I do, I do, I do!

My little brother, my bubby, Andrew, is engaged! Andrew proposed to Emily, whom I call Sweet Em', on November 6th in Central Park! They plan to get married in Lafayette at the Cathedral next December. Andrew & Em' have been dating since high school! They both moved to NYC after they graduated from undergrad at LSU. They have lived quite the fairly tale life & God has opened up SO many incredible opportunities for the both of them! Andrew now has his real estate brokerage license and works for a firm called Brown, Harris, & Stevens. He is part of a stand-up/improv comedy group & they have had about 2 to 4 gigs a month in the city! He also was cast in an independent film last Saturday! Andrew attended Strasberg for a few semesters taking acting classes. Emily is currently at the Broadway Dance Center this semester. She will be on the National Music Man tour come January through May! She was also offered an incredible opportunity from the Disney Cruise line; however, she chose to attend Broadway Dance Center this semester. She was cast in an fitness commercial last Saturday. She was also appeared in the Dance Spirit Magazine last month! One really cool opportunity she had was about a month ago. She auditioned for Madonna's new clothing line, Material Girl launch party. Only 10 dancers were chosen to dance for Madonna & she was chosen! She first worked at Metlife as a Personal Trainer and has now left them & started her own fitness program called, Em-power! I AM SOOOOOOO THRILLED for the both of them! They have such an incredible outlook on life. They certainly reach for the stars and have pursued their life long dreams! They have taken great risks and great leaps of faith; however, they've kept their faith at the center of their lives! They have prayed for all their pursuits in NCY & God has most definitely opened up incredible windows for them to use their amazing gifts and talents. I cannot wait to officially call Sweet Em' my sister-in-law! I LOVE you Bubby! They came in to Baton Rouge this morning for a wedding this weekend. Therefore, we got to congratulate them & have lunch with them today!

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Mauree

Mark 10:6-9

"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

Weekend In Lafayette

It's a BOY!

Maw Maw & Christopher at the GAP party.

Mary Claire strolling baby Christopher all on her own!

Me enjoying a margarita : )

VIP tickets and a margarita...nice work, Papa!

Swinging on Beezie & Sport's front porch.

This weekend was a wonderful weekend spent with family. We went to Lafayette for our cousins', Hunter & Candyce, gender announcement party (GAP)! We went in on Friday afternoon and the party was Saturday afternoon. Friday night Steven & I had quite the unexpected date night! My sister insisted on keeping baby Christopher so we could go do something and she suggested we try to go to the Jars of Clay/Brandon Heath concert at First Baptist Church. We decided to have dinner at the Filling Station, which is right down the street from First Baptist. While we were waiting on our dinner to arrive Steven walked down the street to try to buy tickets. Well he came back to the Filling Station with VIP tickets, which a man gave to him! We were intending to only buy the cheapest tickets, but we ended up with VIP tickets! We pretty much sat front row & were given free CDs! We had a ball! The song I posted above is called Love Never Fails You. Brandon Heath asked an engaged couple to come dance infront while he played the song...sweet : ) On Saturday morning and early afternoon we spent time outside enjoying the day with Nat, Mary Claire, & Jacob. The GAP party was very fancy & fun! Candyce & Hunter are having a little boy in January! Congratulations!

Much Love & Many Blessings,

Mauree

Grandad or Uncle Louis?!

Grandad is holding Christopher

This weekend, Christopher's great grandfather and great uncle came to Baton Rouge for the LSU vs. Bama game. Christopher's great grandfather is a twin! We call him Grandad. Grandad's twin is named, Louis. They came in to go to the big game on Saturday. They took us out to eat at good ole' Sammy's Friday night. Grandad also dropped off a special treat for Christopher. He dropped off his Christmas stocking which Nana made! It came out beautiful! It's bigger than Christopher. Santa will have a tough time filling it up! We also got to visit with them after the LSU game with Beezie & Sport!

Much Love and Many Blessings,

Mauree

Milk and cereal...cereal and milk!

We put together Christopher's high chair yesterday. He loves sitting in it! So much so that he fell asleep sleeping in it. Dr. Tribou told us to feel free to start introducing certain foods over the next 2 moths. Today Christopher tried cereal for the first time. I think he liked it. Now he just needs to learn how to swallow it instead of pushing it out of his mouth!

Much Love & Many Blessings,

Mauree

1 Peter 2:2-3 "...like newborn infants, long for pure spiritual milk so that through it you may grow into salvation, for you have tasted that the Lord is good."

Happy 4 Months Old Bday Bugaboo!

I will let the video tell most of it! But Christopher is:

smiling

sleeping from 9PM-6AM in his crib

interacting with people

measuring 11 lbs & 7.5 oz & 22 in long

holding his head up

cooing

watching baby signing time

pushing his feet down & legs straight when placed on a surface

Much Love & Many Blessings,

Mauree