Noland Family Pics

Check out the beautiful family pictures from Sprinkle of Grace Photography:

Ready for the road again...

Still in the Dallas area this morning. Our plan was to leave early this morning and then the sky decided to rain freezing rain. The temp isn't supposed to rise any more than 33 degrees and its worse going west. We haven't been home in over 2 weeks. I miss my house, my bed, my food and I'm sure A is missing her bed as well. Last night was the first night in the 2 weeks that A slept all night. So I am ready to back in the routine again. She is doing so many new things in even the past week. She is sitting up better, waving, rolling over like a rolly polly and her top two teeth have broken through her gums! Its amazing how fast babies learn.

Home is calling our names and we should be there by tomorrow afternoon. We have loved our time with the family but then you are just ready to be in your own environment.

Giving Thanks

We are in the town of O today for Thanksgiving. Been feasting on my father-in-law's skillful cooking, watching some Cowboys and now wanting to take a nap but it 'aint happenin with the baby. What glorious food we had! My FIL made anything we mentioned we like so we had so much food it was insane. In my downtime I am crafting up some jewelry for presents and the like. I just wish we could get to see everyone on this day. My parents, brothers, sisters, the H's, and our other close friends. You all are so dear to us and we wish that we could see your lovely faces today. Reading Sarah's blog makes me want to drive to SA as well to see that side of our family. We miss you and hope you are all having a beautiful day. Love you all.

Girls Night!!!!!

Your eyes are not deceiving you. I am posting a blog! Oh my. No I do not have internet at the house yet so I am up at the church doing my weekly preparations for band practice so I thought I would do a little blog. We are having a girls night at my house tomorrow night and I am so excited to be hosting! My Christmas decor will be up and we will be having hot drinks like hot cocoa, coffee, and spiced holiday drink of some sort. Click here for directions to my house and I hope many of you young women can make it.

Playing Around

Here are a couple of videos I took with my camera last night. Just playing around with our "swaddle monkey" which is Lennon's pet name for her. She is really smiling a lot although these don't really capture that so I will have to work on a video with smiles. Also there are a few new photos for Nawna.

Nursery

For those of you who haven't seen yet. Here are a few pics of the nursery. I have yet to put up her darling little chandelier from "land of nod". I also need to get some more for the walls (maybe paint polka dots) and an "e" to go at the end of her name since we are spelling it addie. So I will post updates when we get some more done. Happy looking...

New Corner

We have turned a new corner in our lives as a family. Addielyn Faith Noland was born on June 4th, 2008 at 6:50pm. She was a whopping 8lbs 1oz. and 20 inches long. It sure felt like it too. Yes I did have "the drugs" but the pushing felt like it would never end. But our baby came into this world perfectly healthy and beautiful. The first thing I noticed about her was her long arms flinging about and as soon as I took her into my arms for the first time she just starred up at me so peacefully. I could not believe that in just a matter of hours what we had waited for for 9 months was here. I find it hard to fathom that you would not believe in a wonderful, loving God after experiencing the birth of a child. During the first few weeks, fear set in of something bad happening to her. I could not imagine her ever being hurt. But then the Lord was showing me a new place of trust in Him. So I placed her in His hands and am trusting Him to leading us on how to raise this beautiful creature of His. I cannot wait to journey on the road ahead after a family of 2 became 3. Here are a few pics of her when we first took her home. I will be updating soon with new ones because she is now a little smiley faced girl.