First Came Love: December 2007

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Comin' To Texas for Christmas!!!

Just a quick heads up to all of our friends and loved ones in Texas - we're headed your way in just a few days. Would love to see as many of you as possible, so we'll be in touch! Merry, Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

The First Hair Cut

BEFORE:

Jerome's first haircut had been a long time coming, at least for Dadda, who reminded me everyday that Jerome looked like a beautiful little girl, or worse....like Golem off of the Lord of the Rings. I finally caved and realized that a haircut would be the best move. And thus, we have the fun pics that follow. Jerome was very interested in the process, so he was quite a good boy for Momma.

DURING:

AFTER:

About Us

Boy from Minnesota went to school down south and fell in love with a girl from Texas. Four years later to the day we start this blog together. We were married on Dec. 31, 2005 in Duquesa's hometown of Brackettville. Since Jon was en route to finishing his studies in Italy, we moved to a small beach town just outside of Rome and made it our first home. It didn't take long until we found out that we were pregnant with our first child. Jerome Andre was born August 25, over a month premature due to a condition called gastroschisis. After one successful surgery and seven weeks in the hospital, Jerome came home with us and we began our life together as three...soon to find out that agent #2 was on the way! Jon graduated with a Masters and we moved back to Minnesota where Elliot Ignatious was born on November 2, 2007. After Jon started a career in Human Resources, we found out that, you guessed it, we were pregnant again. Siena Marie joined our family in dramatic fashion on November 16, 2008, officially tipping the scale so that the babies outnumber Momma and Dadda. Since then we have moved to Texas, where Jon is thrilled to be the Director of Youth Ministry at a parish. And we have added another angel to our family, Dominic Paul was born May 12, 2010. We can't imagine life without him. We're thankful to God for all of our blessings, especially the blessing of our babies and each other.