Wedding Day Photo Shoot

Is it crazy for me to think that this was possibly the most fun I had on my wedding day?? I LOVE getting my picture made, but I did not expect it to be this much of a blast. Our photographer was phenomenal, the warm sun was shining, and all of my friends and loved ones were in the same place at the same time- I imagine heaven to be a lot like that day in that pasture:)

Alyson took most of the candids for us with our camera. She did such a great job.Since we took our photos before the ceremony, Dave and I had a private shoot with Amy first.

Then our family and wedding party joined us.

Amy Nichols Photography

Bama Jam

Last year we started a tradition of going to Bama Jam with our great friends J.W. and Marrianne.

Aren't they cute?

We saw Gary Allen,

Brooks and Dunn,

Dave ate a polish sausage dog,

I got him to smile for a picture, and

heard Kelly Pickler sing a duet with...

KID ROCK

who I really wasn't sure about, but his concert was amazing. He is a great entertainer. We almost didn't go this year because we have so much house work we need to be doing, but I'm glad we took a break for something FUN!

I also ran into an old friend that I hadn't seen since we graduated from Troy. It was great to see you Hope!

Reunited and it Feels So Good

I have no words to describe the love and joy this day has brought us. I'm so thankful to have been able to witness this..........

Friday

The family in Texas was surprised to hear that the weather here has been less than pleasant for the past two days. We've been cooped up indoors most of the time. Houston is fascinated with video games, and he's pretty good at them too. Here he is playing the Wii this morning.

This afternoon, Mr. Sunshine appeared and we finally got to go out and play!

Laeton had just woken up from a nap, and only wanted to sit in VicVic's lap at first.

Then Houston drove over on the Gravedigger and said, "Hey baby! Want to ride?" Suprisingly he said yeah and got in.

60 plus acres of yard, and they only wanted to ride through this mud puddle!

We were surprised Lae Lae wanted to ride. His last time on Gravedigger was Easter Sunday. He had an unfortunate accident that day. He fell out of the truck, got drug a little while, and then run over by Houston. He hasn't wanted to ride since then. We're glad he's enjoying it again. I'm pretty sure Gravedigger was his first compound word.

HouBaby!

Thinking about it....

Going for it.....

This is FUN!!!

Baby Brother had to try it too.

And it didn't take him long to do this

They actually got MUCH DIRTIER than these photos show. I have that documented on video for Dylon

Sweet Kyleigh came to see us tonight. Houston cannot keep his hands off of her. He kissed her all over. Laeton even paid her more attention tonight than he normally does.

Dylon, Houston misses you sooo much! He talks about you all day long.

He's lost without his constant companion, and his Mimi and Dave are spoiling him rotten. Last night Dave bought him a Bumblebee Transformer which he slept with, and played with all day today. He kept telling me he needed a bad guy Transformer too. Tonight he and I went out all by ourselves to Wal-Mart and Burger King. He was such a good, sweet boy!!

Here he is showing off his Megatron and Bumblebee.

"Lae Lae, you be the bad guy, and I'll be the good guy."

I had sooo much fun with you tonight Houston!

How we spent surgery day

We picked up Houston and Laeton just before lunchtime. They'd had a great time at Wade and Suzanne's. We got home just in time for Houston and Dave to eat lunch together. They talked about Dylon some. Houston knew that Dylon was getting his heart fixed today.

Laeton saw his trains, and eating was out of the question.

We all wore our I Love Dylon shirts today.

Ms. Amy came over and brought the boys some snacks, some colorig books, sidewalk chalk, and toy trucks. They loved them. Thank you Ms. Amy. That was soooo sweet of you!!

Once the surgery was over, we had a wonderful video chat with our family members in Texas!! We were all crying tears of joy together.

Houston chatting with Daddy. The first thing he said when he say Matt and Shelli was , "I want to talk to my Dylon!" We had to explain to him that Dylon was still sleeping. Maybe when Dylon comes out of ICU the two of them will be able to have a video chat.

At lunchtime, Dave promised to take Houston to Wal-Mart that night, and he did not forget it. As soon as Dave came in the door, he was ready to go!! Dave bought Lae Lae some more train tracks.

Justin, Anna, and Josh helping Laeton set up his new track. I think Justin and Josh love those trains as much as the boys do!


HouBaby picked out a Bumblebee Transformer, and Dave couldn't have been happier about it.

Lae Lae woke up early this morning wanting his trains. Mother said she heard him talking in his sleep last night. He kept saying, 'I need batteries!"

Houston is still asleep, and you can tell he does not sleep alone.

We are still thanking God for all of his blessings, and praying Dylon through a speedy recovery.

SURGERY WAS A SUCCESSS!!!! PRAISE GOD!!! I will do a bigger update later! WE LOVE YA'll!

Latest News

They have Reconstructed the aorta, and now they are working on attaching the subclavian artery to the aorta. He will then have an echo and depending on how that goes they will take him off bypass. Then its just seeing how he reacts to coming off bypass. After that he will be done with surgery and admitted to the I.C.U.We are in really good spirits right now, that was a really good update from his nurse.