Keeping Up With the Jones's

2010-12-11T06:03:00.000-08:00

Well, as you can see Blakely wasn't too thrilled about seeing Santa this year.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-03T18:38:00.000-08:00

1 Year Pictures

About a month ago we had Blakely's 1 year pictures taken. We were very please with how they turned out. Here are some of our favorites I wanted to share~

Look at this sweet face!

2010-10-25T19:39:00.000-07:00

Our trip to the Arboretum

Last Year I took Blakely when she was 2 weeks old... I know you all are asking "What was she thinking?" Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking but we still had fun. I posted some pictures of last year so you all can see how much she as changed in one year.

Carter and Blakely. He really didn't know what to think of her.

This picture cracks me up. She has always been prissy and dainty with her hands.

And...here she is today!!!

He is sweet Carter. I didn't get any good pictures of the two of them together.

Happy Fall everyone!!

2010-10-25T13:44:00.000-07:00

Blakely's Birthday Week!!!!

We can't believe our baby girl is already turning one. This year has flown by. We have enjoyed every minute of being her parents. She makes us laugh and smile constantly and we just love watching her little, or should I say big, personality develope. Right now she is walking and talking non-stop. If there is a quiet moment in the house we start to worry. Some of the words she says is momma, dadda, bye-bye, hi, puppy, baby, babo(bottle), Moo(Moose, our dog), Mo (more). She is starting to sign "more" and "all done". She loves to give hugs, kisses, high fives,clap, dance and wave to people. She is definately our little social butterfly. She has started eating regular food and isn't too picky. Her favorite things to do are to be outside looking at trees or riding on the 4-wheeler, in her car or in the wagon. She loves standing at the back door and talking to the dogs. Reading books is also a favorite. At her 1 year appointment she weighed 21 lbs (5oth percentile), was 29 3/4 in long (75th percentile). She is right on track with everything. We can't wait to see what this next year brings us.

We started off her birthday week with a trip to Cabelos. She loved looking at all the animals in the museum area. We took her there when she was about 5 weeks old (picture below). I am sure this will be a trip that her and daddy will take togther quite often.

1 year old!

1 month old!

We were very excited because PawPaw, Meme, and Dakota (our 7 year old nephew) got to come visit. We had a great time getting to see them on her birthday weekend.

PawPaw with Blakely in her shirt he got her. It says "LSU cheerleader in training"

Meme with Blakely and Lily (our 9 month old neice).

Blakely with her Uncle Matt who shares the same birthday as her.

Birthday party at Mrs. Lisa's house

Blakely wore her birthday shirt and took cupcakes to Mrs. Lisa's house.

Mrs. Lisa and Blakely. We love, love, love our babysitter!!!

Party! Party! Party!

We decided to have Blakely's party at our house this year. We invited family and a few friends. Blakely had a blast opening her presents and eating her cake. It think the thing she liked best was all the attention she got. She was quite the entertainer.

Our sweet birthday girl.

Blakely decided to entertain everyone at the beginning of the party and show them her muscles. She would flex her arm muscles and tense up her neck and face. She did it over and over. As long as people were laughing at her she would do it.

Momma J gave her a purse with a cell phone, lipstick, debit card, and mirror. She LOVES it!

Daddy got her her first camo backpack and her first 4-wheeler.

This was our attempt to get a picture of some of the kids at the party. It didn't go to well.

Our sweet niece, Lily, who is 9 months old. Sooo cute!

Her mommy dressed her with the theme of Blakely's party..zebra and hot pink!

Brandon's mom and my mom ended up dressing alike and they didn't even plan it! Doesn't Blakely have pretty Grandmas.

Here is Blakely with Joyce "Momma J". I worked with Joyce in Mckinney for 5 years so she has been like another mom to me and she has also helped out alot with Blakely. She likes to be called a "cool girlfriend" rather than another mom. So, I guess I will call her that.

Mrs. Sheaffer and Blakely. I didn't get a picture with Carter, her son. Blakely and him are best friends, or lets just say they will be soon when they know what being friends are!

Uncle Robert and Aunt Paula. This is Brandon's aunt and uncle. Uncle Robert married Brandon and I 7 1/2 years ago. He also dedicated Blakely this past May at church. He has been a part of some of the most special times in our life.

