Our precious present!

Our beautiful Rachelle Dwynne was born on Sunday Dec. 21 at 7:45 pm. She was 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches. Both Rachelle and I are back home and doing well. To view the photos that they took for us at the hospital go to http://www.our365.com/NewbornPortraits/BabyDetail.aspx?BirthId=443f0083-f020-465d-8990-a452a08b55b3 The password is rachelle. There will be more pictures to follow when I have a little more time.

I love snow!

Later on Wednesday it started snowing again and we actually got a good amount of snow! We went and played out in the large snowflakes and had a better snowball fight. It got dark before there was enough snow to make a snowman so we were hoping it would still be there in the morning, but it was pretty much melted by morning. Oh well! It was wonderful to be able to have snow this year! I absolutely love the snow! Here are some fun pictures from our snow day!

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

Aaron woke me up this morning by saying "Mommy, it snowed last night!" I know it is hard to believe since we are living in Texas, but it did. Aaron was really cute because he asked Mikey "Is it Christmas?" when he saw the snow. I guess he thought that it was such a miracle that it must be Christmas! After getting ready for the day, I bundled the boys up and they were able to take advantage of this rare opportunity and have a snowball fight (followed by a nice cup of hot cocoa!) I love hot chocolate especially after being out in the cold! Here is a little video of it:

Shhh... Don't Tell

So my doctor would probably not like it very much if he found out that I went on a 2 1/2 hour trip to go visit my cousin Starla (who has always been one of my closest friends) in Seguin, TX this past weekend since I was 36 1/2 weeks along, but I did anyways. That may sound really stupid, but I also took the precaution of mapping all of the hospitals from here to there just to be sure that we would be able to find one if it was needed. Starla's husband Dave is a linguist in the Air Force and is being transferred to Germany for 3 years so it was my last chance to see them. I haven't seen them in a year and a half since they have been living in Monterrey, CA. They were there in Seguin visiting his parents before they take off so I just had to go! Anyways, we had a blast and were very greatful that we were able to go and have some fun with them before they leave! Dave's parents live on 5 acres of land so we had a lot of fun looking around and exploring and were also able to go to Landa Park in New Brunfels (I'm not sure if I spelled that right). They had a little train that rode through the park so Mikey and the boys rode on it. We will miss Starla and Dave, but we had a great time!