The McConnell Moments

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2011-04-19T15:47:00.003-04:00

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Bloggin from my phone!

2011-04-19T15:47:00.001-04:00

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Labor Day!

2010-09-06T17:51:00.007-04:00

So I just wanted to let everyone know how fun it was to be a "stay at home mom" today! Yes it was a holiday were we are not supposed to Labor, but I did labor a bit. No much! I just enjoyed being able to do the day to day things that are usually a chore for me while I am working! Like for instance, my sweet husband kept the kids so I could go to the grocery store by myself! All you moms out there say amen! What a nice treat, even though grocery shopping is not one of my favorite things to do, it was a nice change to be able to stroll the isles instead of feeling like you are running a marathon where you are on a time limit because you have x amount of time before the little one is trying to climb out of the buggy and the big one is crying about not getting the kind of cereal she wanted even when you have explained to her that is is like pouring sugar in a bowl and adding milk. It was also nice to not have to start on the chip isle and be able to go through the store in some sort of order...Let me explain. When you have a buggy full o' little ones it is a nice distraction to go by and grab a bag of puff cheese before you begin shopping! I know, Alyssa informed me that was stealing, but I assured her we would pay for them when we got done. Its bad I know but it keeps little Mr. Energy inside the buggy where we will all have a better time!

Next on the list is dinner time. Instead of crock-pot meal of the week (which is always yummy) or some sort of fast food that I can grab in 5 min, or delivery pizza, I was actually able to sit down find recipe that looked yummy and make it! I know , Kelli doesn't cook unless it is football appetizers! But I did! Because I had time!!!! I will let you know how it turns out! Hopefully good or we will be going back to the pizza!

So that was just some of the things I was able to do today. But the greatest of all has been being able to spend 3 whole days with the 3 most important people in my life! It doesn't get better than that! That is unless we could add a maid somewhere to the picture! :)

Eli's 2nd Birthday!!!

2010-09-02T18:30:00.004-04:00

We had a great time celebrating Eli's 2nd Birthday! I cannot believe my baby boy is already 2! Here are some of the pictures from his birthday, there are more to come but my camera is acting crazy and it wont give me the pictures! So more to come later.

Here is the birthday boy!
Eli opening some presents
Mema having a good time! Must have been funny!

Getting the candy from the Pinata

Getting a bug with Grammy! Gotta love Grammys!

We had a Beach/surfing theme for his party!

Blowing out the candles, those green things were supposed to be palm trees but it didn't turn out like I had hoped! Oh well! Plus it was so hot that the frosting was melting off the cupcakes!!!

Good hot dogs!

And a very sleepy boy after all the partying! Snuggling with Daddy!

First Day of School 2010!!

2010-08-24T22:44:00.002-04:00

Here are some pictures of my babies on there first day of school! Alyssa started Kindergarten and Eli started K2!

Alyssa and her teacher Mrs. Glenn, soon to be a favorite I am sure!

Brother and Sister getting ready to go.

Eli's "cheese" grin

Got their book bags and ready to go

Alyssa's first day of school outfit that she got to pick out all by herself! Shiny isn't she!

They both had great days, and I only cried a little! It is amazing how much there little minds can hold! I thank God everyday for Covenant Christian Academy where they can go and learn everything they need to but also learn about God and the wonderful blessing He gives us on a daily basis!

Bloggin finally!

2010-08-24T22:28:00.003-04:00

Beach trip2010

Alyssa posing

Eli doing what Eli does!

Alyssa was so brave and got on the bungee and even did some flips!

Dad and Alyssa cheesing under the water at the Aquarium

Hello everyone!! I finally made it back! Something crazy happened to my blog background and I got so mad at it that I gave up blogging for awhile. I decided to give it one more chance though and I hope it doesn't make me insane like last time! Oh well, I guess I will post some random pictures to get everyone up to date on what has been going on here since I think Feb! So here we go!

Snow falling from the sky....finnally!!!!

2010-02-13T17:16:00.007-05:00

Here are some pictures from the wonderful snow we had this weekend! We had a great time playing!

If you are wondering, yes those are plastic bags on their feet! Allen, always the resourceful one, decided that it would be a good idea so there feet would stay dry! As funny as it looked it worked! :)

Here are the totals!

