The Lamb Family

Watch him grow!

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Halloween 2007

Cowbaby

2 1/2 months old

Halloween 2008

Tigger

14months old

Halloween 2009

Sheriff Will

26 months old

Halloween 2009

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I have a case of the "mondays"

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When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
Psalm 56:3-4

Happy Monday!

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"The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease. Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning." Lamentations 3:22-23

HOPE YOU HAVE A BLESSED WEEK!!!

Catch up

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Since I was such a blog slacker for a while I needed to play catch up. If you scroll down I have posted a bazillion pics. I had over 200 pictures on my camera, thats just craziness. But I'm CRAZY about my kids and love to take pictures of them.
Will is 2 now and is no longer my chunky baby. He weighs over 30 pounds but has gotten taller and has really thinned out. Now he looks like such a big boy and not my little baby. His vocabulary has really exploded. We still only understand every few words but he has these long elaborate sentences and we wish desperately that we knew what he was saying because we know it's got to be something really important. When Ella first came along Will wasn't too sure about her. He was almost a little scared of her and kind of stayed away. Now that Ella is playing more and more and is a lot more mobile, he likes to play with her. BUT, he has also started to get a tad bit jealous of her. Any toy that is hers he has to play with too. Her bouncy seat, the jumper, bumbo seat, even her swing he feels he has to get in if she isn't in it. And we try to get on to him but sometimes it's really funny to see this 30 pound 2 year old trying to sit in an infant swing. He is for the most part really good with Ella. Finally in the last couple of weeks he has really started to play with her, and his favorite thing to do is hold her hand and try to make her laugh. He is a great big brother. He also LOVES his cousins. He constantly says "Kade" because he wants to go play with them so bad. Whenever they are together he follows him everywhere and they play and play and play. I'm looking forward to watching out they interact together as they get older.
Ella is MOBILE!! and FAST!! She has mastered crawling on her hands and knees, and is pulling up and cruising all along the furniture. She adores her brother. LOVES LOVES LOVES him, and thinks he is so funny. She follows him everywhere, and I'm pretty sure that it won't be long before she is walking because she wants to keep up with him so bad. She is definitely a spirited child but is also very sweet, and very happy. And She smiles A.LOT.

She really doesn't like bows very much, and this is really the only one she has. I think it's ridiculously big but looks oh so cute on her.

She'll be walking in no time.
Momma and her babies

He's so grown up

We haven't really mastered the sippy cup yet, we mainly just chew on it.

Doesn't he just look so pitiful?!?! We got the flu in our house and it WAS NOT FUN!! Ella had it too and hers was a lot worse than Will's was but Will still felt pretty miserable.

That tongue!! She is always sticking it out. It makes eating messy, but trust me it doesn't stop her from eating.

Holding hands

Daddy and his babies. Doesn't Will looked so thrilled?!? This illustrates the attitude we get from him A LOT. I'm not looking forward to his teenage years....

Geaux Tigers

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August 2009

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Hanging out in the hammock

Playing with her leapfrog table

Catching up on some light reading in Ella's swing. This boy insists on playing with everything that belongs to his sister. Jealousy is definitely an issue in our house.

Rockin out on the drums

living room camping is the best.

July 2009

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July 4th we had a bbq at MeMe and PawPaw with Kade and Kainon. They got a big water slide for all the kids. Will loved it but wouldn't go down it by himself so Daddy had to go too.

Kade on the slide
Kainon going down the slide backwards

July was pretty boring. We really didn't do much of anything. Played around at the mall almost every week. Went to story hour at the library. We are very boring people :-) But, we do have lots of fun play time at home

June 2009

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June was the first month of our summer vacation and it was pretty busy. I got a little stir crazy early on so we tried to go out and do something several times a week. Mostly we just went to the mall and walked around and I let Will play in there play area, mainly cause its free :-) Gotta love cheap entertainment.

Ella enjoying some time in her new jumper

Cheesy grin

Seriously, the boy has some toy jealousy issues. I'm surprised he didn't pee on it to mark his territory. And I really wanted to get on to him for doing this, but I couldn't stop laughing.

Will put his sippy cup in a koozie. True testament that toddlers notice EVERYTHING

Ella's cheesy grin

We took a trip to Baton Rouge for Fathers Day weekend. We decided to leave on Thursday when Brandon got off work so that we would have an entire extra day. This was a BAD idea. The kids slept most of the way (which we had expected) but we were hoping that after a little visiting they would go back to sleep. Well, we were WAY wrong. Neither of my darling children wanted to go back to sleep at all, and both decided to have a screaming contest until 2 am. Then Ella decided to get up a 6 and since we were all sharing a room, Will decided since everyone else was up that he would get up too. Once we got the sleeping situation under control we had a really nice visit with Brandon's OPapa.
We spent a lot of time outside because the weather was pretty nice. Brandon's mom and our nephew Kainon (he is 3) came too so we set up the pool and splash pad outside for the kids to play with. They had a BLAST!!

Kainon

Will and Kainon playin on the splash pad

Ella loves being outside

Daddy and Will

I was tickling him

Bucket hat

Before Summer

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When I finally downloaded all the pictures off of my camera I realized I had a TON of pictures on there from before the summer. So I'm gonna put these pics on here too. I go through the blog a lot sometimes to look at how big my kids have gotten and marvel at all the things they've done so far. Sometimes when I miss them during the day I'll go back and look at all of their pictures (I know my mom does this too :-)). So these are more for my benefit then anything :-) But I hope you enjoy them as well.

The boy loves raviolis!

but as you can see he cannot eat them with clothes on!

Very strange child, he LOVES to brush his teeth
Will sitting in his sister's bumbo chair.
He does NOT like that we've given his sister some of his old stuff.

Daddy and his babies in Astros gear

Chuck E Cheese

Eating at his big boy table

Pretty girl in a pretty bow

He's rather territorial :) When he wasn't sitting in the chair he was carrying it around. Determined to not let Ella sit in it. He sat in time out A LOT for this :)

Please pray for Emma

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www.emmadunnam.blogspot.com

Emma Dunnam is the daughter of Kelvin and Christy Dunnam, the leaders of our small group at church. She is a very beautiful little girl. Emma has a rare degenerative genetic disorder called Batten's Disease.

The Dunnam's faith in the Lord is a remarkable one, and one that despite everything has never wavered. I'm blessed to call them our friends.
Emma is in a lot of pain right now and they are asking for prayers. Please stop and lift Emma up in your prayers.

Did you miss us?

2009-10-08T13:36:00.004-05:00

I apologize for the blog absence. We didn't really have a computer at home during the summer break and I've had a pretty busy beginning of the school year so far.

