Honoring my dad!

I am thinking of my dad today. He would have been 68! He was born September 2 1942, almost exactly 9 months after Pearl Harbor...yes, his dad was in the military! He was 39 years old when I was born and he robbed the craddle when he married my mom, which was 12 years younger. He has a son who is now 44.
Anyways...I just wanted to say how much I love him and miss him. I think about him daily! He touched a lot of lives in more ways then I will ever know. He loved baseball and was the best short stop I know...he loved the state of South Carolina, called it "God's Country!" He loved his family and he loved his work family (Sunrise.) He loved Jesus and followed him with his heart. If you were privilaged to know him you knew a good man....! I love you, miss you and think of you all the time. Happy Birthday!

Little Vacay!!!

Ta
Kam
Kam waving to the lions
This butterfly was so beautiful!
The Girls!
We spent this past weekend in St Louis. I bought Jake tickets to the Cubs vs Cards game for Friday night. He took his step brother who lives in STL. The following day we went to the Zoo and the Arch. For lunch, we found a sub shop (thank you GPS) in the Hill, which is strictly Italian!! The sub shop was voted best sub place in STL and we just happened to come across it. Needless to say, it was amazing! After the kids nap, we went shopping at the Galleria mall, which happened to be right across the street from our hotel! On Sunday, we made our way to see Jake's mom which is a 2 hour drive from STL. She is doing really well and is feeling really well.
The girls did so well in the hotel. We made sure we found a suite which has technically two different rooms. They stayed in the same room and did fine! All in all it was a great weekend, sad to see it end, but happy to be home and sleeping in our own beds. Were looking forward to trips in the future, none planned yet but we want to visit some surrounding cities! I've posted some pictures of the Zoo, it was Kam's first time and Ta's 3rd time.

We are all doing well, just trying to survive this hot, hot summer! Florida, never felt this hot to me. We've been over 100 degrees for about a month now.
Anyways, the girls are doing well. Taylor, just got her first real big girl hair cut. She went to EJ Bain, which is the place were we get our hair cut. They shampooed, cut and blow dried her hair. She was such a big girl and of course I saved a lock of hair. It was sad!
Kamdyn, is as cute as ever! She loves to talk and say "Cheese" and "Key's" usually with a huge smile! Not as well as I write them but its really cute. She also loves to point to her nose. Did I mention she is 16 months, where does the time go?
My belly is growing and Harper is getting bigger. My official due date is 1/1/11! Crazy...I know.
We are taking a mini vacation this weekend to St. Louis. We can't wait! I bought Jacob tickets to the Cubs vs Cardinals game for Friday night. He's a Cubs fan. On Saturday, we are spending the day at the Arch, Zoo and shopping. Sunday, were going to visit Jakes mom. Side note, she is now home from the hospital, doing and feeling really well. So, we are excited to get away!
I've posted some pictures so enjoy!

Its a BOY!

We are having a BOY! My husband is so excited...I mean he loves and adores Taylor and Kamdyn but to think he has to shell out money for weddings...he knew how much my dad paid for our wedding...
His name is Harper Caid Ferrell. I had a dream, a few months back and I presented a boy named Harper Caid. Caid is my husband middle name and we just love it. Harper of course means Harpist. So the full name means "well rounded harpist." Were super excited.
I forgot that Jacob had a dream before he knew me. In the dream he had 3 children and they presented themselves to him. There were 2 girls and 1 boy. The boy was the youngest! Again were super excited and we have nothing boy!! So, it will be exciting to shop for a little boy....

17 weeks and counting

I am now 17 weeks. I can't believe how fast this pregnancy is going. We should find out in the next two weeks what we are having BOY or GIRL. Before we got pregnant in April, I had a dream that we were introducing a boy named Harper Caid Ferrell. We have liked the name Harper since we started having children, but just kept it locked away for a boy! Caid is my husbands middle name and we want to carry his name some how. So, we will just have to see....If its a girl her name will be Hattie Pearl Ferrell. Hattie was my dads grandmother, so my great grand mother. Hattie and my great grandfather Ottis Ponder raised my dad, so we thought it would be appropriate to name her Hattie. Pearl, is my husbands great grandmothers name. She was a jewish singer!

We are excited...with a BOY or a GIRL!!!!

Pictures from Squeeze Photography

Happy Month of June!

Well, May came and went pretty fast around here. We were very busy with life! We took a small trip to Illinois for Jakes great grandmothers 89th bday. We also ministered at two churches while in town, Little Chapel and Mercy Gate. Awesome people and awesome churches!
We ended the month with celebrating my birthday and having a great memorial day weekend! Props to my husband for surprising me with a new camera, a Nikon D5000 with an extra zoom lense. He saved money without me knowing!
We just booked our trip to Florida the end of June. We will be home from June 24-29th! Praise the Lord, I can't wait to go home! Our main purpose in going is celebrating my 10 year reunion....CRAZY! I can't believe it...

We are doing well, the fam is well! Ta and Kam are getting bigger and wiser...
I am 10 weeks along and can't wait to get out of this first trimester! It has been a doosie for me!
Enjoy the new pics of the fam. The first 3 pics are of my garden and than the other 2 are Ta and Kam! There from May..of course taking with my new camera!