2009-11-02T13:20:00.001-05:00

Ok so here is the final total from Judgement House '09! 151 Salvations and many many many rededications! God is Awesome!

Judgement House!

2009-10-28T21:59:00.002-04:00

Quick post about the first night of Judgement House '09!!!! Get this 27 Salvations! Not rededications, which are great, but 27 NEW members of the Family of God! Isn't that amazing! PTL! Our God is an AWESOME God! More updates later!

Current Events in pictures!

2009-10-26T21:23:00.006-04:00

Here are some pictures of what has been going on with us the last couple weeks. Between sick kids and sick hubby it has been a bit crazy.

Here is Eli and Alyssa in there Georgia best. This pretty much consumes our Saturdays now! This was during the Ga Sc game, wheewwww!! What a game!

Here are some pics of Halloween '09. We dressed as Shaggy, Daphne, and Scooby Doo, but of course Alyssa has a mind of her own and had to be Ariel! Oh well let the fun begin!

These are pictures from my bestfriend/cousin's wedding. Jaime and Danny were married on

Oct 2, 2009 and I was the Matron of Honor and Alyssa was the flower girl! It was beautiful.

Well that is a quick run down on the hectic life of the McConnell's! More to come......

Oh Happy Day!!!

2009-09-10T13:57:00.002-04:00

Just wanted to wish my BFF Heather a Happy Happy 30th Birthday!!!! Love you so much and hope you have a great fun filled day and soon a fun filled weekend!! Yeaaaaa!!!! Cant wait to see ya!

One million and two pictures.......

2009-09-03T18:57:00.006-04:00

Here are a few pictures of Eli's 1st Birthday Party!!!!!! We had a great weekend and everything went off without a hitch!

Eli's cake and him and his sister, Alyssa, enjoying the mess

Eli was such a mess he had to be hosed off! Jason what is so funny? :)

The girls!

Poppie and Bubba

Party goers!

Papa and Poppie loving on bubba,

More party goers...

Alyssa and Camryn's photo shoot!

Even Mrs. Stacy got in on it~

Deep in thought about party preparation

It was a great day and we just wanted to thank everyone who came to celebrate with us! We love you all!

Happy Birthday Eli!!!!!!!

2009-08-30T17:34:00.003-04:00

Happy 1st Birthday to the sweetest baby boy I know! We had a great time this weekend with great friends and family all here to celebrate Eli's birthday! Hopefully I will get some more pictures posted on here but also check out my facebook and I hope to get some on there as well!

The Family!

Eli loving his cake!!!

VACATION!!!

2009-07-24T20:18:00.002-04:00

Well we are off again for our 2nd 1/2 vacation! (Panama didn't count because it was too cold!) As soon as Allen gets done at VBS we are off to Myrtle Beach! Cant wait to hit the sand and sun! VBS was great fun this week! It is always a busy week and we are wore out after, but we always have so much fun. I miss the kids when it is all over! You see everyone for a week straight and now we wont get to see them until next Sunday! We will miss everyone! I know it is alot of work, but I am so impressed every year at the hard work that EVERYONE does to pull off a great week! Alyssa had the best time, anytime she has an excuse to learn and sing new songs and play games she is a happy camper! But she came home every night and told me all the Bible stories she learned about and I knew she was really listening. My favorite from the week was the story of Moses and the burning bush. She told me the whole story and got to the part where God told Moses to take off his shoes, so I asked here why do you think He told Moses to do that, and Alyssa said it was because He didn't want Moses to stand ON His presence! I just laughed and she was like what??? They listen really good but sometimes things are lost in interpretation! I love her innocence though! But, we had a really great time and hopefully when I get back I can post some more cute beach pictures!

2009-07-05T16:36:00.004-04:00

Well here here are finally a few pictures from our first beach trip of this summer!

Alyssa cheezin for the camera
High School Musical jump! She loves doing that!
Little man enjoying the sand! He only got one good mouthful and realized yuck!! He did better than I thought!

Sleepy boy!
I love this picture! He owned that beach! What a cutie!!

More pics to come once I have more time! About to go to church for the 4th of July celebration!!!!

