Busy Weekend!!!

This weekend we had so many fun milestones to celebrate with family and friends!  We were so blessed to take part in these special events...


March 26, 2011

Lawson's 1st Birthday Party~Choo! Choo! All Aboard!!

at JeJe & Papaw's

 Here's all the kids & Aunt Amanda with the Birthday Boy
ready to ride the train!

 Abram & Brystal and Asher ready to RIDE!

Asher hiding in his TrAiN CaR!  Cutie!!

The Birthday Boy, Lawson with his cousin, Nolan and Mommy!

And this is the Little Engineer's Birthday Cake ~ So CuTe!!

March 26, 2011

Baby Shower for Auburn Michael Smith & Proud Mommy, Ashley

at Our House

 The spread half way in. ;)

 Ashley opening all of the MANY gifts that were showered on her and Baby Auburn.

All the Baby Gifts in Abram's Room.  WOW!!!

March 27, 2011

Conleigh Rose's 2nd Birthday Party ~ Time for Tea

at Honeywana & Pop's

 Madame Brystal

 The Lady, Miss Bliss

The Gentleman, Mr. Abram Medders

 The Birthday Princess, Conleigh Rose

 Mommy and her little MEN

 Cason, Asher, Brystal and Abram sitting down for tea!

Decorating Cupcakes ~ YUM!

Snow Day 2011

On this COLD Friday in Lindale, TX school was cancelled and we woke up to a White Winter Wonderland!!   This is the 2nd time in 2011 that we have received snow but this time we got 4-6 inches!!!

A warm breakfast on this cold snow day!

I had to muster up the courage to brave the cold for the boys this morning.  
Aaron had to work! :( 

The BoYs running and playing in the SnOw!! 

So BeAuTiFuL!!!

Our Igloo!!

FooTpRinTs!!

My Lil' SnowAngels!

Precious Angels!

Playing in the front yard... we tried to build a snowman but the snow was too dry and wouldn't stick together so we had a snowball fight... until someone got a snow ball down the neck, got too cold and DIED! ;) You would've thought Jack Frost was physically torturing him!

Papaw brought us lunch!  So SwEEt & thoughtFUL!!!
Of course, pizza at Medders Manor means a picnic in the living room and a movie!  
This time in front of the fire.  "Comfty Cozy!"

Asher LOVES his PiZZa and RANCH!!! 

Asher, Cason & Abram in the bed of Pop's Gator

Me and Conleigh Rose sitting in the Gator ready to ride!

A look at our backyard. 

SLeDDiNG!! 

We met up with our neighbors, Liz, Ryder and Gunner, for some sledding...

But it didn't last long.  It was TOO COLD!!!  We quickly headed in to warm up by the fire and have some HOT Chocolate!  YuM!!!

ReCoVeRy

Since Abram's surgery on Thursday morning we have all been in recovery mode.  This means lots of rest intermixed with movies, stories, light play and all the ice cream and popsicles we can eat!!  We've had a lot of fun!  Thursday Abram was feeling surprisingly good!  We even had to tell him to calm down and keep him from being too active a couple of times.  Steel came to visit and brought him a "get well soon" present.  Abram wanted him to stay and play so Candi left him for a few hours.  We had Chocolate Chip Pancakes for dinner, per Abram's request, and sausage, Asher's favorite!  It was a good 1st day.

Day #2 of recovery - Aaron went to work since Abram had been doing so good and we stayed home to recuperate.  Abram wanted to have a pet party in the fire house so we gathered up all the build-a-bears and their clothes and accessories and set up camp - pillows, blankets...  We played up there for a while and then decided that we needed some nourishment.  Malt Time!!!  We went and made our delicious Chocolate Malts and grabbed my laptop and headed back up to the camp out.  We drank our malts with our bears and watched movies on Netflix.  It was perfect!  We also read some stories online and, of course, the boys didn't want it to ever end!!  We had a great day!!!

This is the fire house.  It's in Asher's closet.  All their tools and workshop toys are underneath and I've hung a curtain that can be closed.  The boys and all their friends LOVE playing in here!!

Day #3 of recovery - Aaron was home and that was a good thing because this was the worst day so far.  Our poor baby had thrown up twice that day and spent almost the entire day on the couch sleeping!  It had finally caught up to him and he was spent!  He had a low grade fever too.  Later in the afternoon he was feeling much better and requested chicken strips, french fries and rolls.  Aaron cooked this yummy meal for us and Abram ate pretty good that night.  After dinner we watched Toy Story 3 again and Abram and I played games on our laptops.  We were glad that our little patient perked up and felt better by the end of the day.

Day #4 of recovery - Today was actually the first day that Abram didn't throw up first thing in the morning. YaY!  He was feeling much better and even played with Asher a bit.  He decided that today he was feeling up to a little family outing!  This was good because I was about to go stir crazy!  And I think Asher was, too!  We drove to Whitehouse to visit Baby Bliss.  We hadn't seen her since she was born and she is a week and a half old now!  She is such a beautiful baby and so sweet too!  We enjoyed visiting with Uncle Zach & Aunt LoLo, too!  It was nice just to get out even if it was a yucky, rainy day.  We stopped by Cracker Barrel for dinner on the way home.  Abram wanted pancakes again. :)

Checking out our newest addition to the family.

Abram & Blissy Poo

Such Sweet Cousins

Miss Bliss & Aunt Sugar

Today Aaron is at work again and so far we are enjoying being at home but we will see what the day holds...  Oh, and Abram is still feeling good.  As long as we keep him medicated he says he has no pain! :)

Snow Day 2011

Today we got a couple of inches of snow!!! It was so much fun! We made a snowman and snowboy with Honeywana & Pops, Abram made a snow angel and we had a blast on the 4-wheeler and sled with Cameron, Christina, Cason & Conleigh! It was awesome! We enjoyed a delicious meal that JeJe & Papaw made and brought over: Roast, potatoes & carrots, corn on the cob, black-eyed peas, gravy and bread! Yum! It was a GrEaT day!! The only draw back... I'm sick, again! Either strep or tonsillitis with fever. Yuck! Oh well, I was still able to enjoy some camera time out with the family. Such great memories!

Abram & Asher with Our Snowmen 

Honeywanna, Rico & Conleigh, Aaron, Abram, Nina, Pops, Papaw & JeJe
Asher and Cason were there too but you can't see them in this picture.

The Boys After Their Sled Ride

Cason Sledding Head 1st

The Sled Pulling Crew
Asher, Aaron & Abram

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Location:Lindale, Texas

Baby Bliss is coming TODAY!

We got the call this morning that Zach and Lauren were on their way to the hospital! We can't wait to meet our sweet Miss Bliss!   Looking forward to an exciting day and adding #16 to our Burgess Bunch!!!

She's here!!  Born January 4th at 7:02 pm

8 lbs. ~ 20 in.  

Bliss Everley Burgess