Happy 31st Birthday Daddy!!!!

Today is Daddy's 31st Birthday!!! We are hoping to go to dinner with our friends and Hayden tonight if Hayden is doing better with his RSV. So far he has had a better day today, so that's been nice. I can't believe I have known Davin since he was 22 years old and now he's 31! Wow! Happy New Year to you all; I hope this new year brings many blessings to you all. I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow! Soooooo, I'll write you all next year!
Love,
Spencer

The Effects of RSV

Today has been a very rough day for Hayden. He has NEVER been this sick before and this RSV is really kicking his tail! He literally just laid around the house all day and for those of you who know him know that that is NOT him at ALL!!! We have to give him these breathing treatments every six hours and he just screams when we do that, he has thrown up 3 or 4 times today, eaten nothing except a couple of vanilla wafers, only had milk and juice to drink, and basically drifted in and out of consciousness all day long. The lowest I have been able to get his temperature is 101.9 and the highest it has been is 103.5. He is just miserable as you can tell by these pictures...my poor, pitiful little man! I have washed EVERY sheet, towel, rug, item of clothing, etc. in this house and sprayed Lysol EVERYWHERE today in an attempt to kill this darn virus! Hopefully tomorrow will be better, especially since it's his Daddy's birthday! I'll keep you posted...until then, goodnight!
Love,
Spencer

Not a happy camper....


Drowsy and drugged...


Passed out cold...

The "Children's Wing"

Davin and I have been doing some work on the kids' rooms (mostly Peyton's of course,but I had to re-organize a lot of Hayden's stuff after Christmas)for the past couple of days and I wanted to share some pics with you. Enjoy!

Some shots of Peyton's Ballerina Bunny room (even though there aren't any bunnies on the walls yet...it's still a work in progress)

Her dresser/changing table...


Her other dresser with her name made by Mommy...


A close-up of her name...


Her ballet slipper mobile that Mommy made....


Her crib with her cute bed skirt made by her Mimi...


Close up...


Her valence and curtains made by Mimi....


Close up...

Some shots of Hayden's cute Safari Room....









Some letters for the kiddos' doors that Mommy made...



P is for Peyton


H is for Hayden

RSV

I took Hayden to the doctor this afternoon because he's been running a fever since Friday and had a really bad cough and bad allergies. I figured they would just tell us it was allergies and croup and send us on our way with some meds, but that didn't happen. Hayden has tested positive for RSV and we have to give him breathing treatments every 6 hours until his "wheeze" starts to sound better. Poor baby! AND he's SUPER contagious and of course I took him to daycare today so I'm just praying that he didn;t get those kids sick too. He's just miserable and I feel so bad for him; one good thing is that I took vacation this week so I can stay home with him without worrying about work. Hopefully he will feel better soon! I will keep you posted.
Love,
Spencer

Christmas Photos!

Christmas pictures with the family! We got lots of cute pictures of Hayden and his cousin Addison in Arkansas and lots of other cute cousin babies! I hope you all enjoy!
Love,
Spencer

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Christmas is over already?!?

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday with all of your loved ones! We had a wonderful Christmas ourselves...THREE Christmases actually! A Cox Family Christmas (Arkansas Cox Fam), a Cueni Family Christmas, and finally our Cox Family Christmas! Wow! And guess what?!?!? Santa managed to find Hayden at ALL THREE Christmases! Ha! I have TONS of cute picture that I am trying to download to a slide show and post, but because there are so many, it's taking a little longer than I had hoped, so I probably won't get any of t he pictures up until tomorrow. This truly was a wonderful Christmas for us and it just reminded me once again how important family is, how fleeting all life's precious moments are, and how thankful I really am to have been so blessed with such a perfect family. God bless you all and I'll post those pictures soon!
Love,
Spencer

Some Daily Affirmations!

In light of the current holiday season which can be stressful for a lot of people between all the traveling, or perhaps dealing with experiencing their first holiday season without a loved one, I thought I would offer some daily affirmations that I use to get me through some of the rough days. These always make me feel better:

"I am assured all things work together for good." (Rom. 8:35-39)
"I may approach God with freedom and confidence." (Eph. 3:12)
"I can do all thing through Christ who strengthens me." (Phil. 4:13)
"I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected." (Phil. 1:5)
"I have been redeemed and forgiven." (Col. 1:14)

These are some of my favorite passages. They make me smile and when I read them to myself they also make me feel like my Grandfather is still here and I'm listening to him preaching in Church.

Because it is Christmas time, I'm sure we have all been listening to Christmas music since Thanksgiving and I LOVE Christmas music. I will put it on while I clean the house, I listen to it in the car, I'll sing along to it with Hayden (he LOVES "Frosty the Snowman"). Everyone has a favorite Christmas Carol and mine without a doubt is and always has been "O Holy Night." I don't know what it is about that hymn, but when I hear it, it feels like Christmas, it feels like home. For those of you who don't know, my Grandmother (Mamama-Mom's mother)was a singer, professionally and for the Church. She had the most beautiful voice and even made some records. When I still lived at home, she and I would decorate the tree together every year (my brother helped us when he was old enough)while listening to Christmas Carols and singing them and every time this song came on she would sing it louder than the person on the radio did. I LOVE this song and when I hear it and especially when I sing it, it feels like she is still here too. You'll have to excuse me for being sentimental or emotional, I guess it's because it's Christmas and it's still hard for me to have a Merry one without Mamama. I have so much to be thankful for and grateful for; I have been so blessed with the most wonderful, loving husband, the most beautiful and sweetest baby boy in the world, and will soon be blessed with the most beautiful and sweetest baby girl in the world! I honestly cannot say I need to ask for anything this year because I already have it all. I have my beautiful family, the most wonderful friends anyone could ask for, and the good fortune to have a home, my health, and lots of happiness. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

-Spencer