Our happy family

Blakely with her great grandparents. We are so glad that got to come!

Lisa's parents "Momma D" and "Papa Lee"

Some of Blakely's aunts and uncles who spoil her rotten!

She LOVED opening the gifts and loved all the gifts she recieved. Here she is opening up a gift from PawPaw with her LSU socks and LSU outfit.

As you can see, she loved the cake. Mommy didn't think about the black icing when she ordered the cake:) Oops

2010-05-31T05:11:00.001-07:00

What have we been up to??????

Here are a few of Blakely's favorite things....

**Sippy Cup**

I put water in it and she loves to hold it and drink out of it. I introduced it a few weeks ago and didn't think she would really care about it. But I was wrong. She LOVES it. She looks like such a big girl.

**Wagon**

Every day, and I really mean EVERY day, we take her on a wagon ride. She is definately an outdoors baby. Every evening after she eats we are outside for 1-2 hours.

**Playing with Wyatt**

Our neighbors' little boy Wyatt and Blakely. Isn't he a cutie?? He is 6 weeks older than Blakely. As you can see in the next few pictures she is the crazy one and he is the laid back one. They love playing together.

**Playing in her new Jeep**

**Pool Time**

She absolutely loves it. She will stay in it as long as we let her. She fell over a couple of times and didn't mind a bit getting her face wet.

We are taking swim lessons in a couple of weeks and I think she is going to really enjoy that.

Starting to get a little tired.

Snack time after swimming!

2010-05-29T20:36:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day

This Mother's Day was such a SPECIAL Day for me. In fact, it was one of the best days of my life. First of all, I feel so truly blessed to me a mom. Being a mom is one of the most exciting, joyful, special things that has ever happened to me. I love my little Blakely Ann more than words can even describe. She has truly been such a special gift from God. I could not have prayed or asked for a more perfect baby.

This Mother's Day we got to dedicate her at church. First, when we walked into church Brandon and I were greeted by about 20 family and friends that came just for Blakely's baby dedication. I almost started crying when I saw everyone and realized how many people truly love Blakely. I know that many others would have been there if they could. We had the privilege of having Brandon's Uncle Robert do the ceremony. He did such a great job. He made it so personable and spoke exactly what we needed to hear. It was special to us because 7 years ago Brandon's uncle was standing on the alter marrying Brandon and I and now 7 years later he is dedicating our baby girl to the Lord.

Another reason it was so special was because I got to spend the day with my mother, mother-in-law, grandmother and Brandon's grandmother. My grandparents were able to drive from Amarillo to be here and that meant the world to Brandon and I. Mammy was also able to make it which was such a special treat too. Overall, it was a day in our life that we will never forget.

Blakely made me a card a Mrs. Lisa's house. Lisa had to do it several times because Blakely wouldn't quit curling up her toes. But, it turned out perfect!

I came home one day after working late and Blakely and Brandon had gone and picked me up some of my favorite flowers in my favorite color. I was so surprised!

Me and my sugar dumplin before Baby Dedication.

Blakely could not have been more perfect at the service. She sat through the entire service and was great at the end when we went up to do the dedication.

My best friend Sheaffer with Blakely and I. Brandon and I are so blessed to have Chris and Sheaffer as best friends. Thank you both so much for coming. After we got to the service they offered to be the photographer and videographer...so thank you!

Uncle Robert with our family. Blakely was a little distracted at that point.

My mom, dad and grandmother with me and Blakely.

Uncle Justin (my brother) and Aunt Lydia (my amazing sister-in-law). Uncle Byron (my brother-in-law) and Aunt Regina (my sister) were there but I didn't get a picture of them on my camera. Thank you all for coming. We are so thankful that Blakely has aunt and uncles that love her sooooo much and give her soooo much attention.

Pappy, Honey (Brandon's mom) with Blakely. My mom has all the good pictures of Mammy, Pappy, and Aunt Rhenda on her camera. I will hopefully add more pics later.

Daddy and Blakely leaving the church after a long morning of Baby Dedication and family and friends loving on her!