Yes it has begun.....

2009-06-29T22:12:00.003-04:00

I promise I am going to post some pictures of the beach on here soon, but let me just show you what I walked in on after taking a short break from doing the dishes! I stepped away for one minute only to come back to a munchkin in my dishwasher! Yes he climbed INTO the dishwasher and proceeded to "help" me unload the dishes! He is into everything! He is definitely all boy! Gotta love that sweet face though!!

At the beach!

2009-06-21T20:18:00.002-04:00

I just wanted to let you all know out there, I AM AT THE BEACH!! Yea! I am so glad to be away from the go, go , go and gotta get here gotta go there, etc...... Just a few days of peace and quiet.......well except the kids!! Both are having a great time. Alyssa just wants to be going all the time and Eli is seeing everything for the first time which is always cool! But, I do plan on posting some pictures on here, that is if I can find the time in my busy schedule.......:)

2009-05-04T20:13:00.006-04:00

Here come some more random pictures of things that have been going on in our lives! As always our life is a blur so I usually end up posting a huge post with some pictures so here it goes!

The first pictures are of the trip to Carowins with the Miller Family! Marty is the Youth Pastor at New Prospect church. We had a great time! The guys had fun riding the "scary" roller coaster and Jen and I ventured out and tackled one "scary coaster". Alyssa and Kenzie had the best time of all playing in the kiddie park.

This next picture is Alyssa trying to teach Kenzie HighSchool Musical dance steps! Thanks Emily!

The next few pics are of Alyssa "playing" in the dirt.......opps sorry I meant playing T-ball~

But she did look cute in her uniform!
Also cute loving on the "coach" she is a little partial and don't tell, so is he!:)

The "boys" according to Alyssa.....

2009-04-20T22:16:00.003-04:00

So here is the latest "gospel" from Alyssa:

I was putting her to bed the other night and after we got done saying our prayer, which BTW we had to pray for Pweacher Steve because he is having surgery soon so keep him in your prayers, she said " Mommy I did good I kept my eyes closed the whole time"! I said "Yes you did very good!" She said " When someone is praying we don't start talking, " I said that was right when we talk to Jesus we should be respectful. Alyssa stopped me and said "No mommy we are talking to God this time." I told her that God and Jesus were the same, wow Trinity discussion to a 4 year old, amazing that she got it and some adults cant! Well, I told her how God was the Father and Jesus was the Son, she then said, " Yeah Mommy you know Noah? He is one of the "boys" too!" I just grinned and told her she was right! How great it is for all of us to be "one of the boys"! Thank you God for giving us sweet children that put everything into perspective!

Worlds worst blogger!!

2009-04-17T23:28:00.004-04:00

Ok so it has been forever since I have blogged so to all you nay-Sayers out there, here we are! Sorry for the delay! Just wanted to post a few random pics of all that has been going on here lately, sorry for the randomness but pictures take so long to download on here it would take forever to get caught back up!

This pic is Alyssa at Panama City Beach........what isn't it warm at the beach! Not a chance! It was ice cold bummer!! Thanks for the jacket Emily!

The next is Alyssa at Awana Derby were she won 2nd place for best looking car! Thanks Dad!

These are just some crazy pics of Alyssa at the beach with some of the girls! So it was almost warm enough to swim one day, but still pretty cold!

Yeah really too cold to be swimming but you cant tell from the pictures!!:)

My two beautiful children in there Easter best!!!!

Eli with no shoes or socks! As usual!:)

Trying their best to get dirty! What is it about wanting to get dirty in Easter clothes! Eli spit up on his right before we walked out the door! Yuck!

The whole family! Sorry it is a little dark, not sure what was up with the camera! And yes, Allen did have on a suit! Thought the youth were gonna have a heart attack!

So that is a quick review of what has been going on with us lately! More to come............sometime!:)

Snow day!

2009-03-07T22:43:00.006-05:00

OK, so this is a little random because I have procrastinated putting up snow day pics on here, and now I am getting around to doing it on the day when the high was 75 degrees outside! Can the weather get any stranger!!!??? I am glad we got such a beautiful snow before the end of winter, but today was absolutely beautiful and I am ready to welcome spring!! My favorite part of snow day was the amazement in Eli's eyes the first time he saw the snow, priceless!

