June 27th...

Well on June 27th, 2010, we welcomed Mr. Kline Jackson Hooker to our family!
He came 2 weeks early and we were very suprised since my water broke. But he got here by God's grace and hands and is doing so good! I had to have a C-Section and ended up that the cord was around his neck 4 times and there was a true knot in the cord! He was a very blessed little guy and we are giving God all the glory! He weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 19 inches long. He didnt have much hair but had very long fingers and toes! :)

Kaden is doing so good with him and just loves him and protects him! We are all doing good and getting used to having another little guy around the house! We are enjoying our last few weeks of summer and then we will be extremely busy with school and everything that goes with it! Here are a few pics my sister took of that special day and of my sweet boys and family! :) love to all...

Summer is here!!

Short and sweet...
Last day of school is tomorrow and that means summer is here!! We are so excited and ready to have a few months off of work!
Summer being here also means that Kline will be here soon!! We cannot wait to meet our little guy and Kaden is super excited!
Please pray that Kline gets here safe and healthy and that we all settle in to having another little Hooker around the house!
love to all and enjoy the warm (VERY HOT to me!!!) weather!! :)

Here are a few pictures of Kadens 3 year shoot with his Aunt Heather...and a few of my maternity pics! :)

Happy 3rd birthday Kaden!!

3 years ago today, me and Keenan headed to the hospital VERY early to finally meet our little guy, Kaden James. After a rough start, he has grown up to be such a big boy and such a love bug! He can always make his mom and dad laugh at just about anything and has the biggest heart for a little 3 year old I have ever seen. He loves his best friend, cousin, Boston but can fight just like a brother with him. He can always make me smile when I have had a rough day at work, just seeing him, makes my day! Now that our next adventure is soon going to begin, Kaden is going to be a big brother, I cannot wait to see him with his little brother Kline. He already talks to him, rubs my belly and gives him a little "pound"... :) I love this sweet boy more than I could have ever imagined and I am so thankful God has blessed us with this sweet boy. Thank you God for giving us this blessing on this very special day! Happy 3rd birthday sweet boy. We love you -
love, mom and dad

Here are some pics from the past 3 years...

Happy 3rd Birthday Kaden!! We love you!!!

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Spring Break

Here are a few pics to start out of Kaden and Keenan... Kaden is getting so big!!

My sweet niece Emmerson Dawn Ladd arrived on February 18th, 2010! She is already 1 month old! She is the sweetest little thing and I just love holding her and talking to her! Here are a few pictures of sweet Emme!

We also have been working on Kaden's big boy room and getting Kline's nursery put together! My sister Heather came over and helped out a lot! My mom came over and painted Kaden a chalkboard wall in his room!!! He loves it. They both helped clean out closets and clothes since we have so many between Mason, Boston and Kaden hand me downs and then just the cutest new things Gamma just had to get! :) But we got it all done and organzied and I feel so much better!!!

Kaden loves his new big boy bed and big boy room! Here are a few pics...

Now that spring break is coming to a close, that means that the end of school is closer and Kline's due date is closer! Yay!!! Hope everyone has had a nice and relaxing break!

We are...

having a sweet, wonderful little boy!!! :) Kline Jackson looked amazingly perfect in our last sonogram and is due July 10th! We were so thankful for our blessings and how God has given us so much! Kaden was not to excited about having a brother at first, (he wanted a sister just like Boston!) but he has warmed up to the idea and now calls him Kline in my tummy! So now that we know that he is a sweet Kline we have got to get Kaden moved out of his room into the extra bedroom and get it all ready for Kaden's big boy room!!! With Gamma and Aunt Heather's help over spring break, hopefully we will be set. We are also being given a twin bed and toy chest from my aunt and uncle from Arizona. We are meeting them the first weekend of spring break to get it all and we are so thankful!!! This is such a blessing for us as we prepare to bring our 2nd little member of our family into our lives! :) Lots to do and only 4 MONTHS until he will be here!!!! OMG!!!

My sweet neice Emme will be here THIS Thursday!!! My sister is being induced with her last little bundle of joy on Thursday morning and we are so excited. I cannot wait to meet her. It will be such a special time!!! Pictures soon!!!! :)

Here is a sono pic of sweet Kline Jackson...he was not very cooperative with the pictures but we got one, kind of. :) have a blessed week!!!

A New Year

Well it is 2010 and oh what a year it will be!! We have a few new additions coming this year to our family and the first will be here in mid February. :) My neice Emme will make her debute some time mid February and I cannot wait. We will also have Hooker #2 arrive sometime mid summer. We will find out what we are expecting on February 9th! Oh I am counting down the days!

We have been very busy with Basketball lately. Between Keenan's coaching the 7th grade boys at Westover and me watching the cheerleaders at Tascosa cheer the boys and girls teams on then to Keenan, Pops, Micah, Blake and some other older guys playing in an adult league and now Mason is starting his league that Pops and Keenan are coaching we are super busy with basketball games! At least I like basketball a lot, but I am getting tired! :)

Here are a few pics that we recently took...enjoy and hope your 2010 is starting off as good as mine! :)

Thankful

I have so much to be thankful as the holidays are here.
We recently went to Ruidoso for Thanksgiving with my sister Heather and her husband Micah and their 2 boys Mason and Boston (http://www.littleladds.blogspot.com/) and we had so much fun! It was a short trip but so nice to get out of town for a few days! We are so thankful...
Yesterday it snowed so much here in Amarillo (really not a TON but it snowed all day!) so we stayed in and got our Christmas tree and decorations up and got some closets cleaned out! We put stuff up in the attic and really worked hard...but I still think we have too much STUFF!!! :) It is crazy how much we consume and keep over a 4 year period...but we are thankful...
Teaching is going good for both Keenan and I but we are so ready for the Christmas break (even though we just got through with a short break, it was more like a teaser for the longer one!) :) Keenan tests out 8-12 next Wednesday, so please pray that he does to the best of his ability (more specific that he passes with flying colors! :)) He is ready to move on from junior high and get in to the high school level of coaching. We are so thankful...
We have been trying for around 7 months to add another small addition to the Hooker household and recently found out that we are expecting this summer!!! I am about 9 weeks along and have been sick for about 3 weeks now! I go to the doctor on December 16th, as Heather said, "just in time to see the little peanut before Christmas!" :) We are so excited and are so truly thankful...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving last week and has a wonderful Christmas in a few short weeks!

Thank you Lord for all of our blessings and the many more to come!