2010-05-29T20:13:00.000-07:00

Bluebonnet Pictures

About one month ago we took Blakely to a place in Mckinney that had a patch of Bluebonnets. She didn't know what to think of them. She loves being outside, sitting in the grass and looking at things. So, she loved getting to be in the Bluebonnets.

2010-04-25T18:13:00.000-07:00

Team In Training...

I have decided to join some of my friends/co-workers in the North Cities Team in Training. We will be raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as we train for a half-marathon. I love running and I decided to I wanted to do this because it is for a great cause. My goal is to raise $3500! I will be running in October or November at one of their races in Dallas, San Antonio or San Fransisco. For those of you who love to run, I would love for you to join our team. If you get a chance please visit my website and consider donating to this great society that helps a lot of families.

http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/nikesf10/ljonesze5b

Thank you!!!

2010-04-25T17:07:00.000-07:00

Our Trip to the Arboretum!

Brandon, Blakely and I decided to take a trip to the Dallas Arboretum with Brandon's sister, Sarah, her husband Matt and their 3 month old baby girl, Lily. We had a lot of fun but the girls were pooped by the end of it. We ended up taking about 400 pictures so I will share a few of our favorites.

Me and Lily.

Blakely (6 months). This was one of the first pics we took. As you scroll down you will see she wasn't this happy towards the end.

I love her so much!!!

At one spot we put the girls in front of the Azalias. Brandon was messing with the camera and I was helping with Lily. We looked over and Blakely was under the bush playing with the flowers. So this is how we got this picture.

2 cousins together!

They love each other so much.

She is definately a Daddy's girl!

She loved getting to lay on the cold grass.

Blakely decided to show some thigh off in this picture!

Sarah and Lily!

Matt and Lily!

The girls and Dads were done after a couple of hours.

Blakely loves her Aunt Sarah

2010-03-28T08:25:00.000-07:00

Happy Easter

We took Blakely to get her Easter pictures made with a bunny. We were a little worried about how it was going to go, but she ended up loving the bunny.

Blakely is wearing the bracelet that I wore when I was a baby.

Our Weekend

Saturday night we went over to my parents house to celebrate my brother passing his

4 CPA exams!!! WOOHOO!!!! We had a good time playing with everyone and eating some very good food!

Mama D and Papa Lee got Blakely a dancing bunny for Easter that dances and hops while it sings "Here Comes Peter Cotton Tail".

Silly Papa Lee was outside cooking out and was playing with Blakely through the window.

She loves her Uncle Justin and Aunt Lydia!

We gave her a cold green bean to chew on and she loved it. I hope this is a sign that she will love to eat green beans in a few weeks~

On Friday we went with Sheaffer and Carter to Frisco to eat and shop. Before we left we decided to attempt to take some pictures of them. When they get married in about 20+ years they will need these pictures for their slide show! HA!

"You want us to do what....act like we like each other and smile?"

"OK, Carter come here..I want a bite of you"

"Wait Carter, please come back here"

"You are crazy girl...I don't know what to think of you"

"OK, I think I am starting to like you. Here are some pretty flowers I just got out of mommy's vase that you can have."

"I love flowers...give them to me."

The end~

On Friday, we also found out that our babysitter is moving in 2 weeks. YIKES! We love Mrs. Melody "Mimi". She has been such a blessing to us since I have gone back to work. We are REALLY sad that she has to move. So, all my friends in Mckinney, if you know anyone that keeps kids please let us know. We have a couple that we are going to meet with. We are just praying that God will bring someone else into our life like Mimi that we can love and trust.

It's Cereal Time. YUM! YUM!

We gave Blakely cereal this past week for the first time. The first bite she wasn't sure of but after that she loved it and ate every bit of it. I don't think we are going to have a problem with her eating baby food in a couple of weeks. She LOVES to eat!

Yummy, that was good!!!

"What is this stuff in my mouth?"

Daddy Time

Just thought I would share some cute pictures of Blakely and her "daddy time".

Blakely had fun playing outside while Daddy worked on his 4-wheeler.

2010-03-19T07:55:00.000-07:00

Yeah! Spring time is finally here!!!!!

I love my new sunglasses mommy bought for me!

What have we been up to???

I decided to post some pictures of things that Blakely likes to do now.

Enjoy~

She loves to sit and read books. We sit every evening and read books.