Eli watching Daddy and Alyssa "Sledding"

"Penny" the Snowman

Making snow ice cream

Eli hanging out after all the snow festivities were over!

So, there are a few of the pics, next post pics of today's beautiful weather!

2009-03-04T21:37:00.001-05:00

Just wanted to send out a Happy 31st Birthday wish to one of my favorite men in my life! Happy Birthday Allen, I love you with all my heart! I have loved spending the last 12 birthdays with you and I cant wait to spend many, many more! I love you!!!

Camryn!!!

2009-02-28T22:01:00.003-05:00

Its late on Saturday night but I couldn't let the day end without giving a shout-out to one of my favorite little people! Camryn is 3 years old today and we wanted to let her know what a sweet and special little girl she is !! WE LOVE YOU CAMMY!!!! Happy 3rd Birthday!!!Camryn just a few hours old... and Camryn (almost)3 years old!!!

(P.S.- stole your blog idea, Heather, hope you dont mind!!!:) )

Happy V-day!!

2009-02-14T10:58:00.003-05:00

I remember when I was younger, that valentines day was either dreaded or a day of excitement. If I didn't have a significant other it was a dreaded day if I did well let the flowers and candy begin! We would all wait impatiently for the front office at school to call our name and then we would go pick up our flowers etc. This began as early as 6th grade!!! Now that I have a permanent valentine :) (the hubby ) There is alot less worry and anticipation.....unless you are worried he is gonna forget! :) It is nice to have such a wonderful husband, who even though the gifts at Valentines day may not be as extravagant, is more than just flowers and candy. Those things are wonderful, what girl wouldn't want that but more than that he is:

V-very thoughtful of my needs.
A-always there when I need encouragement or a place to vent.
L-loving, even in the small details
E-extremely committed
N-never backs down on his commitments
T-true to his first love, God
I-in touch with the feelings of all around him
N-not afraid to get a little crazy :)
E-engrossed with taking care of his family.

This is just a little sappy note to say how much I love my Valentine, big Al! He has been my Valentine for 11 years now and I cant wait to spend many more with him~ I love you Allen!!!

Random happy pictures!

2009-02-07T21:53:00.002-05:00

So I didn't really have anything to blog about so I decided that everyone may need some cheering up. What better way of doing that than posting cute pictures of my favorite kids!!

Here is Eli being so happy!
Love that grin!

My two favorite girls all dressed up for Halloween, I know its late but how cute!

Alyssa and her favorite brother!

And last but not least, my silly girl, gotta love that face!

Funny Picture

2009-02-02T18:59:00.003-05:00

Just some funny pictures of Eli eating cereal. Hope they make you happy! He loves him some food!!!

The Burley Family!

2009-01-19T10:55:00.002-05:00

Ok, so I am going to try and catch up on all my blogging while I have the chance. I know most of the same pictures are posted on various other blogs, but oh well here are mine! We FINALLY got to have our Christmas with the Burleys! Better late than never, plus we got to prolong the end of Christmas which is always sad.....Here is Alyssa and Camryn Opening there presents to each other.
I think Alyssa was pretty excited about what Cam got her! What do you think?

Here are the guys chatting!

So let the playing begin!

We had the best time that night, we went out to eat afterwards with The Fredricksons, and The Edwards at one of our fav restaurants, Chilies. The girls always love getting back together. It's as if they were never separated! There may be miles between our families now but they will always be our dearest friends. We love you guys and cant wait to see you soon!!!

Alyssa's 4th Birthday!

2009-01-19T10:37:00.004-05:00

Here are some pictures from Alyssa's 4th Birthday party! We had a great time but I think next year we are going to have to have the party somewhere else! There were a lot of people there!!

Here is Alyssa, Camryn, and Lani opening some great gifts! Thanks for all of the wonderful presents you got for Alyssa!

Here is Alyssa and Lani posing in front of the cupcake table.
Poor little Eli as usual got tired of all of the festivities! Good 'ol Poppie to the rescue!

Make a wish!!

