Rough Week..

This week has been a rough one, starting with a Monday morning phone call saying that Lili's Grandpa Bob (my dad) had a heart attack. We eventually got word that he would be having a heart cath procedure on Tuesday morning..in our family, this wasn't too alarming considering dad has had this procedure several times, and has had much more serious procedures. He had the surgery on Tuesday morning, and the doctor inserted four more stints into his heart. Everything went well, and dad is feeling better already, after going home on Wednesday. This was definitely an answered prayer.

On Wednesday night, I woke up with an awful earache. I toughed out the day at work, then ended up spending 2 hours in the urgent care clinic. Considering that we'll be leaving for vacation on a plane in less than a week, I decided that ear problems were nothing to mess with. Apparently my sinuses are draining into my ears, causing my eardrum to retract..I have no idea what that means, but I can tell you that it's not comfortable. So, it's an antibiotic and sudafed for me. Hopefully, I'll be as good as new in a few days..though the dr. assured me that things would get worse before they got better..great.

On Sunday, we'll be heading up to Houston to spend some time with SeaStar, Jon, and the boys. We're planning a big family trip to the zoo. We may even get to see Aunt Jenn Jenn and the girls! We'll also be stopping by for some shopping to pick up a few last minute things for the trip to Hawaii..prepare for some cute pictures!
Twins + Lili = cuteness overload!!

Stacey is brave

Eric here...for some odd reason, my wife decided that it would be a good idea that I updated the blog.

So here we go...

Today was an exciting and long day in the Brown family life. It started with me waking up at 0'dark 30 to go run for fun. I ran a 1/2 marathon at 7am in 34 degree weather with 20 mph winds. As always Stacey was there to cheer me on. And of course my other #1 fan, Lili. They woke up early too and braved the cold chilly 1st day of March.

I ran a personal best 1/2 Marathon time out of all previous 1/2 Marathons and 1/2 Marathon splits while running full marathons. I ran a 1:45 and some change. My pace was an 8:05 mile. I came in 80th place out of 604.

Afterwards, we hurried home, I showered and then off to church. Following church we went to Target to look for red clothing so that Stacey could dress up like Thing 1 and Thing 2 tomorrow at school in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Then on to visit Great Aunt Carol and first cousin once removed Naomi who was home for the weekend from Belton.

Finally the end of our afternoon adventures entailed a short trip to the grocery store.

The reward of all this was Stacey made some very yummy chili. I have eaten half the pot already.(I tend to be a little hungry after these long running events...well I tend to be a little hungry all the time)

so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen good bye

Old Age..

SOOOO..nevermind that whole moving thing..it'll be about another year before that can happen..just not God's timing right now.

This is going to be a short entry..just long enough to let everyone know that The Brown's have officially gotten old. We go to bed by 9:30 on Friday and Saturday nights, and were up by 7am this morning playing with blocks on the floor..which was awesome by the way. Then, because of Lili's ear infection and the crazy winds outside, we moved the family walk to the mall tonight. Wow..we're old.

But..the most exciting thing that happened today..LILI BLEW KISSES!!

More tomorrow and an update on Eric's half-marathon..

Movin' on up..

We've decided that it is time for our family to move to a new home. Eric and I purchased our house almost 3 years ago, knowing that this would not be our forever home. We knew that this house was to be our start, and for just the two of us (and the dogs), it's been wonderful, and we brought our first child home to this little house. We've decided that it's time for us to think of baby girl, and to find the home that she'll grow up in. I want a neighborhood where we can walk down the street and play at the park, where we can spend hours drawing on the front sidewalk with chalk, where I can feel safe knowing that my little girl is playing with her friends outside..and so the search begins. In the next couple of weeks, things will get very busy as we prepare our house to go on the market so that it can provide a new family with their start..

We'll keep you all posted!

Monday Memories

There's not a whole lot of new news in the Brown household. Eric's almost completely over the illness of last week, but it seems like mine is just beginning. I'll get through it, I just pray that little Miss Lili will remain as happy, healthy, and unaffected as she has to this point.

I thought that for this Monday I would share a "Monday Memory". This is one of the first photos taken of Lili and I in the hospital. That day was such a blessing in our family's lives. Lili brings so much joy to everyone that she meets. I hope that this post finds all of my readers well (both of you!).

What a Week...

I haven't had much time this week to post about what's going on in our lives because Eric's been super sick. He came down with the flu and strep throat simultaneously. It's been a week filled with temperature taking, ramen noodle cooking, medicine giving, and diaper changing. He even missed 3 and a half days of work with this stuff--you know it was bad!! Sadly, I'm afraid that I'm getting it now.

In other big news, my big girl took to her sippy cup full time this week!! I'll try to post a pic of her and her sippy later. She also cut her first molars without even making Mommy suspect teething. I found them by accident. What a good girl!!

Time flies when you're having fun!!

It's been SO long since I've updated this blog, but I promised my sister that if she would keep hers updated, I'd do the same. If you know my sister, you know that she'll hold me to it! (That's why I love her!)

Since I last posted, my sweet little baby has turned into an adorable toddler (walking--almost running)! It's hard to believe that the last year has flown by so fast! Lili is actually 13 months old today. The last year has brought in so much excitement to our lives--it's been the year of babies! Lili was joined by one beautiful step-cousin Makenzie in July, and her adorable twin cousins, Bonham and Brewer in October. We're lucky to be able to spend time with the boys frequently and hope that the three of them will go up to be close friends. I'll include some pictures from her birthday parties below. She was very spoiled this year with Christmas and birthday so close together. After two birthday parties, our house STILL looks like a toy store exploded. We were lucky to have family and friends at each party--particularly Allie and Chris who are expecting their own little miracle, and Aunt Lisa, Uncle Jon, and Bonham & Brewer who made their first road trip to come to her Bryan party.
Lili enjoying cake at her birthday party in Waco
Lili cheesin' through a cake eatin' grin at her Bryan party

Lili loves bling! Thank goodness Jenn , Lisa, and Allie are around!The Aggie fam! The best picture of Lili and Bonham & Brewer..the boys were precious in every picture, but Lilipie wanted to be on the move!