She is now pushing her head and bottom in the air when she is on her tummy. She will be crawling before we know it.

One of her favorite toys..she goes crazy in this thing.

Occasionally we will put in one of her Baby Einstein videos. She will sit the entire time and she gets so excited about certain parts of it.

She still loves her swing..thank goodness! She also loves taking naps with the bunny that Uncle Chris gave her.

Of course we have to go see Aunt Sheaffer and Carter for a play date. Carter still doesn't know what to think of little Miss Blakely.

Sweet baby~

Blakely is starting to watch and play with Maggie and Moose. They have been so good with her.

Well, unfortunately I have to admit Blakely throws some good fits. She is such a great baby, however when she gets hungry you better watch out!

I thought these next two pictures were funny. One night it had only been 2 hours since she ate and she was throwing a huge fit. I did everything I could to comfort her and nothing worked. So I layed her on our bed to see if she would finally calm herself. In the middle of all this daddy calls from work. So I put the phone up to her ear and he talks to her about her fit...unfortunately that didn't work either. Ends up...she was hungry.

I have a feeling we will be seeing this picture some more in our future...Blakely doing something wrong and having to talk to her daddy on the phone. Look at her pitiful face.

Poor baby~

During the last few weeks we have had lots of people come visit us.

Aunt Regina

Uncle Justin and Aunt Lydia

One of my best friends from high school...Aunt Mandy

AND....the visitor she liked the most was....

Uncle Matt!!!

2010-03-19T07:47:00.000-07:00

Grandparents

Brandon and I are so blessed to have such wonderful, loving, supportive, caring parents...Blakely is so, so blessed to have grandparents that love her SOOOOO much. Our parents have helped us out so much since Blakely has been born. They are always willing and wanting to keep her at any time. Brandon and I get date nights anytime we want them. The grandparents are just waiting for us to call and say we need them to help with Blakely. Honey, Mamma D and Papa Lee live within 30 minutes. However, Mimi and PawPaw live 6 hours away. So, we miss getting to see them since we don't get to see them that often. But, they call almost everyday and enjoy all the pictures and videos we take.

Blakely also loves her grandparents sooo much. She loves Honey singing her the "little froggy" song and sitting on her front porch. She loves Mamma D reading her nursery rhymes and books and she loves Papa Lee taking her outside to see the squirrels and playing games with her.

Thank you grandparents for all you do for us. We all love you so much. Words can not express how much we appreciate all that you do!

Papa Lee and Mama D

Papa Lee playing his games with Blakely

Mama D getting Blakely ready for a bath. Blakely loves looking in the mirror!

Honey and Blakely sitting on her front porch. I have a feeling they are going to be spending lots of time on this porch in the years to come!

We cant wait to go see Mimi and PawPaw this summer!!!

2010-02-21T13:23:00.000-08:00

Our lazy weekend

This past weekend was a very relaxful and lazy weekend for Miss Blakely. I had to go to a

conference in Austin on Sat. so she got to spend the day and evening with Daddy. I texted him one time and asked what they were doing and he said he had her in the carrier on his chest and they were out in the garage working on his truck. Then they were headed to the backyard to work in the shed and play with the dogs! He said Blakely loved it. I realized Sunday night that she had not gotten out of pajamas all weekend. We love these kind of weekends. We wish we had more of them.

Daddy put together her new jumperoo. She loves it.

I had to post of picture of some of her cute pajamas. I am like my best friend Sheaffer...I love baby pajamas!!! These are the pj's Honey got her before Valentine's Day.

This picture pretty much sums up the weekend~

2010-02-21T13:13:00.000-08:00

Our other kids!!!

I haven't posted many pictures of our other kids so I thought

I would share some of their snow pictures. We love our puppy dogs soooo much!

They have been so good with Blakely.

Here is Moose posing for his picture

"Come on Dad, are you really going to make us sit in this cold stuff?"

Sweet Maggie

2010-02-14T11:19:00.000-08:00

4 Month Check-Up

We took Blakely to her 4 month check-up. The doctor said she is doing great!

Height: 25 inches (79th percentile)

Weight: 13.12 lbs (55th percentile)

Head circum. 16 in. (42nd percentile)

We can't wait to see what all she does this month. Every day is something new and exciting!

