The Phillips Party

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Holiday Happening's

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This is for all of the people who still check in on the blog even though I don't update nearly enough! Also, for all the family who can't see what goes on in our life during the busiest time of the year. May 2011 bring everyone many blessings!! Lots of pics in this and a few other posts. (I always forget it loads backwards so it actually starts at the bottom.)

Busy World, but only getting Busier!

2010-06-04T13:09:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone for hanging with us when I have only been updating every couple of months! So much has been going on over the last little bit. Caelan had his first tball season (and Jared was the coach!) Caelan's 4th Birthday was at the end of April. Maddox has been up and down with sickness- more than I ever cared for! Mom (Lola) had back surgery. Aubrey had foot surgery #3. Jared has started his own business. My business has picked up speed. Caelan finished his school year in the 3's and Maddox finished his first school year ever! I am telling you we have had little to no down time! Down time- are those words that go together?! Here are some pics for everyone. I really am going to try and keep this thing updated now that summer is here. have made this statement before, but I really want to keep it up so I can look back and see what the boys were like. They change so much every week!

Still Mor Pictures :)

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Birthday Events

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I know, I know!

2010-02-23T08:09:00.000-08:00

For those of you who think we fell of the Earth, let me assure you we didn't. It has just been insanely busy for us! We have had so much going on and I really don't know when it will slow down. With that being said, I am just going to post several times of nothing but pics. Hope you enjoy!

A few videos for your enjoyment!

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This video is Caelan saying the different pledges at school. They say them at chapel every thursday. He loves it and is so proud of himself for knowing them! We are so proud of him for everything he is learning!

This next video is of Maddox. He started walking on Saturday. (He was 10 months on saturday.) I still can't believe my little boy is growing up so fast. He took 6 steps on sat. and then 11 at the park on monday. I am so glad that Jared and I were able to be together when both of our boys started walking! It is such a special time! I will post another video, a better one, later this weekend, but I just wanted the families to be able to see this now. Take care everyone and enjoy!

Initial Here Preview Party

2009-08-24T21:45:00.000-07:00

I realized today that I have not posted on my own blog about the Preview Party we are having this weekend for my business. We are having a party to show examples of the things we can do. We would love to see anyone that can make it. We are also giving a discount for any order that is placed at the party or is e-mailed to us before. We are also open to people bringing items. If you would like more information about Sunday, please let me know. You can leave a comment and I will get back to you! Our blog is www.initialheremonogramming.blogspot.com. Our e-mail is initialheremail@gmail.com.

We haven't fallen off the face of the earth!

2009-08-12T13:44:00.000-07:00

Hello to all again! It has been a long time since the last post. I have wanted to post so many times since, but lack of time (and sleep) have kept me from doing just that! The one main reason for not posting has been my mom. June 12th my mom had a triple bypass at Brookwood. 2 weeks later she went for a routine follow-up and told the doctors she was having chest pain still. They opted to keep her to try and figure out what was going on and it ended up one of her graphs had failed and she needed 2 stints (sp?) put in. She was in the hospital for another 6 days for that. After this she started to try and get her strength back. She kept an eye on her blood pressure and heart rate only to discover her bp was low and hr was high. Once again, back to the doctor she went. This time she had an angioplasty done. In the words of her cardiologist her right coronary artery has been rebuilt with the 3 surgeries. So, in a nutshell, my mom has been in the hospital 14 days in the last 7 weeks. She says she does not want to be back in the hospital ever! Who can blame her?!

On to better news, the boys! They are both growing so quickly! Maddox is now 8 1/2 months old. He is eating lots of different foods (sweet potatoes, squash, crackers, puffs and others). Not to mention the cheerios he could eat his weight in! He is also on the move. He has been crawling for a couple of months now, but he has gotten very quick! He pulls up and can get back down again by himself. The last 2 weeks have been a little hard on him with sickness, but that has not really slowed him down. He had a mild ear infection, then 4 days later caught a 24 hour bug and 5 days later he caught a fever virus. Luckily (or unluckily), we were to be on vacation. God knew we needed to stay home instead. Other big news about Maddox are his stats. When he was sick we ended up at the dr. 2 times and they weighed him and measured him. He weighed in at 18 lbs. 12 oz. and was 29 1/8 inches long! And that was at 8 months! Caelan at 9 months was 16 lbs. 12 oz. and 29 1/8 inches! Because of this Maddox is now in Caelan's old seat. Caelan has made the move to a big boy booster seat. He loves it! For other news, Maddox is in 12-18 month clothes, but I feel we will be close to 24 months/2T size for fall. What a crazy thought! Thank goodness for kidsmarket! I will have to show the loot when I get to shop in a couple of weeks!

