Happy Thanksgiving!

We have so much to be thankful for this year!

God our Father, our source of joy, wisdom and strength

Our marriage and the ups and downs

Anna, Stewart and Silas and the joy they bring us

Our health

Family who understand why we aren't traveling this year for the holidays

Friends who love and support us

The reminder that God does answer prayers

Surprises...not our plan but His

Hard times that draw us closer to our God and make us less and Him more

Our country, our military and their families who sacrifice

May your day be filled with joy!

Happy Thanksgiving

The Myricks

Sunday Afternoon

The weather was beautiful and we were all feeling better (for the moment) so we headed to the park. Anna loves the park as much as her daddy. She loves the swing and slide. We had a fun family day.

Anna later ran a fever and we learned on Monday that her right ear is infected. Joy. But she is already sleeping better and feeling better.

For those that do not know, we were all sick about two weeks ago. Not fun when the family of 5 keep passing around stuff. Thankfully we are all feeling better. I pray we all stay healthly the rest of the season and through winter.

d

New Do

So this really does not look like Miss Anna but it was the best picture I got of her in pigtails. She was too cute this day and she left them in all day so that she could show daddy when he got home.

Cuteness

Silas is starting smile and "talk" to us. You can not help but fall in love with this little guy. Who can resist this smile...

He really is too cute.

so blessed

d

Happy *Halloween*

Our Three Punkins

Our little lady bug
Our sweet boys

Oh the joy of trying to photograph three children under the age of 2.

Good Times.

so blessed

d

Franklin PumpkinFest

Happy Fall!

A Big Weekend

I took the three kiddos to my parents in East TN this past weekend. S&S's first visit to nana and papa's house! All my aunts and uncles got to meet the boys. I wish I would have thought to take a picture of all the stuff packed in the back of the sequoia*. I think we packed half the house. :)

Hannah and Anna painted pumpkins.

We celebrated Hannah's 10th birthday a little early!

A bike from Aunt Donna and Uncle Wayne!

It was a good weekend with family. Lots of kisses from uncle wayne.

And my cousin got married.

so blessed

d

Just Life

Just some random pictures from September and October. Life is busy in the Myrick home. We know our children are huge blessings; but they are a lot of work right now. God is so good to us and He continues to provide for our needs.

"Hello!" She doesn't care that I'm trying to take her picture.

So Precious

Anna loves to wear sunglasses now and she loves for her baby to wear them too.
Just chillin' with Stewart. She is so cute with them.
Not wanting to have her picture made but she looked so cute in her footed PJs. We are loving the fall weather!

“All your children shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children” (Isa. 54:13)

so blessed
d

All Dressed Up

My parents are crazy! What is up with this outfit?

Seriously? I love this outfit!

This is their "3 Month" Picture minus an animal. I AM crazy!

Our friend, Suzie, made these onesies for them. They are so cute! Jeff and I can't stop laughing at their expressions in these pictures.

so blessed

d

S&S are 3 Months Old

Yesterday Stewart and Silas turned 3 months old! I think we are slowing moving out of the fog of having three children under 2 years of age.

Stewart is still the serious one. He is laughing out loud and smiling. He tries to talk back when we talk to him. He has great head control and is rolling from his belly to his back. Stewart loves napping on his belly but he really favors being held.

Silas is doing great. He is smiling and cooing. He is much more vocal when he is ready to eat. He too has great head control and rolling from his belly to his back. He loves playing in the jungle gym, kicking at the toys.

Anna is a great big sister and is so hilarious with them. I wish I could video her all day. I've missed some really sweet moments between her and the boys because I was feeding one and couldn't get to the camera. Even if I could get the video camera, she wouldn't do half the stuff that is so sweet.

Happy 3 month Birthday, Stewart and Silas. We love you!

Anna singing...

ABC; Twinkle, Twinkle; or something similar

Another Great Night

OF SLEEPING! The boys slept until 4:45 a.m.!!!!! Please let this be the norm going forward.

Days are still crazy. Anna has started school two days a week so that helps a little. She cried the first day. She cried the second day. She hesitated the third day. Today she kissed me and reached for her teacher...all without lovey. Lovey stayed in her bag until after lunch! That's my girl. :)

She is so funny these days. She loves singing. Jeff is working on a video to post here. I've turned her monitor back on since the "climbing out of the crib" incident. I love it! I get the hear her have little conversations with her babies and bunny and lovey and sing along with her glow worm baby. It is the sweetest thing ever.

so blessed
debra

Little Milestones

A quick update.

Laid Stewart on his belly last night. Came back and he was on his back! What?

Laid Silas on his belly this morning. Came back and he was on his back! What?

Jeff fed them last night around 11 p.m. I woke up at 3:45 and they were still sleeping peacefully. They woke me up at 4:30! Please let this become the norm. Please!!!

These boys are doing amazingly well!