2010-02-14T11:09:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day!!!!

Here is our favorite Valentine! We love her SOOO much!

Blakely is sooo excited about giving Mrs. Melody and all her friends their Valentine gifts!!!

Blakely had her first Valentine's Party at Mrs. Melody's house. The kids made her a sack and gave her some goodies!

2010-02-14T10:54:00.000-08:00

Snow, Snow, Snow

We had so much fun playing in the snow. Blakely wasn't sure what to think about it, but it was still fun getting her out in it!

Of course Daddy had to get his 4-wheeler out and drive it around. No, she didn't go riding on it, but we had to take her picture on it! I think there are going to be pictures of Blakely and Daddy in the future on the 4-wheeler!

I love her SOOO much!!!!

We wanted to make Blakely her first snowman. Here we are helping Daddy build it.

She LOVES her first snowman!!!!

Isn't she adorable. She is such a happy baby.

2010-02-14T08:21:00.000-08:00

3 Months Old!!!

Here are some random pictures from Blakely's 3rd month. She changes so much everyday~

Here are some things she is doing now:

*Smiles all the time

*Loves to coo and make tongue noises

*Rolling over front to back and back to front

*Loves to play in her exersaucer

*Loves to hear you sing to her

*Sleeps 8-9 hours (yeah!!!)

Maggie and Moose are sooo good with Blakely. Here is Maggie and her laying on her pillow.

Blakely's Loves her Great Aunt Jenni!

We went to visit Brandon's grandparents, Mammy and Pappy. Mammy was helping change Blakely's diaper and visiting with her.

Pappy loves to get him some baby kisses!

We have had several play dates with Carter and Sheaffer. Carter still doesn't know what to think about Blakely.

Blakely is enjoying the great pictures off of Daddy's game camera.

We love going on walks together. Unfortunately it has been too cold to go on walks but one afternoon it warmed up enough for us to go on a short one. We can't wait for Spring to get here!

Blakely with her Aunt Regina and Uncle Byron.

Blakely LOVES bath time. She also LOVES to lay on her diaper changing table and coo with you.

We had something VERY exciting happen in January....Blakely's first cousin was born and it is a girl!!!!!! Her name is Lillian Grace Morris. We are super excited that Blakely will have a cousin that is 3 months younger than her.

Here are some pics of the day Lillian was born.

Brandon, his dad (PawPaw) and Blakely waiting anxiously in the waiting room!

We ended up being in the waiting room for about 8 hours so everyone did lots of playing with Blakely. Here is Blakely with her Mimi and PawPaw.

Precious Lillian Grace

Blakely isn't sure what to think of her new cousin.

Here we are with the proud new parents..Matt and Sarah (Brandon's sister).

Proud Uncle Brandon

Mimi and PawPaw decided to come over for the night and see Blakely after Lillian was born. We had such a great time visiting with them and letting Blakely play with them.

After a long evening of playing, she finally gave in and went to sleep.

We went to visit Lily when she was 2 weeks old. Isn't she sooo cute!!!

Brandon and his sister with their babies!!!

Hmmmm....so you are my cousin that everyone has been telling me about.

Here is our sweet neighbors' son, Wyatt. He is 6 weeks older than Blakely.

Here they are watching T.V. together.

Sooo sweet.

One of my favorite pics. that I had to share.

We love our nap times together!!!!

Something Blakely has started doing is holding her bottle. No, I am not trying to get her to do this yet...she has just started doing it on her own. She can't hold a bigger bottle but she loves holding the smaller ones.

We had some friends over for the super bowl. Here are Wyatt and Blakely just chilling in the crib.

This picture pretty much sums up our party. Lets just say, there wasn't much watching the game, but it was fun. Here is Wyatt, Carter, Leah (who thought her mommy was making her go to bed) and Blakely.

2009-12-17T08:14:00.000-08:00

Check-ups....

1 Month Check-up

Weight: 7 lbs. 8 oz (17th percentile)

Height: 20.4 in. (39th percentile)

Head Circum.: 14 in. (27th percentile)

2 Month Check-up

Weight: 10 lbs. 8 oz (42nd percentile)

Height: 22.5 (58th percentile)

Head Circum.: 15 in. (34th percentile)

So, as you can see our baby girl is growing!