I have to run, but I will do another post soon! Here are a few pics of the boys for your enjoyment!

Initial Here- My New Business

2009-06-12T06:50:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago I started a business with a friend of mine, Sara Thomas. It is called Initial Here Monogramming. We can monogram or embroider many things. We have started a blog with examples. If anyone needs anything done please contact us through e-mail. We can get back to you with a price if it is not quoted on the blog. We are very excited about where this business is going and can't wait to see what God has in store for our future.

Our blog is http://www.initialheremonogramming.blogspot.com/

Pictures of March

2009-04-27T14:22:00.001-07:00

So, it has been a while!

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I know I promised to do better with the blogging but I have had a busy last few weeks. I have lots of posts in the works and much to update! The last time we blogged was when it snowed. That seems like forever ago, but that was only the beginning of March! The snow was the first of our surprises for March. About 2 weeks after we found out that Jared PASSED his last ARE test! Praise God! He took the test at the first of February, so having to wait 6 weeks was no easy task. Thank you all so much who prayed for him and our family! Right after that was Jared's birthday. He says that passing his test was gift enough, but the boys thought he could use a new shirt and shorts. (Now that he will have plenty of time to play with them since he won't be studying anymore!) Towards the end of March the weather started warming up (not for long though!) and we went to the zoo with some friends of ours, The Skeltons. This was Maddox's first trip and I think he enjoyed just being out and about. I think both of my boys would stay outside all day if I would let them. Chrissy is such a great friend and Caelan just loves Ella! He had such a great time with them! I really admire Chrissy for getting out with them. They will soon be a family of 5 with a little girl to be added to the mix in July! That means they will have 3 under 3! You guys are amazing! Later that week we took Caelan to see Playhouse Disney! We had great seats and you could see all of the characters to well! I think I will have to keep my ears open for more events like these! We all had fun! Last but not least for March, we have entered baseball season again! We all enjoy going to watch the boys play games, but this year Caelan is so much more in to it. He thinks he is on his own team and will play behind the bleachers with other kids- hitting, running the bases, and sliding. I know some of this may be a little hard to follow, but the months are flying by and Maddox was 4 months in March! I am going to do a post just for him after this. Just keep reading (up I guess).

I'm Sorry!

2009-04-10T07:16:00.001-07:00

I am so sorry I have not posted in over a month! We have been really busy and I hate to say it,but this post will be short until I have some downtime at naptime today! Hopefully, no bad weather will hinder this. Lots to catch up on (for all of you 4 blog readers)! Hope everyone has a great Good Friday and God Bless!

SNOW DAY!!!!!!!

2009-03-03T21:19:00.000-08:00

Got Milk?

2009-02-19T13:38:00.000-08:00

This was too funny not to put up! Pardon the red eyes, but I have not figured out how to edit these. :)

Krislyn Broek

2009-02-13T14:06:00.000-08:00

This goes back to another previous post, but here is baby Krislyn Broek. She was born almost 2 weeks ago. We got the opportunity to go see Sara and Kris in the hospital when they had her. She is an absolute doll! I hope God gives us the pleasure of a little girl in the future (far future) because Jared just looked so happy holding her.

My Boys

2009-02-13T13:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks. We have had such a great time with adjusting to life with 2 kids. Caelan has been a great big brother and Maddox has just fit into our routine. We cannot imagine our life without our boys.

Food, Friends, and Freedom

2009-02-13T13:16:00.000-08:00

The top picture is Caelan trying to split an egg at a Japanese restaurant. We took him to eat here when Jared had some time off at Christmas. He loved when he did this and saw the onion "volcano" they did. The next picture is from New Year's. We went to dinner at Brio and met up with Phillip and Jeanine and Robby and Andrea. It was great! All of us are going to see Wicked in April when it comes. This is a great group to get together. The last picture is of Caelan's new bed. Once Maddox arrived we decided it was time to move him to another big boy bed. He loved it! He has done great sleeping in it. We can't believe our little boy is so big!