We had a great summer. Didn't really do a whole lot other than hang out at the house and play around town every once in a while.

Will turned 2 and his vocabulary has EXPLODED! We still only understand every couple of words but it's nice to finally hear something other than NO (although we still hear it A LOT!)

Ella is 8 months old and is on the MOVE! She has been crawling since she was about 5 months old (army crawling). Finally started crawling on her hands and knees about a month ago, as well as pulling up and cruising on furniture. All she wants to do more than anything is follow her brother around so I don't think it'll be long before she is walking. Right now she is getting over the flu, and while it's been a rough week I know it could have been so much worse so we are definitely counting our blessings.

I have tons of pics from the summer and the last month that I will try to download soon. I hope to really start updating this blog more. These pics are ones that Grammie took over the summer so I'll leave you with these for now.

We got the waterslide out at Will's b-day party but he wouldn't go down it by himself. Brandon and Uncle Matt took turns going down with him.

Yummy cake

He couldn't wait for the fork and tried to dive in face first
Blowing out his candle

She looks scared

Ella and her Aunt MeMe

On August 16, 2009 we had Will and Ella's dedication at church. After church we had Will's 2nd birthday party at Brandon's mom's house. It was such a great day of celebrating our kids and spending time with family.

Ella and Pastor Tommy

(Tommy was the youth pastor when Brandon was in the youth group, so this was pretty special)

Will kept his back to the audience so he could watch himself on the big screen :-)

My handsome little man on his 2nd birthday

My Memaw

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ELLA MAE ARNOLD, born May 16, 1937 in San Augustine, Texas to Will and Maggie Greer. She passed away on August 31, 2009 in Baytown, Texas. She was married to Tommy Arnold on October 2, 1954. They lived the majority of their life together in the North Shore, Channelview, and Galena Park area. Together they worked to create T & J Superette and operate many other enterprises in the North Shore and Cloverleaf area. Preceded in death by her parents Will and Maggie Greer, brothers Burton Simmons, Curtis Crocker and Earnest Crocker and sister AddieLackey. She is survived by her husband of fifty-four years Tommy Arnold; children Pat Grisham and husband, Dave, Belinda "Bendy" Arnold, Tommy "Bo" Arnold and wife, Kari; grandchildren Holly Lamb and husband, Brandon, Matt Grisham and wife, Nicole, Cory Arnold and Caisey Arnold; great grandchildren Will Lamb and Ella Lamb; sisters Bonnie Newton, Jo Rogers, and Gwen Citty. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews and her extended family in the Cloverleaf area home of their family business. Ella Mae was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and friend. She influenced and helped many people with her caring and generosity. "Mom" will be tremendously missed by all who knew or had ever met her. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 8:00 PM Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at San Jacinto Funeral Home, 14659 East Freeway. Funeral. A Celebration of Ella Mae's Life will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, September 3, 2009 at San Jacinto Funeral Home with Reverend Kenneth Plunk officiating. Entombment to follow, San Jacinto Memorial Park. Those serving as Pallbearers will be Matt Grisham, Dave Grisham, Rusty Scott, Steve Smith, Ross Shipley and Wayne Gray. Honorary Pallbearers, Cory Arnold and Bo Arnold. Please visit www. sanjacinto funerals.com to share memories and send words of comfort to the family.

I love you Memaw!!

We've been SOOO busy!!

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haha (that was for you Meredith)

We actually have been pretty busy lately, but it's been a good busy. The kind of busy where you are having so much fun the days just seem to fly by. We have taken lots of walks outside, which both kids LOVE and Mommy and Daddy get some exercise in too. Summer vacation starts in 6 days!! YIPEEE!!! I'm hoping for a fun but relaxing summer. With 2 kids I don't know if thats possible :-) Should be interesting to say the least. Here's what we've been up to so far.

Papa D started his bike ride on Saturday. He actually started on Wednesday at the Gulf of Mexico. He rode from there to Huffman, and then on Saturday he started his ride from Huffman. These are pics from Wednesday when he dipped his tire and toes in the water to signify the beginning of his ride. Ella got in on the toe dipping action :-)

Saturday was my school districts employee picnic at a local ranch. There was bbq and a lot of fun things for the kids to do. Unfortunately it was really hot and most of the stuff was too big for Will to enjoy (maybe next year), but he still had a little fun. We only stayed a couple of hours because of the heat and it was cutting into nap time and the meltdown Will had signaled it was time to go :-)

Here he is enjoying some of the things that were toddler friendly.

Grammie and Ella at the picnic

The boy LOVES to slide!!

Friday night was Will's recital at school. All of the classes participate (even the little babies). Last year Will was about 8 months old so he just sat in an exesaucer, in a very cute Pooh outfit, while a short little song played. So I was really excited to see him up there dancing around. His class was marching and dancing to "The Ants go Marching." His whole class looked so cute in black shorts and red shirts with little antenna headbands. But, as soon as the curtain opened and the music started, Will saw me and burst into tears and started crying "mama." It broke my heart then but is now fairly comical. We got a few pictures, but he wasn't in a very good mood to say the least. Oh well, maybe next year.

Papa and Will when he finally got happy again

Daddy and Daddy's girl

I think this may be our first family photo

Papa and Ella -- side story, Ella got really fussy right at the beginning of the program. Papa got her and she immediately calmed down. We call him the "baby whisperer" because he can ALWAYS calm her when she's fussy!!

Memaw and Grandaddy

This pic sums up the performance :-)

Bonus pic, isn't she so cute

Just chillin'

2009-05-29T11:45:00.002-05:00

Well, we've had a whole lot going on around here. We've had beautiful weather so we've spent a lot of time outside. Both kids love to be outside so we've been taking advantage of it before it gets so hot and humid that we are trapped inside all of the time. School is starting to wind down, we only have a week left. WOOHOO!! I'm so excited and I'm ready to spend the summer with my babies.

But Grammie and Papa D will be leaving soon (you know they are just winter Texans now ;)) and will be gone for most of the summer. We are going to miss them A LOT!!! Will and Ella aren't going to know what to do without them spoiling them rotten. Papa D starts his trip on his bike on Saturday. The first leg of his trip will be from here to Oklahoma and he will be traveling by himself (it's called self contained) on his bicycle (pretty amazing). Grammie will meet him in Oklahoma and kind of follow him in the car on the rest of his journey. He will be heading towards Kansas, then he'll take a right and head towards the east coast. He is a bicycling fool :) You can follow him on his adventure at: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/transam09

Or on Grammie's blog http://www.adventuresofgrammiep.blogspot.com

We are so proud of the both of them. They are definitely not your typical retired grandparents!!!

WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU GRAMMIE AND PAPA!!!!

My little princess

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Papa D is so cool, even Ella wants to be just like him!

