Happy Birthday, Hubs!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite husband!!!  He made it all the way to 25...a WHOLE quarter-century!

To celebrate, we had a good old-fashioned normal day, where I decorated his office at home with a silly Happy Birthday banner while he went to the gym.  We both had our normal work days, and after I got home, I gave him his gift.  (A real-deal corn-hole board and bags...come a play with us sometime!)

And not only did we escape the path of Hurricane Irene, we even got a lovely...DOUBLE RAINBOW after getting some serious rain bands this morning in Jax.  (Who doesn't need a reminder of that "enthusiastic" video every once in a while???)

For dinner, we headed to St. Augustine to grab some dinner at Caps on the Water...an awesome drive down the coast on A1A for some delicious food!

Sunset on the intercoastal waterway.  Home sweet Florida!

Caps waterfront dining :)  Reminded us of some dinner venues in St. Lucia.

Us @ Caps....Using my iPhone to take photos.  Sorry, 2 megapixels and bad lighting are all you get...

We also stopped by the beach on our way home to check out the surf that Irene has brought to the east coast, pretty awesome stuff!!  (no pictures...it was a little too dark!)

Anyway...here's to a blog-world HAPPY BIRTHDAY shoutout to Aaron!!!  I'm gonna go join him in a game of cornhole...the night is young!

She's Here!!

Introducing Kaitlyn Marie, our beautiful niece who was born yesterday (August 8th) at 6:36 am!

The first of many pictures.  Our family looked like the paparazzi swarming a celeb!

At 8 lbs, 13 oz and 21 and 1/2 inches long, she is an absolutely beautiful little girl!  She had 10 little baby fingers and 10 little baby toes.  And some cute little fingers and toes they were!  See?

Aaron and I left Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon to spend a little extra time with the family before Lianne was induced on Sunday morning.  As it turned out, we did not end up needing "extra" time together because we had PLENTY of time to visit with each other on Sunday...and Monday.  Both sides of the family took up residence in the waiting room at the hospital for about 24 hours, taking breaks for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snacks.  We had a great time and made it through the long hours with a lot of laughing, praying, and eating.  And Sudoku.

Lianne (my hero) went through a whole 24 hours of labor and AJ was an awesome partner and encouragement through it all.  At the end, they got an awesome prize...sweet little Kaitlyn!  Here are a few more pictures of our family welcoming KMW into the world...

Check out this beautiful family.

First-time uncle and aunt! 

I'm in love.

And pretty sure Aaron is too.

So happy to hold this baby we've been praying for since November of last year. 

Who looks this good after 30 hours of little to no sleep!?

Lianne and AJ get to kiss these cheeks every day!!  

We had an awesome time waiting for K to come into the world and cannot wait to spend more time with her!  We are so thankful for the blessing of this new little addition to our family!  Praising the Lord for keeping her and Lianne healthy through it all.