I think the cupcakes turned out pretty good! I was a little bummed about not getting a cake this year but I like how these turned out.

What to say...

2009-01-15T23:00:00.002-05:00

So here is just a quick post about what has been going on in my head lately. What do you do when you know someone has a problem, an addiction if you want to call it that, and you have no idea how to even begin helping them? I know I can pray for them and I have, but I want to be able to get inside their head and figure out how to solve the problem and I just cant. It makes me really sad.....I have no clue about the hold this "disease" has on this person. I try to be there for them and comfort and encourage, but I guess that is all I can do. Sorry this is so dark, but I though maybe if I wrote this down and got some feedback it would begin to make sense. I am asking God to use me in their life if it is His will. I pray for the words to say that may help them.......Pray for me!

Quick pic

2009-01-06T22:20:00.001-05:00

I know I just posted but I thought all would get a kick out of this picture. Jeff Harbins 34th birthday party 80's theme.......

Mr T and his groupie!

Alyssa's 4th Birthday

2009-01-06T19:40:00.005-05:00

Alyssa turned 4 on Monday so we took her to Build-A-Bear and to eat at Chick-o-Lay (as she calls it).

We had alot of fun eating and letting Alyssa build her new buddy. She got a Hello Kitty cat and named it Gabriella.

Alyssa and Daddy dressing Gabriella, Daddy doesn't look too sure!!!

Then Alyssa got to do her favorite thing, play on the playground!!

Poor Eli couldn't take anymore fun, so he decided to take a nap!!

So that was a little bit of Alyssa's 4th birthday! We can't believe it has already been 4 years since we welcomed our beautiful baby girl into the world! Time has flown by but we have enjoyed every moment of it!

Sorry blogger.....

2009-01-01T18:12:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to let you all know that I am still out here, I have just been slack on my blogging duties! I finally got around to checking the blog and realized that it will take me a week to just get caught up on my reading of Heather's blog!! Wow she is a good blogger! I promise, even maybe later tonight, I will get on here and put up some new pics!

Thrill Hill and being old!

2008-11-10T21:54:00.003-05:00

So this weekend we went to GA to watch the Bulldogs almost get beat by the Kentucky Wildcats! We had great fun even if the game was stinky, oh well there is always next year.....Anyway, after visiting with the new addition, Kane ( brother and sister-in-laws new baby) we headed home. While cutting through all of the old roads we grew up going down we came to the infamous "thrill hill". This was not a hill for the weak at heart, no it was the roller coaster of Elbert County! Anyone who lived in the area knew of thrill hill. Let me explain, this was a very steep hill with a sharp incline at the end. If you got up enough speed, and were brave enough, you could fly down the hill and in the end you would have that left your stomach behind somewhere roller coaster feeling, or you would flip your car......knew alot of people who ended up like that........ Well, Allen and I got to the fork in the road where you go left down thrill hill, or right, to the main road. I joked at the time, do we dare have a little fun like old times, or go right and be responsible, old, parents ( yeah both kids were in the car sound asleep by this time). Yes, we chose the later and laughed about how times had changed. Looking back we had a great time growing up in the sticks of Georgia and I wouldn't change it for the world! I love the people we have grown into, I think our parents would be proud! That is unless they read this blog and find out about thrill hill and we get in trouble......oh man I just told on myself! They made me do it mom! I swear!

Just a quick prayer request: My best friend/cousin found out today that one of her good friends whom she has been pen-pals with for probably 14 years and has visited many times was killed along with her two children by a drunk driver recently. Please remember Mandi's husband and family in your prayers. It was an awful and sensless tragedy!

Already 2 months old!

2008-10-29T21:54:00.003-04:00

Well my sweet baby boy is already 2 months old! I look at Alyssa and I realize how quickly they grow up, so you think I would know better! He is getting so big! We took him for his 2 month check up and he weighed 12 lbs and 7 oz! What a fatty!!!! I just love it! He is an absolute joy! He is beginning to smile and make sweet little cooing noises. Around 3 months is one of my favorite "baby stages"! Its when their little personalities are starting to show up, and you can begin to see a little human inside. Love it! He had a great check-up with Dr. Draisen, but I on the other hand had a horrible time at the doctors! While checking out after Eli's appointment, I had the worse pain in my back and side. To make a long story short, I rushed down to Dr. Norris' office and got checked out. Come to find out I had a kidney stone!!! I thought only older people got those!!! :( So the rest of my evening was HORRIBLE! I have had two kids and have never been in as much pain as I was this past weekend! Anyway, enough about that..... I have one week left of work at Publix then I am off on a new journey! Hopefully I have made the right decision, I feel like I have. Only God knows and I know He will always take care of me! Well that is enough rambling for now, more later!!!