My cute boy

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Messy eater

Lovin on his sister

He is a great big brother

Will and Daddy going to the rodeo

Cowboy Will

Reading the Stevie Ray Vaughan autobiography :-)

He is super smart :-)

Sitting in his sisters chair

Silly boy in his sisters car seat

Telling Ella something very important

Fell asleep in his chair, just like his daddy :-)

Astros baby

Momma cute boy

Looking at the map at the Children's Festival

Daddy and Will at the Festival

Will loves to go to the park to play.
We try to go whenever the weather is nice

Will is almost 20 months old now and is such a ham. He is almost always laughing and smiling and acting silly. He is really sweet and a great big brother. He loves his little sister and is really great with her. Always giving her hugs and kisses and making sure she is okay. He does have his moments when he throws tantrums. We have definitely hit the terrible two's a little bit but nothing too unbearable.
On Feb. 9th Will had an ultrasound on his kidney's to check on them. Will was born with a non functional, multicystic right kidney. Everything looks good with them. The left kidney is getting larger, which is good, it means that it is taking over the function of the right one. This is what we wanted to hear. We will still continue to see the specialist twice and year and will have ultrasounds to continue to monitor the progress. But Will continues to grow big and is very healthy! He weighs over 30 pounds!!!

2 months old!!

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Ella is 2 months old today!!! I can't believe it. I came back to work today and it was hard to leave her but I know that she's in good hands and spending quality time with her Grammie and Papa D. Only 8 weeks until summer vacation!!!
She goes for her 2 month check up on Thursday so I'm not sure how much she weighs but my guess is around 12 or 13 pounds. She a cute little chunk :-)
Here are some pics from her first 2 months:

"Major Cutie"

Snug as a bug in a rug

I love tiny toes

Takin' a nap with her Papa

My pretty princess flippin me off

First smiles

I'm back!!

2009-04-06T09:03:00.004-05:00

I'm sorry for my blog absence! Our home computer has been down for quite some time so I wasn't able to keep the blog updated while I was on maternity leave.

I had Ella a little bit earlier then planned. My schedule c-section was set for February 11th but she decided to make her grand entrance on February 6th.

Here is how it all went down.

Monday Feb. 2nd thru Thursday Feb. 5th I had a nasty virus, but I still worked all week. What can I say, I'm hardcore like that :-) but Friday Feb. 6th was suppose to be my last day of work before I started maternity leave and I wanted to make sure that everything was ready to go. The virus really sucked though and I felt horrible all week. Luckily my mom is the greatest and came over every afternoon to help me with Will since I was feeling so yucky. She kept telling me to call my dr. but I had an appt for Thursday so I decided to wait it out. Went to the dr. on Thursday and got checked, wasn't dialated or effaced, so we were all set for the c-section the following Wednesday. I told the dr. about the virus and he just told me to go on clear liquids, stay as hydrated as possible, and it should go away. That evening the virus got progressively worse and I started have cramps really bad. Around 6:30pm I called the dr. and he just said to stay hydrated, the cramps were probably from the exam or the virus. The cramps turned into contractions that were coming at regular intervals. I didn't realize they were contractions because I had never had contractions before. Finally around 12:30am they got extremely painful and weren't going away so I called the dr. again and he told us to go to the hospital and get checked out. By the time we got everything together and dropped Will off at my parents it was 2am before we got to the hospital. My contractions were coming every 3-6 minutes and I was dialated to a 1. My doctor thought that dehydration was causing my contrations so told the nurses to start an IV with fluids and thought that would stop the contractions (I was so dehydrated that it took over 30 minutes, several sticks, and several nurses to find a vein to do an IV in). At 4:15 am, after an hour of fluids, my contractions were closer together, and I was dialated to a 3, so they set up the c-section for 5am!!! I called my mom to get there as fast as she could. Luckily, because of lab work I didn't go in right at 5 and my mom got there just in time. Ella Lee was born at 6am. She weighed 8lbs 14oz and was 19 inches long.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!!

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I'M HAVING A BABY IN 7 DAYS!!!! WOOOOHHOOOOOO

carry on :-)

Baby Do's and Don'ts

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For Grammie

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A friend sent me a bunch of funny baby do's and don't and this one was my favorite. Mainly cause my mom is infamous for doing this. Sorry mom :-)

Countdown!!

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Boomer Sooner

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Since I'm married to a die hard Tiger fan, In my house I don't really get to say Boomer Sooner very often :-)

Brandon is rooting for Florida.

I'm rooting for OU.

Should be an interesting night in my house :-)

Pregnancy update

2009-01-07T09:57:00.002-06:00

I went for my 33 week appointment yesterday and everything looked really good. I haven't mentioned it but I do have gestational diabetes and right now I'm trying to regulate it with diet and medicine. I have blood test on Saturday to see if the meds are working to regulate my blood sugar. I was hoping to get another ultrasound before the end but the doctor said he didn't really see a need. He did say that he thinks she's going to be pretty big like her brother (Will was born at 37 weeks and was 8 1/2 pounds!!)
Plus, we scheduled my repeat c-section for Wed. Feb 11th at 7am!!!! I'm super excited and super nervous at the same time!! Only 5 weeks from today!!!! I have so much left to do that it has me a little anxious, but hopefully we'll get everything done.

Happy Anniversary!!!

2008-12-30T21:25:00.002-06:00

Today Brandon and I have been married 3 years. Wow, time sure does fly doesn't it. I love him so much and I'm so blessed to have him in my life. He is a wonderful husband that spoils me every single day. He is also a GREAT Daddy!! God certainly blessed me 10 times over by bringing him into my life. I love him more today than I did yesterday, and less than I will tomorrow. Happy Anniversary baby!!

Us at the Texans game

At Antonio's after we got married 12-30-05

Saying I do :-)

Pics (sorry no update)

2008-12-28T22:00:00.003-06:00

My memory card was full and I was just uploading all of the pics. Thought I would just take a minute and post a few of them on here real fast. No update right now though. Sorry I've been a blog slacker. Please take these posted pics as my apology, and I promise to update soon :-)

Will riding the scooter with his Old Papa (Brandon's grandfather)

Wearing Daddy's boots

Aren't boys in overalls just the cutest?

Mere, NeeNee, and me before the New Kids on the Block concert

Brandon in front of the Astrodome

To Kami

2008-12-28T21:42:00.002-06:00

This is Kami Yasko (well, actually in this picture, she was still Kami Ellis). :-) She was such a beautiful bride wasn't she. I found this on my computer today. I love this picture. She lives in New York, and I miss her so much.
Kami, just wanted you to know that I was thinking about you, and I miss you like crazy. I think about you everyday, and pray for you every chance I get. God has great things in store for you. You are my hero!!

love
Holly

"Proud to be an American.....

