Baby Garrett

As you can see Garrett arrived on December 18th at 8:03 am. I had to have a c-section because he was breech. Things around here are busy around here especially now that my mom is not here any more. She was here all week and I am so thankful for all of her help. Garrett weighed 7.6; exactly the same as Maddison and was 20 inches long. While I was in the hospital Maddison did not like being there. She did not want to have anything to do with brother or mom. It really broke my heart. Now that we are home she is like a new person. She wants to hold Garrett, gives him lots of kisses, and wants to help out a little.

Yesterday was a special day for us. We celebrated Jacque's birthday by purchasing our christmas tree, and decorating it. We decided to get a real tree this year. We love how it turned out and know that Jacque would love it. This is something that we are going to continue to do every year in remembrance of Jacque. We miss her so much, but know that she is with us all the time.

Tis The Season

It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Gipson house. Maddison has a tree in her room this year, so we will see how long it stands upright. This year we are starting a new tradition. Jacque's birthday was December 8, and since she is no longer with us we are, as a family going to go get our tree (a real one) and put it up. I have never had a real tree before, and Jason grew up with a real tree. I am excited to make this a time of a happy remembrance. We miss her so much, but on a daily basis it seems like she is still here. She would be so proud of us for thinking of her on her birthday.

Garrett is breech as of now, with only 14 days to go until my induction. I went to the doctor today and she also scheduled a c-section. When the time comes we will see where he is and do what needs to be done. Please pray that he turns, and gets in the correct position between now and then. That's all for now.

Family Pictures 2009

As you can see we had family pictures made. For some strange reason it will not let me move the pictures down so I will just start typing here. It has been a really long time since I updated my blog. First of all thank you all so much for the prayers and phone calls regarding Jason's sister. We are still taking things one day at a time knowing the holidays are going to be difficult. Maddison is 2 and will be a big sister in December. My official due date is the 25th but both my doctor and myself want to be home for christmas so if things do not happen on their own before the 18, I will be induced then. I feel like I am all ready for Garrett to be here, but there are still a lot of little things left to do.

We are headed to Abilene next Friday and will be there through Thanksgiving. It is going to be exciting because we are finally going to get to go to two Texas Tech games and watch Taylor. It has been a little bit of a rough year for him after his injury, but we are still behind him 100 percent. I will try to be better about blogging, but hold no kind of promise with a new one on the way. Thanks for reading.

Prayers Needed!!!!

For those of you who are not facebook people we need your prayers. Jason has a younger sister Jacque who is 25 lives here in Tyler with her husband Eric. Jacque was found dead in her appartment last night when Eric arrived home from work. We don't have any details yet, and don't know when the funeral will be. Jason is haveing a really hard time with this and carrying a lot of guilt. Please keep our family in your prayers. We are so greatful to be apart of a church family who has pulled together and shown so much support. All morning long we have had people at our house to pray with us and just sit and listen. You don't realize how important a church family is until something like this happens. At least we did not. Thanks for your prayers of peace.

Let the shopping begin!!!! We are having a BOY!!

Any Advice???

I need some advice from you moms out there. Maddison will not stay in her bed at night. She gets up at 12 and 4 like clockwork wanting a drink. When she gets a drink she is very good about going right back to bed. I know when we start potty training the drink thing is going to have to stop, but when it is 4 in the morning all I want to do is go back to bed. Does anyone else have this problem? If so i need so suggestions.

Maddioson Got A New Shirt!!

Maddioson got a new shirt!!

December Baby!

Easter Cookies

I am no artist (Kyla, please don't laugh) but I decided to give the parents of the kids in my class a break from all the party stuff. I made these bunny cookies and thought they turned out quiet nice.

Big Girl Bed

We have been debating for a while wether or not to change Maddison's bed to a toddler bed. Jason has had the last two days off and that is exactly what we did today. As I am typing I am waiting to see if she will stay in it. She has always been a GREAT sleeper and I think she will be fine. We will see how the morning goes as well. I know she can open the door, but will she be able to find me in the house. Especially if I am hiding. hahah. I will let you know how the night goes.

Maddison got her first official haircut. We got rid of the mullet, and now she looks so big. I did not have my camera with me at the time so this will have to do. Stay tuned for Circus pictures...

I know, I know it has been a really long time. So, I am not going to stress out and try to catch up, I am just going to pick up where our lives are at this moment. We headed out for our weekely trip to the zoo with the Richard girls. Maddison and Natalie have so much fun together, the are so fun to watch haveing fun together. As you can see from the pictures Maddi would much rather wear a hat than a bow in the hair. I tried the bows for church tonight and this is what I found when we arrived. (the next to last picture)

Valentines day with my husband working all night I woke up to a warm breakfast and tulips. They were closed when I got them and have really opened nicely. Not much happening around here. I will try to be a better blogger.