November 27, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 1 Comment
Sorry it took so long. I’d like to say that we’ve been really busy, but that’s just not the case. My pride was in the way and I wanted the house to look perfect for all the pictures I was going to take. Reality hit. With 2 little ones, no matter how hard I try, no matter what I do, the house will look like a tornado blew through within 2 minutes of me picking up. Then I realized, this is who we are, this is what the house will look like if friends or family stop by. So, I am swallowing my pride, so I can finally show off our new house digitally. Enjoy!
Our walk-in pantry (that I absolutely love!!)
Our HUGE kitchen
This is the wall next to the pantry in the kitchen
My desk area
Our dining room complete with after dinner mess and left over birthday decorations! 
Living room
Fire place, Can’t wait to snuggle up with a cup of coffee on Christmas with the fire a blazin’
Another shot of the dining room
The not so interesting hall…
Paul’s office (and Matthew helping him play Star Wars)
The boy’s room (Matthew picked out the color all by himself)
Master bath (one of two rooms we didn’t do anything too)
Master bedroom (surprise! I actually got the bed made!!)
These 2 windows are my favoritest part of our room. During the day, they let so much light in. 
November 5, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 0 Comments
So this post is long overdue…WE HAVE A HOUSE!!!
And we love it! And it all happened so quickly. Looking back now, and all the little snags that came up, I can see that is all the Lords work that we are living in our dream house. It still feels like a dream, like I’ll wake up one morning and be back at the apartment. I love knowing that’s not going to happen!
The boys seem to love the house as much as we do. We keep asking Matthew if he wants to go back to 816 (which was our apartment number) and he freaks out if he gets any kind on inkling that we will move back. It’s a parents job to mess with the kids every now and then!
Pictures soon, I promise! (I still need to take them!)
October 14, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 0 Comments
To my dearest Timothy,
How is it that you are turning one already?!? Wasn’t it yesterday that we brought you home from the hospital?? Even from the first ultra sound, I knew you would have a funny personality, and boy is it true! Right down to the grin you give me when we are being silly, to the sad little pouty face you make when you are being disciplined. You even have an undeniable devotion to your big brother. You are always looking for him when you want to play, and you are the first one to try to get Matthew to smile and laugh when he is in trouble or just sad. You are the biggest Mama’s boy, not that I’m complaining! I love how your face lights up as soon as you see me, and your silly little wiggle when you get excited. I can’t wait to see what God has planned for you! Just don’t grow up too fast, and I promise not to blink. Soon, my son, we will be able to celebrate you with all of our friends and family, until then, we will celebrate you tomorrow, just the four of us. I love you little one, my bug-a-boo!
September 11, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 0 Comments
So, I thought my blog was broken…but as usual, when I get some help, it works. So here is an updated pic of Timothy until I can get my camera downloaded. Enjoy!
May 12, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 1 Comment
This past week a friend posted a video on Facebook about a little baby girl that was born full term but didn’t have a heartbeat and wasn’t breathing. The doctors were about to give up on her, about 20 minutes after her birth, when miraculously her heart started beating. They rushed her off to the NICU to do everything else they could do to save her little life, but they we’re not expecting her to live through the night. Well, she made it. She survived. The doctors found out that during the beginning stages of labor, there was a rupture in the placenta, and the baby wasn’t getting any oxygenated blood. Because of this, the doctors thought this little girl would have major brain damage because she went so long with out the needed blood to keep her alive, but an MRI showed no brain damage what so ever. She is truly a miracle only God could give.
Anyone who knows me, know that I would be balling watching this video, and yes, I was, but for a completely different reason. All I could see watching this video is that this could have been us. This REALIZATION brought me to my knees like nothing has before. I realized I was in DENIAL over our pregnancy, and the seriousness of it. I somehow believed that everything would be ok. God wouldn’t to anything to take our baby, would he? Looking back now, I am ashamed. I didn’t pray. I didn’t pray to save my baby’s life. I had certain expectations, and they were going to happen. How stubborn was I? How unfaithful? How ignorant? I was so annoyed at having to be on bed rest, changing my routine, looking forward to the end of the pregnancy just so I could get on with life, but for the wrong reasons. I truly didn’t understand what a miracle it was that God chose to save Matthew, and give him to Paul and I to love and care for. I’m sad it has taken 3 years to see Matthew as the miracle he is, and truly appreciate his young life. For me, this really is a GUT-WRENCHING THANKFULNESS, because, it’s true, I really did expect him to be healthy, when something completely different could have resulted in September 2007.
God is softening my heart, showing me things that I’ve never seen before. I know He has a plan for Matthew’s life, I can’t wait to see what it is. Thank you God for giving us Matthew, for his tender heart, his crazy personality, and deep love for others. I pray that I will be able to adequately show him You, and Your love for him. I pray that I will appreciate his life on a daily basis, and never cease to thank You for his life.
Brand new Matthew
My 3 year old miracle
March 14, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 0 Comments
As I type this, Matthew is walking around in a diaper, my flip-flops, and one of Paul’s old belts around his shoulder. He told me he needed to get ready for work; he needed to check up on Daddy and see if he needed any help. He then proceeded to get my keys out of my purse and out the door to Ruby, our Tahoe. Too bad Paul took the Tahoe to work today, or else I think Matthew may have just driven off! Instead he tromped around on the front porch with a banana. I love seeing Matthew’s imagination at work, like a little window into his mind.
Matthew is turning out to be a typical 3 year old. He definitely has his own opinions, and loves to voice them. I feel like I spend most of my days building his character (I’ll just say that instead of disciplining) but he always finds a way to make me smile at some point in the day. He is still in love with anything technical, especially Paul’s or Papa’s iPhones. Birds & Piggies is his favorite game. We’re still working on potty training, and not getting very far. I just figure he is my late bloomer, and I know that he won’t be wearing diapers when he is 30. (or so I hope!!)
