Happy Sunday!

In this house...we will be wearing black and gold on Sunday!Go Saints!
Love,
Ro

Prayers needed...

This is not a "normal" post for me. Typically I am writing about Laela's funny, creative, loving self or Dhillon and his latest accomplishment or something that we have done as a family or something that I created. Today I am using my blog to ask for your prayers.

Lynn Bennie (pictured above with Laela and his granddaughter, Madelynn) has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and possible lung cancer. Lynn is so special to me because he is Brooke's dad. Brooke and I have been friends since we were babies (literally...we met in daycare!). Lynn, Barbara, and Brooke are like my second family. We have always been together to celebrate important times in our lives. Now we need to come together to help Lynn overcome this health concern. He is one of the strongest, bull-headed men that I know. We all love him for this! He is a man of God and I know that he will be led in the right direction (whatever that direction may be). Please pray that this becomes a LONG, healthy, painless battle...as he has too much of his life to live! Madelynn and Cole need him. Barbara needs him. Brooke needs him. The kids at Parkland need him, as he "is" Santa on Christmas. I need him.

Please let this post serve as a reminder to live life to the fullest, as you never know what tomorrow will bring. Be thankful for your loved ones and show them how thankful you are each day. Take time to "smell the roses" with your loved ones, even if that means you will lose 5 extra minutes of sleep that evening. Please. Pray for Lynn and his family as they learn more about this disease and how they can come together as a family to stay strong.

Love always,
Kelli

Just hangin'

So...Dhillon and I are on our home stretch with our 8 week stay at home. We have 3 weeks left. I have really mixed emotions about this. I love my job. I love the kids and I love what I do. BUT I am not looking forward to going back. I really like what I have right now and I could get used to this. :) Dhillon is an awesome baby! He is such a schedule kinda guy, who loves to eat! He has so many SERIOUS faces and he loves to hold my finger or make a fist (ready to duke it out at any moment). I think Dhillon is going to be a lover of many things, on-time to his many events, excellent daddy helper, and phenomenal brother and son.

Happy Halloween...

Here is our sweet guy before we left the house for the evening... so serious all the time! Where does he get that from?

Then, our Halloween 2011 started out with a parade at Laela's school. I went up there to help the teachers get the kids dressed. WOW! I forgot what it was like to be in a room with 20 3 year old who are "patiently" waiting for a fun event. YIKES! Laela was so excited to be part of a parade. Dhillon slept in the corner (he did not even care that there were crazy 3 year old beasts screaming all around him!). What an awesome little guy! When it was time for the parade to start, Dhillon woke up and got ready to watch as we went outside to wait. What a handsome skeleton! :) He was so excited to see his big sister in the parade. The parade was very fun. It was awesome seeing all of the kids dressed up and Laela can't wait to do it again next year!

Now...off to trick-or-treat!
Laela had the best time. She literally RAN to every house. If we would have let her, she could have hit up at least 3-4 neighborhoods and still been holding strong. :) Every year just continues to get better and better and we have more fun. We had a couple of these pumpkins in our neighborhood and Laela would request to drive by them as often as possible (even when it was still light outside). Can't wait til Christmas lights are put up! Oh! We can't forget about this guy. He came out of no where and scared the pants right off of Laela. She ran away from him 4 times faster than she had been going and when she got to me, she was SHAKING! Poor kiddo. Needless to say, we are still talking about costumes and pretend.

Hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween! The Murthy family (party of 4) did very well and we will be giving candy out to anyone that stops over at our house from now until next year!

Dhillon is 1 month...already.

One month...seriously? Where does the time go? Well, Dhillon was one month on Sunday, September 30th. Literally...this guy eats all the time, so I was cery curious about his wieght. We went to the doctor and it turns out that he gained almost 2 lbs! Here are his stats:

Weight: 10 lbs 8 oz (67%)
Length: 22 1/2 in (76%)
Head circumference: 15 1/2 in (72%)

This little guy is great! He has been going to sleep about 10:00, waking at 2:30ish to eat, and then back to sleep until 6:30. What a sweet and lovable little man. (He's a keeper!)

PS - Laela has asked to hold Dhillon twice in the last week. YEA! We are making progress with her too! :)

Priceless?

Cotton balls: $0.99
Caladryl itching lotion: $4.99
Playing at the sand table with Granna while mysteriuosly being eaten by mosquitos: PRICELESS!What a trooper! She got her pink lotion and headed off to school. :)

Who are you?

someone...whom will remain nameless...kindly reminded me, via text message, that I had not posted in awhile.sooooooo...this picture is for YOU! (not the best picture, but notice the necklace of choice!) :)

Allie's Birthday!

Today is Allie Mae's 6th birthday, so of course we needed to celebrate! We had balloons, bones, and balls! It was such a wonderful time to celebrate having Allie in our lives. Okay, okay. I am the first to admit. This dog drives me crazy 87.6% of the time, but truly...she is part of our family! Laela loves having her around and so do we. Happy Birthday, Allie Mae Murthy!!! We love you!

Dhillon...2 weeks!

Our sweet little guy is already two weeks. WOW! Time flies so fast and he is growing like a weed. :) Dhillon is a big time snuggler and we LOVE it! Here are his stats for his 2 week visit...

Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz (47%)
Length: 21 1/2 in (77%)
Head Circumference: 14 3/4 (56%)

Funny thing...Dhillon is 4 ounces above his birth weight at this visit and so was Laela!!!

Newborn Photo Session with Chera...

YEA for Chera! I was really on the fence about having newborn pictures taken. I don't know why, but two weeks before our scheduled c-section I freaked and realized that we NEEDED these pictures to remember our sweet baby at only a few days old. WOW! I am so glad that I contacted Chera and she fit us into her schedule. Our little man was awake the ENTIRE session, which made it a little more difficult; however, Chera got several FANTASTIC shots!Here are some more of my favorites...Of course we needed a brother and sister picture too. I LOVE the look on Laela's face. It is so her. :)And...our little family!
Again, thanks to Chera for capturing our family and our most handsome new addition, Dhillon!