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But I guess instead of laying by the pool soaking up the sun, like I did last week, I will just look at these pictures and dream that I am still there.


I am so ready for warm weather!


Thanks to Brandi for getting some pictures of the three of us. It is always a challenge to get a good picture of this goof ball.


At least I get to be snowed in with my two favorite people.


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We are sad our time here in the warm sunshine is about to come to an end. We have decided we prefer this type of weather rather than snow.


Deacon has had a lot of practice jumping in the pool. And today he was even counting for other people, who we do not know, to jump in. He befriended one lady and she was kindly patient enough to wait for him to count to three and jumped on his command.

We bought Deacon his first kite with none other than Buzz, aka Buzz Lightyear.


He loved chasing the kite and squealed like a little girl.


He tried to fly the kite, but he didn't quite get the concept he kept running towards the kite.


In the end he decided to let Daddy do the flying and he would do the chasing.


Yesterday we went on a boat ride. Deacon has been obsessed with boats since we have arrived. So to say he was excited might be an understatement. While on the boat we seen dolphins, just like flipper.


Then today Deacon got his first splinter and after dinner Deacon underwent surgery.


Deacon is going to miss a lot of things when we leave here like napping by the pool...


and these two.


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Deacon is having a blast here. He started his day off on the beach with some new toys.










He found a new hobby...chasing birds.


The ocean is a bit cold so he is swimming in the pool and he is perfectly happy with that. It is getting him out of the pool that is the problem.


After a crazy week last week we are thankful to have time to just hang out and visit with family.


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I went to Hobby Lobby and bought 4 canvases and painted them solid colors to match his room.


Then I let him paint each one of them with each color.


He loved this project and it was a great way to get cheap artwork on his wall. I already had all the paint from his birthday party and I got the canvases on sale for less the $10 for all of them.


I was happy how they turned out and he is VERY proud of his work.
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Obviously last night our message was short and sweet but I thought today I would answer some questions on here that I have been asked a lot.

1. When is your due date? I have not been to the doctor yet but just talked to them via phone and it is set as October 5, 2011.

2. When did you find out and how did you tell Bryan? I actually found out at 3 am on Monday morning. I was having issues sleeping and knew I needed to take a pregnancy test and just assumed it would be negative, so you can imagine my surprise when there were 2 lines. And then I was up until 6:00 because I had a million things going through my head.

Bryan was actually out of town and was not coming home until Tuesday night. I initially wanted to wait until he got home to tell him, but I could not wait. He was busy all day Monday and we could not talk until that night. Deacon and I ran and got the shirt he is wearing below on Monday. That evening we iChated and Deacon wore his new shirt and that is how Bryan found out.

Side note: Deacon loves this shirt, he actually picked it out himself for the mere fact that it has a football on it. I am sure come October he will have a bigger selection of Big Brother shirts.

3. How are you feeling? Pretty good. For some reason I have not been sleeping well at night. I randomly wake up like at 4 am and can't go back to sleep. Other than that I have only be nauseous a few times and it is only right after eating. I told Bryan that is a good thing that I am nauseous, but I would like to hold that off for a couple more weeks.

4. Have you been trying for a while? Some of you were aware that after losing this baby we had been trying. So yes, almost a year now. And we were actually getting close to the time where we would go back to the doctor to discuss our "options" but we are thankful we did not have to that. For some reason I was a bit nervous about fertility drugs so I have been praying like crazy that God would show me a sign if that is that way we should go or not. I always say God has to hit me over the head to get something across to me...and he did.

I also want to say that we had some great friends and family who have been very supportive over the last year. They will never know how much their prayers and support meant to us.

These are just a few of the questions that I can remember people have asked. Thanks again for all the prayers. I was nervous that when I did get pregnant I would be a wreck because of fear and anxiety, but amazingly I feel completely at peace and I know that is something only God could do.

I absolutely love this song. There are so many people who I know that have had to wait more that a year or are still waiting for the blessing of a child. And some of them completely amaze me so that is who I look to for inspiration. At some point in life we all go through a season or many of waiting for something...a child, a spouse, someone to have a change of heart and the list goes on. But we have the choice to decide how we wait.



