Guess it is time for an update...

We spent a week in St. Louis in September to welcome our newest family member: Grayson Steele Brown - one of the St. Louis Browns! He is very good and growing fast. He weighed 7 lbs 12 oz at his 2 week check-up. He gained 8 ozs over his birthweight! So he is on his way. Mom and Dad are still getting adjusted to interrupted sleep and the disruption that comes with a new baby. But Grayson is so sweet he makes up for it all.


The next big family event on the calendar will be Christmas. Both children's families will be here as well as Tom's parents so we'll have a full house - the best kind! We'll spend the Day with the rest of my family at my brother's in Covington. We are looking forward to a wonderful time.

Summer in MS

We thoroughly enjoyed the visit with our complete immediate family this past Memorial Day week. Dave and Jenny were down. She is due mid-September - another boy! She is feeling great and has had an easy, textbook pregnancy so far. We are very thankful for that.
Here is Julia on her first excursion to the beach. We went down for the day to the Gulf Coast. The weather was not too hot, a nice breeze, and soft waves. She didn't really like the waves washing the sand out from under her feet, though. But I think we'll go back again next time.
Dax didn't really want to get back in the car seat for the ride home. But both children traveled well and Mom and Dad are glad of that.
Here are 4 generations of my family. Mom and Dad came over from McComb as often as they could while everyone was here. We are so blessed to have family close by. Tom's folks were here for 2 weeks as well, so we all got to see and love on the babies.

TN Grands

Here's a recent pic of Julia and Dax. They are both doing well, as are the parents. Julia still doesn't talk English but jabbers away in Julia-Speak all day long. As Joanna says, she narrates her day. Her inflection and tone of voice leave no doubts as to what she means, though. She does sign several things like 'more, please' (which she uses for 'I want what you have' as well) and 'all finished'. But she steadfastly refuses to sign 'thank you'. Dax is having formula trouble so he keeps mom and dad on their toes trying to find what will agree with his tummy. Mainly so he'll sleep more! He's recently moved up to the sensitive Similac which has no lactose so we hope this is the solution.

Things are good in H'burg. We are having spring weather and Tom is golfing every day. Our business is getting known slowly. All in all our blessings are uncountable. We serve a gracious God.

He's Here!

We are so pleased to introduce to you David Lee Bouldin, III, Dax for short. (There are so many Davids in our immediate family that Jo and Dave decided to pick a nickname to start out with since he would surely have one before he was here for very long!) He was born about 1:00 pm on Friday, 7 March 2008. He weighed 8 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20.75 inches long! A real chunk! Mom and Dax are both well and going home today. Praise God for His mercy to us.

Tom and I were up there last week because Julia got sick, then Jo, then Dave. We went to get the house cleaned, disinfected, and to care for them. Any excuse works to visit children and especially grandchildren! But we came home on Wednesday when everyone was on the mend. And we got some kind of bug once we were home. The symptoms weren't exactly the same so we aren't sure if it was that or something new. We are slowly mending, the slowness is probably due to fatigue as well as the bug. We plan to return to help out with Dax and Julia once we are well, probably Easter week. I am looking forward to getting my hands on him!

A New Year - Better at Blogging?

Well, it is now 2008, almost 2 full months into the year and I still don't blog very well. It has been a busy time since the last post with no let up in sight. At the moment, we are awaiting David Lee Bouldin, III's, arrival which could take place any time now. We are praying for a safe delivery and looking forward to meeting him and, of course, holding and loving him. Julia is 14 months and very active. She walks all over and talks to herself constantly. We don't know what she says, but she says it with great expression and inflection. It will be fun to find out what she says all day. Joanna says that some of her speech patterns may get her into trouble once she can be understood!

Our business is growing slowly, by word of mouth mostly. It is an enjoyable adventure and we are pleased with what we produce. We hope to do more this year. Our website is up and almost complete. There are a few more pages to add. Be sure to click on over and visit: Deep South Embroidery

Hattiesburg is becoming home and we are finding our niche here. We've made some good friends at church and in the neighborhood. We are thankful for the blessings we have here.

Til the next post...