July 15 Part 1

July 15th.  What a special day in the Peek household!  The main reason is that it is the day that I married my one true love!  Cheezy, but true. :)  I have loved Colby Don for as long as I can remember.  In the 6th grade we "went together"  for about 2 weeks until my dad made us break up...what!?!?  But it was too late.  I had already fallen head over heels.  Here we are at the 8th grade banquet. I thought he was SOOOO dreamy! ;)

We both dated or "talked" with other people throughout middle school and high school, but the summer I was 16 Colby finally asked me to go on a REAL date!  After that the rest is history.  Here is a pic of us that just happened to get taken the day we made our relationship "official."  I look 12, but I really was 16.



After dating throughout the remainder of high school and college(ish), we made our lifetime commitment to each other in a sweet ceremony at my hometown church of FBC Sulphur Springs.  It was an awesome day that I will never forget.

Now, there are lots more embarrassing pics I could post of us throughout our "dating" period, but they are in the attic so I will have to save them for another time. :)  So, after 4 flawless years of marriage...yeah right...maybe I should say 4 memorable, exciting, wouldn't trade them for the world, love filled years of marriage God let us give each other the best gift a married couple could give one another, the gift of life! But that is another post for another day!  I love you Colby Don!!!!!



Matthew 19:4-6

Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."

GOOOOOOOAL!

Pearls, lace, and all things girly!

A quick 15 minute photo op with my sis, my nephew, and my Bitty.  Thanks Lou for taking the pics and thanks Reese for dancing in the background! :)  Here are a few of my favs.

Be Blessed!- The Peeks

Summa Summa Summa Time!!!

Summer is officially here, YAY!!!  The Peek household is staying very busy and Baylor is keeping up quite well!  Baylor is changing and growing and not slowing down at all!  I was filling out her baby book the other day and she has done all but 2 of the "My first time to..."  It made me so sad!  So happy that she is growing on track, but so sad that it is happening so quickly!  Someone out there in facebook world the other day wrote,"It's sad when our kids grow up, but it's even sadder when they don't."  So true!  In about a month we will be celebrating her first birthday!  I can't believe that it's almost been a year since this little happy bundle came into our lives.  And she is SO happy.  My dad was telling me the other day, "Emily, I don't think you understand.  Your baby is AWESOME.  She is in like the top 1% of all good babies in the world!"  He then followed it up with, "I don't know what kind of toddler she'll be, but she's been a great baby." Hmmm...now why would he think she might turn out to be a stinker!? ;)  

She is always making new discoveries...on this night she was very intrigued with the dog kennel...until she couldn't figure out how to get out!

She LOVES to play chase! Luckily her cousin Reese is very sweet and plays with her. :) She's saying,"Are you ready?"

Go!

Hang'n out pool-side...

Have you ever seen anything so cute!? :)

And of course, this is her daddy's pride and joy.  She can kick and throw a ball!

We thank the Lord everyday for our sweet baby girl.  Next month we will go back to the doc and she will look at her eyes again and our prayer is that they have corrected themselves and no further actions or procedures will need to be taken.  Her heart will be listened to and our prayer is that when the doctor listens to it, she hears nothing other than the sound of a perfect one year old's beating heart.  No matter what the future holds, I know that my God is in control and has a perfect plan for Baylor Ann.

Proverbs 31

What a day!

Actually, it's more like 3 or 4 days!  Sunday night Colby and I went out with some friends to help celebrate their Anniversary.  My parents kept Baylor that night in Sulphur Springs and on Monday her Aunt Jenn watched her (Thank you both for that. We had a blast!).  I picked Baylor up around noonish and noticed that the longer the day got, the fussier she got.  By Tuesday morning there was no doubt. She had an ear infection...again!  So I took her in to the doctor Tuesday morning and was told that yes, she had a double ear infection.  I was also told that if she had any more over the summer, it would probably be time for her to get tubes.  Tubes. I can handle that. Babies have to get tubes all the time and from everything I've heard it's over with almost as soon as it starts and makes a HUGE difference.  Then, Baylor's pediatrician informs me that she has a lazy eye and if it doesn't correct itself by the time Baylor turns a year old, we will have to see an eye specialist.  This one hurt my heart a little bit more, but was not devastating because my mom had told me before that she, my grandma, and her sister all had to have eye surgery when they were little to fix the same kind of problem.  Then, Baylor's pediatrician was listening to her heart.  She looked at me and said, "She doesn't have fever?" And I said, "No. Why?  Is something wrong?"  She told me that Baylor's heart rate was not dangerously fast, but faster than she expected given that Baylor did not have any fever.  Soon after the doctor's nurse came in and listened to her heart and the next thing I know Baylor is stripped down and has all these cords hooked up to her to do an EKG.  My doctor assured me that they were just erring on the side of caution given Baylor's history, she did not think there was anything to be concerned about, but I had heard that before...

24 hours.  That's how long I had to wait to get the test results.  24 long, long  hours.   We went in on Tuesday morning so on Wednesday my phone was glued to my hip because I did not want to take any chances and miss that phone call!  By 2:00 I still hadn't heard anything so I called and left a message with the doctor. By 5:00 I knew we were not going to find anything out that day.  Meanwhile, Baylor is clueless that she has anything even remotely wrong with her.  Her ears aren't hurting her anymore and she is a busy busy baby. So busy in fact that you know what she did....she started walking!!!!  Several little groups of steps several times.  My mom called and said, "I think this is a sign that she's going to be fine.  Just like when she rolled over when she was 3 weeks old.  It's a sign that she's going to be just fine!"  And this morning, that's exactly what the doctor called and said.  Everything is normal and she is just fine!  Apparently her heart beat was raised because she didn't feel well. And I am thankful to have doctors who are going to take such good care and precautions for her.  Praise praise praise the Lord!  Thank you to those who were praying and and praise the Lord for his infinite grace and mercy!

Quick trip to BU!!!!







Mother's Day

What a great Mother's Day!  There is nothing better than waking up on Mother's Day to the chatter of a happy, poofy haired, chubby cheeked, healthy, 9 month old, Baylor Ann.  She is one of the sweetest blessings and true gift from God. From not knowing if we could even have a child, to not knowing if our miracle baby was going to be ok, to present day has been a "journey" to say the least. (Thank you Mrs. Surber for reminding me that life is a journey, and God takes us on different journeys all the time!) :)  But what a ride!  I would do it all over again if I had to. God has grown us and stretched us and blessed us beyond measure. I love my sweet Baylor Ann more than words could ever express and I thank God daily for letting me be the mother of this amazing, hilarious, beautiful baby girl. 

1 Samuel 1:27
Baylor's Story

Fish Face!

Everyday I send my family a picture or a video message of Baylor because at this stage in her life she changes constantly and they don't want to miss anything and I don't want them to miss anything. So...this video was intended to be sent out in a video message, but I had it on the wrong setting so it was too big to send.  All this to say...it's not the most exciting video in the world, but one that the fam will appreciate! :)