Here is a few of Emrie's latest. this is her "mad" face. even mad she still looks pretty cute to momma.

Surprise/evil look.
Sweet, precious, little miss.
This stage that she is at is not my very favorite, but one we must go threw. she is growing up too fast. she is all about the questions right now. everything has a "why" behind it. it gets very tiring by the end of the day. but i can see the wheels turning up in that head of hers. so i guess i will keep answering all her questions. i love too see her light up when she FINALLY gets all her answers. she is so wonderful to have as a daughter. i think everyone should have a baby girl to be there life time mini-me, and buddy.

Emrie Meets tucker.

My baby girl is so in love with that baby cousin of hers, but not so in love with momma loving baby tucker. she gets a bit jealous of me lovin him. so i put her to sleep and me and Tucker got to cuddle and talk things threw. he is such a joy to spend time with. he is already loved beyond what anyone could imagine. just perfect in so many ways.

these are in such random order but here we go.

this is my big sis finally loving her baby.

Chris and his mom and her 1st grand baby.
it appears i am flipping him off, but i was just touching him.
this is his half sister, Shayla and her cute face.
the family and the birth mom seeing him.
this is the moment he come out from my point of view.
this is waiting the 2 texting

Let me just talk about the last 72 hours of our life. so her e we go...

Thursday- I leave Purcell at 12:00 to go to Lawton to take the birth mothers little girls pictures. i get almost to lawton and i get the call from Mac. "SHE IS IN LABOR" so i am excited beyond words. i am driving like crazy, to nervous to eat lunch, and anxious to get to the hospital. and approximately 16 hours later My Nephew TUCKER WILL GORDON was born. i Was honored to get to be in the room with the birth mom,Mac, CHris and Myself all cheered him out. It was the most emotional moment of all time. i have been in on 6 Births and i of corse was emotionally attached, but oh man this tops charts of crazy exciting events in life. He weighed 7.15 and was 20 inches long. absolutely perfect and healthy. lots and lots of hair all over the place.

it is the weirdest emotions i have felt, bc i am so so so happy for all of us but my heart breaks for this birth mom. she has had a horrendous life and she by far choose the best thing for Tucker. she loved him enough to give him up, just like GOD. the whole event had GOD written all over it.

Tucker is a living and perfect example of what GOD can and will do.

Monday

i love mondays. its really my favorite day of the week. i don't work on mondays, and i always love after a busy non-stop weekend, to be able to just have a day of nothingness.

Meet The Bates

this is the whole clan.... this group of people were the most willing and up for anything people. i liked spending the beautiful afternoon capturing them. these were taken in Sulphur, OK.

this is Todd's family
Tim's family
this is kelly, she is a cancer survivor, and is fighting to be considered cancer free. she really impressed me with her never ending smile, and positive outlook. she took every opportunity to literally stop and smell the roses. she is a good reminder to live everyday as if it were your last. people like kelly inspire me.
this is tomi-anne and her main squeeze Jeff. they were married and August, and i enjoy this girl.

Jesus Biggest Impression Day. Christmas has a special meaning and we all love to celebrate it, but Easter is such a big deal. i mean the One Single Biggest Event in history occurred over the 3 day weekend of Easter. God demonstrated what real LOVE is. He did the un-imaginable, un-thinkable thing and Gave his favorite and only Son. there is no other Act in History that has left a bigger impression then this. Thank GOD and His Main squeeze, Jesus, for the whole weekend.

now bare with me, these are in crazy order so bare with my original thought.

#3 - Eating the Loot.

#2- going threw the loot.
this is #1. Hunting.....
the family easter at Betty and Leahs.
the Hays family.
this is Easter 2009. notice the hair band. 1.5 years old.
this is Easter 2008. 6 months old. Len was growing the beard out to play the roll of Jesus. its out of control.
this is 2010. 2.5 years old. notice the head band.
our precious most wonderful little chick. i am so gratful to God that he paid the price, and all i had to do was believe, and except the gift He gave.
Happy Jesus Day !!!! 2010