Rowan is now 17.5 months old!! I cannot believe it!! Houston and I were talking today and it won't be too long before we begin transitioning Rowan to his big boy bed! (6 months, I think!) This is exciting, but sad at the same time! :) He is running everywhere, talking constantly...not too clear, though! The only words I really understand are: ball, hot, mama, dada, fish, no, nana (for my mom), nana (for banana), yesssss, bye bye, and Hi. There may be more, but those are the most common. Rowan is very observant. He can point to people on the fridge when I say there name and does really well identifying his animals, etc. (I'm sure most children do this around this time, but I just think it is so cool!) He is so SWEET! Seriously, he loves to hug and give kisses. Houston has started putting him to bed at night and he will give me a kiss and tell me bye bye! (PRECIOUS!) Houston is so great with him! I am so thankful for such a good husband! :) Rowan even hugs his Elmo and Mickey. While hugging he will pat them on the back. He loves to play with his tools...the hammer is his favorite, probably because it is the loudest. :) He isn't scared of anything. This is good and bad. Hopefully we won't have any injuries from this. These days it is SO hard to go to work. Rowan is just so much fun!!! I hate leaving him, but know that's what we have to do right now. :)
January was SO much fun! :) Some of my girlfriends and I had a slumber party/birthday celebration in Florence at Kaydee's soon to be house!! We went to dinner at Ricatoni's and then went home to play the Wii. We dressed up in 80's outfits and rocked out!FUN TIMES!! I think I burned more calories than I consumed! Wahoo! ;) We plan on having another girls night in March!! YAY! Cannot wait! :)
Kaydee is getting married in July, so we have some busy months ahead of us getting ready for that!! Wahoo!! I love weddings and looooove when it's a friends wedding, of course!! I have the best group of girlfriends and I am so thankful for that! :)
Baby Ella is doing better...still has a way to go, but doing well for everything she has gone through! She is so tough!! Her walk is March 12th and we have had such a good response!! Thank you all for everything...Aubrey and I really appreciate it!! :)
Life has been very busy! And, life has been good!! Of course, there are some things going on in my life right now that are hard, but I try not to dwell on those. So, I will just ask you to pray for me and pray God continues to take care of everything, which He will! :)
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Life lately...
Well, I am super excited about 2011...I think it's going to be a lot of fun! Rowan and I rang in the new year with my friends Danny and Tabbetha and their children. :) Houston was at the Bama game and this was our first New Years apart for 7 years! :( I still had fun, but it definitely wasn't the same. This weekend, my friends and I had our annual Christmas party! :) We were missing Kaydee and Kandice, which was sad, but nonetheless, we had a good time! I must say I have the best friends. I really, really do!
I write this post to say a couple of things I have had on my mind lately.
1. Kellie Parker Ray (one of my friends from college and my sorority sister) and her husband, Dustin Ray have been going through what NO parent can imagine or should have to imagine. Their daughter Ella had a bone marrow transplant on December 9th and since then has been in Children's Hospital recovering. She did fine for several days and after those days, some complications began. Ella has been in the ICU at Children's hospital for a little over 2 weeks now. She has been having problems with her liver, kidneys, and lungs. During this entire process, Kellie, Dustin, and especially little Ella have been so strong!! I, along with many others, admire them more than they will ever know! We all need to hug our children more and not take anything for granted. Please follow Ella's story and pray for them daily!!! www.caringbridge.org/visit/ellaray1
2. One of my greatest friends, Summer Shelton Welch, passed away on January 4th due to complications with a lifelong disease, Cystic Fibrosis. She fought this disease to the very end!! Summer and I had been friends since we were 6 years old. Summer was AMAZING...to say the least! There was never a day of complaining even though she was suffering and struggling to breath so very often!! Summer was a Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Fighter, and Friend to so many!! She loved the Lord and because of her many many lives have been touched! Please pray for her family and please learn more about her disease by going to www.cff.org. If you are able, please make a donation in her memory! There are so many people who are suffering from this disease! A cure is needed!!!
While life has its ups and downs, I still know that God has a plan and a reason for it all. There will be good days and bad days, but we must lean on Him!!
I write this post to say a couple of things I have had on my mind lately.
1. Kellie Parker Ray (one of my friends from college and my sorority sister) and her husband, Dustin Ray have been going through what NO parent can imagine or should have to imagine. Their daughter Ella had a bone marrow transplant on December 9th and since then has been in Children's Hospital recovering. She did fine for several days and after those days, some complications began. Ella has been in the ICU at Children's hospital for a little over 2 weeks now. She has been having problems with her liver, kidneys, and lungs. During this entire process, Kellie, Dustin, and especially little Ella have been so strong!! I, along with many others, admire them more than they will ever know! We all need to hug our children more and not take anything for granted. Please follow Ella's story and pray for them daily!!! www.caringbridge.org/visit/ellaray1
2. One of my greatest friends, Summer Shelton Welch, passed away on January 4th due to complications with a lifelong disease, Cystic Fibrosis. She fought this disease to the very end!! Summer and I had been friends since we were 6 years old. Summer was AMAZING...to say the least! There was never a day of complaining even though she was suffering and struggling to breath so very often!! Summer was a Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Fighter, and Friend to so many!! She loved the Lord and because of her many many lives have been touched! Please pray for her family and please learn more about her disease by going to www.cff.org. If you are able, please make a donation in her memory! There are so many people who are suffering from this disease! A cure is needed!!!
While life has its ups and downs, I still know that God has a plan and a reason for it all. There will be good days and bad days, but we must lean on Him!!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
December 2010