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where at least I know I'm free....."

Regardless of who you voted for, history was made. That is something to be proud of. I'm proud to be an American.

From John McCain's speech:
"And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit. We never surrender. We never hide from history. We make history."

From Obama's victory speech last night:
"It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America."

I wanted to write more on the this blog about how I've been feeling regarding the election and the state of our union and just never could quite come up with the right words. My friend Kami and her husband James are among some of the most brilliant people I know. This is an excerpt from Kami's blog that is exactly what I wanted to say.
"I've been scared in my country for at least the last 5 years. I hope and pray that this is the change we need, and I'm not the only one. Over 62 million people also had that same idea. He wasn't elected BECAUSE he's black, he wasn't elected because he's a socialist (which he's not), he wasn't elected because we're all stupid, he was elected because people want change, they want hope...hope that it will get better. Can he do it? hopefully. I pray that WE can. Americans. It involves all of us, believing and working towards the same cause: Making this country as great as we know it can be. "

BIG ULTRASOUND

2008-10-15T08:35:00.002-05:00

So we had our big ultrasound yesterday. I was exactly 21 weeks. It went absolutely perfect. The baby was moving around A LOT in there but everything looked absolutely perfect. Baby is measuring a little bit ahead at 22 weeks 5 days which just means I'll probably be looking at another big baby just like Will. But I'll have a repeat C section probably around 38 weeks, so we are looking at around Feb. 9th or 10th. Other than that, no problems to report whatsoever which we are very grateful for. Definitely an answer to our prayers. God has definitely blessed us richly.

I'm sure everyone is curious to know what we are having......

Well.......

We are very excited to introduce our LITTLE GIRL!!!!! We will be naming her Ella Lee (Ella after my Memaw, Lee is my best friend Meredith's middle name). We are more excited then we can possibly express. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Hurricane Ike

2008-09-15T15:44:00.002-05:00

Hey everybody. Just wanted to let everyone know that we are okay. Our street faired very well during the storm, although I can't say that for the rest of the neighborhood, or city for that matter. LOTS of downed and uprooted trees and power lines. Cell phone service is still out as well. We still don't have electricity, but luckily Meredith, my best friend in the whole world, got power back on Saturday night so we've been here since Sunday. Hopefully her and Lance don't get too sick of us. We are so lucky they took us in.
Mom, if you read this, I can't get calls yet so probably just wait until Sunday when you get off the ship, or email if you can. LOVE YOU!!!

Stats

2008-09-11T08:23:00.001-05:00

Took Will to the doctor on Tuesday for his 12 month check up. He weighed 27 1/2 pounds and was 29 3/4 inches long. So I was a little off, but not by much. My little boy is still HUGE and it's getting harder and harder to lug him around :)

Everyone stay safe.

Will's 1 year pics

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For Will's 1st birthday Grammie took him and had his first professional pictures made. These are just scans of the pics so the quality isn't that great. But he's still such a cutie.

Lamb Family Update

2008-09-02T20:44:00.002-05:00

Lots have been a happenin around here. Will turned 1 the Friday before I went back to work and things haven't slowed down since. So I apologize that this update is coming so late.
Will has been doing great. He turned 1 and definitely turned into a toddler over night. He is such an easygoing little guy (I say this quietly, so as not to jinx it) :-) He sleeps great at night, naps great in the daytime. About 2 weeks before he turned 1 I started taking bottles away from him during the day and giving him a sippy cup. When I realized that he really could care less either way I took away the bottles completely with no fuss. I kept the last bottle before he went to bed for a few weeks, more for my comfort than his because that was our cuddle time, but as of last week, No More Bottles. It's amazing. The pacifier might be a different story. He doesn't use it all the time, just sleep time, car rides, and when he's really upset, so I figured I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.
Will is also more and more independent. He is walking more and more. A few posts down I posted a video of him. He also will not eat any babyfood whatsoever. All tablefoods now. If he can't feed himself, he won't eat it :-) His two bottom teeth are completely in, and 4 of his top teeth all cut through in the last week. With very little fuss (for which I thank God for) :-) He doesn't go in for his 12 month check up until next week so I'm not sure what he weighs or how tall he his but my guess is about 27 pounds about about 31 or 32 inches long. I'll let you know next week how close I was.
My pregnant behind is tired though :-) I know I know you don't have to say it. "if I'm tired now just wait till the baby comes..." blah :-) Last dr. appt was great, everything looks and sounds great. I go back to the dr next Thursday. Big ultrasound isn't until Oct. 14th. I think it's a boy, Brandon thinks it's a girl. Will thinks it's a boy too since he's been saying "bubbubbubbubbub" a lot lately :-) Thats about it here. I'll try not to be a blog slacker anymore, but I can't make any promises....

Random cuteness pics:

bathtime baby

on Saturday mornings I let him eat his breakfast in the walker while he watches cartoons
He found his nose, now his finger is always there.....

Future Tiger

2008-09-02T20:36:00.003-05:00

This past Saturday was the kickoff to a great season of LSU football. While I wasn't born an LSU fan, I am one by marriage (shhh, i'm still a sooner fan too!!) :-) But Will has it in his blood and there is no denying who he roots for. Geaux Tigers!!

Mullet Man

2008-09-02T20:31:00.003-05:00

Business in the front

Party in the back

Brandon won't let me cut his hair yet. So my beautiful little boy has a mullet. He's still so stinkin' cute though!! Definitely the cutest mullet I've ever seen HAHA

Walkin' Man

2008-09-02T20:20:00.005-05:00

I finally was able to capture on video Will walking. It's pretty cute but I'll admit it, I'm biased. He walks with his arms straight out in front of him. My guess is to balance out his wide load in the rear (hey, he is my child after all, haha). It makes him look like a drunk Frankenstein. Anyways, sorry he only has a diaper on, but at home, he really would rather not wear clothes :-)

For Grammie

2008-08-21T20:45:00.002-05:00

A few pics for Will's Grammie since she's out of town......

I'll update as soon as I have time. I went back to work this week and Brandon has been working nights. As I'm typing this Will is ripping up computer paper. I promise I'll give a good update soon.

Surprise!!

