Halloween 2011

Just a quick picture of the kids trunker treating. William was a skateboarding punk(6th grade), Emily was a good witch(kindergarden), and Tierney was a fairy(22 months old).

Tierney's birthday anouncement. Better late than never. Oana took the first one at 11 days. Angie took the 2nd one at 12 months. I took the last on at 9 months.

John's birthday

Today was a dear friends birthday and here are some pictures from the birthday party.

Anniversary

Rick and I celebrated our first anniversary and we had a great time. Rick took me to Berry Hill Bistro and out neighbors watched the children. We had a nice romantic evening. I got Rick a framed wedding picture and he got me a Brighton bracelet.
We have had alot happen to us this first year. We got preggers on our honeymoon and welcomed Tierney Sarai who came into this world VBAC. We also move across the country from Georgia to California. In December we found out William is on the Autism spectrum with Asperger tendencies. We are also dealing with a teenager who tends to be a drama queen.
On a whole I feel extremely lucky to have Rick and the children. Life can be overwhelming at times but I feel its worth it.

Easter Brunch

Easter was great. Rick, the kids, and I went to 8:30 service and then we went to 11:00 brunch at the Watkins home. Toni and John out did themselves...the food and drink was great. The kids had a blast!!! We met a lot of nice neighbors.

Toni made each of the children easter baskets. All the ladies took turns holding Tierney.

Tierney's arrival part 1

I had tons of prodramal labor....and it sucks!!!! My doula was awesome and never acted bothered by it.

Christmas ever contractions started which is my husbands birthday and my due date was Christmas Day we were so excited...maybe Tierney would make an appearence on her actual due date!!!!!!!!

Christmas morning the contractions were gone. Well the slowly started picking up around 10 am and I called Oana(doula)and she said just do my normal stuff and call her if they got worse.