This month started with Houston's 30TH birthday and party...which I must say was a blast! He and I have the most awesome friends and always have so much fun together!!! Aubrey came up that weekend and helped me with everything...she's the best!
It's hard to believe that tomorrow my little boy will be 16 months old! Time is flying, but it really is so much fun! He is SO stinking busy! It's hilarious to just sit and watch him run around! He has started giving me more hugs and kisses, trying to talk more, running everywhere, and organizing things! And, he LOVES books! I'm proud of that. He gets that from his daddy!
Thanksgiving and Christmas this year were so much fun! We got together with our families and had a blast!
On another note: Everyone please pray for my friend Kellie, her husband Dustin, and their little girl Ella! She had a bone marrow transplant on December 9th and is at Children's Hospital recovering from it! There have been complications, but hopefully she will get to go to the bone marrow unit next week and leave the ICU!! Praise GOD!!!
Love,
Kyla
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Growing too fast...



Being a Mommy is such a wonderful, fun job and gets better every day! :) Rowan is such a fun little boy!!! He is now running everywhere, babbling nonstop. He can say a few words...ball, cow, jump, nana, mommy, daddy, and a few others, but nothing is very clear, yet. :) He goes tomorrow for his 2nd round of flu vaccination, but last time I took him he just made a noise at the nurse after she gave it to him. Haha..like, "who do you think you are?"
We have been super busy lately! Last weekend we were able to go with Aubs and her Dad to the Bama game and had so much fun! The weekend before, us girls (and Rowan) went to see Catherine and Scarlett! It was LOTS of fun!! Scarlett is absolutely precious!!! I am seriously so thankful for our group of friends!!
I am very excited about the holidays coming up! I love our family time and love when we can all get together because everyone is so busy, so it doesn't happen often. :(
Recent pictures are here! :) I just loved his little Christmas pics! :)
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
October 2010! :)



Well, here we are...it's so crazy that Rowan is now 13 1/2 months old!! He is too much fun these days!! His true personality is showing and we are super excited!!! :) He is walking now...trying to run at times! He began walking on September 19th...TRULY walking, after just taking a few steps at a time. He has his tumbles often, but gets right back up! It's quite hilarious to watch!!! We recently took a family trip to the beach and it was a blast! Rowan loved the sand once he got used to it and really really loved the splashpad at our condo! :) He made a lot of little friends. (Or, so he thought!) This weekend we are going to a pumpkin patch, which I'm very excited about! Rowan now has 8 teeth!! He will eat absolutely anything...so we have to be extremely careful what is in his reach, for sure!
Life is good! Our friends, Catherine and Blake had their little girl, Scarlett, on September 20th and we are so happy for them! Also, Aubrey became an Aunt(official) on October 8th to little Gwyneth! Babies everywhere! :)
Here are some beach pictures!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Rowan is ONE!!! :)
Sunday, August 15, 2010
August...


Rowan will be one year old in 11 days...he is more fun each and everyday! :) He is still not walking, but is standing and crawling SO FAST! I left him for a few seconds yesterday and thought he was with Houston. Well, I went to get him and Houston didn't have him. I freaked out, of course!!! He had crawled up our staircase and was upstairs in our office. Needless to say, the gate is up 24/7 now!!! He is now drinking only from a sippy cup! This was an easy transition for us, thankfully! We switched to whole milk at 11 months old and he loves that, too!!! We are going to work on getting rid of the paci within the 2nd year...decided to not be in a huge rush for it! He is such a stubborn little guy with a powerful personality...don't know who he gets that from. :) We just love him so very much!!!
Another thought...I have the best friends, REALLY! There is not a time in my life that I can think of that I have needed a friend and didn't have one to lean on. We have such a great group of friends...there are about 10 or so of us and not many people can say they have that many friends they could call on. We are blessed!!! And, I thank God for them daily!! :)
Rowan's party is coming up and I just ordered the last minute supplies...we are excited!! It will be very simple, but fun, for sure! :) Ohhh!! Another thing, Rowan has a minor surgery on the 24th. He is having his skin tags removed from his ear and a frenulectomy (clipping under the tongue). I noticed when Rowan couldn't breastfeed that his tongue was attached tightly and mentioned this to the physician. He recommended us wait and have it done, so we are! I'm a little nervous, but know he will do just fine! :) The Dr. also told us that tightly attached tongues are hereditary...and my twin and I both had it done, so thanks to me, Rowan has it. :( But, please say a prayer for us! Thanks!
Will update soon! :) Here are some pics, of course! :)
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