More pics..

2008-10-26T13:40:00.001-04:00

More pictures....

2008-10-26T13:36:00.002-04:00

2008-10-25T23:08:00.004-04:00

Just wanted to post some quick funny pictures of our Halloween costumes this year. We surprised the youth group by dressing up as the cast of "Highschool Musical". Is it sad that I am almost 30 years old and love these movies still! I LOVE TROY!!!! Dont laugh too hard!

Fun Weekend!!

2008-10-17T22:23:00.003-04:00

Here are some pictures from Denver Downs last weekend! We had a great time with Uncle Moon, Aunt Kelly and Tyler.
This is Allen and Moon getting "lost" in the hay maze! They were very determined to make it out!

Alyssa and Tyler on the hay ride.
Alyssa was ready for game day! Go Dawgs!

Alyssa and Daddy sitting on the punkins!
We had a great time! Eli was there too, he just slept through all of the fun!:) We cant wait to go back again!

1 Week left......

2008-10-06T11:17:00.002-04:00

Well I am down to my last week of maternity leave! :( It is really killing me to know that I have to leave my beautiful, tiny baby with a stranger to love on him! That is my job!!! It is so sad! Many things have been easier with the second child but this is not one of them! It is just not right. But, life goes on and I know that in this world we all have to work to make a living! With everything going on in this country, it gets harder and harder everyday. The issues with the two houses we have is just getting worse and there seems to be no end in site. As if we didn't have enough bad luck already, the economy has collapsed making it that much harder to sell houses. I have always been a firm believer that God will always take care of us through everything, and He has so many times before, but it is really difficult to have faith sometimes.....I have been offered a new job, and was really excited about it because I had finally made the decision to take it, but then I had to talk to my current boss and let him know what was going on and got alot of info that was hard to swallow. I know I have put him in a difficult place, but I have to think about my family first. Our family really needs prayer right now. Since this blog has been such a downer I am now going to list some things I am thankful for to lift my spirits!:)

1. I am thankful for my BEAUTIFUL family. My loving, every supportive husband who has always been a wonderful man of God and provider for us. My gorgeous children, need I say more yall have seen them!:)

2. My supportive extended family. Without the help of my parents and in-laws who knows where we would be. They are an inspiration to us and always there when we need help. Nothing will EVER change the love we have for them. We are who we are today because of them and not to brag but I think they did a great job! ")

3. Our friends! They have been a great sounding board for us through everything. They are our family when we have none around.

4. Our church. God has blessed us with a great church that we are so proud of. It is a refuge from the world.

5. Our God. Without Him in our lives everything would have surely shattered by now! He is our ultimate Father and Friend.

That is all for now. It feels good to right down all of the things we are thankful for so that we remember through the bad times all of the wonderful things God has blessed us with. I am sure they will always out number the bad!

My wonderful mother.....

2008-09-26T09:50:00.003-04:00

My beautiful mother did not like the picture that I had on the last post so she made me remove it. I thought it was a good picture, but.......So here is an updated picture of her and my Mema. It was the only one I could find because she is usually the one taking pictures! :) I hope she likes this one! Love you bunches mommy!

More pictures of Eli

2008-09-23T15:57:00.003-04:00

Poppie kissing Eli.......

Alyssa kissing Eli.......

Poppie and Eli

Happy 1 month birthday Eli!

2008-09-23T15:49:00.004-04:00

Little feet!

Big sister Alyssa loving on Eli

Eli looking handsome in the outfit the Burleys
got for him!

Its a stare off!

Sweet dreams!

Quick post.....

