Jack Russell Wiggins

We are so elated to have Jack Russell Wiggins here!!! He was born Wednesday, January 7th at 11:20 a.m. He weighed 7lbs. 13oz. and was 20 1/2 inches long. I must say it was the best birthday present I've EVER received!!!
The verdict is out... he looks very much like his handsome daddy!

Two very excited sisters! (Its wearing off of one a little though...I'm sure you know which!)

I'll try to share more photos with you all later...there are so many, I'd hate to bore you. I'll try to get a slide show together soon.

Sooner than we'd planned!

Well, my ticker says we still have 15 more days but Russell and I will be leaving at about 3:30 tomorrow morning to head to Enterprise! Jack has decided that he doesn't want to wait til the 16th or even the 21st... he'll hopefully be here sometime tomorrow. I went to the Dr. today and was 3 cm., so he decided we should probably just come on in and get this show on the road. Dr. Pollard is supposed to come in around 6-6:30 to break my water and we'll go from there. If everything progresses like the last 2, he should be here within the hour. I'm not going to get my hopes up on it working out like that but I'd bet we'll have him here by lunch. Thanks for all the sweet comments you've all already sent us and we'll update as soon as we get a chance.

She finally got it!

Her Christmas present that is...

This is the long awaited go cart that we've finally gotten to give to Riley Grace. Her parents were a little slack and waited too late to order it so it wasn't here for Christmas and then she left on the ski trip for the next week... so a week and a half after Christmas she finally got it! Just curious though...who do y'all think looks like he's having as much fun as any kid???

We've talked about how careful we're going to be and how we're going to drive it so safely...etc. You know the spill. Well, Riley Grace got in it with Russell and drove off so cautiously and slowly until...they came around the far corner of the house moving quite a bit faster. Russell had instructed her to "floor board it and lets go!" Our lessons seem to go a long way around here!

She only had about 30 minutes to ride it yesterday so we're waiting on the thick fog to clear so we can get out and have some fun on it today. Its back to school tomorrow:: YUCK!!!!

If you're bored and looking for a little fun, come ride with us... It's a blast!

Holiday update...

I've been wanting to update and give you all a glimpse of our last few weeks with some Christmas pictures...

#1 ::However, my camera lens is broken and I've not had much success with my little Sony these days, so I have very few good pictures from this Christmas.

#2:: Riley Grace has been gone most of the holidays. First, to her dad's for her Christmas there. She was home for half of Christmas day, and Friday through Sunday but then she went on our Wiggins' Family ski trip (without us but with Mrs. Sharon and the Flemings). She'll be home Sunday afternoon for the first time since last Mon. morning (MAN...I miss her something awful, but she's had a blast!). Her Christmas present had not even arrived when she left for the mountains so we haven't been able to give it to her yet. I'll post some pictures of that when she gets home and has an opportunity to enjoy it.

#3::We're still waiting on Jack to arrive. I'd absolutely LOVE to know he was coming any day now, so any prayers you'd like to lift on our behalf are more than welcome. (We are officially full term.) We're supposed to induce on Friday the 16th if he's not here by then, but I really think it would be so neat to actually start labor all on my own. We'll just have to wait and see.

I know you all had a wonderful Christmas season (I've enjoyed your blogs) and if you're like me you hate to see it go. Maggie Ruth is still wanting to "pug it in Mama"...the tree that is not there anymore :( . I'm looking forward to a blessed 2009 and I pray that the Lord blesses all of you abundantly in this new year.

Sorry I have no pictures to post...

Merry Christmas!!!

This post is especially for Riley Grace!!! She called this morning (several times) and wanted me to update the blog. She said, "Mama, the last time you put pictures on it was at our birthday party." I'm a slacker- I know!


These two pictures are the ones I chose for my Christmas cards. Riley Grace was such a trooper through this picture session because Maggie Ruth was being a pickle! She did not want her picture taken and she was much less than cooperative! Riley Grace wanted the cows in the back ground...

I also wanted to show you all this awesome centerpiece that Riley Grace (with some help from Aunt Kim) made for us. Its been sititng in the middle of our kitchen table and I must say it is my all time favorite. I LOVE lots of color and once I put my Fiestaware and runner on the table it all looks so fun and festive! Thanks Riles!!! I love you and miss you TONS and TONS and TONS! I'll see you tomorrow afternoon!

My husband is going to shoot me...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanks to my sister-in-law...we've been elfed! I can blame it all on her- Right? I actually sat down one night last week to play with this and couldn't make it work, but Shonna came through on it. She kept the girls last night for us so she and Riley Grace created this for us! For some reason it added an extra little elf... we're saying that's Jack! Hope everyone gets as good a laugh out of it as I did Shonna and Jamey's! I haven't laughed that hard in ages! Merry Christmas everyone!

Oh, we're on the books (to induce labor) for January 16th! Jack will be here in just over one month!

Two (almost) Birthday Girls

I'd elaborate on this post if I could ever find more time...it only took two hours to download the pictures to make the slide show. UGH!!!

We celebrated Maggie Ruth's 2nd birthday (which is actually Dec. 9th) and Riley Grace's 9th birthday (which is Jan. 8th) this past Sunday. With the Christmas holiday festivities and Jack's arrival we decided we'd go ahead and celebrate!

We had a blast and the girls seemed to thuroughly enjoy having it together. With Jack's birthday likely being very close to Riley Grace's we may make this an annual event!!!

Merry CHRISTmas! Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!!