Here are some things she is doing at 2 months:

She smiles all the time

She coo's and makes lots of different sounds

She loves listening to music and hear you sing to her

She loves to eat and definately lets you know it when she is hungry!

She loves playing with her Baby Einstein mat

She is able to sit in her bumbo chair

Raises her head and pushes up with arms when she is on her stomach

(however, tummy time is not one of her favorites!)

Loves, Loves, Loves bath time!

Loves all the sound effects her daddy does for her

She sleep 8-9 hours a night!

Time sure if flying by and she is getting so big. Brandon and I have enjoyed every minute of being her mommy and daddy. She is such a great baby and such a blessing to us.

We love her so much!!!!!

2009-12-17T08:08:00.000-08:00

Hmmm..What do I want from Santa this year????

We took Blakely to see Santa at the Frisco Mall. Brandon pushed her around the mall while I waited in line. By the time we got up to see him she was sound asleep! Next will be a totally different story.

2009-12-17T07:16:00.000-08:00

Newborn Pictures

We had Blakely's newborn pictures done when she was 3 weeks old. We were so pleased with them. She slept almost the whole time.

If you would like to view the slideshow of the session here is the link:

http://www.photobiz.com/slideshowbiz/slideshow.cfm?slideshowID=96330&photographerID=12105

Password: blakely

Enjoy~

2009-11-12T08:08:00.000-08:00

Blakely Ann Jones

Arrived October 9th, 2009

at 1:38 p.m.

Weighing 6 lbs, 8 oz

Length 18.11 inches long

It all started on October 9th at 2:30 a.m. I woke up having contractions that were about 8-10 minutes apart. I started timing them and finally woke up Brandon at 4:00 a.m. I told him I thought I was in labor and we needed to get our bags packed. So, he got out of bed and started helping me get things together. I really don't think he believed me until about 6:00 a.m. when I got sick and was having contractions about 5 minutes apart. I called my doctor at 7:00 and she said to head to the hospital. So, about 8:00 we got in the car and headed to the hospital. For those of you that know Brandon and his driving..me being in labor, Brandon driving like Grandpa in 8:00 traffic to Plano was not a good combo. However, by the time we hit the tollway and my contractions were 3 minutes apart he kicked it into high gear.

After a few hours of labor...little Miss Blakely arrived at 1:38 p.m. We were so surprised and excited it was a girl. We can't imagine our life without our baby girl. She has been such an amazing gift from God and we are so thankful he blessed us with such an amazing, healthy, beautiful baby girl!

Here I am about to leave for the hospital. This was our last picture to take with the dogs being the only kids in the house. They sure didn't know at this time their life was about to change with a sister coming home in a couple of days.

Here I am with my blue and pink sock that Hannah got me. Don't ask me why I am smiling so big in the middle of labor.

The anxious and excited Grandparents to be! We got Brandon on video making the call to all of the grandparents that I was in the hospital. They were so excited and made it to the hospital in record time. Brandon's dad and stepmom had to drive from Louisiana so they didn't make it before Blakely arrived but they made it right after!!!

Another picture of our parents waiting anxiously!

Here is Brandon's Aunt Jenni and our good friend Jonathon also waiting. From what I hear, Aunt Jenni entertained everyone during the long wait!

Here is Lisa's brother and sister-in-law waiting patiently!!!

Hannah and Sarah Beth (Brandon's sister who is due in 2 months!!!!!)

****AND she finally arrived****

Here is our Doctor...Dr. Petroski with Blakely. She was such a wonderful doctor.

Our first pictures together.

Our first family picture.

Proud, Proud, Proud Daddy!

Blakely with her Papa Lee! (Lisa's dad)

Gran, Papa Lee and Blakely's first picture together.

Honey (Brandon's mom) and Blakely!

Brandon's Dad and Stepmom...PawPaw and MeeMee! I think they made it in record time from Louisiana.

She is such a cuddle bug. I can't believe how little she was.

Her precious face...I think she got her Mommy's cheeks!