2008-09-18T16:24:00.002-04:00

Ok, so I just wanted to post about something that made me happy today. We had family day today, which is something we have been doing since I have been on maternity leave. We went to Chick-fil-a and ate and let Alyssa play on the playground, then we went to Target and got Alyssa a "prize" for being good. She wanted to get a movie but she saw a Dora coloring book and decided on that instead, which I was happy about because it was alot cheaper. But on to the making me happy part. I love fresh crayons! I know that sounds crazy, but does anyone agree with me? I love opening a box of new crayons and getting to color with them for the first time! They are sharp and smooth, and I just love it!:) It makes me happy. So, Alyssa and I have been coloring all afternoon. Ok, I know that sounds a little weird but I thought I would share! I know someone out there feels the same............:)

3 week olds...

2008-09-17T18:04:00.002-04:00

So today Eli is 3 weeks old! Time has flown by. Things are pretty much the same around here, same routine everyday. I can not believe how much and fast babies change in such a short time. I got on the scales with Eli a little while ago and he (according to my scales) is already 9 and 1/2 pounds! What a cute little chunk! We haven't decided what color his eyes are yet. Sometimes they are kinda gray, then other times they are blue. Who knows, I just think he is gorgeous! We had a fun weekend this past weekend. Friday night we took Alyssa and Eli to the "Fall for Jesus" at Covenant. What a success that was! I think the final total people that came through was around 3,000! What an awesome opportunity we have to reach people in the location we are in! It was a lot of fun. Alyssa rode some rides with some of our youth, and Amber! I was shocked that she got on the rides but she did and had a great time! Eli well, he slept through it all! Oh well there is always next year! :) Saturday we finally got to see our wonderful friends Jason, Heather and Camryn. They came to the house for a little while to meet Eli. It was great seeing them again, and we cant wait for the next visit! Hopefully we will be able to visit with them where they live soon! Saturday afternoon we had a great football party. There was probably 15 people at the house!! Go DAWGS! We did just barely squeak out a win, but it was a win none the less! Sorry Burleys! South Carolina always gives us fits! Sunday my parents came to church with us and we got some lunch after, so that was fun. Well ,that was my weekend in a nutshell. Alyssa and Allen have gone to church now and once again its just me and Eli. Alyssa started Awanas so she is having a blast in Cubbies! I love it too and I am so excited she gets to be involved in that. Well there is alot of other things going on in the McConnell house, lots of decisions to be made....So please keep us in your prayers!

The 7 "Days of Elijah"

2008-09-04T16:24:00.004-04:00

So I know that I am a day late, but my little man is already one week old! He is laying here in my lap and has the hiccups and I realize that it was only a little over a week ago that I could feel those same hiccups while he was in my belly! Amazing! It is such a joy to have him around! We are all adjusting really well. Alyssa was a little grumpy this morning and didn't want to go to school. She said she had a "tummy ache". Can you believe she is already using that excuse at 3! Well I knew she may be getting a little overwhelmed, so I gave in and let her stay home today. We have had a good day, she is a great little helper. To good of a helper sometimes. If she realizes that I have changed one of Eli's diapers without her, she gets all upset! I really haven't seen any jealousy yet, the occasional whining but nothing horrible. Eli on the other hand, if he is awake he thinks it is time to eat, so he is getting chunkier by the moment! All is well here though, more pictures soon to come. I had to have my camera sent in to be fixed so it could be as long as two weeks! Bummer!!!!

Finally....pictures!!!

2008-09-02T14:46:00.001-04:00

Aren't they precious!!! There are more to come whenever I get a chance!

Welcome baby Elijah!

2008-08-28T16:21:00.002-04:00

Well the wait is finally over! Baby Eli is here! He is a BEAUTIFUL 8lbs, 19in, black hair baby boy! We are totally in love with him! All the new baby stuff is flooding back to our memories! The sweet little squeaky noises they make, their soft skin, their sweet smell! I could go on and on! I just cant get over what a miracle he is, how God has blessed our family with two healthy beautiful children! We are so blessed. I though I had a very easy delivery with Alyssa, but Eli put her to shame! :) Seeing that I was able to plan this one (being induced), I was able to gage my pain and get the epidural when I wanted it before the pain got too bad. They started the petocin at 8:30 and he was here at 12:59 so he beat Alyssa's time by 1 minute! Now we are just sitting at the hospital enjoying him. We are not worried by the world continuing all around us, all we have to do until after tomorrow is sit in this room and look at our new addition. Alyssa has been amazing as well! She is totally in big sister mode! When she first saw him she was amazed, and you could see it on her face! Anytime she would lose site of him she would almost panic! She would be like, "Where's Eli", "Who took my baby?"! She has wanted to hold him and kiss him, she can't keep her hands off of him, and it is so great! Well I have rambled long enough, I will try to get some pictures on here soon! Thanks for all of the prayers!

