Monday, 17 Months, and 20 Weeks

We have desperately missed these kiddos.......

Payt usually gets Mondays off since Sundays are work days for him, so after church Sunday night, we headed to Birmingham to spend all day with " the kids" while Mallory and Trent worked.

After coming home from Auburn in 2008, I started keeping Miller three days a week. He was 8 months old.....now, he's four and a half.....

Their family continued to grow.......Tucker was born in 21 months later and will be 3 in March......


and Mallie will be 2 in May.

I love these kids like my own and I believe the Lord put this "job" of caring for these 3 young and precious children in my path to prepare and train me to balance and parent my own two babies that are on their way. I have learned so much from them and their wonderful, Godly parents. Mallory and Trent have taught me and Payton so much about parenting and godliness, and I can already see our approach to parenting mirroring theirs.

This big guy is seventeen months today!

We have been so blessed the past couple of weeks with seeing lots of pictures of him learning and growing. While it aches our hearts to be so far from him during this season of his life, there is nothing that brings more joy and more peace than seeing him learn and interact with his buddies. And from what we've heard, he LOVES "school time".....

And for the current hairstyle....Enough said :)

Pax and I have reached our half way mark in pregnancy! We've turned both of our extra bedrooms upside down in preparation for Pax's nursery and Rowen's big boy room. So many people are asking for pictures...they're coming. There is nothing, but messes to see right now. We continue to thank you for your prayers and your interest in our lives. It humbles us beyond words and a day doesn't go by that we don't thank God for the wonderful support he's put in our lives. We love and appreciate y'all so much!

Happy Valentine's Day......

........missing my little Valentine so much today! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE continue to pray for April (2012 that is :))

Paxton James Junkin

We have video from last night's event, but the video camera cords seem to be misplaced. So in blog form, here is how Rowen announced to both families the sex of his baby brother or baby sister......

Each family member opened one of these.......anticipating the revealing......

But to their disappointment, it was this picture......

We had everyone predict sex, weight, and due date.....then, the nieces and nephews opened one more present.

To which revealed that.....

Our goal was/is to make Rowen apart as much as we possibly can being so far away. In years to come, we want him to know that he had a part in every aspect of this journey.

Still on our knees praying for his arrival in April. Please continue to join us in praying that he is home and present to welcome his baby brother into the world!

Again, I humbly thank you for your prayers, encouragement, messages, and excitement that you all consistently send us through this journey. Yall have been a form of God's faithfulness in our lives and we honestly could not do it without you! We pray so hard that our journey is nothing less than a testimony of God's faithfulness and goodness.

He is the same God to all!

COMING SOON.....

Pink or Blue.