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It's a BABY SHOWER

11:04 AM - Posted by Ebannie - 2 comments

Last Friday, Tawana and I throw a SURPRISE Baby Shower for our co-worker Debbie. She is having her second child and it's a GIRL!!! The shower was very small considering we only have three people working in the office. We did however invite some of the other departments to part take in the exciting event. The turn out was really good and Debbie was SUPER SURPRISED!! Here are a couple of pictures!

Tawana and I worked very hard to keep it from her! We both tapped into our creative file and made a couple of decorations and made our very first diaper cake. I was very PROUD of Tawana! She did such a GREAT job on her cake(Green) and she also made the adorable sash for the mother to be.

Debbie had a great time and was totally surprised!

Extending Our Family

2:32 PM - Posted by Ebannie - 1 comments

We would like to welcome our newest member to our FAMILY,

HADLEY

Sarah's cat(Miley) had kittens about 8 weeks ago. She ended up having 7 but one of them was a stillborn and one died two weeks after(cause unknown). Noah really fell in love with the kittens and before he would always ask us if he could have a kitten for Christmas.

Happy early Christmas, Noah!

I will have to tell you I was pretty excited to take her home,too. I went out and bought her things and right when I came home I couldn't wait to set up.

We took her home last night and she was really scared. I felt bad taking her away from her mom and siblings but it had to happen some time. Sarah, said right when I took her with me Miley started crying for her. She was really timid when I took her in but very curious. That night Elijah let her sleep with us because she wouldn't stop crying. It was so sweet! He kept saying how it was only going to be temporary to Hadley. Like she understood! He loves her, too! She is so lovable! We LOVE you, Hadley!!!

By the way I got her name from this book I was reading. I just love it! Sarah, said that I should save that name and name our second child with it. I told her I couldn't because most of Elijah's side of the family has that name in different forms. I love it though!!! It also fits her because she is the only one that looks like her mom, Miley(after Miley Cyrus). Miley-Hadley

Hope everyone has a relaxing, adventures weekend!!

☺Love you☺

Dance Moves

2:09 PM - Posted by Ebannie - 1 comments

Noah, has been into dance since he was like three years of age. He loves to DANCE!!! Most of his moves are made up by him and the most impressive thing is no one taught him. yeah, he just makes them up! Gymnastics could have some weight in it but for the most part he makes them up. We really would like to put him in some kind of Hip Hop class but he wont be able to join the class until 7yrs of age. He was really bummed about it but is super stoke to start when he turns 7! So let me get down to it! Here is Noah spinning on his head!

Labor Day Weekend

2:36 PM - Posted by Ebannie - 4 comments

Austin and Sarah invited us to spend the weekend with their family in Austin, Texas. We stayed at their Uncle Hank and Aunt Erma's house. They live in a quite neighborhood of about 2+ acres of land. Amazingly beautiful property! I love the yard, all the mature trees and the manicured landscape. They are so welcoming and offered us anything we needed.

Uncle Hank & Aunt Erma

Friday night we stayed up talking and swinging on the huge tree in the front yard talking about everything, laughing, drinking and having a great time.

Saturday mooring we woke up to a bunch of talking and yelling kids getting to know each other.

Michael (5) and Marco (2)

Camp Site

The weather was perfect...not too HOT and not too CHILL. We also set up a volleyball and badminton court. None of us are coordinated enough to play except for Felicia and Blake but we all had GOOD laughs watching each other play!

Uncle Hank's neighbors raises chickens, horses, goats, and have two gigantic dogs. I'm not fond of really big dogs but these dogs were so lovable. I still didn't get near them....no way!

While the guys were hanging around talking the ladies and I went grocery shopping. For dinner Sarah made pasta from scratch and Elijah grilled hot dogs, cheddar burst, and sausages.

The kids ran in and out of the house/tents and pretty much did what they wanted to.

This dog is so LOVABLE. No matter who you were he would come and lay his head on your lap and love on you. Sarah and Austin took him from the Johnnies for Michael and Marco. Noah loved him but mom and dad say, "NO to DOGS".

Saturday night we just hung out and sat around the camp fire talking and making plans for future events.

Sunday morning this is what we woke up to. It was very humid and there was dew drippings in our tent. I guess that's what we get for not putting our rain shield on....ugh.

Noah was the only kid who wanted to sleep in the tent. All the other kids slept in the house. He loves camping! He and his friends mostly played in the tent, jumping on the air mattress, climbing trees, playing in M&M room, and watching DINO SQUAD like a thousand times.

The kids also got to go swimming in the neighbors pool.

While the kids were swimming we were busy preparing lunch/dinner. Sarah, made pancit(Filipino dish) and Austin smoked beef brisket. It was all so GOOD. After eating all I wanted to do was take a BIG FAT NAP.

Uncle Hank put the kids to work by picking up stick for the camp fire. They started off with a half full wagon and they filled it to the top. They did such a GREAT JOB that I rewarded them with there owe roll of bubble gum. Which was a BIG HIT for the kids!