Once again we thank you but most of all we praise God for this miracle.
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We recently found out that Deacon will indeed be a big brother come this fall. Bryan and I wanted to share the news early and ask for all of our friends and family to pray for a healthy pregnancy and baby. Everything is great, but we know you can never underestimate the power of prayer.

We could not be more excited to add another baby to our family. I love Deacon's enthusiasm in this video, Bryan says it looks like I am interrogating him.



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Sometimes this means that he wears his pants backwards.

This was mine and Bryan's conversation on the day this picture was taken. Bryan: Why did you put his pants on backwards? Me: You really think I put his pants on him backwards, while laughing. Bryan: Well, it looks like it. Me: No, he dressed himself today and it wasn't worth the fight to make him wear them right.

Also notice he likes to go shirtless. I usually just go with that, once again you pick your battles. However, he always wants everyone else to go shirtless too, and that is where we draw the line. Also, yesterday we had the constant fight of you HAVE to wear underwear, you cannot run around naked. I am hoping this is a phase that passes soon.


Deacon does like to go put shirts on like this, just to run around the house and act like a monster.




The other day Deacon made this hat at school and he loves wearing it, isn't it adorable? It says, "Faith is to believe in things we cannot see." Hebrews 11:1

Most of the time Deacon does not like anything on his head but they other day he insisted that he must wear this while he ate lunch and now he loves it.

The last two days we have had a special treat for breakfast...donuts!

With the forecast of snow I was afraid we might get snowed in, so I wanted to get out before the snow hit. We ended up not really getting much and the little bit that did stick was melted away before evening.

This week and next our church is having an early morning (6:30 am) prayer and worship time. Bryan has been a few times this week and I mentioned last night that I would like to go so Bryan suggested that he would stay with Deacon this morning so I could go. I was very thankful, so I picked up donuts again today for breakfast. To say Deacon was a little excited might be an understatement. ]]> http://www.babarnard.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110121-082122 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z 2011-01-21T00:00:00Z
Deacon is what one would call a quiet child. I always feel sorry for the people around us due to his craziness, jumping around and just all around loudness. But hey, Deacon enjoys staying in hotels. I think his favorite part, for sure, is riding in the elegator (aka elevator). He is now tall enough to push the buttons so that makes it even better for him.

Thursday morning we woke up early to take Bryan to his office, but first made a stop for him to pick up donuts. Deacon decided this is a great perk to traveling with Daddy. I did find out that Deacon prefers donut holes over an actual donut. I think it is mostly because he can stuff a whole donut hole into his mouth. Crazy boy!

When we got back to the hotel I discovered that Maggie was locked in the bathroom. We shut her in the bathroom because if she is out roaming the room she will bark at every single noise. But somehow she got locked in there. I was just about ready to call maintenance and then I figured out how to break her out of there with a quarter nonetheless. And yes, I was proud of myself.

We ended up taking Maggie to a doggie day care so Deacon and I could run some errands after we checked out. I told Bryan that I had to fill out more paper for Maggie to go there for one day than I have ever filled out for Deacon. But it was a huge help. Just checking out by myself with Deacon is always interesting. Because you know even for just one night we have lots of stuff we take. Deacon always likes check out time just because he gets to ride on the cart.


And I do realize this probably isn't safe, but it works for us. At least this time I didn't dump him off like I did here.

We don't travel with Bryan very often because when he travels he is usually busy all day and evening but it is fun to do it every once in a while. It is not something I would want to do on a regular basis.

After Bryan got off work we headed up to Illinois for the weekend. We went there for my sister's surprise 30th birthday party. We had such a fun time celebrating and I will post about that at another time.

Why not post about it now? That would be because I forgot our camera in my mom's car, ugh. I am extremely annoyed at that the fact that we literally have to go 2 weeks without our camera, but I will get over it. For the next 2 weeks all pictures will be from my phone, and I'm sorry in advance. It takes terrible photos, but I promise the pictures will be of a very cute little boy. ]]> http://www.babarnard.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry110117-204448 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z 2011-01-18T00:00:00Z