2008-07-10T20:01:00.004-05:00

For those of you that don't know yet, I'M PREGNANT!!! I KNOW!! Crazy. It's still pretty early, I'm only about 7 weeks along. I wanted to wait a little longer to tell people but my cute husband has already told everyone he knows and posted it on his myspace page, so I figured I might as well tell people too :-) We are really excited. I'm due on February 24th but I'll have a c-section so it'll be sometime before then. Hopefully the 13th right Mom ;-) haha Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Will update:
He is almost 11 months old, and even though he is quite the handful, he is such a great baby. He is very nosy, and always has to know whats going on around him. Loves to explore, and pretty much has no fear. He isn't walking yet but it's only a matter of time. He is starting to stand independently for longer and longer periods of time. I've seen him take like one step but then he realizes what he's doing and falls down. So I think he'll be walking soon. His 2nd tooth just cut through on the bottom next to his first one. Man, was that an ordeal. TEETHING SUCKS!!!
I can't believe he is almost 1. The year has flown by.

New stuff

2008-06-27T14:02:00.004-05:00

We kept our nephew Kade this week and Will has had a BLAST having him here. Not to sure Kade has had as much fun with Will following him around everywhere he goes, but they both seemed to enjoy each others company.

Took Will swimming for the first time on Sunday and he LOVED it. Stayed in there for hours splashing and floating around. He didn't even mind water in his face. We figure he wouldn't mind the water too much with as much as he loves bathtime but it was amazing. Here are some pics from Sunday with Will's cool new float.

He's such a big boy now. He feeds himself and drinks out of a sippy cup like a pro.

Even he want to pinch those cheeks :-)
Bathtub Mohawk
Loves his rubber ducky
His new favorite activity, accompanied by banging the pot on the ground and yelling.

10 months old

2008-06-16T16:03:00.005-05:00

Well, he's 10 months old now. Only 2 more months until his 1st birthday. What can I say about him other than he is awesome. He is just the sweetest, funniest, good natured, fun loving little boy I've been around. Really he is great. We love him more than anything in the world, there aren't even words to describe it.
He is getting more and more independent by the day. He would much rather feed himself then eat any kind of baby food off of a spoon, which had me worried that he wasn't eating enough, but his doctor assured me that he wasn't going to be starving himself. We went to the doctor a little over a week ago because he got thrush (AGAIN! This was the 3rd time) and he weighed 24 1/2 pounds and was 29 3/4 inches long. Growing big and strong. I love being home with him and I pretty sure he feels the same way and we have quickly settled into a pretty good routine. I look forward to a busy summer ahead.

Almost too big for the swing, but he loves it!

His favorite spot.
He thinks I'm funny :-)
He's precioius
Peek a boo
I didn't do it!
If you look close you can see his 1 tooth

2008-06-16T15:46:00.005-05:00

In November of 2000 I was in college. I was in the middle of taking my first Political Science class (the first of many) during what turned out to be one of the most historic presidential elections....to date anyway. I stayed up late watching NBC, and during their coverage Tim Russert taught the viewing public (myself included) how the electoral process worked using a dry erase board. He taught it and explained it better than my own Poli Sci professor did!! Plus, he had all kinds of modern technology at his disposal, and he used a dry erase board. Classic.

Those that know me well, know that I have a passion for politics. So passionate, in fact, that many refuse to discuss politics with me. Well, except for my parents, and we really only talk about issues we agree on. On Friday, the world lost what I would say is the most influential political journalist of this time. In the last 72 hours I have watched countless programs about what a remarkable human being Tim Russert was. And he was remarkable. He will be greatly missed. This election is going to be one of historic magnitude, and the coverage of it will not be the same without him.

Tim Russert

1950-2008

Picture Crazy

2008-06-02T19:36:00.004-05:00

Playing with the leapfrog table (best.toy.ever)

About to try to pull on the trash can
Cutie
"I think I'll call him Mini Me" :-)
Family
Will and MeMe at his recital
Bath time fun
Will and his Aunt Amanda Kay

9 1/2 months old

2008-05-30T07:57:00.004-05:00

He doesn't miss many meals

The duck head was yummy

Help! I'm stuck!!
CHEESE!!!

A lot has been going on with the Lamb Family these days. Last Saturday we finally got moved into our house. It's beautiful and we absolutely love it. I was afraid that Will was going to have a little trouble adjusting to his new surroundings and his new room (and have withdrawals from not seeing Grammy and Papa D everyday) but he seems to be doing pretty well. Although I know he still misses his Grammy and Papa D A LOT!!! He has a lot of toys in his new play area but it seems he rather enjoys hearing me tell him no over and over again, because the only toys he likes to go after are the TV cords, the remote, the kitchen cabinets, you get my drift :-)

We still have quite a bit of boxes to unpack. It's just a little bit slower to unpack when you have a baby that gets into everything, and you have to chase around all the time. But it'll get done eventually :-)

Only 1 week left until I get to be a stay at home mom for 2 months. I can't wait!!! Hopefully I'll be able to update his blog more with the time off. But I'm definitely loooking forward to spending time with my big guy.
I took Will for his check up yesterday. He weighed 24 1/2 pounds and was 29 3/4 inches long. Still growing big and strong. We finally got a tooth, but just one and it isn't even all the way in yet. It looks so cute though. I've tried to get pics of it but every time I get close he clamps his mouth shut.
Hope everyone has a great weekend. I'll try to post some updated pics of the house soon. :-)

9 MONTHS OLD!!

2008-05-15T11:26:00.002-05:00

Will is 9 months old today. I'm going to take him in for his check up next week but I'm going to guess and say hes probably around 23 or 24 pounds. He's a big fella :-) He is so much fun and just growing and getting smarter everyday. I don't have any pics to show right now, but I promise I'll post some new ones soon.
We have been super busy trying to get the house ready to move in. We've pretty much been working for 10 days straight and we are almost done. Well, not done but done with what we need to in order to move in. There are a lot of other little things that I want to do but that can wait till the summer when I have more time. We are set to start moving next Saturday (5/24) and we are so ready to finally be in our house. I'll update again soon with pics of Will and of the new house. Have a great weekend!!

WE ARE HOMEOWNERS!!!

2008-05-07T11:36:00.001-05:00

We thought that it might not ever happen but it did. After a long journey, and a lot of prayers we finally closed on our house. We are so excited we can hardly stand it. It'll still be a couple of weeks before it's ready to move in but we are slowly but surely starting to work on the house a little each day. As soon as everything is done I will post before and after pictures. We can't wait to move in it!!

Another milestone

2008-04-26T15:10:00.004-05:00

He crawls to the couch....

and PULLS HIMSELF UP!!!!
Looks around.....
then falls down! :-)
Unfortunately, Mommy and Daddy weren't there to see it. Luckily Grammy and Papa D were and captured it on camera for us to see. I would be sad that I keep missing all of these major moments, but I'm just so proud of him. He's growing up so fast!!! Have I said that before :-)

p.s. Still haven't closed on the house. I would say that we are this week, but at this point, who knows.

New Pics

2008-04-25T17:13:00.002-05:00

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

Yum
Yoga pose
Playing piano w/ Papa D
I am AWESOME

Look what I can do!!!

