Welcome to New Mexico!

We Made It!!!

We left Georgia at 5:35am on Monday, November 26, and arrived in Glorieta, New Mexico on Tuesday at 3:30pm (That's 5:30pm, Georgia time!). So, we made it here quick considering we had a U Haul the size of our enitre townhouse building! We have unloaded and gotten a lot unpacked. The kids arrived on Friday night, around 11pm. Kimsey loves New Mexico with her new house and new friends. Joshua has gotten so excited he has started walking!

Life here is different. The temperature changes about 30-40 degrees a day. Our house is wonderful, but does not have central heating (and no A/C), so we are learning how to keep the house warm! We do have a fireplace. Andrew builds a fire in the morning, and I keep it going until it warms up. However, the fireplace doesn't have any gas, so I am becoming fairly proficient at fire building! True to us, we are decorated for Christmas, and we will be helping to decorate Glorieta this weekend! I hope all is well wherever you are! We would love to hear from you all! I promise to update often, so check back soon!

Lots of Love from New Mexico!

Home Sweet Home!

This is our living room all ready for Christmas!
Snow is coming!!!
Andrew with the kids in their room in Gainesville
One last look around...
Who knew we had this much room to play in???
Closing the door the last time, and Kimsey waving goodbye!

The Results Are In...

Well, Mr. Joshua was tested last week for allergies, and he is just as allergic to milk and eggs as Kimsey is! So we have 2 severely allergic kids! But, GOD hears us when we pray to Him, and He answered my prayer! I asked that if the kids were both going to have allergies if they could at least be the same, and they are! It is almost easier to have them both have allergies instead of one having them and one not. So, I am thankful, and I will trust GOD with the children He has blessed us with to keep them safe from harm. I have a bad habit of worrying about this quite a bit, and I need to give it all to the Lord, for He loves them even more than I!

May Already??!!

Y'all!!! I can't believe it is May already!! Things have been very busy for the Morris'! Kimsey and Joshua are managing through this allergy season. We have decided to go ahead with allergy shots for Kimsey. She had some skin testing a couple weeks ago, and we discovered she is not allergic to ragweed which we thought was what put her in the hospital 4 times over the last 2 years. So, either GOD is healing her or we don't know what she is so allergic to! Time will tell on that this fall. Joshua is about to get tested so we can know what kind of milk to put him on. He is coming up on his first birthday! Can you believe it?

Andrew is doing great at his job. He is enjoying a fun softball season on the men's team at our church. I have been very busy leading my first women's Bible Study at church, working a couple nights a week waiting tables, and going to school a couple days a week. School is going great. Turns out I am a kiss up, and a straight A student now. Funny how a few years can change so much! So, that is us! We are all here, and I am so sorry it has been so long since I updated! I hope to hear from you all again soon!

Allergy Update

Well, as most of you know, apparently Andrew and I have a most impressive genetic combination! Kimsey has very severe food, environmental, and medicine allergies. In fact, last week her allergist explained to me how she is in the top 1% of the most severe a person can be. He is reccomeding that we start her on allergy shots in a couple of months. We are asking for prayer as we consider doing this. It is a 3-5 year commitment, starting with weekly shots for the first year, and a full year before we begin to see improvement. I definately believe Kimsey can benefit from the shots, we just aren't sure if it's the right thing to do considering she is too young to understand what is going on. In the mean time, Joshua has shown signs of being allergic to milk and some medicine, too. Now, it looks like he is also allergic to soy. He is now on a very expensive formula to help us see if he does better without soy in his system. Please keep us in your prayers, that first our children will be healed of theses difficulties and secondly in the mean time giving Andrew and I wisdom on the best choices to make for our children. Thank you so much!

Just a Swingin'!

Hey Y'all! I am so excited that I have found some old college buddies through blogging! I am trying to find the time to get back with each of you. If I haven't responded to you yet, I will!

In the mean time, the weather has been too beautiful to stay inside. Gainesville has wonderful parks, and we have found our favorite little spot! Joshua is just big enough to swing next to his sister, and I have to say it is soooo much fun! I love being a mom, and I love playing outside with Kimsey and Joshua! Here are the latest pics from the park! PS I am not the pregnant woman in the background of Kimsey's pic! That is just another mom at the park!!!

My First Tooth!!

I am very excited to announce Joshua cut his first tooth yesterday!!
I appologize for not posting a picture to go along, but I have temporarily
misplaced the charger for the camera battery!! But I promise a picture as
soon as I find it (hopefully today!) Anyhow, Joshua has been laughing, and
talking so much lately! It seems he wants to get up and play with Kimsey so
bad he can't stand it!! They are already best buddies. These are fun days in
our home.
Picture day is coming up soon. Let me tell you the plans and if anyone wants
pictures, you can let me know. I am going to get Joshua's 6 month picture made,
and Kimsey's 2 year picture. I will also hopefully get a good picture of the 2 of them
together. My current plan is just to get an 8x10 of their individuals for their photo
album and some wallets of them together. If you want anything more than a wallet
of the 2 of them, let me know so I can plan accordingly. It is my goal to get family pictures
done this spring. I just can't do it all at one time.
Have a great day!!

And Kimsey Came Tumbling Down

We went out to dinner last night, and while trying to get both kids in the car in the freezing cold,

Kimsey lost her footing and tumbled out of the Suburban head first to the pavement. We are amazed and thankful that she wasn't hurt too bad. She has a big goose egg on her forehead and she scraped her nose pretty good. This morning, she was showing me her boo boos. I had to take a picture as she scrunched up her face to show me! Then, I had her smile, so you can see that she is okay! And, ofcourse we needed a picture of our handsome boy too! I actually took Joshua to the doctor yesterday afternoon because he had run a fever of 102 for 3 days. It turns out he has an ear infection. So, today we are all on the road to recovery!!