Lynnlea's Baby Dedication

My niece, Lynnlea, was dedicated to God in front of her church this weekend!

It was so special to be able to be a part of this wonderful ceremony!

This little girl is very loved!

What a testimony these 2 will grow up with, that for generations their family has been loving & trusting God. That they were raised being prayed over & taught about our awesome Creator!

Happy Dedication Day Little Lynnlea! We are always praying for you to be joyful, healthy, and to always know God loves you!

Valentine's Date

Happy Valentine's Day!! Pictured here is our Valentine's Blizzard, Texas Style! Sorry to those who have been living in an actual blizzard, but your snow pics have been making me jealous!

Tonight, being the fancy & romantic people people we are, we decided to try Dallas Grilled Cheese Co in Bishop Arts. What says I love you more than melted cheese and toasted bread?!

We made the right choice! I got The Rustic which is; 3 cheeses normally on rustic white bread which they were out of, so they subbed sourdough ( my favorite bread ever!). My sandwich was yummy! Cheesy, crispy bread, so good! My Valentine got Fried Bologna, which I did not try because yuck! However, he liked it :) but he did say the cheese in mine was more flavorful. The quick pickle they skewered to the top of the sandwich needed to be multiplied! Still crispy cucumber texture, but slightly vinegary & slightly sweet, I could have eaten a jar of them ;)

After our sandwiches we walked over to Cretia's. We have a bit of an obsession with their cheesecake brownies :)

Just look at that brownie!

I hope everyone had a wonderful day celebrating love today! Happy Valentine's!!

Alamo Drafthouse

Tonight Hubby & I went to the brand new Alamo Drafthouse in Dallas! Yesterday through Thursday is their "Soft Soft Opening" before their "Soft Opening" on Friday.

We will be back! I would go sit through a movie I cared nothing about to get more of that Hatch Green Chile Mac & Cheese! And while I'm there, I will definitely get another Temptress Shake, made with Lakewood Temptress Milk Stout.

But enough about the food (did I mention they put real butter on their popcorn?! Yum!) as we were leaving Hubby said that was the best sound he's ever heard in a theatre. There were points I could feel the rumbling in the seats!

For a "Soft Soft Opening" I would say they have got their act together! We were brought our neighbor's drink, but overall everone was friendly and on top of their game! Also, if you have your tickets already just go get your seat, your server will check your ticket. Dont be like us, standing around  trying to show it to someone ;)

We cannot wait to check out some of their "Quote Along" movies, and other fun events they have planned! Maybe we will see you there :)

Our Arrow

Two weeks ago Hubby & I found out that our Baby is in Heaven. Focusing on Psalm 127, our Baby was a gift, and was our Arrow :) All Arrows' goals are to hit their target. It has been a great comfort to know that our Arrow has already hit the mark!

We decided to get memorial tattoos to always have with us for our Baby. Mine is on my forearm, and I love it! It came out so much better than I was imagining!

Hubby's is on his calf, and is much bigger than mine, contrary to how these 2 pictures make them seem. I love how his turned out as well!

We will always have the memory of our Baby, and cannot wait to hold him or her one day!

My Baby

Our Baby is in Heaven.

Psalm 127:3-5a Behold, children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them...

Our Arrow has already hit it's target.

We were able to share some very special memories with our Baby during it's short life. I am truly grateful for the amount of time we had with our Arrow.

We found out we were pregnant on my 31st birthday! Baby & I ate Pho & went shopping at Hong Kong Market with my Sister's & the kids to celebrate!

The next day we told everyone about Baby at my birthday party! We have a very loved child :)

Daddy & Oma took us to a TobyMac concert! We had a such a great time!

We walked a 5k with Nanny, Aunt Jamie, Uncle Craig, & Daddy. Anything for chocolate right?!

We met Santa! He was very happy to hear about Baby's first Christmas!

Mommy & Daddy took Baby to see 2 movies! The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2, and Star Wars Force Awakens (I think Baby liked Mockingjay more, but don't tell Daddy)

Daddy's Christmas gift to Mommy & Baby :)

and Baby's Christmas gifts from both of us. We had a wonderful celebration of Jesus' Birthday with our Baby!

11 weeks, we had 11 wonderful weeks to spend with our Baby! We love you! Mommy & Daddy can't wait to see you and hold you!

"Heaven is the perfect way to start" - Craig Aven

Christmas Tamales

Did you know that Christmas Tamales are a thing? How did I grow up in TX & not know about this?! It seemed this year all my FB friends were talking about their Christmas tamales, which made this pregnant girl need some tamales!!

 The day after Christmas Hubby took me to his favorite place to get tamales, Dallas Tortilla Factory :) We walked in & the lady behind the counter was telling her customer they only had beef tamales left. Then it was our turn, and she told us she had one dozen beef tamales left! All my FB friends must have cleared them out ;)

So we took the last dozen tamales (sorry to the ladies who walked into the store as we were leaving!). They were just what Baby ordered! Goodness they were good! We will be going back to try other flavors! If you are in the market for good tamales & don't have a little grandma in your family who makes them, then I recommend trying these! Just maybe not the day after Christmas!

Best Birthday!

 Ghost has an announcement :)

 Thursday was my 31st birthday & I had the greatest gift! That morning I found out I was pregnant! So I bought this shirt & surprised everyone at my birthday celebration :) Everyone has been so excited! We truly appreciate all the well wishes and prayers!
With all the baby excitement I forgot to take pictures of the actual party, but he had a Blue Bell Ice Cream social :) Had to celebrate Blue Bell coming back to TX!!

 Then Hubby & his mom took me to a TobyMac concert!! I love him!!

 Dallas loves him!!

 Then we went to a 5k on Sunday. I gave all my chocolate away ;)

It was quite the festive weekend! Monday marked 5 weeks for the bundle of joy growing inside me! I am so excited and nervous all together! Fourtunately, most of my friends have had kids & don't mind my weird freakout texts & questions :)

We are going to have a BABY!!!!!