Proud Aunt Sarah Beth with Blakely. Sarah will be holding her own newborn baby in 2 months. We can't wait for Blakely's cousin to get here. Sarah's husband Matt wasn't able to be there when Blakely was born because he was Elk hunting. Blakely was born on Uncle Matt's Birthday!!!

Daddy and Blakely in the hospital. Brandon was and still is amazing at taking care of Blakely and me. He jumped right into it like a pro.

Well, the outfit that Gran bought for Blakely to go home in was way too big, and it was a preemie size. We put it on her and just died laughing. She looks like a little bird with wings about to fly away. Luckily our families had raided the gift shop after Blakely arrived and got her lots of really cute outfits. Brandon's Aunt Jenni had gotten us a sweet preemie gown so that is what she wore home.

I took this picture on our way home. Hmmm..Tell us how you really feel Blakely!

1 week old picture!

Pregnancy Update!

2009-08-19T19:21:00.000-07:00

Well, I am now at 31 weeks...9 weeks to go!!! Everything is going great and I am feeling good! The baby weighs almost 3 1/2 pounds. We went and got the 3D/4D ultrasound done last week. The pictures are amazing. I will try to post them once we scan them in. We only got print outs of the face because we didn't want to know what the baby is. So, we have a DVD and a CD with 256 pictures on it sitting on our desk that we can't look at unless we want to find out what it is. So, as hard as it is not to look at it, we are going to wait and view them after the baby is here. We have a busy 2 months ahead of us trying to get ready for the baby and Brandon finishing up his paramedic rotations and graduating Sept. 18th...yah!

Our Trip with the Puppies

2009-08-19T19:06:00.001-07:00

A few weekends ago, Brandon and I went to Ft. Worth to stay with Matt and Sarah (Brandon's sister and brother-in-law). We went because the guys wanted to take our dogs to get rattle snake avoidance training. While they did this, Sarah and I went to Canton and bought stuff for our nursery. That evening, Sarah and Matt took us to Texas De Brazil to celebrate Brandon making a 92 on his paramedic final! Yah! Thanks Matt and Sarah for such a nice and yummy meal!

A few years ago Maggie and Moose had puppies. Matt and Sarah decided to take two of the female puppies...Bella and Dixie. So here is the family...(from left)..Bella,Maggie, Dixie, and Moose. One big happy family!

Maggie and Moose after their fun-filled trip!

Nursing Home Baby Shower

2009-08-19T18:45:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago, my nursing home, which I have done contract work with for 4 years, decided to give me a baby shower. We had so much fun. Unfortunately, due to confidentiality, I can't post any pictures of my sweet patients who I have known for several years. The therapy dept. planned games for all the residents. The residents wanted to get me something for my shower, but of course the staff wouldn't let them use their money for that. So, the staff went and bought some gifts from Dollar General and they got to use their Bingo Bucks that they won to purchase me a small gift. They also wanted to wrap it themselves. I felt so thankful and blessed by everyone at my sweet nursing home.

Here is the therapy department that I work with. They were so sweet in planning this wonderful shower for me.

Babies, Babies, Babies

2009-08-19T18:40:00.001-07:00

In this picture, Brandon's sister is 3 months pregnant, I am 6 months pregnant and Katie (Brandon's cousin's wife) is 9 months pregnant. So his family is going to be full of new babies in the next few months. Brandon's mom and aunt took us all to the Melting Pot for a nice dinner before Katie had Baby Nathan. We had so much fun! Thanks for such a great evening Hannah "Honey" and Aunt Jenni "Mimi"

Baby Moon

2009-08-19T18:22:00.000-07:00

Brandon and I wanted to have a little get away before Baby Jones arrives. Since he is working and finishing up paramedic school he only had one weekend available. So we decided to take a long weekend trip to Rouch Creek Lodge and Resort outside of Glen Rose Texas. It was SOOO nice! Brandon's sister, Sarah, and her husband, Matt came on the 4th of July to celebrate with us. We had a blast. Thanks Brandon for taking me on such a fun and relaxful trip!

Brandon and Matt went fishing for a few hours in the pond behind the resort. They caught alot of big fish!

This is what I did most of the time...relaxing by the pool. Here is Sarah and I getting some sun. We also went and got us a prenatal massage. That was wonderful!

