Team Bills

Well, last Sunday afternoon we were spending time in Lindale (as we often do) and got a phone call from a Longview friend. He said he wanted to know if he could give our number to a couple from a church here who had been house hunting for quite some time. Of course we said yes, because we knew that very soon we would be putting a sign in our yard. The guy called Stephen a couple of hours later and wanted to see the house as soon as possible. A little overwhelmed with a house not quiet "show ready", we said we could let them come see the house Sunday night. Let me take a little detour for a second. In conversation, Stephen figured out that the guy and his wife had just finished an internship at Northwood, the church that my uncle pastors and that we did our internship at before we moved to Longview. They had been to Vietnam and shared that experience with us. Small world! At this point in the conversation, we began to see God's provisions in this situation. Ok, so back to ...

The Chocolate Covered Strawberries...YUM! Party Day at School... The festive cookies...and our little HELPY!!!!! We have truly had a good time with Keatyn these last few holidays. I think there is an age that they finally reach where they begin to enjoy the cookie making, the candy, the gifts and well everything else that goes along with other holidays.

This is Keatyn's 30 week pic! Yes, she is wearing boy pajamas...she picked them out because they have footballs on them and her Uncle Juju is a football coach and she loves to watch him play! This is the beginning stage of Addilyn's nursery. My mom is amazing and in one weekend finished everything you see here!!!!! It is so much more than I imagined. Not that I thought she couldn't do it, because she is amazing and I think she can do anything...I just had a hard time getting my fabric together. We are officially obsessed with the black and white Damask. Well, here it is and we LOVE it!!!! 30 weeks...I feel like I'm at least 36, so we'll see how the next 5 go! Not too much longer! We are getting really excited! P.S. A little disclaimer goes with this picture...I grocery shopped today and was on my feet a lot. My family got to come to Longview for dinner and so it wasn't until we sat down to eat dinner that I finally got off of my feet. That would explain the...

There are some things in life that just don't need words...these are some of them!

Keatyn...the bossy little diva that she is, insists that she gives stamps at the end of each class. Just her dismount into the pit... Could there be a larger, nastier piece of foam in all the world and she LOVES it!!!! Hugging the foam pit...the yucky foam pit! Keatyn has been in gymnastics since last May. We were in a Mommy and me class and I think we both really enjoy that time together. I did notice that as she got older, she would mind less and wanted to do her own thing, but I have also seen her learn a lot about sharing and taking turns. I love the fact that she is moving and not just idle and I also enjoyed the challenge that it provided for both of us. No, I didn't do the activities with her, but walked along side her and encouraged her. Well, in recent months my belly has gotten increasingly bigger and my energy level has gotten increasingly less. I reached a place of delimma with our class. Keatyn will turn 3 in March, so I asked her teacher if we could move her up. T...

First of all, I must preface these pictures with...my sister is AMAZING!!! I didn't go through anything like she did. She labored for what seemed like FOREVER and then pushed like a champ for what seemed like FOREVER!!! She was definitely exhausted, but I know today, she feels like every pain and every hour was well worth it. I also must say that Justin was incredible too. He was a great coach and it has been so fun to watch him with his son. We are blessed as a family and we are so excited to welcome Dryver Jordan Cowart into our family...finally! A proud Gabby!!! Keatyn will have to learn to share! A proud first time Aunt...at 3:45am...so tired, feet swollen and running on adrenaline alone! A proud first time Uncle...if you know Stephen at all, by 11pm, he was sawing logs in the lobby...but that worked to my advantage, because I was able to catch some Zzzz's this morning from 5am until about 8:30am.

Well, here we are at the hospital. We arrived about 3pm, they arrived at 11am. Everything is progressing nicely. These are just a few of the early stages. I'll continue to update as we have more. The nurses assured us that he would be here tonight...we'll see and we HOPE!!!