More Christmas!

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Christmas- Better late than never :)

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These are very late, but I figure it is better to happen now rather than not at all. I hope you enjoy. I have a few others to post because we had such a big Christmas!

Let's Hope and Pray!!

2009-02-02T08:25:00.000-08:00

Today will hopefully be the last day that Jared will ever have to take a test! Today from 8 am until 2 pm he is taking test number 9 of 9 for the Architecture Registration Exam (ARE). I, along with others, have been praying for him this morning and will continue to do so. If you happen to come across this while he is still testing please send up a quick prayer. This is a huge thing for his profession and for our family. He has been preparing himself for a while to take this test and we are so proud of him! As soon as we find out how he did I will let you all know. It usually takes about a month to get the results, but God willing we will find out sooner! God has been so good to us and no matter what happens we know that His way is the best!

On other news 2 friends had their babies this past friday! The Thomas' had Krislyn on friday morning. We are so excited about her arrival as she has been a much anticipated girl for all of the boys that have been born recently! She is beautiful and I will post some pics as soon as I figure out this computer! The Mills' had Micah on friday night! He made the 8th grandson for the Lombard crew! I know everyone is so excited about his arrival. Daddy posted some pics on his facebook page and he is such a cutie. God is so good in giving both of these families such blessings!

In other sad news, I got a call from my mom this morning to tell me that a former Hoover coach and his wife lost their 3 month old baby boy this past weekend. They are thinking SIDS was the cause. Please pray for this family. As a mother it breaks my heart to hear things like this.

2 Month Check-Up

2009-01-26T20:17:00.000-08:00

We had our 2 month check-up today and Maddox was great as usual. He weighed in at 12 lbs. and 24 1/4 inches long. That puts him in the 50% for weight and 90-95 % for height. Once again we have a long, skinny boy on our hands! He is getting so big. He is already in 6 month clothing for the most part. We do have a couple of small issues to get over, but it should be cleared up by our 4 month visit in March. Dr. Bill was very happy with where he was at and said he had made tremendous strides in putting on weight since his birth. I am glad that our little boy is doing so well! Now, if we can make it to March so I can get more clothes for him at Kidsmarket!

*I plan on having some pics in the next post! Jared says that no one cares about the writing; they just want to see pics...I think I might have to agree!

Christmas

2009-01-24T15:41:00.000-08:00

I am sure I am the last person in blogger world to put up a post on Christmas! We had several different family gatherings and the boys were great for it all. Caelan really got in to the gifts this year. And I mean that literally! We got up that morning to find Caelan had already been in the living room to see what Santa had brought him. Santa brought him lots of things including a Radio Flyer Scooter and art table. That morning we saw he had moved some other gifts to get his scooter out to he could ride! He even turned on the light in the living room by himself so he could see the toys! He is such a little goof ball!

We spent Christmas morning here at the house. Lola, Papa Duck and Unc came over to see us. We had our family get together that following Saturday with them. After they left we went to Jared's parents(Grandma and PaPa) to have Christmas with them. We all got some great things that we needed.

I will post some pics from then in a different post.

My New Year's Resolution....

2009-01-24T11:12:00.000-08:00

So in a better attempt to keep everyone updated with our family I have decided to make one of my new years resolutions to be to update the blog at least once a week! This will be hard for me at first, but I thought no time like the present! I am working on a couple of posts so look for them soon. I hope your year is off to a better start than ours, but more on that later.

The Phillips Party

2008-12-21T15:54:00.001-08:00

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New Look

2008-12-16T11:12:00.000-08:00

I thought that since I had a few extra minutes I would update the look of the blog. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year. We are certainly going to have a great new year in our family! With the addition of Maddox we will be living life as a family of 4!! I can hardly believe that Jared and I have come this far. We will be married 4 years in May and we have 2 children that the Lord has blessed us with! We are so grateful to Him for allowing us this opportunity to raise up these children in His ways.

