Back to the grind...but with a happy heart!!!

Well I have been on vacation the past 10 days!!!!!!!!!! It has been absolutely wonderful!! I wanted to be able to take off for Rylen's birthday but it turned out I had vacation time I needed to take so I got a whole 10 whopping days off!!!! Tomorrow I go back to work which is a little bitter sweet. I love love my job but I got a little taste of stay at home Mommy and I really liked it too!!! I think staying at home with Rylen will be something I pray about. I would love to have more one on one time with her but as of right now I will work. Thank God I have the best job in the world ;)

Well me and Miss Ry Ry had a ton of fun during my stay home!! We cooked, we cleaned, we shopped, but most of all we played, we snuggled, and we played some more! She is such a blessing!!! She is forming such a great personality!!

This year was Rylen's 2nd Christmas but since she was in ICU on her 1st I was super excited about all the events of this year!!!

I was a bit worried about this Christmas being the first big holiday Rylen would have to split her time between her Dad and I. If you know me well you know I don't like to share, and that my Christmas traditions are VERY important to me!! Everything went very smooth and Rylen had a HUGE Christmas!!!

We started our Christmas off with going to the Candle light service at our Church. I was hesitant at how Rylen would do so I packed a bag full of toys and snacks....I assumed correct and she was a little pill during the whole service!! Her and my sister have this thing where they squeel at each other when the look at one another.. She kept leaning over and squealing very loud at Temi.. She wouldn't stop and when you tried to make her she got very loud!! I didn't get to enjoy any of the service but that ok.. She finally went to her Aunt Temi and her Great Granny... They fed her a candy cane which is her favorite and when the service was over her white collar matched her red dress!!!

All in all Christmas was great!! We had great family time with everyone!! I love our family so much and wouldn't trade them for the world!!Here are some pictures and a few movie clips of our Christmas!!

Just got home from Candle light service!!

Helping Temi open some presents at Shuggies!


Santa Came!!!!!!!

If you want to see more pics from Christmas check out my facebook page!!!!!!! Lots of love and I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!

Sorry I can't get my pics in order something is wrong with the site or I just can't do it.. Who knows!!!

Great friends!!! Katie, Me, and Magan!!
Not so sure what to think about that cake!!

Momma's birthday girl!!!!

that little girl sure does love her some Cooper!

Birthday girl!!

Pretty Prego's!!!

Khloe and Stash helped open presents!

Katie and Kiley!!

Coop watching her open gifts!

Stash got Rylen a Scout puppy!! He is fixing to have a little sister name Scout and he thought Rylen needed her own Scout!!!

So I'm not sure who was more excited.. Momma or Ry Ry!?

She had been opening presents under the tree all week but wasn't to sure about these presents!!! haha

My big 1 year old girl!!!

Rylen Lee, you are 1 year old!!!!!!! Your Momma cannot beleive it!! It seems like just yesterday you were a tiny little baby girl. Today you are a bouncing bubbly sack of joy!!!!

You are starting to take your first steps,

You love to pretend to talk on the phone,

You can entertain yourself with your toys,

You love bathtime, and all your bath toys,

You are a great eater and not picky at all,

You have 6 teeth right now!!

You are very strong willed and you want

what you want when you want it..

Wonder where you got that from??

You are so much fun to be around

and I feel honored to be your Mother!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BABY GIRL!!! YOU HAVE SO MANY POEPLE WHO LOVE YOU!!



Sorry this is posted so late!!! I've been on vacation this week and me and Rylen have been doing a lot of hanging out playing and I couldn't find time for anything else!!! ;)

Holden Uganda

Do you see the hand prints on the right of your screen?? Click on it and check it out!!! What an awesome thing these families are doing in honor of Holden Newell Erwin, a sweet little boy who opened his eyes for the first time to Jesus Christ holding him and giving him sweet kisses!!! They are doing such great things throughout all of their heartache. This family is rising above and helping others!! I think we could all learn a few things from them!!
I just wanted to share this link with the people that follow my blog. I think its a great thing!!!
I will post about Rylen's first birthday in the next few days!!! Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!!!
Lot's of love, Jacki

Tears of Joy!!!! (I think)

December has been such a busy busy month. If i'm not working i'm running around getting things ready for Christmas or Rylen's birthday party. I have sent out around 500 christmas cards for the library, sent out about 40 cards for Rylen's birthday and haven't even started sending out our family Christmas cards.

Last thursday we had 267 children come to the Library to visit Santa and get their picture taken. It was such a blessing to me!! Makes me feel like I am doing a good job here at the Library, and we have such a wonderful staff here as well!!!

This week has been preparing for the birthday party, working, and board meetings.......

SHHHEEEEESSSHHH!!!

Last night I guess it all snuck up on me at once!!! I had a small little break down before going to bed.....

My baby girl is about to be 1..... I cannot beleive this!!! Where did the time go??? I feel like between work, everyday life, and trying to find a babysitter that is worth a darn (which i finally did) it has just flown by!!!!

I JUST WANT TIME TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE..... PLEASE PLEASE!!!!!

OH I know this sounds like a lot of complaining but i'm not meaning to!!!! I love our crazy busy life... It just seems like 2010 flew by!!!

Even though I can't beleive 2011 is here I cannot wait to see what God has in store for us!!! I'm hoping wedding bells might be wringing in my near future ;) Rylen is getting to a really fun stage, and does new things almost everyday!! She has such a big personality!

Well I will leave you with a few pics of Ry Ry that we have recently taken!!!!
Merry Christmas!!

Wordless Wednesday!!

My cup runneth over!!

This is not how I imagined we would spend our first Christmas with our bundle of joy but it was what God had planned for us.....

And wouldn't you know...our prayers were answered we brought our baby girl homeand have loved every fun filled, crazy, exhausting, hillarious,cute,moment of it!!

I wouldn't trade places with anyone in the world!!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!!

Busy Busy!!

So It has been crazy busy since the last time I posted. I had full intentions of being good with this blog and posting everyday or every other day...... Well we can see how good that went. The holidays are one of the Libraries busy times of year and everything going on at home with family and friends there is just not enough hours in the day.

Well I will give a short update of what has been going on in "Our Life" the past few weeks!!! Thanksgiving came and went in the blink of an eye!! We shared it with Coopers family and then met up with the Harpers in Lubbock!! It has become a tradition for the Harper woman to hit Black Friday hard!!! We woke up at 4am to get all the good deals at Wally world and a few other places!! It was a blast and memories were made!

December snuck up on us!!! I CANNOT beleive we are in December already...... This month means so much more to me now than just Christmas.... My baby girl will be 1 years old!!!!!!! I have enjoyed every single second of this little Angels life and am so so so Thankful to be her Momma!! She has brought me an enormous amount of joy!!! December 21st will mark 365 days of joy!!!
Rylen's first Christmas was spent in Neonatal ICU. With Dr.'s & nurses poking and prodding her, so this Christmas will be more like her first. I am super excited but don't want to get to carried away!! I want her to grow up knowing the true meaning of the season!

December is cram packed with so so many things but once again I am so so so blessed to have the life I have and the friends and family I have to share with!!!!!

Lots of love!!