Eight Years

So Dirk and I have been married for 8 years today!  It doesn't seem possible.  It has been a great 8 years filled with lots of blessings including 2 beautiful boys!  I look forward to many more.  Happy Anniversary, Dirk!

From the mouth of a 3 year old...

Ethan says the cutest, funniest things that I think are worth writing down!  Here are a few of the most recent.

Me:  Sorry, we are out of milk.
Ethan: Ok, I will have chocolate water.

He jumps off the couch (at Nana's) onto pillows and says, "WOW. Did you see that? That was Ahh-mazing!"

Passing the donut shop. "I love donuts and donuts LOVE me!"

This happened a while ago but it's a good one.
Ethan: "Shut-up!" (Just to the air.)
Me:  "We don't say shut-up. It's not nice."
Ethan: "How about hush?  Can I say hush then?"

He squats down close to the ground close to a bug: "Hey there little buddy."

To Presley: "You are such a good boy, P!"

Hitting the iPad: "Come on iPad, work!  Ugghhh!"

Last night, I was singing "Jesus Loves me" to him at bedtime and then said, "Ethan, Jesus does love you and so does Mommy and Daddy."  Without hesitation he says, "I know.  So does Nana, Papa, Uncle 'J', and Sammy (Uncle J's dog).  They love me too!"

I love our conversations!

Happy Easter!



He has Risen!  I hope everyone had a very Happy Easter.  We sure did.  We had a great time!  We went to our church on Saturday night.  It was packed and it was an excellent service.  After church, we had our friends, the Hammond's, over for dinner, an egg hunt, and coloring Easter eggs.  Ethan was really into it this year.  We used kool-aid to color the eggs and whisks to hold the egg in the coloring!  Thanks Pinterest!


Idea and picture found here

Coloring eggs!

On Sunday, We went to my parent's church.  It was the first service in the new sanctuary!  It was very nice.  After church, we spent the day at my parents, eating, visiting and enjoying the time with family.



Ready for church!

Oh yeah, the Easter Bunny made a stop at our house too! And we were "egged"!  Allison, DJ and Caleb came by on Friday night and egged us.  They hid 16 eggs in the front yard for the boys to find, and some of them were empty reminding us of the empty tomb!  It was super fun and a great way to talk to the boys about the Resurrection.

Easter Morning

20 questions with Ethan...

I found this great idea on Pinterest (and an easy one) just in time for Ethan's 3rd birthday.  Starting at age 3, I am going to ask the boys the same 20 questions and see how their answers change over the years.  Ethan had some great answers.

1.  What is your favorite fruit?   Vegetables
2.  What is your favorite toy?   Firetruck
3.  What is your favorite movie?  My iPad
4.  What is your favorite color?  Red...that's what little boys like
5.  What do you like to take to bed with you?  My blanket
6.  What is your favorite thing to wear?  My hat
7.  What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas...Christmas time is my favorite
8.  Who is your best friend?   Lex
9.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  Drive a monster truck or maybe I can be hulk!
10. What is your favorite TV show?  George (Curious George)
11. What is your favorite animal?  Presley, my dog
12. What is your favorite thing to do outside?  Ride my bike
13. What is your favorite Breakfast?  Tacos
14. What is your favorite book?  Big book about monster trucks (he was playing with his new monster truck from Mike and Jill)
15. What is your favorite drink? Milk (To all the wonderful Hematologists I work with...I feed him lots of other foods and drinks!)
16. What is your favorite game? (Silence....I think he was tired of answering :))
17. What is your favorite snack? Gummies
18. What is your favorite Lunch? Strawberries
19. What is your favorite Dinner? Pizza
20. What is your favorite song? Firetruck

Happy Birthday Ethan!

Happy Birthday to the greatest 3 year old I know!  I hope you have an awesome Birthday!  You have brought so much joy to our family!  Ethan Daniel-Mommy and Daddy love you so much! 

Happy Birthday, Dad!

Happy Birthday to an amazing father and Papa!  You are such a wonderful Dad.  We are so blessed to have you and I am so thankful the boys have such a wonderful grandfather!  We love you!

To Blog or not to Blog?

So it has been a really long time.  I could come up with a million excuses for why I haven't posted but I won't.  I have decided to not worry about all the time I missed and just start fresh!  I am going to work hard to post as much as possible for MYSELF.  If someone reads it that is great, but I want to document our lives. This time goes by so fast.  So enough about that.  Let's get to it!

Jack Attack!

Since my last post, our life has completely changed!  We have a new member in the family. Jack David Williams!  He has been an amazing gift from God.  We were completely surprised and delighted all at the same time.  He was born on November 21, 2011!  Ethan is about to celebrate his 3rd birthday.  How is that even possible?  He is an amazing big brother and has blossomed into this wonderful little man.  He is so smart and talks non stop.  He has a lot to say and it is so funny!  I could talk about those two boys all day but I will post on them later. 


Jack 1 year old

Ethan Daniel

Dirk is back in school full time!  Kudos to him!  He is taking a full load, working full time to provide for his growing family and helping me with the kids!  He is amazing.  He jumps in when needed and even when he isn't.  He cooks dinner A LOT for us!  He is wonderful with the boys too. 

I am still working at Texas Oncology Pediatrics at Medical City Dallas.  I love the balance of work and home life.  I have a rewarding and challenging job taking care of children with cancer or blood disorders.  Those kids are amazing!  I am reminded daily of my blessings.  I am blessed to be able to work 4 days a week and have my wonderful mother taking care of my two babies.  It makes it easier to leave them.

Hopefully, I will blog more often but I am not going to be hard on myself if I don't!  Happy 2013!