Timothy will be 5 months old tomorrow. I feel like I have missed out on the baby stage because he is so big. He is wearing the same size clothes as Matthew did when he was 10 months old. Crazy beans!! Timothy is starting to babble a lot, and is totally in with his big brother. I get woken up in the morning by giggle-fests in the next room over. Timothy is starting to get his first tooth, getting ready for some steak with Papa!
I am wishing I could post some updated pictures of both of them, but my hard drive is full, and I can’t get my camera downloaded…big bummer for this mama!
January 21, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 0 Comments
Just a quick note, because I don’t want to forget…
I love it when Matthew sees Timothy and says “Hi, Boy! Are you happy?”
Seriously, it makes me giggle!
January 20, 2011 - Posted by Patricia - 0 Comments
Wow, I’m a mom of a 3 year old! I love seeing Matthew’s heart, joy, and personality as he grows into a little man. He is constantly wanting to take care of Timothy. Matthew loves to hold Timothy’s hand in the car, and will get upset when he can’t reach it. Matthew’s favorite snuggle thing is his baby brother, and Timothy is all giggles and smiles as soon as he hears Matthew’s greeting in the morning. Matthew is a very generous little boy, always wanting to pitch in with a ‘helping’ hand. He is also turning out to be quite the stubborn little boy; and very opinionated. Sometime this can be cute, sometimes, not so much. So, Happy birthday my little man #1, I love you to pieces!!
Snuggling at bedtime
This is what I found one morning as I got out of the shower.
Birthday boy and his Mickey cake
My labor of love
The Birthday Boy!
December 9, 2010 - Posted by Patricia - 1 Comment
OK, I am now convinced that being a mom is the hardest, yet most rewarding job in the world. Timothy is 8 weeks old now, and I feel as though we are just now finding our groove. Yesterday was the first day in I don’t know how long I was able to get what needed to get done and still have time to play with Matthew and snuggle with Timothy with out having to feed him. So we were in jammies all day, but who cares! I also must say that I have unfairly judged all moms for more than one child. I don’t think anyone can understand all the struggles that come from adding one more child into a family unless you have been there personally, and I am truly sorry to all I have miss judged. Not much sleep is starting to become routine. Timothy is up a couple times a night now, guess I shouldn’t have bragged so much about him sleeping through the night!! But in the end, it’s all worth it. I can’t wait to have both boys hugging me, telling me that they love me. Ah, I love being a mom!! (and having some pretty adorable boys helps too!)
October 22, 2010 - Posted by Patricia - 2 Comments
Well, here he is!! Timothy Addison Phillips was born last friday, October 15th at 6:57pm. What a day to remember! We had a c-section scheduled for 3:30, and I learned that this is an estimated time. We had to be at the hospital at 1:30 to start the check in process and get all of the needed medical things done, but I was not actually admitted until 2:15. Everyone we talked to said it was a busy day in the baby delivering business. Good thing we knew one of the nurses (thanks Debbie!!) or else we would have been turned away, having to come back on a not so busy day. (I never knew you could do this…) So thankful we were able to have Timothy that day. I don’t think I would have been able to emotionally handle being sent home to wonder when he would finally make is appearance. Well, 3:30 rolls around and everything is ready to go, we just have to wait for the Dr. to get there. When she does show up, we move into the OR only to find out that we got bumped due to a last minute c-section for a woman who had been pushing for like 3 hours, and we lost our anesthesiologist. (they only have one for l&d) So, here Debbie, Paul, & I are waiting in the OR for our turn to get going, and were about 10-15 min away from our turn when another nurse burst in and told us we needed to get out of the OR because of an emergency prolapsed cord delivery. That got the adrenaline pumping!! So we head back to our room, by now it’s close to 5:30, and I cant help but think we should have a 2 hour old baby by now, and I was getting a little anxious. Leave it to Paul to get me laughing to help relax and calm my nerves. (Thanks babe!!) Debbie came in to let us know that both surgeries were done, (both mama’s and babies were ok) but housekeeping was MIA to clean up both of the OR’s. Well, Super Debbie went to work with another nurse to get the OR cleaned up so we could finally have our baby. At 6:30ish we make that walk again to the OR. This time we finally get to have our baby, no interruptions, no emergencies. I’m always surprised at how long (or should I say short) it actually takes to deliver once the Dr. starts. So, about 3 1/2 hours later then we thought, Timothy came into the world with the highest pitch squeal I have ever heard a newborn make. It was music to my ears! (I think only a mom would say that!) Timothy came in weighing 9 lbs, 9 oz, and 20 1/2 in long. BIG BOY!!! I was shocked when they said how big he was, thinking how did he fit inside of me!! But he did, and I am go happy he came big and strong. Even with his size and my diabetes, his blood sugars were all in the normal level and pretty much stayed that way through our hospital stay. We were released on Sunday, which was such a blessing to be going home so soon. Hospital stays are never fun, and let’s face it, not that restful. (at least for me) So, here we are, a week later, and I am recovering great, Timothy is a great sleeper, going for 5-6 hours at a time before he realizes he’s hungry, and Matthew couldn’t be a better big brother. Matthew adores Timothy. It’s the cutest thing. He loves to hug and kiss and sooth (even help feed) Timothy. I think I have the bestest two boys ever! And thank you mom for all of your help this week. I truly don’t know how I would have survived this week with out your help during the day when Paul was at work. I love you. And thank you Paul, you’re the best Dad in the world, and I love how you willing you are to step in and help when I really need you. I love you!
Ok, so I know you’re all wanting to see Timothy, so here are a few of my favorite pictures to far. More to come soon!
