Landon Meets His Friend

Our friends Emily, Bryan and little Avery came to visit us today and generously loaned us the use of their swing (thank, God). Thanks, Emily and Bryan. Avery was a bit jealous of her mommy holding and feeding the baby, but was enjoying touching and poking at him. She really wanted him to take his pacifier, even though he was definitely NOT interested. We can't wait to go to the zoo and to Sea World this summer with the Gilberts. Landon is really looking forward to playing with his friend Avery and Madeline is looking forward to seeing Shamu.

GG Comes to Town

Well, GG came to visit this weekend to see her newest great-grandchild. It was love at first site of course and we had a lot of fun. She brought the Peurifoy clan, Great Aunt Natalie, cousin Holly, Sherry and Sherry's grandmother. We had fun catching up and they enjoyed holding and feeding the baby. Here are pcitures of the generations of a few Peurifoys.

Bret's First Day at the Station

Wow! We have a real gun-holding, sharp-shooting, hand-cuff-bearing, uniformed police man in our midst. He enjoyed his first day as a cop and actually had quite an "eventful" day for a such a small town. He is really looking forward this new career and we are all so proud of him.

Happy One Month, Landon!

My, my, how this month has flown by. I can't believe our little man is one month old. I am anxious to see how much he weighs now, since he is getting so chubby. We tried rice cereal today and we really liked it...didn't make us sleep any longer though. Here are some pictures of him celebrating his one month milestone.

We have an Officer Among us!

Well, Congratulations are in order for my dear husband, Bret! He has now officially become a police officer with the Royse City Police Department. We are so excited for his new opportunity and now we can find a place to LIVE! Yeah! It has been a long month awaiting the news. Royse City was his first choice of departments so we feel we are truly blessed. God is very good and we are so excited. Congratulations Officer Bret Lord!

Happy Valentine's Day

Love is in the air! Our family is full of so much love this year...celebrating a new marriage, a new blended family and welcoming our newest addition, little Landon. I am especially missing my dad this Valentine's Day and remembering Madeline's first Valentine's Day when my dad came over during his lunch break and brought Madeline her first Valentine and a purple teddy bear. I treasure that picture I took of them that day and am sad he is not here to visit Landon on his first Valentine's Day. He would just adore Landon, as he always wanted a boy in the family. I know his legacy lives on in me and I will pass it on to Madeline and Landon.

Well, here is Nana with her two favorite grandchildren on Landon's first Valentine's. She came bearing cards and lots of kisses and hugs! What more could Madeline and Landon ask for. Nana is so special.

Doctor, Doctor, Give us the News!

Landon's third doctor's appointment was today. He had two last week...they thought he might have been a bit jaundiced, but he triumphed! We left the hospital weighing an even 6 pounds. By that Thursday (only 3 days later) he had dropped down to 5 lbs 12 oz. The following Monday he was up a bit at 5 pounds 14 ounces and was making progress. He was losing his yellow tint and eating much better (an ounce at a sitting). We are proud to say that today our little boy weighs 6 pounds 4 ounces (only 3 ounces short of his birth weight), is eating 2 ounces each sitting and has beautiful pink skin. Dr. Fisch says he looks great and is growing good. Our next appointment will be the one he gets loads of shots...I think it's more painful for the mom to watch than for the babies getting pricked. Anyway, our little boy is doing excellent and changing every day.

Madeline on the Go!

Our little Madeline has learned to ride a bike. Santa actually brought it to her Christmas 2004, but we have had no place to ride it. This Christmas Madeline reminded us that it was in Nana's garage, so we decided to take it out of its rest home and put it to use. Madeline has mastered the skill of starting, turning and stopping and is really enjoying riding around the driveway...that is as far as mommy will let her go as of now! Look at Madeline go!

It's Been One Week....

Happy One Week Birthday to Landon! We celebrated with Grandma, Grandpa and cousin Brian coming to visit from Pasadena (Texas). There were no balloons, no noise makers, no huge party crowd. Just lots of kisses and hugs from Grandma and Grandpa. Brian really loved watching the baby and he kept telling us how much he really liked him and wanted us to come visit them soon. Grandma held Landon so much that after they left Madeline said Landon smelled like a "boy grandma"! I, on the other hand, celebrated my new son's one week birthday with a trip to the emergency room and a bladder infection. Definitely not as much fun as the kisses and hugs Landon received...that would have been a much nicer gift. All is well in the Lord household and we are adjusting to the new baby in the house, the reality of having TWO children, and still not getting any sleep. Happy One Week Birthday, Landon!

Lights, Camera, Landon!

Take a look at our new little boy! He is such a joy and we are having so much fun. He is having some problems with feeding, but he is doing better. I am learning a lot about extra patience. He has his first doctors appointment on Thursday, so we will see if he has gained any weight and talk about the feeding issues. We just thank God he didn't have any heart or lung issues since he was so early. We will continue to keep you posted and be watching for more pictures.

Welcome Baby Landon

Welcome Landon Wayne Lord!

He was born at 10:23 am on Saturday, January 28 and weighed in at 6 lbs 7 oz. He was 19 and 3/4 inches long and a big boy for being 4 weeks early. We are so excited to have him in our lives and he is such a blessing and welcome addition to our family. Here are a few pictures from his first days.


You can also visit his Hospital Baby Nursery at: http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage.asp?URLID=7P4Y6E0N7V

Visitor password: Lord

The Baby Shower

Amy and my friend, Emily, threw me a baby shower today. It was quite lovely and I received many goodies for the new baby. Amy was so excited to have the shower at her new house and it turned out great. Here are some highlights of the days festivities.

Happy New Year!

Well, 2005 was a blast and so eventful. Bret and I married this year in May and then found out shortly after we were expecting. We had not planned to get pregnant on our honeymoon, but we could not be happier to welcome a new baby boy into our family this coming new year. We are looking forward to what 2006 has in store.

We went to Buca di beppo to ring in the new year with Kelly and Ryan Walker and friends and then went over to the Walkers house to continue ringing in the new year. Kelly and I enjoyed drinking our non-alcoholic beer; it was actually quite refreshing to taste beer again after 8 months. We had so much fun and then were in bed by 1 am. Oh, how times have changed! Here we are at Buca around the Pope table (kind of creepy I might add). But, oh, so much fun. Happy New Year!