Friday, August 1, 2008

Welcome to our Blog



Greetings and thank-you for visiting our families blog! We are Danny & Elizabeth Flowers. We will be celebrating 10 full years of marriage in exactly 6 days! God has blessed us with 4 precious children. Rebecca Grace will be turning 9 on Sept. 10th. Benjamin Daniel is 6. Abigail Joy is 4 and our newest addition, Caleb James will be 1 month old this coming Wed. It is amazing how time has flown, it seems only yesterday that I was expecting Rebecca!
Okay, a little bit more about us...Danny owns and operates his own business called Flowers Quality Care Lawn & Landscaping. He loves to work outdoors and has a real talent for landscaping. The business has been in operation for 5 yrs and has had its ups and downs. We thank God for allowing Danny to achieve his dream of having his own business and for the way He provides for us daily. I am a blessed, full-time mommy!
We have been enjoying little Caleb soo much and cannot wait until he gives us his first genuine smile! He is such a sweet baby! His siblings just love to hug and kiss him until he gets a little agitated with them! I guess he will have to get used to it! ;o)
Hopefully, we can keep this updated and let you all get a glimpse of our busy lives from time to time. Here are a few pics....enjoy!



Here are the kids wearing their"I'm the Big brother/sister ' shirts that we made.



Baby Caleb in his bassinet at the hospital.




Getting him dressed for his hospital picture. We decided against the hat so we could show off all his hair!







We had lots of visitor's to welcome Caleb! Our pastor, Dan York, was one of the first to hold him and he looks like he was enjoying it very much!





One of our dear friends Greg Quakenbush was tickled to be able to meet and hold Caleb BEFORE his wife and my best friend, Tasha! He even sent her a text saying "Haha, I got to hold him first!"






Of course, the proud BIG brother and sister's were the first to meet him and Mr. Ben was thrilled to finally get a little brother to play with. We still have to explain to him that Caleb is just not interested in "playing" yet!





Landon Summers came to meet Caleb with his mommy, Lana, also another one of our good friends. Lana and I were expecting at the same time with due dates just days apart. Landon surprised his mommy by coming at 35 weeks. He was in the NICU for a few weeks, but God answered prayer and he is home and growing stronger everyday. We will post more pics of the two of them as they grow!






Presley Thompson, my brother Matt's girlfriend, came and visited and was a BIG help when it was time to pack up and go home. She helped load up all my stuff and get Caleb ready for his picture. Thanks Presley! She also bought us a cool looking diaper bag that we get compliments on all the time ;o)




FINALLY, Tasha was able to meet baby Caleb. Their family came to visit the next day after we got home from the hospital. Of course, all the Quakenbush children had to hold Caleb and they were thrilled to meet him. ;o)



Tanner, their oldest was the first to hold him.





Next, it was Skyler's turn. He is their 2nd oldest. You can also see Miss Elli waiting patiently for her turn.





Cory is #3 and he thoroughly enjoyed his turn of holding baby Caleb!




And Miss Elli finally get's her turn! Hmmm, wonder what Skyler is thinking?







Wesley is the youngest and just 6 months old. Since he was too little to 'hold' Caleb we held them beside each other. Wesleys' hands had to be held so he wouldn't scratch or grab Caleb.;o)
I want to say a big THANKYOU to Greg & Tasha for helping us get started on the blogging world. Well, our first post has turned into a book...more will follow!

1 comment:

Quakenbush's said...

You guys are off to a good start. Before you know it you'll be showing me tips on blogging!!! :-)
~ Tasha