March & April

We spent a lot of March at home. And, then in April.....we hit the ground running!!! Here's a bunch of random pictures from those months~ May and June coming soon!!!

Merrill is loving Henderson. Sometimes a little too much. She always says, "Hen-hen is eating me." She's going to love getting him in trouble. I do think these two are going to be great friends and great trouble!!

Easter bunny brought first pair of chuck taylors. We've worn these suckers with several smocked dresses....life is all about compromise, right?

Easter sunday. Merrill unhappy.....again!

my sweet boy is growing like crazy...

merrill loves, loves, loves trying on Henderson's clothes. Most of them fit in the waist. These 3 month pants are just a little short though.

We potty trained. And, we still are. I love how it looks like they are deep in conversation. And, I love how Emery's toothbrush is practically touching the toilet.

Kiki made Henderson his very own daygown for his first Sunday at church.

Okay....Jim wanted to take all 3 kids, by himself to the grand old opry....just teasing! he took the girls before the flood and I'm so glad!

celebrating Daddy's birthday. I made his cake and my first outing with all three by myself was to the grocery for ONE thing I needed for the cake. But, the outing went great.....we celebrated with ice cream from maggie's moos afterwards. Are you doing the math??? Yes, I had two desserts that day!!

This one is for my sister. We tease my dad about being a shoe salesman. He worked at a store called family bootery for one summer in college. So, now he's a shoe expert!!

Jim has been doing some work around our "new" house. We've owned it for a year now! crazy how fast time is flying!!!!

what a crew! easter sunday

Emery at her easter egg hunt at school

the girls loved and still love irratating the little guy

merrill has successfully made henderson a passy lover too!

quite the big sister....

Pop with all three grandbabies

Hen-Hen's birthday

*THIS POST IS 4 1/2 MONTHS LATE*


We knew our boy name for sure. James Henderson Byerly, Jr and that we would call him Henderson. But, if it had been a girl....it could have been bad. We were still "discussing" names in the operating room!!!





When he made his arrival, I can remember saying to Jim, bring that BOY over here. Did I just say that? A boy????What does a Byerly boy look like!!! Well, I'll say that he's familiar looking to me. But, so far everything about him is lighter....his hair is lighter than the girls was, his eyes are still really blue, and his skin is much fairer!! But, he's much meatier than the girls were!



well, here's what a fresh byerly boy looks like!!!here's what a byerly big sister looks like as she looks at her baby brother....

meeting Henderson for the first time....I bet if we had pulled back that mask, Jim had a big smile!!!

so sweet!

And, his nickname....Hen-hen! We weren't planning on that one!

I had to think about my password for a mintue....

So, I would have never thought there would be 2 1/2 month gap between my last post and this one..... But, I hope to catch up this weekend. I said hope to..... My free time these days is spent folding laundry, emptying the diswasher, and watching some dvr'd shows that require me to not think at all! And, an occasional workout with Jillian. So, I've missed blogging, but can make no guarantees! ( I mean I can't even remember how to spell anymore! Did I get guarantee right?)



We finally opened the "envelope"..... And guess what.....the ultrasound tech was right.....

We got us a precious baby boy!!!

Henderson is such a sweet baby..... (this picture is from Easter-2 months outdated!!! And, yes the blanket is Emery's) He's growing like crazy and is such a sweet addition to our family!

Stay tuned for lots of pictures and posts!!!

until next time....

So, this is a post for my aunt Susan. She told me this morning at the egg hunt to update my blog, and so I am!! After so many weeks of not posting, you think that people stop checking! We are all doing well and Henderson is overall a good baby. He'll be 6 weeks on Tuesday. It's crazy how fast these first weeks have flown by, especially with 2 other kids!!

When Henderson was 2 weeks old, my friend Karen came to the house to take a few pictures. I can't remember much about that day-things still a big blur at that time, but I loved all the shots she got! I think she does great work! Her site is www.karenhalbertphotography.com


Here were just a few of my favorites ones.......

poor guy

I've added boy paci's to my grocery list.....

One week old already?

So, I can't believe that our sweet baby boy is already a week old! Yesterday was my actual due date and I can't imagine him not being here yet! He's such a sweet addition to our family. So far, he's a great sleeper and eater. I owe a huge thank you to my mom....she's been such a great help the last week, including being exposed to merrill with the stomach virus! (great timing,huh?) I'm also completely grateful to all the friends and family that have showered us with attention. And, if you are worried about us not having any blue "things"....don't worry, plenty of blue around here now!

At some point, I'll go back and post some pictures from the big day..... I feel so blessed to have three precious babies! Henderson favors Emery more than Merrill- at least for now! I know they change so much the first few weeks and months.

Our first family of 5 picture

and its a BOY!!!

I'm a lot slower getting something on the blog than I hoped....But, we welcomed a precious baby BOY to our family today! I'm so glad that we waited to find out what we were having!

James Henderson Byerly, Jr was born at 8:01 a.m. He will go by Henderson. He weighed in at 7 lbs, 6 ouces and was 20 inches long. And, of course we think he's just precious!

Hopefully I can upload some more pictures tomorrow...this were taken with Jim's phone, so they aren't great! We are all so excited.....Emery was so cute about meeting her new baby brother. And, Merrill hasn't decided what she thinks yet!! Thanks for all the prayers the last few weeks and months. We are very blessed!