Happy Birthday to the best man in the world!

Happy Birthday to our favorite husband, dad, and Popa!

Little Angels............

The picture above is BEFORE their scheduled feeding. So, we decided to take the dresses off, feed them, and then put the dresses back on for the photo session! Below are the AFTER pictures.

Our precious, BEAUTIFUL, Lainey Ryan (above) and her precious, BEAUTIFUL sister, Aubrey Kathryn (below).

Aubrey and Lainey

Happy Birthday to Eli and Beau

Eli and Beau turn 6 years-old today! (The above picture is of our first weekend with them. The picture below is of them taking a bath when we lived in Oklahoma)

Our yearly tradition has been for Jim to cook Eli a ribeye steak on his birthday. However, since Jim is in Texas today and Eli and I are in Alabama, the celebration will have to be postponed for a couple of weeks. However, I did sing Happy Birthday to Eli this morning around 12:30 a.m. and gave him a special bone treat!

Being a Moma D............

MawMaw is holding Lainey and I am holding Aubrey. What a heartwarming moment to share with my mother!

We give God all the praise and the glory for Aubrey's homecoming! She is doing great at home and is more precious by the moment. We just can't thank everyone for all the prayers, God bless each of you!

And our beautiful Lainey. She is just a "little bit" spoiled since she got to come home first! She loves to be rocked and sung to. Her favorite song is "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." However, she and I changed the wording up s0me:

He's got the whole world in his hands, he's got the whole world in his hands,

his got the whole world in his hands. he's got the whole world in his hands.

He's got little bitty Lainey in his hands, he's got little bitty Lainey in his hands,

he's got little bitty Lainey in his hands, his got the whole world in his hands.

He's got sweet little Aubrey in his hands, he's got sweet little Aubrey in his hands,

He's got sweet little Aubrey in his hands, he's got the whole world in his hands.

Most people have told me that becoming a grandmother would cause me to "throw Krisha to the curb now" and all my love would be for the grandchildren. But, I find that so not true. I look at Krisha now and I am overflowing with love for her for giving me these two beautiful blessings from Heaven!

I have always said that Krisha is my greatest accomplishment in life, and now she is just adding to that accomplishment for me through my grandchildren!

I love you, Krisha!!!!

Making Sweet Memories..............

More pictures and news on what is happening....

As I am writing this, Dan and Krisha are on their way to DCH for Aubrey's 11:00 a.m. feeding. Hopefully, when they return this afternoon they will have Aubrey with them!!!! Everything since Monday night at the 8:00 p.m. feeding has shown us that she is ready to come home to be with her family. Our hopes are high that tonight she will be reunited with her little sister, Lainey, that she hasn't seen since birth!

Yesterday I was given the honor of keeping Lainey from 7:00 a.m until 7:30 p.m. while Dan and Krisha went to Krisha's doctor appointment and to visit with Aubrey. My sister-in-law, Judy, stated that it is called, "Making Memories". What beautiful memories they are!!!!

Enjoy some more pictures:

These are of Aubrey on Wednesday

Below is Lainey being held by her great-grandmother, MawMaw (Perkins) Worthy, although MawMaw can't be seen!

And Lainey taking a nap in her bed.

One Week Old on Monday

Aubrey with the feeding tube everyone is praying she will get tired of SOON!

Lainey at home!

This is a link to Krisha's blog for an update on the girl's: http://thedeavourshousedivided.blogspot.com/

But, I just wanted to add a few pictures of Lainey from yesterday. Danyell and I couldn't resist trying some of her accessories on her! (Sorry Popa Jim, but we love the flower headband!)

These are her houndstooth shoes for Alabama Football season!

And of coure, every little girl loves flowers!

No words needed......................

All the above pictures are of Aubrey. The pictures below are of Lainey.

Just call me, "Moma D"

This is Aubrey Kathryn, born at 7:16 am on Monday, June 1st. She weighed 6 pounds and 13 ounces, 19-1/4 inches long. Aubrey had to go to the High Risk Nursery because of fluid and a few minor issues. Please keep her in your prayers that she will be joining her sister soon in the room with Dan and Krisha. And yes, we all agree that she looks just like her Daddy!!!!

At 7:18, Aubrey's sister, Lainey Ryan arrived. She weighed 6 pounds and 11 ounces, 19-1/2 inches long. She is staying in the room with her Daddy and Mother during the day, being held by everyone that comes to visit. And yes, she looks exactly like her Mother did when she was born!

More pictures soon! These were taken on a phone camera, but all that I have uploaded. (Hey, I'm busy holding Lainey and trying to sweet talk Aubrey into breaking out of that HRN!)

Please continue to keep all of them in your prayers.