The day before....

2008-08-26T10:26:00.003-04:00

Well today is the day before the big day! I should have know that Eli would be as stubborn as his sister, but I guess it just runs in the family! I will be induced at 7:00 am tomorrow! Please pray for my family because I am sure it will be interesting/hectic! I am a little concerned with Alyssa because of the huge change that I know is going to take place. She is very excited, but I know that it's going to be hairy for a while! :) Just pray that I have the patience and strength to handle them both! I know Allen will be a huge help so I can let go of half of the burden, but at the same time I know how I am. My downfall is that I never stop, no matter how tired I am! I will have to let go for awhile until I get the hang of 2 kids under 3! I am sure that God will help us and He will give me the knowledge and strength to know how to handle every situation that may arise! This may be my last blog for awhile so I will try to learn how to post pictures on here so everyone can see my beautiful boy! Wish me luck!!!!!

Busy Saturday

2008-08-23T18:04:00.002-04:00

Sometimes I wonder if we are sane or not! Today we decided to have a yard sale. I know you are thinking, aren't you about to have a baby? Well, yes......I hoped it would help, but no! No baby yet! We did really well, but I am exhausted! Allen did most of the work, except for the actually selling of the items, but still getting up that early is a chore! Plus what is it with people who come in at the last moment, actually past the last moment, and wonder why you are cleaning up? I was like its 12:45 and it was over at 12:00, but I will make you a lump deal on everything out here if you will just get it out of my yard! I guess they are pretty smart.....Oh well I will try to post again before I have this baby! If not I am being induced on Wednesday so we know he will be here by then at least! I think he is getting a little cozy in there..........

No baby..........

2008-08-21T09:45:00.002-04:00

So there is still no baby, but I feel like anytime now he could make his entrance! Which is a little scary! You know, I don't want to be walking around, and all of the sudden......whoopsie there is a baby! Allen said he wasn't really fond of the idea of waking up at 3:00am with wet sheets and me saying "uh I think its time"! But you never know, that is the joy of childbirth! I have not been feeling well today, I think I may have a virus of some sort to go along with all of this.......Just great, something else!:) I have scheduled to be induced next Wed if nothing has happened yet so at least there is a definite end in site....
Today we had planned on this being a family day. I have not decided what to do yet since I am not feeling well, but Allen is off and we kept Alyssa out of school so we could go do something "special". It will probably consist of a trip to Chik-fil-a if nothing else ! I know that is a special day in Alyssa's book!!! I will post later about how it all turns out~

Trip to the Doctor

2008-08-19T06:08:00.001-04:00

So I just got back from the Dr office with good news!!!!! Last Tuesday at this exact time I was 1cm and 0% effaced, today I am 3cm and 75% effaced! Looks like little Eli is ready to make an entrance!! I told my friend Heather and she said one trip to the Mexican restaurant and he should be on his way! Which makes me wonder, do things like spicy food, walking, yoga really work in progressing labor? Hum.........maybe I should go for a walk tomorrow after eating some chicken curry!!

A first.....

2008-08-18T19:01:00.000-04:00

Well here it is, a first for us! I want to do my best and be a "blogger" and join my many other friend who are already pros, but the main reason for this blog is because our best buds , The Burleys, have moved away. So sad, I know! We miss them terribly, but God has great things in store for their family!! We wanted to be selfish and keep them here, but with today's technology there are many ways to keep in touch! Hurray for text messaging!!!!!! So I solemnly swear to uphold the bloggers' rules and keep a post going! I am sure I will get slack when I have to go back to work, but I will do my best!!!