My Littel Rebel

Thank you Uncle Jay for my cute Ole Miss onesie.....I think I might like being a Rebel one day (but we won't say that to my daddy!!!! hehe!!)

Gearing up for the Cold Weather

There have been some frosty mornings this past week that I have had to bundle Walker up for. This hat and sweater that Walker has on was Scott's when he was a baby. I think it looks precious on Walker too!!! What a sweet angel.....

Cute Boy

New Life Sunday

Today we had Walker's baby dedication at Meadowbrook. I am very, very sad to say that we failed to take a picture. :( I mean I left the house and double checked my purse to make sure that I had the camera...ugh!!!

We had 16 new babies born within our Church in 2008. WOW! God is so great. Sassy and Pops came to visit us over the weekend and to join us in the celebration. It was a very nice service with a beautiful slide show of pictures of all the little ones....we enjoyed it very much. Walker did very good as he always does on Sunday. He sat up there looking all around at the congregation. He is such a sweet, sweet boy!

Walkers First Day of School

And off to school we go...

So today was my first day back at work full-time and Walkers first day of school! I held up much better than i thought. Last night i was not doing so well. I was boo-hoo'ing...I mean to the extreme that I could not catch my breath. Yes I AM crazy!

I was not so sad about coming back to work...I just thought back on how amazingly wonderful the past 4 months have been. Many emotions and thoughts were going through my head....I was remembering the special times that we have had and just how quickly it all went by. I will never forget Walker being in the NICU and Scott and I driving out there almost every 4 hours just to see his little face and feed him.....or how fragile and little Walker was when he came home...the first night he came home and i sat up and stared at him all night long to make sure he was breathing! I thought about his first sponge bath that did not go so well until his Aunt Shannon showed me how to give it properly! I remember the tiny little bottles he first used and the tiny little onesies that he wore every day that had choo choo trains on them. I remember just thinking that if I could get six hours of uninterrupted sleep how much better i would feel and now i just want to hold him and watch him sleep for hours and hours and I could care less about my sleep. I thought of our many lazy days that Walker laid on my chest to nap so content by my heartbeat and the mornings we would cuddle in the bed together when his little tummy was full and Scott was getting ready for work. I remember the afternoon strolls we took around the neighborhood and the many shots I have had to watch him take that just about killed me. I sit here just picturing his little face lying there on the changing table just laughing and cooing at me.....

I am sad at how fast the time went by but I look forward to the many special memories that will be made in the months to come.....Thank you God for our wonderful blessing

Pictures of a few of Walkers Firsts!!!

Walkers First Halloween

Walkers first picture with Santa!

Walkers First New Years Eve watching fireworks!

Our family picture on Christmas Day!

Our First Getaway trip to Nashville when Walker was 9 weeks old!

Walker at 6 weeks old

Life's New Chapter: PARENTHOOD!!!

No, I haven't fallen off of the face of the earth...just been busy with my new bundle of joy.

Wow have we had an exciting yet emotional yet very wonderful past 3 months. Scott and I were blessed with the most precious little angel in the whole world. His name is Walker Scott Rives. He was born on September 2 and weighed 5 lbs. 8 oz. He was 18 inches long. He was a tiny little fellow but boy has he grown now. Last dr appt he weighed right at 10 lbs. (He is a very good eater). He is just the sweetest thing. I will be honest with you....Scott and I were a little overwhelmed at first. It is definitely a life change. However, I remember one of my friends telling me that the first 6 weeks are the hardest and once you get through that....it all just clicks one day. Well it was about the first 8 weeks for me but it was true....one day it just all clicked and I realized that I was going to be okay. I realized that I could handle being a mommy!!



Walker turned 3 months old on Tuesday. He is such a sweet child. He began sleeping through the night at about 9 weeks old and wow how that helped. When we were able to get like 6 hours of uninteruppted sleep....it made me a new person! Walker is beginning to coo and laugh more and more everyday. He is just the best thing that ever happened to me (besides his daddy of course!!). I wonder now what i did before i had him.



I have been blessed to be able to stay at home with Walker until January and it has been wonderful. We have gone to Grenada to visit several times, we have shopped some, but most of all we have been so lazy. I love when Walker lays on top of me and sleeps on my chest. That is like the best time of my day. Can you tell that he is spoiled rotten? Ha ha! At first i was worried not to spoil him too much because i was afraid if i took him to daycare and he was spolied...they would not want to keep him! I don't worry about that anymore. I hold him all day everday!



The birth of our son was the most amazing day of our lives. I am so in awe of how magnificent God is. Who am I to expand his kingdom? I have realized that he has given me this life to raise and each day i pray that God gives me the wisdom to raise him to be the best that he can be. Thank you God for blessing us in this way...



Once I figure out how to downloand my pictures, I will get some pics of him up. I have a lot for everyone to see.