Anna: Put her down for a nap on Sunday. Blaire went back to get her because she was crying and refusing to sleep. She was standing beside her crib. Yes, she climbed out of it. We didn't hear a thump so we are hoping she landed softly. She forgot to take lovey on her little adventure and was crying for lovey. As a result, out came the beautiful bumper pad. Hopefully we can keep her contained for a few more months. :)

Mom and dad are surviving. Three children under 2 is a challenge to say the least.

The porch is finished!!!!!!!!!! We LOVE it. Now we have to furnish it. But we love it!

No camera yet. Hoping to get it this week. Will post pictures as soon as I do.

God is so good!
Debra

The truth is challenging

Read this in church yesterday and thought it appropriate for all the controversy in the news lately. As followers of Christ we must embrace the truth of the scripture and obey. We must strive to behave in a Christ-like manner in all situations.

I Peter 2...

Who we are...
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

The challenge...
11Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. 12Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

Submission to Rulers and Masters
13Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, 14or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right. 15For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men. 16Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. 17Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
18Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh. 19For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God. 20But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22"He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 23When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

Amen.

The sermon was actually on God, our cornerstone. At the end we were ask to complete two sentences:

This was mine.

God is...a faithful provider.

I will...trust him and not fear.

This world is not my home!

I really liked this one...

God is...pursuing.

I will...stop running and rest in Him more.

This world is not my home!

And this one...

God is...enough.

I will...be me, nothing more, nothing less.

Oh LORD you are BEAUTIFUL; Your face is all I seek!

so blessed

d

Two Months on Sept 1

And our camera is not working! Ugh!

Sorry, no pictures of our sweet boys or their adorable big sister.

We can not believe the boys are 2 months old. So many changes.

They had their 2 month check up and both looked great. The doctor was pleased with their weight gain and their muscle tone considering they were born at 32 weeks.

Stewart: 8 lbs 5 oz and 19 3/4 inches long

Silas: 8 lbs and 19 inches long

Anna Rose started preschool. I think she is going to love it. She cries at first but is playing happily after a few minutes and then does not want to leave when I arrive to pick her up.

Hopefully, I will have a working camera soon and can post pictures. You will not believe how much the boys have grown.

Jeff and I are hanging in. My mom was here last week and we are hoping she will come back in a few weeks. I think the schedule is catching up with us but we will adjust.

tired but blessed,
d

Daddy's freak out session

Debra has been asking me to post this video to the blog for a while. At this point, we had known we were pregnant for about 6 weeks. But Debra had just been to the doctor for an ultrasound in which she found out we were having twins. I did not know this...

All three kiddos are sleeping so I thought I'd post a little update. Sorry is has been so long!

Stewart and Silas are doing great. They are sleeping really well during the day and most of the time at night. We have had a few rough nights. We are still working with the schedule, trying to determine what works best for everyone. The boys will be 40 weeks (full term) on Aug 23rd!

Stewart continues to make his funny faces. He is very expressive for his age. Anna was the same way. Several people think that he looks like Jeff but as he grows, I think he is starting to look like my baby picture. We will have to wait for him to gain a few more pounds as I weighed almost 10 lbs when I was born. (sorry mom!)

Silas has started making his own unique faces. He has the sweetest smile. Now that he has gained weight, he is looking a lot like Anna did when she was born.

Anna is our little helper (most of the time). She is very busy with her own activities around the house...reading her books, stacking her blocks, watching the contractor build our screen porch...but she does find time to help me feed the boys and give them lots of kisses. She is a great big sister. She continues to show us her personality. She celebrated her 18 month birthday yesterday! Happy Birthday, Sweet girl!

AFA Silas...we met with TNEIS on few weeks ago. They will send someone to do an assessment on both Silas and Stewart and determine what type of therapy, if any, is needed at this time. We will probably have an early intervention teacher start coming to house in September. This teacher can provide us with activities and strategies to strengthen their development and work directly with them on such activities; however, there is a strong emphasis on educating us. Early Intervention Teachers also help us monitor their development. We can then determine when to start speech and physical therapy. We are very lucky to have speech therapy friends who have provided us with much needed support and advice.

Jeff started school on Aug 6th and had the first day with students on Aug 13th! The transition has been a little difficult but we know it will take a few weeks to settle into the nightly routine.

And as I mentioned above, we are having a screen porch built. It is going to be fabulous! We can not wait to use it this fall. I'll post pictures once it is done.

Sorry...no pictures this time, but I'll try and post some soon.

so blessed,
d

New photos...

Have I mentioned how difficult it is to photograph 3 children?! Wow! Here are few that we took this past week.

Best Buddies
Sweet Stewart

Sweet Silas
All three!

blessings,

d

One Month...

August 1, 2009

Happy 1 month birthday, Silas & Stewart

We can not believe our sweet boys will be six weeks old on Wednesday! They are continuing to amaze us. We are so blessed (tired, but blessed).

d

Sorry...

We are tired and behind on posting pictures.

Here is a picture that Blaire snagged of the boys. They are doing great. I took 1 month pictures this past week. I hope to get them uploaded this weekend. Big Sister is starting to feel the effects of having two new little ones in her space by testing mommy and daddy.


So blessed
d