2008-04-17T17:46:00.002-05:00

SO apparently Will decided to grow up on me over night. When I picked Will up from daycare this afternoon, his teacher told me he had been very busy today. He held his own bottle everytime he ate, and ate all of his bottle (something he rarely does at daycare), he said "baba" when his teacher gave him his bottle (Brandon said he did this last night, but I missed it), and he started crawling all over on his knees. Makes me very proud, but sad that I missed it all.

We should close on the house next Friday. Hope it actually happens.

8 months old!!!

2008-04-15T22:27:00.004-05:00

Beautiful eyelashes Gettin some love from his Daddy
Runs like a Deere :-)
Still no teeth
CRAWLING!!!!
"WHAAAATS UP"
Crawling to his toys
"I'm tired now"

Will is 8 months old today. I can't believe it's going by so fast. He is doing so well and has marked so many milestones. He is a big boy too. He weighs about 22 pounds and is 28 inches longs. He is also wearing 12-18 month clothes. Definitely the biggest kid in his class at school. We are now having to chase him around everywhere. No, he's not walking yet, but he is definitely crawling pretty quickly. He can get up on his knees to crawl, but prefers the army crawl, and goes much faster in reverse that going forward. We are still toothless, but from the sleepless nights we've gotten for the past week, we are hoping and praying that they are coming soon. Will had been doing really well and sleeping through the night but for the past week he has taken to screaming at 3 in the morning. The only thing that seems to calm him down is getting in bed with mommy and daddy, and well, I can't be held accountable for making rational decisions in the middle of the night so he's gotten in bed with us. I'm sure I'm setting us up for some bad habits, but sleep is GOOD!! Thats about all thats going on around here. We still haven't closed on the house. I'mfrustrated about it, but there isn't much I can do, it's not in my hands. Hopefully my next updates will be about our renovations on our new home.

The many hats of Will Lamb

Mommy's little ball player

He didn't really like this one
He is so cute

Light at the end of the tunnel?

2008-04-04T07:27:00.005-05:00

We hope to close in the next week. Please pray that we do. For my sanity.......

To brighten the day here are a few random pics of my cute little man. They aren't recent. Just some pictures I found when looking through all the pictures on the computer.

He is one cool dude.

Playing peek a boo with his Memaw

Still no house

2008-04-01T17:39:00.001-05:00

We were suppose to close on Friday 3/28. It is now Tuesday 4/1 and we still haven't closed. Long story, but the title company I'm not very happy with right now. I'm definitely not a happy camper. I was hoping to close by the end of the week, but I don't think that is going to happen either. Stay tuned, I hope to have good news soon.....

Our future home

2008-03-13T07:53:00.005-05:00

Lots of changes in store for the Lamb family and we are so excited. If all goes well (and as planned) we will be purchasing our first home at the end of March. We are scheduled to close on March 28th. It's a relatively new house, built in 2003, and only had 1 owner but they haven't lived in the house in a year. It's in foreclosure so we will need to do a little bit of work to before we move in (mostly painting, cleaning, and a few minor other things) and then there are a few maintenence things that will need to get done but that can wait till we move in. It's 1944 sq ft and 4 bedrooms 2 baths!!! We love it and can't wait to move in. Here are a view pics that I took while waiting for the inspector. I didn't get as many as I would have liked but you still get the idea.

Front

Picture is taken from where the fridge will go, and to the right is a small island/counter

View of the living room from the kitchen
View of the dining room from the kitchen
We will definitely be doing some painting!!
Garden tub in master bath
View from the front door of the front living room (which will be our study/computer room)

Almost 7 months old!!!!

2008-03-13T07:34:00.003-05:00

I can't believe Will is almost 7 months old already. He has grown so much in just a months time. Will can now sit independently for quite some time. He's rolling and rolling and rolling and then he rolls some more. I've never seen a baby roll so fast. I'm not sure if he'll ever want to crawl or walk because there's no way he would be able to get there as fast as he can roll :-) He is also talking up a storm. Not really saying any specific words, but he babbles non stop and has learned to shreak which is always fun. He weighs a little over 21 pounds and is 27 3/4 inches long. Still growing like a weed.

Always happy when it's dinner time!!

My little Elvis
Sitting up and playing like a big boy
Yummy toes!!
Rare picture of Mommy and Will

(he looks just like Brandon in this picture)

6 months old

2008-02-25T13:50:00.003-06:00

Well he's actually a little older than 6 months now, but on his 6 month birthday we all had a bad virus, and Will also got pink eye, which was not fun. Last week we were starting to get better and this week we are finally all better (and praying that we stay that way). We went to the doctor on 2/15 (for the pink eye, not his 6 month shots) and Will weighed almost 21 lbs and was 27 1/2 inches long. He certainly is momma's big ole boy. Here's some pics. Hope you enjoy.

Go Stros!!!

Lots of drool, but still no teeth
I love my Grammy!!!
Playing with Daddy's hat!! This is his Elvis smile :)
I think he looks like me in this pic
Geaux Tigers
Those cheeks are so kissable!!
Finally got my big boy high chair
Will's first Valentine's day
His shirt say "Johnny Cash: Crawl the line"

Rough week

2008-02-07T08:25:00.000-06:00

It has been a pretty rough week in our house. On Monday I just happened to go visit Will at daycare during my conference period. My favorite girl in there (and she's my favorite because she LOVES Will and takes excellent care of him) told me he was fighting eating and she looked in his mouth and thought that he had thrush. So I looked and he had in on his tongue and on the inside of his lips. So we went to the doctor that afternoon and got some medicine. He didn't eat real well that day but still slept through the night so it wasn't making him that uncomfortable. Tueday he was really good at daycare, still didn't eat a whole lot but he was okay. Tuesday night he went to sleep about 8:00 and woke up at about 11:30 and was sick. He was really stopped up and congested, having trouble breathing and was choking a little when he would cough if he was laying on his back. He also ran a little bit of a fever which definitely scared me but after a little tylenol it went down. He was just miserable and neither of got much sleep. I ended up calling into work and taking him to the doctor again for the second time this week. He got some antibiotics but is still pretty congested. Doc said we could give him some Robitussin which made him kind of sleepy but I think it made him feel better because he ate better and slept through the night last night. I'm so glad Grammy and Papa D are home. They are lifesavers and are watching him today so he didn't have to go back to the germy daycare, but he'll be back there tomorrow. I'm sure the ladies there are missing their little buddy.
I just hate seeing my happy baby so miserable like that. Just praying that he gets better soon. Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Doctors Appointment

