Taylor is Here!!

Jordan and Caleb welcomed sweet Hannah Taylor McMillen on September 26, 2010 Weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz. and 21 3/4 in long. What a beautiful sweet baby she is!!

Visitors

We have had a lot of visitors since Miss Gracie arrived. here are a few pics of some of her fans. :)

Gracie is here!!

Well, since Miss Gracie wouldn't come on her own, we had to go get her :) We checked into Baptist Women's Hospital on August 4 at 8 PM. They started my meds that night, and induced me at 4AM. My water was broken at 8AM, and by 8PM, still no baby. I was getting really uncomfortable and anxious, and with the Pitocin going up Gracie's heart rate went down. So by 9:30, the decision was made to go to surgery and do a C-Section. I sang GLORY HALLELUJAH in my head and cried with excitement as we headed to get this sweet girl! Ross has never dressed so quickly- they came in and handed him scrubs and before I knew it he was dressed to impress! :)At 10:11 PM, Amber Grace Vego was born! Ross got to hold her for about an hour before I did because I was on so many meds, but he let me kiss her and look at her sweet face. :) We finally got out of recovery and into a room at 1:00AM, and had wonderful nurses who took care of us while we were in the hospital.

Our 3 Year Anniversary!

With Gracie's arrival upon us, Ross and I took a short trip to Memphis before she was born to celebrate our three year anniversary. We checked into a beautiful room at the River Inn on Mud Island (beautiful, by the way, and I recommend you stay there) and spent two nights hanging out and soaking up our time with each other before our sweet baby girl's birth. We had a great time- we ate a lot and slept as much as we could, and we also went to a movie and to the Pink Palace. Here are a few pictures of our trip.

Ross' Surprise Birthday!

For the past five years, I have tried diligently to surprise my sweet Ross on his birthday. I have failed miserably for the past four, but we finally got him this year. His birthday fell at the end of VBS week so he was completely preoccupied with what was going on with that to notice that we were up to anything. It was quite interesting trying to get everything in order because Ross was everywhere all day long. It actually worked out and when he would leave, someone would come in with something. We hid balloons in the girls bathroom and ice cream in a refrigerator we knew he would not look in. Finally after VBS had ended, we had everyone stay at the church and when Ross got back from taking kids home we all jumped out and said "SURPRISE!" and ate ice cream. He really was totally shocked! Here are a few pics of the surprise!

Camera playing again

Sometimes I am at home alone. Its not very often, but when it is I like to find little things to do that dont require much energy because lets face it, at this point, I dont have much. :-). I was sitting in the living room one night as Ross and Preston had gone to play softball and noticed that we had an amazing sunset going on- so I took some pics. Here they are, unedited, straight off the camera. And I took a few of Max and Gus as well.

4th of July!

We had so much fun on the 4th this year. It was actually a weekend-long celebration for us, starting with a little get together at the Bradfords. We grilled out, swam in the pool, rode the zipline (Dont worry, I just watched), fished, and just relaxed, which was so nice since we were about to get into VBS prep for a week. Ross even caught a big ol' bass fish! Saturday was much of the same- we went swimming and cooked out that night- again, very relaxing and a great way to celebrate! Noto joined us from Arkansas and it was great to see him and visit. On the actual 4th, we all went over to Shaun and Leigh Ann's and grilled out and played with the kiddos and even shot some fireworks. It was an awesome time! We truly have the best friends any one could ask for!