Jack and the turtle

Yesterday I only worked till noon so we went to Sea World in the middle of the day! Jack has been to Sea World a few times but yesterday we took him to the water park for the first time. He immediately LOVED the water! He started trying to run in the water until he nearly went in face first...the water was about 3 inches deep but it still startled me. He was so comfortable in the water that he didn't even want us to hold his hand at first. Eventually he didn't even notice the tight grip we had on his hands. He really enjoyed walking through the water and didn't even mind the occasional splash as a big kid went by him. The video below is from the "Lil Gators" area where Jack found a turtle he loved. His favorite thing was to climb on the turtle then turn around and jump/slide off, laugh and then say, "ooohh" with a serious face. It was hysterical!

"Jack, you'are growing up too fast" -Mom and Dad

Our sweet baby had his first birthday party earlier this month. We had a BLAST and learned a lot about hosting a birthday party :) At first, Jack was a little overwhelmed with all of the people and attention but he quickly adjusted. We had so much fun watching Jack enjoy every minute of his day. We are constantly taken back by how funny he is and how much he enjoys entertaining everyone. We are blessed beyond words!
Enjoy the pictures!!

Long time coming

We are FINALLY having Jack's first birthday party this weekend. Please don't say it or think it...I know I'm a horrible mother because my son's birthday was on JUNE 4th not JULY 18th, but I'm doing what I can. Needless to say, since we are still trying to unpack boxes along with getting a birthday party ready, we are a little busy. I will post plenty of pictures of the birthday party since some of our family can't make it to San Antonio.
By the way--My amazing husband is one step closer to becoming an officer in the San Antonio Police Department. He passed the written test today and takes the physical on Saturday. We will continually pray that Kris is making the right decision! I'll keep you posted.

I also need to post pics of Jack's first trip to Sea World so expect those in the "near" future :)

Our new house

Here's a picture of our new home! The interior is a work in progress, it's a little hard to unpack with a curious toddler walking around.

We love blue icing!

On the day of Jack's actual birthday Kris and I had a small cake for Jack at the apartment.
Here are a few pictures and videos of the big boy...

Here he is opening a birthday present. Yes, it's a baby shower gift bag, my mom REALLY needs to wear her glasses while shopping.
He may be the only one who loves the sound of his mommy and daddy singing :)


He LOVED his cake!

So sorry for the delay....

We're back! Where do I start?

Kris graduated from ACU on May 9th, the next day we moved to San Antonio to live with my mom for a few weeks (haha-or so we thought), then I started work the next day. After a few weeks Kris got a job with FedEx, this is temporary because he is hoping to get into the Police Academy. That's right, Kris is pursing a career with the San Antonio Police Department. He takes the written test on 7/16, please pray for Kris during this period of studying and test taking. After a month and a half of house searching and a few set backs with houses we finally closed on a house and have now been here for a week. We moved to San Antonio with the intention of living with my mom in her 1 bedroom apartment for 2-3 weeks. After 6 weeks of living in tight quarters we were finally out of there:) We have not and do not have a clue what God is doing with our lives but we pray daily that we are following his path for our lives. Our decision to move to San Antonio came from a lot of prayer and in the end feeling like we could live a very comfortable life in Abilene but God calls us to go beyond comfort.

Within the mess of the past few months our precious baby turned 1!!! He now has 6 teeth, started walking in mid-May, loves his milk, loves dancing and has a beautiful precious personality. We love the joy our happy baby brings to our life!

More details to come as I update more regularly.