Christmas Cards

I love Christmas cards! I love getting them in the mail and I love sending them out to friends and family. They are one of my many favorite things about this time of year, but this year I haven't sent one single card YET. We have had a hard time trying to get a family picture. We finally had some made while we were in Fayetteville, but I don't have them from the photographer yet....so it looks like I will be sending Happy New Year cards this year! :) In the mean time, enjoy a few pics of my little man walking around his grandparents front yard.

Finally....

I have been fighting with blogger to get pictures uploaded for the last few days and I finally had success! We have had a great last few weeks. It has been wonderful to be with family. We have been on the go since we landed in Fayetteville! Drew started walking last week.

Hal's dad is in the hospital this weekend for his 2nd round of chemo. He is hoping to come home again on Monday. Both treatments have gone great so far! Thank you so much for praying for him.

Drew is back from a trip with Dad and Uncle Ed to the donut shop....gotta go! Enjoy the pics.

Courtney, Kennedy, and Landry

On the square

Trying so hard

Grammy and I have created a monster over the last few days. Little man has had a rough few days. He has several molars that are coming through and really giving him trouble. Mom and I have had to work hard to keep him happy and entertained. Yesterday we took him outside for a "walk." Now he wants to walk everywhere! The only problem is he needs a finger to hold on to. He did take 4 or 5 steps on his own last night...so we will see!

Busy Morning

Here are a few pictures of Drew's busy morning playing in the front yard and eating a Rice Krispy treat with grammy.

Tour of the South

It is harder and harder to get a picture of little man these days. Not only is he never still, but he always wants the camera! This is about as good as I have been able to do this week.

My mom is here this week and we are loving having the extra help. Drew and I fly to Arkansas with her on Sunday to begin the Ramsey family tour of the South! Hal will join us in Arkansas on the 19th. My parents will then drive us to Mississippi on the 22nd. We will spend Christmas in Laurel and drive home to Florida later that weekend. We may be crazy to do this with a 1 year old, but we are looking forward to spending time with both our families this Christmas.

Randy has done well the first few days of his chemo. Today he gets a treatment the doctor has warned will be tough. Please pray for strength for him today

Praying for Paw Paw

For those of you that we haven't talked with over the last few weeks, we ask that you please pray for Hal's dad, Randy Ramsey. He has been sick for quite some time and in the hospital since last week. After multiple blood tests, a bone marrow biopsy, and surgery to remove a lymph node, they determined that he has lymphoma.

Earlier this week they were able to confirm the type as Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. This type of lymphoma is extremely rare and aggressive, but Randy's doctor feels that it is treatable. They inserted the chemo port earlier this week and he will begin chemotherapy this morning. The doctor let them know that this first round of chemotherapy is quite tough.

Please join us in praying the following:

*Pray for Randy as he has his first chemo treatment begins today. Pray for strength and that his body can handle it.

*Pray for Hal's mom, Nan, as she cares for Randy. Pray that she will get rest.

*Pray that they both maintain a positive attitude and trust in God's care.

Thank you so much for joining with us in these requests.

Love,

Hal & Lindsay

Go Gators?

My friend Kristen got Drew a Gator shirt for his birthday. It would be okay with us if he wanted to follow in Tim Tebow's steps! :)

I totally wimped out on a Christmas tree this year. We are only going to be here two weeks in December and I didn't want to spend the entire two weeks saying "No Sir!" I put up a small tree yesterday and he hasn't noticed it yet.

You can really start to see his top teeth. Look at my big boy!!

Mia and Mary Allison came to play with Drew today. They had a great time playing in his tent!