I know- 2 Posts So close together

2008-10-12T17:00:00.000-07:00

So I know I don't post this often, but we had such a great weekend that I had to share it with all! Saturday we got up early and headed to the Pumpkin Patch with our friends the Dobbins'. They have a little boy who is a little younger than Caelan, but that does not mean anything when you have 2 boys together. We started the morning early and got there about 9 am. The boys got to ride some ponies and loved it. After that we headed to go get our pumpkin and ride on the covered wagon. When we arrived at the field the boys took of running through the field while the husbands were looking for the right pumpkin. When everyone had achieved their goal of the right pumpkin we headed back to the wagon to go back. I think the two workers must have thought they were comedians because I had one ask me when I was going to pay for the pumpkin I stuck under my shirt! I didn't quite get it at first, but once I did I had to laugh. I thought later I should have told them in about 6 weeks! Everyone got a good laugh and we headed back. After the pumpkin we did the inflatables, the petting zoo and took some good "fall" pictures. I really enjoyed the whole thing and can't wait to go back next year! Here are some pics with Caelan and his friend Noah. Plus some of Mommy and Daddy.

A little update....sort of

2008-10-10T17:54:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to post a little since I have not done so in a month! I am coming along in this pregnancy pretty good. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and they say I am measuring just over a week ahead. My due date is Nov. 25th, but I am hoping that baby Maddox will make his arrival before then! A few reasons would be 1) that is the week of Thanksgiving and 2) that is the week of the Auburn vs. Alabama game and neither of which do I want to be in the hospital for! :) But, only God knows when he is going to bring our little man in to this world. The doctor believes that I am going to have another 9 pounder like Caelan. I was not at all surprised by this. I love feeling this baby inside me, but I am now ready to meet him. I look forward to all of the memories with Maddox that we have created with Caelan. I can't wait to introduce Caelan to his little brother and see him hold Maddox for the first time. All we know is that we have a little more than 6 weeks or so until we get to meet him and we all can't wait!

Caelan is growing up so quickly before our eyes! Recently, I got to go to the big consignment sale I go to every season. I got all of his fall wardrobe for about $100 or so. I thank God for the ladies who decided to start this company some 18 years ago. They make it such a wonderful experience and give all of the glory to God for bringing the three of them together. Anyways, I ended up buying him 3T pants and 4T tops. My little boy is growing faster than I can keep him clothed! I always have fun meeting up with my KidsMarket friends that I only see twice a year. We get to trade stories about our lives that have happened in the last 6 months. It is always interesting hearing about these kids.

Here are some recent pictures that I hope you will enjoy. I will post again soon about all of our friends that are having babies and about the Pumpkin Patch that we are going to tom. I can't wait to see how Caelan likes everything! These pics are of us at the beach this summer, at the lake with Caelan feeding the ducks and at home before his first day of school and an Auburn football game. Have no fear all of my Alabama fans, I will post a pic of him in his Alabama outfit on the next post! :)

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Here are some more pics from the beach and one from Vacation Bible School. Caelan loved going every night and being able to hear the wonderful music and play games with his friends. This is a pic of Caelan with Ella. They love each other. Every time they see each other they call one another by name and give hugs and kisses! I t really is so cute. We have been so blessed to become such great friends with her parents. Her dad is the Children's Pastor at church. We love him and what he gives to all of the children!

I know, it's about time!

2008-09-07T13:20:00.001-07:00

Okay, so like I promised a couple of weeks ago, here are some pics from the summer and beach. They are not in any order on here, but at least you can get a better idea of how much Caelan and I have grown.

Crazy Busy!

2008-08-20T08:35:00.000-07:00

I know it has been such a long time since we have posted! So many things have happened over the past month. The biggest of these is Caelan's first day of preschool! He started this morning and mommy could not hold it together after he got out of the car. Jared followed us to school so he could see little man go into his first day. He called me right after and I told him that if I was crying now I was going to be a terrible mess by the time Caelan got to kindergarten! I go back in a few hours to get him so we will see how he did with his first day. I promise to put pics and more updates up later. For now I have some cleaning to get done so I can keep my mind off of my little man. I hope everyone is doing well and I can't wait to share more news!

What a Week!!!!!

2008-07-16T18:44:00.000-07:00

This week has been one of the hardest weeks to get through while I have been pregnant! I have been through every emotion I can think of! It started out Monday with the Camry breaking down. Jared calls and I go try to jump it off but nothing worked. We have it towed to a local shop and they tell us the next day that, you guessed it, we need a new engine! I burst in to tears when I heard the news. I thought, are you serious?! Adios Camry! We just replaced the engine in the Expedition back in March. We are having no luck with cars these days! To make things better the "Check Engine" light came on last week and we had to take the Expedition back to the shop to see what was up. Luckily they remembered us and went right to work to find out what was wrong. I was sitting inside with the owner of the shop when his son came in with a piece of equipment and he gave me this look. He then proceeded to tell me, in the most serious voice, "I can't believe it, it needs another new engine!" I then proceeded to burst in to tears again. He then, very apologetically, said he was kidding and I was the 4th preggo he had made cry that week! And it was only Tuesday! By the time we got home I was mentally exhausted from dealing with cars and physically exhausted from being out at Alabama Adventure all day.

