Past Events

Our First Year together was great. But, at times, very trying. We loved, lost and learned more than I ever expected we would. It would be nearly impossible to explain it all, but a few important events I will mention.

After the honeymoon...we returned to Houston to begin our new life as Husband and Wife, little did we know that during the honeymoon a new began as well. A life within me. We had conceived a miracle.

A few weeks past and soon I realized why I was feeling so ill, and so moody. To our surprise, and yes, SHOCK...we discovered we were pregnant. Chris stood in the bathroom of our apartment with me as I lifted the pregnancy test to see the results, and the results were clear...WE WERE PREGNANT.

After much of the shock wore off we were ecstatic. We dove right into the pregnancy excitement it had to offer and of course wished the sickness away. Unfortunately, God had a plan, and we discovered that plan when I was about 5 months pregnant. I had endured several trips to the doctors, hospitals, ER's and stayed in bed to try to save our little baby girl. We named her Eliana. (God answered Me). And said bye to her as she went to be with the Lord on June 5th (Chris Birthday). My water broke and there was nothing that could have been done to save her. This tragedy struck us deep and we spent the next year grieving and trying to put all our faith in God to pull us back up. The 18 1/2 hours of labor was worth it, during the last day, I felt her move inside me, a feeling I will always remember. We love you Eliana. We will always love you.

During the fist few months of the pregnancy, we decided that we would build a home. We choose KB Home, because they were within the price range and the area we needed. We loved the process and hated the process. Loved it, because designing our first home was fun, but hated it, because purchasing your first is very stressful. We were very blessed though, and was able to move into our new home in October 2008. We love our home. We live Spring. It has been allot of fun decorating, although, we still have allot untouched. I really need to get some curtains up. We had blinds put in, but curtains would make everything look more like a home. I have been shopping, but haven't found what I am looking for yet.

We had our first Christmas as a married couple in our new home. It was such a delight. I loved it!!! Gracie loved it too. She is really doing well about going "outside" and using her doggy door, that her Daddy so kindly installed.

We welcomed 2009 in hopes that this year would perhaps be a little easier, but we also we blessed to be with each other and learned more about love.

Chris Birthday was a success and bittersweet. We remembered our Eliana and celebrated his life. We knew she was with the Lord and although we still cry for her at times, we know that she is with the Lord and that God had a plan for her and this helps us as we think of her. I wanted to make his birthday special so we invited some family and friends over for a crawfish boil. It was a huge success. He had a blast. Chris built crawfish tables, I was so proud of him, such a handy man. My husband ROCKS! He really had a great time!!!