China Hope

Introducing John-Christian Heath

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 04:58:00 +0000

The Proud Aunt Just look at that sweet face!!!

Hope would like for you to meet our newest family member.

John-Christian Heath.

Isn't he just beautiful. We are blessed .... so very blessed. Thank you Lord for this precious gift to our family.

We have been so very busy lately and we really will catch up soon. Wishing everyone who reads our blog...a very Merry and Blessed Christmas.

Becky

Hope's Sister Is Having A Baby

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:17:00 +0000

And Hope helped give her baby shower...read all about it here...

The View From Wolfhill

Halloween 2009 - The Cutest Little Ladybug In Texas

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:44:00 +0000

She really was the "Cutest Little Ladybug In Texas" this halloween...I'm sure there may be other moms who would disagree with me...
Hope had great fun this year. She loved getting dressed up and instead of saying "Trick or Treat" She insisted on saying "Thank you for some candy please" Isn't that just too cute!

Ronnie bought her this halloween costume at Cracker Barrel. Funny, last year's costume was also from Cracker Barrel, we may just make that a tradition.

These pictures were taken at Bethany's on Halloween. The big question now is can I stand it until all that CANDY is gone? I think the best way to handle it is just let her go for it and eat as much as she wants until it is gone...I do try to limit it close to meal time. The sooner it is gone ...the better. Probably most parents feel the same way!

Becky

Check out the Wolfhill Site for other Halloween pictures we had a family party. Hot dogs and a hayride combined with smores and lots of candy was a recipe for fun!

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:32:00 +0000

County Fair time again and Hope enjoyed every aspect of the week of activities. Waiting on the fair parade to start Hope and baby Audrey got a little impatient looking for Sunnie who was riding on the back of a pretty red convertible! None of the pictures of took of Sunnie came out...they were blurred due to my broken camera............

Becky

She's Got Him Wrapped Around Her Little Finger

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:00 +0000

Of course she does...all of our daughters did. Ronnie is a wonderful father and Hope really really loves her Daddy or Dad as she has recently been saying. Actually it depends on what she is talking to him about. If it has anything to do with bringing her home some candy from work then she usually uses a very sweet southern drawl and makes sure Daddy is listening.

My rosebush is out of control and a summer storm really tore up our gate arbor. Ronnie promises to fix it...he will probably have lots of help from his sidekick...Hopie Marie

Becky

PS if anyone notices the blur in the upper left of these pictures...I broke another camera...yes camera number three bit the dust so to speak. It is no wonder when I keep hinting for a really really good camera (translated as an expensive Cannon with multiple lenses) I get nothing but this look from him...maybe I should get Hope to ask for me...she seems to get whatever she wants when she uses that "Daddy could you bring me home some candy" voice of hers!!

The View From Wolfhill

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:47:00 +0000

Don't forget to check out "The View From Wolfhill" from time to time.

"Cowboy Girl"

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:35:00 +0000

We are still having issues getting pictures to upload and hope to have that resolved soon. I did manage to get a couple more from last summer loaded. We went to the Rodeo again and once again Hope loved, loved, loved it. She looked really cute too. Sunnie, her friend Peyton and Tyler went with us.

Our little "Cowgirl" or as Hopie puts it "Cowboy Girl".....

What do you think about these boots?Notice the powdered sugar on her shirt and the fact that she is licking her finger....well a trip to the rodeo certainly calls for a FUNNEL CAKE.

Becky

A Few More Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:35:00 +0000

What is Caleb thinking................he knows I have this camera in my hand and that means look this way and smile.

Happy Happy Baby....Happy Happy Mom!

Sunnie Kay always has such a beautiful smile.

Hope making us laugh...

Sometimes now she even poses...........

Really Cute

Our family vacation this past summer was wonderful. I have several hunderd pictures........I promise not to bore you with all of them.

This Girl Loves Hiking

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:12:00 +0000

I wanted to post a few more summer pictures. Summer has come and gone and my computer is still slow slow slow. I have trouble uploading pictures. Ronnie swears it has something to do with me having THOUSANDS of pictures saved on it. Gotta do something about that. My 80 gig external hard drive is getting pretty full too! I thought I would try uploading pictures to blogger in the middle of the night hoping that it would work faster. Yeah they just uploaded.

Thought this series of pictures of Ronnie and Hope hiking in Missouri were just very cute. She will run and play all day...that is if either of us can keep up!! What a joy she is to have in our lives. We are so very thankful for our family.

Becky

Hope's Long Awaited Vacation

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:07:00 +0000

Audrey, Ben, Sunnie, Caleb, Tyler, and Hope. Where's Bradley?

Waiting for the Pizza in Eureka Springs

Here I am, in Roaring River.

Roaring River State Park 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:47:00 +0000

We had a wonderful trip to Missouri. We love Roaring River and have wanted to take Miss Hope Marie there since long before we knew her. In 2006 we went and I bought a T Shirt for a little girl who I did not even know yet...it said someone who loves me very much went to Roaring River and bought me this shirt. Hope really loves the shirt and Roaring River as you can tell by the picture above. We are having some problems with picture uploads and that is part of the reason we have not been very good bloggers lately. I'll try again to add more pictures tomorrow. Our whole immediate family was able to make the trip this year and we had so much fun. Hiking with a 4 year old and a baby was a little different but we managed just fine and actually Hope LOVES hiking....she is very hard to keep up with.

More photos later.

Hope is having a health issue we would love to see resolved...extreme outbreaks of hives. We will share more later but she has had to make one trip to the ER and we now carry an Epi Pen Jr with us where ever we go...more later on that.

