Special Gift

So.... I decided to blog about the special gift my cousin Caroline got Bryce on the day of his open heart surgery because he is loving it these days. It is a Ty brand monkey with hearts on his chest. He is oh so soft and he was one of the few stuffed animals that got to be with Bryce during his recovery. Among other special gifts Bryce received during his time at UAB was a gown resembling a lab coat with UAB on it from his Big Momma and Poppa, a onesie with a choo choo train and hearts from Jenny Sain,a stuffed doggy that looks like Minnie (our dachsund) also from the Sains, flowers from Wes and Katie May on Valentines Day, and many many more precious gifts that I can't recall right at the moment. We are so thankful for each and every one of them. The day of Bryce's surgery, I received a Pandora heart charm that all of the girls in my family got for me! I get a Pandora charm for just about every occasion but this one is by far the most special and meaningful one I have received yet. Also, my mom got me a necklace with a heart shaped locket........Other toys he is loving these days besides his monkey are his Baby Einstein Lion that plays music (from Ronald and Debbie Westmoreland) and his glow worm that plays music given to him by Aunt Debbie. I will leave you with a pic of he and monkey swinging:) Thanks for reading. I'll try to put up some pics soon of the other gifts I mention here.

First "official" Road Trip

This past Saturday, Jon and I woke up and decided we wanted to take a little road trip to Huntsville to see great friends. This was Bryce's first "official" road trip because we weren't going to see the doc. He did awesome! He is such an easy-going baby and he is already very social. Our first stop was to see Brian, Kelly, Landry (3 months old), Harper, and Emma. Bryce is already a flirt so he enjoyed meeting all of the girls. He got to play with a really cool toy while there, a bear that sang to him if he kicked the beach ball hard enough....I know, you have no idea what I'm talking about but I will add a picture shortly:) After we got done there, we headed to Bridge Street for a little shopping and dinner at Red Robin. We were wanting to see Patrick and Amy Delay while we were in town so when we finished dinner, we headed out to Toney to see them. Amy is about 9 weeks pregnant and their home was destroyed by the recent tornadoes so they are staying with some friends that live about 5 minutes away from their old home. Amy is going to be the best mommy ever. She didn't leave Bryce's side the whole time we were there. Bryce had a blast smiling and laughing with them. We were also able to see a bit of the damage that had occurred a couple of weeks ago. Completely sobering experience seeing cars strewn across fields, mattresses stacked on the side of the road, rubble piled high containing people's once treasured items, etc. It was the perfect reminder that the best things in life aren't "things". One day we will all leave this world and we won't be able to take any of our worldly possessions with us. God truly just blesses us with these things to use while we are here. Our ultimate gift lies in our relationship with Jesus Christ and we should truly store up our treasures in heaven. I thank God today for these precious friends we were able to visit and the fact that He healed our precious Bryce man so that we could enjoy days like today showing him off:) Thanks for reading...pics coming soon!