Cocoa Beach 2010

We had a blast this year at Cocoa Beach! Laila and I got to stay over there with Ammy for the whole week in June, and Daddy and Papa came back and forth from work as they could. Holly and Scooter got to hang out a little too, and we got a chance to meet up the Moss Family for dinner one night as well. It was such a fun week, and the weather could not have been more perfect! I'm so thankful for times like these that we get to be with our family, take a break from the day to day grind, and get refocused and reenergized for all that lies ahead. Hope you enjoy our pictures! Click the play button below to watch the slideshow!

Laila turns 2!

It's hard to believe just 2 short years ago I gave birth to our first daughter, Laila Grace! They have been an amazing 2 years! She is definitely the greatest blessing from the Lord we have ever received! Before you have kids people always tell you how fast time goes by, but I think you don't realize how true that is until you actually experience it yourself. It's amazing to think how much Laila has grown these past two years and how much we have experienced with heralready. A thousand memories we share with a million more to go! When you get a chance, check out how much Laila has grown these past two years by clicking on the right side of the blog under "How big is Laila? So big!".

June 2008

June 2009

June 2010

The slideshow below has a few pictures of Laila's actual birthday on June 2nd. This year was Laila's Golden Birthday...she turned 2 on the 2nd! The rest of the photos are from Laila's Luau!!! As you can tell from the pictures, we had an awesome time celebrating Laila's 2nd birthday with family and friends!

Catching up!

I cannot believe I have been so horrible with keeping up with my blog! It has been about 6 months since I last updated it. I'm so sorry to those family and friends that like to keep up with us through this and that are not on Facebook to see recent pictures and updates. I'm really going to try to be better at it in the months to come! So, here I go....highlights from January thru May 2010 in a nutshell!

To start off 2010....

-we got to see horses with Oma, Aunt Susie, and Aunt Bekah

-we celebrated Papa Schuck's birthday

-our good friends from Tallahassee the Garcia's came for a visit and we had fun at Sea World with them

-Laila, Mommy, and Grammy went for to visit family and friends in Tallahassee

February 2010....

-Laila had fun at Lake Eola with Oma

-Mommy & Laila had fun with friends at our playgroup

-Great Papa and Great Grandma MaryAlice come for over for dinner

-Valentine's Craft and playdate

-Isaac and Laila spend Valentine's Day together!

-Family fun at Lake Eola

March 2010....

-we had fun with friends and family fun at home

-Laila, Mommy, and Grammy attend a Baby shower for Laura and baby Gracyn

-Isaac's 2nd birthday party

-Mommy's 30th birthday

-Easter crafts and playdate

-Laila and Mia at Lake Eola

April 2010.....

-we had lots of fun this month with friends and family

-on Easter we went to church and had lunch and an Easter egg hunt with family

-we had a fun beach day with Aunt Susie & Aunt Bekah and then afterwards Laila got to visit Isaac

-Family picnic at Lake Eola

-Mommy & Laila had fun with friends at Gatorland

-Laila's first pedicure :)

-Laila met Lulabelle for the first time

-We had a blast in North Carolina with our best friends!

May 2010....

-Laila went on an airplane for the first time on our trip to New York (a 30th bday present for Mommy from Grammy & Papa!)

-Laila went to Disney for the first time with her friend Caroline (thanks to the volunteer for a day program from Disney!)

-We had fun at Sea World with our friends from Tallahassee on Mother's Day and enjoyed a nice dinner with family afterwards

-We helped throw a shower for Lisa to celebrate baby Sophia

-Fun times with family

-Beach day with Papa Schuck

-Laila went in the potty for the first time this month (no pictures of this) haha :)

-Although we had lots of fun this month, this was also a very tough month for our family because Laila's Great Papa Phelps was in the hospital. On May 14 Papa fell and broke his C1 vertebrae. He was in the hospital for about 4 weeks and has recently been moved to a specialty hospital that is helping him get off the ventilator. The doctors are calling Great Papa "the miracle man" because this injury is almost always life threatening or causes paralysis. We are so thankful that God has made Papa a strong man and has given him the extra strength to get where he is today. We know he still has a long road of recovery ahead, but we know he can get through this with God's help and the support and love of his family. Please continue to keep him in your prayers.

As you can see, we've been very busy these past 5-6 months of 2010, but it has been a blast! We are looking forward to seeing what the rest of this year has in store for us! Pictures from June and Laila's 2nd birthday party coming soon!!! :)