Brandon still thinks he is a little kid sometimes. He decided to go down the little kids slide a few times.

We ate some REALLY good food and watched the fire works show from the restaurant balcony.

Father's Day

2009-08-19T18:15:00.001-07:00

Outside the restaurant they had this old tractor. So, of course we had to hop on it and get our picture.

We celebrated Father's Day for my dad and Brandon at Babe's Chicken House! Here is the camo diaper bag that my parents gave him. He loved it.

The Nursery

2009-07-28T18:30:00.000-07:00

I just want to say a BIG thank you to Brandon, my parents and my mother-in-law who worked so hard a few weekends ago on our nursery. Mom, Dad, and Hannah, we could not have done it without your help! We really appreciate it. Brandon, thank you so much for working so hard on it in the middle of paramedic school. Dumplin is going to love it when she/he gets here!

(Sorry, the next two pictures are out of order. I couldn't figure out how to change it.

Proud Daddy after putting the crib together.

Brandon...wondering what he has gotten himself into.

Here is the nursery after our long weekend of working on the nursery. Hopefully soon we will be able to post the finished nursery for you to see!

Exciting News!!!

2009-04-08T17:59:00.000-07:00

We are having a baby!!!!! Baby Jones is due to arrive October 20th. We are so excited and can't wait for October to get here. This sonogram was taken at 8 1/2 weeks. Isn't he/she cute!!! Brandon and I have decided not to found out what we are having. We feel like there aren't that many big surprises left in life, so we decided to wait. We also are not telling anyone the names we pick out so we are going to have to come up with a little nick name to use until he/she gets here. Brandon calls it "Little Dumplin", so who knows, maybe we will stick with that until the big name is revealed. I am now 12 1/2 weeks pregnant. For those of you that say, "Oh, the nausea and vomiting will pass after your first trimester"...you are wrong! I am hoping and praying it will get better soon! Stay tuned for updates on "Little Dumplin".

Daddy to be...

2009-04-08T17:48:00.000-07:00

After we found out I was pregnant, I gave Brandon a "Daddy" goody bag. I have been collecting things forever for this bag. In fact, I bought this camoflage girl oufit 4 years ago on the square in downtown Mckinney. He loved it! Now, we just have to wait and see if the girl or boy stuff is going to be used.

This was one of Brandon's favorite outfits!

These are the books that I gave Brandon in his goody bag. With the 5 inch thick paramedic book he is reading, I doubt he will get to these before Baby Jones arrives. That is ok, though. He already knows exactly what to do! HEHE! He especially liked the book on the right!

Announcing the BIG News!!!!

2009-04-08T17:42:00.000-07:00

This was the cake that we surprised them with.

Both of our mom's right after they heard the big news!!!!

Lisa's parents looking at their grandbaby's first picture!

Our family

2009-04-08T17:29:00.000-07:00

Brandon and his sweet Grandmother, Mammy.

This was her face right after she found out.

Me and Brandon with our parents and their baskets.

2009-02-08T15:07:00.000-08:00

Well, many of you are going to think that I am so redneck for posting hunting pictures as my first post on my blog. Actually, we couldn't find our camera for a while and this is the only thing I have that is recent besides our pumpkin party last October. So this will have to do. Kevin and Abby Curley called us late one Saturday night and wanted us to go hunting with them. I have only been a few times with Brandon in the 10 years we have been together. So, I was actually excited about it. Abby had never been duck hunting and wanted to go before Leah got here. We had a blast. We only saw one duck but we still had a good time. We took our dogs with us too. Maggie (the yellow lab) is ours and Beans (the chocolate lab) is Abby and Kevin's. Beans is actually one of Maggie and Moose's puppies so we call her our "grand-dog".

We had to get a family picture of the event...minus Moose. Lazy Moose was at home asleep.
As you can see, Abby was 8 months pregnant when we went. Doesn't she look cute!!! Unfortunately they don't make camo maternity pants, or atleast I don't think they do. So, she had to make due with what she had. I think she pulled it off pretty well! If you are wondering why the crotch of my pants goes down to my knees, I had to wear Brandon's camo. I don't own any so I had to make due with his..which were a FEW sizes too BIG!!!!

Aren't they cute!!!!