2008-01-23T16:54:00.000-06:00

Just wanted to give you guys an update. I took Will to the kidney specialist on Tuesday for a checkup (Will was born with a right kidney that does not function and is actually just a big ball of cysts). The docs said that based on the ultrasound he had in November, that the right kidney has no function and no blood flow to it (which is good, that means it will just shrink and die off), and that the left kidney has taken over all the function and looks good. This is very good news. We will just have to continue to have blood work every 6 months and ultrasounds every year till Will is about 5 years old. We have to keep an eye on his blood pressure (high blood pressure is bad for the kidney), make sure he doesn't get any serious or severe UTI which could damage his one good kidney. THe doc said that people live with one kidney all the time, some don't even know that they only have one kidney and so he is a healthy growing boy and to continue to treat him as such. All in all it was a good appointment. God is awesome and has definitely answered our prayers!!!
OH, and they drew a vial of blood out of his hand and he did not cry at all. Not even a wimper. The lady was talking to him and he was actually was laughing and smiling at her. My little man is so strong and brave.
They also weighed him and measured him. He's 5 months and 1 week old, and he weighs 20 POUNDS and 8 oz!!!!!! and was 26 inches long!!! My big ole chunky monkey!!!!! He's getting big and growing too fast!!! But I'm sure I've said that already :)

HI GRAMMY AND PAPA D

2008-01-20T22:31:00.000-06:00

I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU VERY MUCH!!! PLEASE COME HOME SOON!!!
love Will

It looks like I'm smiling real big, but I'm actually just talking away

Cute boy!!
Look what I can do!!!

5 MONTHS OLD!!!

2008-01-14T21:00:00.000-06:00

I can't believe Will is 5 months old already!! Time is really flying by. We are starting to get back in the swing of things and are starting to adjust to our new schedule. I went back to work last Monday (1/7) and with that brought some changes. My mom and dad had been keeping Will since I went back to work in October, but they started traveling again so Will started daycare when I went back to work this past week. The first day was rough on me, but I've finally adjusted and so has Will, and am starting to love the ladies that watch him while I'm at work, and they seem to really love Will too. Will is so much fun. He laughs and smiles a lot, and is just growing so fast. We are gradually starting him on baby food. He's eating oatmeal twice a day and LOVES it. He wolfs it down in minutes with minimal amount getting spit out. We will start giving him vegatables in a week or so. Thats whats going on with us. Hope everyone that reads this is doing well.
Here are lots of new pictures. They are kind of out of order a little bit.

Big boy sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed

Merry Christmas (his bib says "who needs Santa when I have Grandma)
Silly boy
Love that gummy smile
My favorite picture of Will with Daddy
Our nephew Kainon eating his Christmas present
Nephews Kade and Kainon
Wills new exersaucer
Eating oatmeal
All done

Happy Holidays!!!

2007-12-27T20:34:00.000-06:00

The great debate from our families over Christmas was who Will looks like, Mommy or Daddy? What do you think?
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!! We are definitely still exhausted from running all over town on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Will had a wonderful first Christmas, and got lots of really great presents. His favorite present right now is his ExerSaucer which is a little too big for him but with a pillow behind his back he will do circles in that thing. I'll try to get my pictures uploaded soon to share. We really did have a wonderful Christmas and are so thankful we both have such great family around us.
We went to the doctor the Tuesday before Christmas for Will's 4month check up and he weighed 17lbs 14oz and was 26 inches long!!! Such a big boy....
Hope everyone has a terrific New Years. I'll try to get an update soon. Please keep us in your prayers, we are seriously house hunting and it's a little nerve wracking. Have a great weekend

Will meeting Santa Claus

2007-12-07T10:06:00.000-06:00

Will's Kidney Test

2007-12-06T10:32:00.000-06:00

On Monday November 19th Will had a renal scan at Memorial Hermann. We arrived at the hospital around 7:30am and got all checked in. The technician came and got us around 8 and brought us back to the room. They had to start an IV, which I was really worried about but Will did great. It took them a few minutes to find a vein but they did and of course Will cried and screamed but only for a minute or two. I think Brandon and I might have cried more than he did. After they started the IV we had to wait about 45 mintues or so for the tech to make up the dye stuff that they were going to put in the IV. Will actually fell asleep while we waited. After they put the dye in they took the IV out and said we could leave but had to come back in 4 hours for them to take pictures of the kidneys. My mom and dad came with us, thankfully, and took us out to breakfast and then we drove around Houston. Being a former Houston firefighter my dad was an EXCELLENT tour guide. We got back to the hospital and went to the x-ray room and for the test Will had to lay still on his tummy. He HATES tummy time, always has, and started screaming bloody murder when we put him on his stomach. Brandon and I just quietly talked to him and stroked his head and after about 10 minutes of screaming he finally fell asleep for the remainder of the test. The tech started taking pictures and said "how many kidney's does he have" and Brandon and I kind of looked at each other and said "two" and the tech said that he couldn't find the right kidney. This was the news that we were really waiting to hear. The test was not an ultrasound, so the right kidney is still there, it just has no function (which we knew) and no blood flow (which is what we are hoping for). This is a good thing. With no blood flow we are hoping that the kidney will eventually just die off. They said that the left kidney looks good as far as bloodflow and everything so that is really good news. We won't know more until we go for our follow up appt with the doctor on January 22nd. But so far the preliminary test results are very positive. Here are some pictures of my brave little man

2007-12-06T07:38:00.000-06:00

Pics from the Baby Dedication at my mom and dad's church on Sunday November 18th.

Finally an Update

2007-12-05T20:45:00.000-06:00

Sorry it's taken me so long to update. The Last couple of weeks since Thanksgiving have been busy and exhausting. Only 2 more weeks until Christmas break and I can't wait.So Thanksgiving was definitely an experience. We took our first road trip with Will and he was such a trooper. We left for Baton Rouge around 11:30am the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Because of the bridge closing outside of Lafayette we had to take a detour and it took us 7 hours to get there. Will's first Thanksgiving was great. The family loved him. Friday after Thanksgiving Brandon and I got to go to the LSU vs. Arkansas game, which didn't turn out the way we wanted but we definitely still had a blast. It was still a great game to be at even if LSU did lose. Will got to stay with Meme, and got to do some holiday shopping. We left to come back home on Sunday in really cold, rainy weather. It took us about the same amount of time to get home and we were very exhausted. Here are some pics from Thanksgiving week. More updates to come....