Becky

Cutie Pie's

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:15:00 +0000

A cute picture of Hope, her sister Bethany and her little niece Audrey. Three sweet beauties.

Sunnie and Hope

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:37:00 +0000

What a blessing these two girls are...to each other...and to us.
Hope idolizes Sunnie...yes she does.

They have so very much fun together...sisters for sure...

Becky

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:53:00 +0000

These are a couple of the outfits Hope calls comfy... please note the shirt below says "My Parents Are Exhausted" !!! TRUE

This is the shirt we bought for Hope in 2006 when we took a family vacation to Roaring River State Park in Missouri. If you have never been there you should go!!!! We are going back this year ... this time Hope gets to pick out her own shirt... in 2006 we did not even know her name...wow... we are so blessed.

Now this is one of my favorite dresses...Thank you Sabrina...Our friend Sabrina bought it for Hope while we were in China and we had to wait until this year for it to fit just right. Hope did wear it once last year but it was really a little big then. I LOVE IT.

Has anyone noticed that Hope now smiles and poses...........YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

I love dresses for little girls...........................and BOWS!!!

Becky

Sunnie's Pictures...Finally

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Mon, 18 May 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Isn't she Beautiful...

A Day In The Texas Bluebonnets

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Mon, 04 May 2009 17:37:00 +0000

These beauties had a lot of fun in the bluebonnets. I have some really cute pictures of Sunnie which I have been trying to upload and am having trouble with the process right now. I'll try again later.

They smell good too!!

Hope Is Going To Be An Aunt Again!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:48:00 +0000

Click here for the news!!

Easter 2009 Continued...

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:28:00 +0000

A few more pictures of Hope in her Easter Dress. It was really pretty. These pictures do not really show how pretty it was. It was very early as you can tell by the sleepy pic below. Her little white shoes had tiny pink flowers on them. (I ordered the purse I thought matched from Children's Place...it did not.)

Already dressed before 8:00 AM and not very excited about the day!!

I love SALES...

Check out The View From Wolfhill for more Easter Fun with the family.

Easter 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:54:00 +0000

A few pictures of Hope. We had a wonderful Easter this year. It was so much fun. Hope really enjoyed ever aspect of the day and the week leading up to the big day. I have some better pictures of her Easter dress on my camera and will get those posted later. By the way I have enjoyed that dress for almost an entire year. I bought it on sale last May or June at Dillards for about $14.00...so every now and then I would take it out of the closet and think about how pretty our little Hopie would look in it on Easter. More later.........

Hope's Choice For Salsa In China Challenge

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:21:00 +0000

Hope was really into PINK when she picked her clothes today!! I love the pink bow! The first smile we ever got from her was because of an identical pink bow. We had just gotten back to the hotel with her and she was sitting in my lap looking at the computer which was sitting on the desk and there was a mirror behind it. We had the web cam on and were letting our older daughters see their little sister for the first time and one of them said " hey Mom I can't believe you haven't put a bow in her hair yet"...so I grabbed a pink one and when she saw it in her hair she smiled for the very first time...I just LOVE that memory!! She thought the pink sunglasses upside down were very very funny!! Me too!! Notice the hot pink socks...she really pushed the pink a little far don't you think?

She is finally smiling for the camera...

Ronnie liked this pose...isn't she cute!!

The Many Faces Of Hope

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:20:00 +0000

She finally smiled for the camera...she smiles a lot...when there is no camera around!!

And dances...at the basketball game sitting with Sissy.

Hope is very difficult to photograph. She is doing better though. Yesterday she said "Can we take a picture ...I will smile" Thought I would just post a few of our recent attempts to take photos.

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 04:53:00 +0000

Show Off!

Just finished picking up a basket full of toys

Mothering her neice Audry

Happy Birthday Ben!

Hope is so much fun, and kinda smart too. She is intrigued with words and letters. When she hears us say a word that is new to her she will ask us what it means and actually remember it! Yesterday she was digging holes with Sunnie while I worked on the chicken pen. Hope was waist deep in the hole and wanted Sunnie to pull her out. Sunnie was amazed when Hope asked her in Spanish,"ayuda me"! Hope watches Dora the Explorer and Nihao Kailan. Maybe she will be tri-lingual.

Last week Hope and Becky brought home a Pinewood Derby car from church. Hope wanted to play with it and I told her that it wasn't ready, it needed to be sanded, painted, and the wheels attached securely. "Let's read the instructions first", I said. Hope grabbed the instructions and said, "I will read them". She looked intently at the paper and said,"It says that you don't have to paint it, and babies can hold it, and go Vroom, Vroom." I gave her the car.

Ronnie

A Fashion Challenge From Salsa In China

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:15:00 +0000

Hope has a mind of her own when it comes to clothes and to smiling for pictures...this picture show one of her choices in dressing herself. One of the blogs I read is Salsa in China. The family has really really cute twin daughters and their mom recently spent a week letting the girls choose their own outfits and they really picked some cute stuff. The mom suggested links for other families to post pics of their kiddo's choices. Here is the first one for Hope. She really has some little pants that look so cute with the dress but I do believe I like the tights just as well...and those shoes well lets just say they have seen their better day. Does anyone know what you can use to glue the sole back to the shoe? Hope says those are comfy shoes!!

I think maybe Ro and Ree win this round!! Really cute outfits girls!!

A Wonderful Day

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:05:00 +0000

Recently it rained a lot during the day and Misty came over to take Hope walking in the puddles. What a wonderful day... and a wonderful Sissy!!

Hope Visits The Zoo

noreply@blogger.com (Ronnie and Becky) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:30:00 +0000

Click HERE to read about Hopie's first visit to the Zoo.