My Firstborn!!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? it was God's timing, but we definitely wanted kids
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes
3. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? It was one of the BEST moments of my life! The Dr was the one that told me and I was shocked and thrilled all at the same time!
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 24
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Pregnancy test at Dr.'s office
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Colin
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Nope
9. DUE DATE? Jan 5, 2004
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? yes, but not as bad as with the girls
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? sour things
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? moving while 9 months pregnant
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? precious baby boy
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No, we were just thrilled to get to be parents
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 25
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes (thank you Leigh and Sarah! :)
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? 2 I knew about, 1 was a surprise
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? No
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Texas Women's (and it was awful!)
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 12
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? MY MOM!!! And I would not trade that memory for anything!!!!
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Colin
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? No
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8lbs 2.5oz
8. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? January 8, 2004 at 12:32am
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Russell Jeffrey Muirhead
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 5 Years, 1 month and 2 days

Vanilla Bean Almonds and Clear Play

I love these almonds!! They are delicious!! Once you eat one it's hard to stop. Supposedly they will help you manage your weight if you eat one ounce a day by being a more satisfying and filling snack. I wonder if it helps you even more if you eat 5 ounces in one day...you know just wondering not because I ate 5 ounces in one day, I ate six! :)



Anyway, the serious point to my post is Clear Play. The Bearded Lady wrote a great post on the Clear Play DVD player. It filters out a lot of the "trash" from movies...seems like a great idea to me. Go check it out!

Abby

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!)