"Welcome to Death Valley"

Three generations

O'Papa, Will, and Brandon

Will love's mommy :)

Will and O'papa
GEAUX TIGERS
Mommy, I'm ready to go home

3 months old

2007-11-15T00:00:00.000-06:00

Well, my little baby isn't so little anymore. He's growing so fast and getting so big. He's about 16 pounds, 24 1/2 inches long, and is barely fitting in size 3-6 month cloths, 6-9 months is what he's fitting in. Gram (my mom) says that he has rolled over from his tummy to his back, but of course I was at work and have yet to see it. Brandon also swears that he waved bye to him this morning :-) He isn't sleeping through the night yet but he is still a great sleeper so I am definitely not complaining at all. Not really much else to report on our end. Sunday will be my first girls night out. I'm going with my best friend Meredith to see RENT and I'm super excited. I have all next week off for Thanksgiving, and I am definitely looking forward to spending a lot of time with Will and Brandon. Monday Will has his renal scan so please be praying for that, and on Wednesday we will be leaving for Baton Rouge for Thanksgiving. We have been looking forward to this trip for a while, even though I know it will be challenging to travel that far with an infant. But we definitely can't wait for Will to meet his O'Papa (Brandon's grandfather), plus Brandon and I will be going to the LSU vs. Arkansas game on Friday!!! GEAUX TIGERS!!! Just in case I don't get a chance to post again for a while, Hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.Oh, and CONGRATS my best friend Meredith who got engaged over the weekend. I am completely over the moon excited for her. Her ring is GORGEOUS, and I can't wait to start helping plan what I know will be the most awesome wedding ever :-) We love you guys!!!

Meredith and I the day I got married

Aunt Meredith and Will
Just random cute pic of my boys

GEAUX TIGERS!!!

2007-11-04T21:45:00.000-06:00

This weekend Brandon and I took Will to meet his Uncle Jimbo, Aunt Dani, and cousins Lauren, Colton, Maci, Forrest and Corbin. We all hung out and watched LSU beat Alabama (barely!). It was a great weekend and it was really fun to spend some time with Jimbo and his family since we rarely get to see them. We're hoping that we will all get to hang out again soon. Not a whole lot going on this week. It's the end of the 6 weeks so I'm sure I'll be stressed out. :) Papa D is coming home on Tuesday after being gone a month. We have really missed him and can't wait for him to get home. Brandon is going to see Toby Mac on Saturday with his brother and family. I'm not a huge fan, so I'm going to spend time with Will and my parents. Hope you all have a great week. Here's some pics from the weekend.

The Lamb Family all decked out in our LSU finest!

He bleeds Purple and Gold, and he brought me over to the dark side!! :-)

My big growing boy

2007-11-02T16:59:00.000-05:00

My future linebacker

Will is 2 1/2 months old now and is getting so big. On Tuesday we went to the peditrician and he weighed 15 lbs and was over 23 inches long. He's growing up way too fast!!! We also went to the kidney specialist on Tuesday. Will was born with a multicystic right kidney (right kidney has several cysts in it). We found out about it while I was pregnant and had several ultrasounds to monitor them throughout the pregnancy. The left kidney is fine and seems to have taken over function for the right kidney. The specialist we saw at was really nice and says we need to have some more tests before we see what our course of action will be. On November 19th he will have a renal scan where they have to put in an iv and put some kind of dye that will go through his system and through his kidney. It's very complicated but long story short we are checking to see if there is any blood flow to the right kidney. If there isn't, then more than likely the kidney will just kind of die off on its own. If there is blood flow, because of the cysts, he will be at a higher risk for complications from infection or it could cause high blood pressure which could lead to him having to have the kidney removed. That would be okay, because people live with one kidney all the time, but surgery is definitely not what we want to go through. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers in the coming weeks.
Tomorrow we are taking Will to meet his Uncle Jimbo and Aunt Dani (Brandon's brother and sister in law) and their kids. We will be watching LSU run all over and Alabama and Nick Sabin (who Brandon calls the devil haha). GEAUX TIGERS!!!!

Will's First Halloween

2007-11-02T10:13:00.000-05:00

He wasn't so sure about the whole costume thing!

My little moo cow

Daddy dressed up like a Cowboy to go with our Cowbaby

I love these smiles!!!

Will dress up as a cow for Halloween. We weren't going to dress him up because we couldn't find a costume that we liked or one that we thought he would be comfortable in. Tuesday Gram (my mom) and I went to a children's resale shop in Baytown and found that cow outfit for $3.50!!! It was made out of sweatshirt material. When I got to the register it was 50% off so I got it for a $1.88!! So awesome and he looked absolutely adorable in it.

Some more pics of Will

2007-11-02T10:08:00.000-05:00

8/15/07 WILL'S BIRTHDAY

2007-11-02T08:42:00.000-05:00

Our birth story:
Tuesday 8/14/07
Almost 37 weeks pregnant I went to have an ultrasound at my doctor's office around 10:30 am to check weight and position. Since about 20 weeks Will had been breeched and always measured on the big side on the ultrasound. The ultasound on this day showed that he was still breeched, his weight was off the charts (thought he was around 9 lbs at 3 weeks early!!) and it showed that the amniotic fluid was very low. The doctor was afraid that the fluid was low due to Will's multicystic kidney so he ordered a C-section for the next day!!! I was really nervous and excited at the same time. Good thing my mom was with me or I don't think I would have been able to drive home :-) The rest of the day consisted of going to the hospital to register and get blood drawn, getting things together for the hospital stay, and making tons of phone calls to friends and family. I couldn't eat after midnight that night so Mom and I went and had a big lunch at Cheddar's, my favorite restaurant. The rest of the day and night were kind of a blur. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep that night.
Wednesday 8/15/07
C-section scheduled for 7:30am so we had to arrive at 5:30. I didn't sleep much the night before so I got out of bed around 3:30 and took a shower. We all (me, Brandon, Mom and Dad) headed for the hospital around 4:45 or so. I got checked in, changed, shaved (yeah, that was fun), IV'd, and hooked up to all the monitor and then it was just a waiting game. Tried to relax and shut my eyes but sleep just wasn't going to happen so I just watched the news and talked to Brandon and my parents. They rolled me into the operating room and 7:30 and I got all scrubbed up, got my beautiful epidural and spinal block combo, and William Kenneth Lamb was born at 7:48 am (yeah, my doctor is really fast!!!). He was absolutely gorgeous. He weighed 8lbs 8 oz (very big for a boy that was 3 weeks early, glad I didn't go all the way to 40 weeks), and was 19 inches long. We stayed in the hospital for 3 days and finally came home on the 18th. Here's some pics from Will's birthday

Starting our family blog

2007-11-02T07:50:00.000-05:00

So I was lurking around on some blogs and came across the beautiful Ellis family blog (Allison, Aaron, and Noah) and just absolutely loved reading all about how big Noah was getting that I thought it would be cool to start our own family blog. I think it will be neat to look back a year from now and see how much Will has grown and all the milestones that we've reached.