Christmas Card Carousel 2015

Merry Christmas to all of you and welcome to my little blog of special moments!

I have loved participating in Faith's Christmas Card Carousel for the past several years and always love seeing everyone's Christmas cards.

Here is our family card this year:

 JOY!

This little boy on the front of the card is our wonderful, precious son, Jackson. This will be his second Christmas. He gives us so much JOY each and every day. I thought Jackson's big smile said it all. :)

I did a bible study by Margaret Feinberg about joy a few months ago and it truly spoke to my heart.

JOY! Joy to the world, the Lord has come! :) I am so thankful that Jesus Christ lives in me. THAT gives me JOY! I can go on and on about it. ;)

Here's the back of our card. Russell, me and Jackson. This definitely makes my heart swell with delight. Our family hopes you have a JOYOUS and Merry Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by! Take time to find JOY in the little things, too. :) Love y'all!

The JOY of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10

Date Night, Farmer's Market, the Duggar's, and a New Princess

Of course I am catching up on the blog, but better late than never, right? So here's an update from two weekends ago. It was pretty memorable, so I had to document it.

 Friday night was date night for us! We were so pumped for a date night. We try to make it a priority to have one date night a month. Russell took me to one of our favorites for dinner, Venesian Inn!

 We also went to Crystal Bridges and saw the Van Gogh to Rothko exhibit. What fun!

This was a cool extra at the exhibit.  

 The next thing we did was stop by the buckyball.

 It lights up at night in every color and it's almost therapeutic to watch. Pretty neat!

 Saturday morning, we woke up early and headed to our local farmer's market! Jackson looked very handsome and like a big boy in his hat!

 Me and my baby boy.

 Gorgeous snapdragons.

 Beep, beep! Jackson in Sam Walton's red truck. :)

 So fun.

 When we got home, I watched on CNN and livestream the royal baby footage! I was pretty giddy, to say the least!!! I am so excited about the new addition.

 To celebrate, we even got Jackson the movie, Paddington. :) It came with a plush teddy.

On Sunday night, our church had about 20 special guests come, The Duggars!

They had special music and shared their testimony. It was so good. 

We even got to meet Michelle, Jim Bob, and many others. They truly were so kind and happy to be at our church. 

Anna and Josh were so sweet, too.

Jana and Joy Anna were precious. 

We also met Jessa and Ben, who got married at our church. All of them were incredibly genuine, authentic, sweet people who live for Christ. So inspiring. It was wonderful!  

That Monday, I was thrilled to find out the royal baby's name! Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge. I may have teared up a little bit, to be honest. HA!

Needless to say, it was a wonderful few days!

 

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. and be thankful. Colossians 3:15



Celebrating Russell's Birthday

So....it is now March and I can honestly say that February flew by so fast I didn't even make time to blog. I will try to catch up soon!

Russell turned 31 on February 1st, and here's how we celebrated!

 We went to church that morning and then Russell opened his gifts. Jackson was happy to help.

 They are so fun and cute!

 Russell and his gifts.

 We got to hang out with Mandy and Chad while the super bowl was on. It was so fun and Jackson loved playing with Eden and Ezra.

 Cute kiddos.

 Our little family.

 Mandy and me!

 Russell's birthday cake with all the candles!

"Happy Birthday, to you!" We had a great time together and fun time with our sweet friends!

 

The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10

Happy 31st Birthday, Russell!

Thirty-one years ago, my sweet husband, Russell, was born. Today is his birthday!!! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the past year, as 2014 was a very memorable one!

 Here we are downtown when I was in my third trimester with Jackson. Russell was so very helpful during my pregnancy. He truly was so brave with me during pregnancy and delivery with Jackson.

 Russell is the best dad to our boy! It has been the most fun and memorable 9 months watching him be a Daddy! It has and will always be a joy to me.

Russell, I love you so much. You are so wonderful and I love making memories with you. My favorite thing is watching you and Jackson laugh together. It is so joyous to me! Hope you have a great birthday!

Love, Meredith Ann

 

I urge you to live a live worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. Ephesians 4:1-3

2014 Year in Review: The Year of Jackson!

Happy New Year's Eve, y'all!

I thought last year was fast. No. No, that was not fast at all compared to this year. Noooo way. Ha! :) Maybe it has something to so with being crazy busy with a baby! Let's get to the year in review, shall we? Ready.... Set... Go!

January

2014 began with quite a scare. I was 22 weeks pregnant with Baby Jackson, and on January 1st, I had terrible shortness of breath, and could not even lay down I was so uncomfortable. What I thought was the flu or bronchitis was actually a blood clot in my left lung. I had to give myself Lovenox shots twice a day from January til May because of it. It made me realize that I would do absolutely anything for my baby boy and how much I could face my fear of shots. The Lord gave me such strength daily for this! Thank you, God!

On to a much better highlight, we also registered for baby goodies this month! Oh, what fun it was!

February 

Baby love! Russell and I enjoyed Valentine's Day and took this picture before we went to dinner that night.

Russell also put together Jackson's crib!

March

We celebrated Jackson's upcoming arrival lots this month with baby showers!

It was wonderful to see many family members and friends at the showers. 

April

Our lives changed completely on April 21st as Jackson Randolph Price entered the world! It seemed like forever until I finally got to hold him, but it was like nothing else when Mommy met son. Best moment ever!

May

I celebrated my 1st Mother's Day. So special.

Our special friends, Kim and Emily, came to meet Jackson for the first time! We had so much fun!

June

We enjoyed spending time with lots of family this month! Jackson visited Camden and Magnolia for the first time.

Sweet baby bear. Oh my!

July

Sweet little chubby cheeks enjoyed his 1st 4th of July!

Jackson even met Elsa and Anna! :)

August

Jackson wore his cute little swim trunks and rash guard and went swimming for the first time. :) He wasn't too fond of it. Next year will be more fun.

August is my bday month and it was the best birthday ever!

September

We were so excited to celebrate the beginning of fall.

J also tried green beans for the first time. He likes them now!

October

Our lil punkin grew and grew so fast this month.

He was a sweet lil lion for Halloween!

November

Oh, I know I am very partial, but I think he just gets sweeter and cuter every day!

Jackson's 1st Thanksgiving! 

December

Jackson's 1st Christmas! I will post about it soon!

I cannot believe 2014 is pretty much over! Make every day a memorable one! I love y'all so much and I hope you have a fabulous, prosperous, healthy, and blessed 2015! Make memories! 

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most. Hebrews 4:16