting ready in the morning or at dinner time and bath time, but we were sleep deprived and we took them up on their offer...it was only for a week, right?? Well things didn't exactly work out like we planned, after we closed on our house, we found out that we could not move in, and that work would need to be done first, so where are we now? We are still with the Wilhelmsen's. We are a family of twelve living under one roof. Life is certainly busy, but surprisingly ordered. Our kids fight like brother (mostly brother because their five are all boys) and sister. They love each other too, and to see them when they are being nice makes my heart melt. I wish I had a picture of them all to post, but I don't, they don't stay still long enough for me to capture the photo...when I have one I'll post it! :)

I hope you all are doing well!!

Love you!
Abby