2 more weeks!!!

due to my lack of time and editing skills, these are in no particular order. this is my baby's good morning smile (as she tries to steal my coffee.) it may have been on this particular morning, maybe not, but i remember looking at her face as she greeted me, gurgling away in her crib, who wouldn't want this beautiful precious little thing? then i remembered the four times she woke me up in the middle of the night, and noticed the four different bodily fluids on her pjs that i had to clean, and thought children definitely are a miracle, that we love them so much!

i will remember this little scrunched up smile face she does until my dying day. kind of reminds me of grandma loretta :-)

hannah and daddy are really getting close these days, especially yesterday. i guess now would me the time to mention that we aren't doing all that well! Thursday, i got sick. violently ill, actually. i went to the hospital, and most people who know me know how i feel about the doctor. i was literally begging for drugs. i think i threw up 20 times in about 6 hrs. anyways, tmi. we were in the er for 5 hrs or so, most of which hannah slept through, but then she was up at 7 am, ready to go. enter my knight in shining armour, mr. patrick crisp. he'd never played nursemaid before, but i must say, he was amazing. brought our relationship to a whole new level, him having to take care of me and hannah all by himself. and wouldn't you know how he gets repaid? yep, he's been in bed all day. karma, my hiney. we're only praying hannah stays well. on the same not, brett has in the er this week, for the same thing, and went home but still isn't better. then desiree broke her arm last night! (and they're coming to tx/al to watch hannah and help us move.) the crisp family is struggling, to be sure.


my time with patrick has been little to none recently, so really we're just posing here. hopefully once we move to auburn and find a babysitter we can start dating again. i miss him!

patrick with hannah and parker. he did a great job, but no, this does not mean we're ready for another one :-).

scary picture of both us, but nonetheless, i finally got to spend time with kennedy, just playing. it was great. i almost think the day after christmas is better than christmas itself. we had fun. at least i did :-)

kissing cousins. we are moving to alabama, right? (no offense to any native alabamians out there. i'm just kidding) parker gives great kisses, it only looks like he's trying to eat you :-)

due to the change in scenery, hannah was up all hours of the night. thankfully my mom (and others) were there to help hold her.




this is a long time ago, at patrick's graduation party. this is wyatt, hannah's boyfriend. they look good together, i think.

my friend leigh (wyatt's mom) decorated this cake we made. she did a great job. because of how busy we were then, i didn't give patrick (and his graduation) nearly the attention it deserved. i am so incredibly proud of him. he worked so hard, with so many responsibilities and distractions, like me, hannah, and working nearly full time. it's been a long hard road here at letourneau, and we are so happy it's over. God has taught us alot, but we are ready to move on!
go patrick!!!!!!!!!!!! you're the man, honey.

and we're back to christmas morning. this beautiful rocking horse was handmade by Bob. we couldn't take it on the plane, my mom's going to bring it later. i have no idea how much time it took. (and he made one for the other kids, too). it was so special. and hannah loved it!

she was interested in the wrapping, but she enjoyed her gifts too.

we did get a family picture, amidst the chaos. my sister's supposed to be sending me pictures, since we didn't take many. and i still haven't gotten around to figuring out the video camera. soon, i promise.
i was going to wait until i got a picture emailed to me (ahem), but instead, you can go to http://jkmassonfrance.blogspot.com, to see me and hannah and aunt kari (not related, just a habit i picked up in the imb). first time in 3 yrs, i've seen my good friends kari and jonathan! they were in the states for christmas, and drove from atlanta to meet us in auburn, and we met them for coffee. thank you so much, guys! i was so excited to see you. next time it needs to be for longer. :-(

so, patrick leaves in one week, then will come back just to load up and drive to auburn. God has really provided for us in these difficult few weeks in between jobs, and we are grateful. however, the sooner we get started, the better! thanks again for checking on us.