An update on the sleeping situation: it is going up and down. Caelan has been waking up at night wanting us to come in to his room and lay down with him. This all started the night of the fireworks on the 4th. Well, Monday night (day of dead car) we let him scream it out until he went to sleep himself. This took an hour and was 10 pm before he quit. But then at 4:45 he was back up again and we let him go again and it took 40 minutes for him to go back to sleep. I had to be up at 6:15 for the day, which meant little sleep for mom. What a day to look forward to!

On to better news, we did have some great things that happened this week with other family. My nephew turned 10 on Tuesday. My sister, nephew, and her fiance moved back to Birmingham about a month ago so this was the first party we have been able to attend in several years. Happy Birthday Hunter J! Also, my step-brother and his wife welcomed their first child on Tuesday! Kristen had an easy labor and Ashlyn was born just after 11 am. She weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. One surprise was some red hair she came out with. Mom and Dad couldn't be happier! We are so glad we have a new niece to welcome in to the family!

Our final piece of good news is we are headed to the BEACH!!!! Praise God! I think that is one of the only things that has gotten me through this week. Because of everything that has happened I am just now getting to the packing phase for the trip! Oh well, Jared is off tom. and he can finish where I stop. I hope everyone has a great couple of days and we will be back next week.

I know this has been an extremlly long post, but I had to vent! And I have to say I feel much better!

Some pictures for Daddy

2008-07-11T19:03:00.001-07:00

Daddy has said he wanted some pictures of little man up, so here they are! I hope everyone enjoys these moments with Caelan. In the first one he is talking to Grandma on the cell phone. As you can tell he is making himself right at home between daddy's legs. The next one is from Caelan's 2nd birthday party. It was a train theme and he got a train table from PawPaw. The next one is just a random shot that we took at the house. He was really hamming it up that day! The following pic was when we were making the Mother Day gifts. He just enjoyed getting to have the paint on his hands. The last one is from when we celebrated Mother's Day at his parents. Caelan was giggling about something and it came out a great shot! Hope everyone has a great weekend! Hopefully I will get to post again before Monday, we'll see!

Happy 4th?

2008-07-10T18:00:00.000-07:00

Well, we hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July! We had the brilliant idea to start potty training since we had a long weekend. Things started out really bad. We went through 6 pair of underwear in 3 hours. Jared had to make a run to Wal-Mart to get more supplies. We thought that it would be a better idea to go straight to underwear from diapers, because Caelan refers to the pull-ups as diapers. After the morning fiasco we thought maybe we were a little soon to start this whole process, but said we would give it a couple of days to work on it. On the night of the 4th we went to Jared's parents to have dinner and go to the fireworks show. Boy was this a bad idea! When we got ready to go see the fireworks some were already being shot off in the circle and Caelan flipped out! He wouldn't look at anyone and had a death grip of the person who was holding him. It took us until 11 pm that night to get him to sleep. Every time he would get to sleep he would wake up and start screaming "I scared!" We thought it was just the noise and thought we would take him to the fireworks at the Country Club. He did the same thing. Needless to say, we have taken a step backwards with potty training until we can get his fear of fireworks under control! He is still waking up this week during the middle of the night screaming. I hope this ends soon for all of our sakes!

First Post!

2008-06-29T20:25:00.000-07:00

We are so excited to have another blog for everyone to see what is going on with our family. Many updates since the last post. Caelan turned 2 at the end of April and is well on his way to being Mr. Independent! He is also on his way to being a Big Brother! Yes, we are expecting number 2 right before Thanksgiving. We truly will be so blessed this year during the holiday's. We found out recently that #2 is another Boy! His name will be Maddox Savoy. He is already showing signs of trying to out do his brother. We have so much to look forward to and can't wait to meet this little miracle God has given to us! I promise, with this blog I am going to update more than I did with Caelan's.