BIG News!

Well, we have some pretty big news....we had our son!! And it's only taken me a little over 4 months to blog about it! I sometimes look at him and wonder where the time has gone. And then again, these past 4 months seem like the longest of my entire life :) HA!

So, here's the story in pictures...

Our last picture as parents of just 1 child. I was remarkably calm that morning. Excited, but calm. Not totally freaking out like I thought I would be! We got to the hospital at about 5am, and they wheeled me back to the OR at around 7:30am. The only really scary part was the first 5 minutes or so when Chris wasn't with me in the room. They gave me the spinal and got me situated, and I was relieved to see his face when everything was ready to go!

Note the barf bucket beside my head...nice, huh?! Glad that's in the picture! I get super nauseous when I'm nervous, and my nerves had really hit hard! Also of note, my trusty iphone. I was allowed to play music on it, and got to listen to the same songs that I listened to when Elliana was born. It was really special, and I'm so glad we were able to do it!

And....HE'S HERE!!!

Micah James Duncan

7lbs 12 oz & 22inches

7:53am

**Now there is a wet rag on my forehead...yeah, it was getting bad!**

Ahhh, my own room with my new son. It felt great to hold him, and I was so glad to be done with the whole C-Section thing!

Our first picture as a family of FOUR!!! One of the best moments of my life!

Elli and Daddy loving on "Baby Micah"...it's what E STILL calls him :)

Sweet Boy

Nana getting some sugar from her grandson!

Little Snugglebug

M in his "Going Home" outfit...love it!

Heading Home

My 2 precious blessings. I am so very, very thankful.

Abundant Sunday

Another week has flown by for us out here in England.  The weather isn't quite as cold as it is back in Texas, and we actually had 3 consecutive days of sunshine (I know, VERY shocking!).  The stores are starting to get busy, and the air is starting to hum with Christmas excitement!  It's getting so close, I can hardly stand it!  Here are my blessings for the week, along with some pics our home...thanks again for the suggestions about the card display, I LOVE it :)

1.  That there is a Chili's in Cambridge that we can just pop on down to if we're feeling a little homesick!  

2.  Ben & Jerry's "American Dream" Ice Cream.

3.  Skype...I just figured this out, and I love it!  It was so fun to get to talk to my dad this afternoon "face to face"!

4.  Heart-to-hearts w/ good friends.  

5.  Our first month of being completely DEBT FREE!!  I'm telling you, Dave Ramsey ROCKS!

6.  The movie "The Holiday".  It came on AFN yesterday, and I loved it just as much as the first time I saw it.

7.  Hot Chocolate on a cold day...nothing beats it :)

Our mini-tree w/ presents!  AND, the cute card display!!

I hung a red ribbon between the two walls, and then used red/green/white paper clips to hang the cards...turned out super cute!