Friday, January 25, 2008
Bryce is here!!
Our sweet little boy arrived today, and he could not be more precious. We are ecstatic. My water broke while momma and I were eating at Olive Garden, yes this really did happen. I didn't realize what it was at first but then after talking with Dr. Pennebaker's nurse I was instructed to go straight to L&D. I arrived there around 3:30 or 4:00 and it was confirmed my water had broken. I was admitted and Pitocin was started. I finally reached Shaun after many call attempts and explained that I was in the hospital in labor. He didn't seem to believe me at first though after a few more minutes of me insisting it was true he finally realized I wasn't joking! I finally got my epidural around 1:00 am and then was able to rest comfortably until it was time to push. Bryce made his appearance at 5:24 am after and hour and a half of pushing. All 8lbs 13oz, 19 1/4" of him. LOL. He is so preciuos and we are so blessed.
Monday, May 28, 2007
We're Pregnant!
We found we were pregnant with our first little one in May 2007. It was Memorial Day and I was home alone. Shaun had to work and I happened to get the holiday off. I decided to run some everyday errands since I was home alone. For some reason I decided to buy a pregnancy test while in the store and took it when I got home. To my surprise it was positive. I remember standing in the bathroom and looking at myself in the mirror as I jumped up and down with excitement. Then I quickly stopped jumping not knowing if I would hurt the baby. How funny! I wanted to do something special to tell Shaun but I just couldn't wait until he was off so I went back to the store, lol, and bought a father's day card. It just happened to be that time of year. I placed the test inside and drove from Monroe to Bastrop to his job. I called when I got there and he came out to meet me. When he opened the card, he was really confused at first with it saying happy fathers day, but when he opened it, his face lit up. It was one of the biggest smiles I think I've ever seen him have. He couldn't believe it. I remember him asking if I was serious. Ha, no I was just playing, yeah right. Anyway, we did the same thing to break the news to his parents and to my mom. I had to tell her over the phone however and give her her card later. They were all plesantly surprised and so happy for us. Little Coleman #1 is on the way!
Saturday, May 20, 2006
I Do......
Our wedding day......
It all began with me waking up to a loud crash at about 9:00 am. I had stayed at my grandmothers house the night before with my mom and thought that she must be up in the kitchen cooking or something. I got up to see what the noise was and realized I was home alone. So I decided I needed to investigate the cause of all the clatter. After searching the house I decided to peak out the window to discover my grandmother half in the driveway and cars lined up behind her. Apparently, as she tried to turn into the driveway a man decided to pass her in a no passing zone and they had a collision. Luckily, neither were hurt, a little bruised, but ok. So after all that was cleared up, I left to get my hair and nails done at my aunts beauty shop. When I arrived, I found my mother there getting her hair and nails done also. My aunt curled my hair and sprayed it with enough hairspray for about 10 little old ladies I think and then it was time for my nails. After hair and nails it was lunch time and then off to the church. When we arrived at the church the girls and I grabbed a sunday school room in the fellowship hall and the men stayed in the family life center. Makeup was done, dress put on, garters in place, more hairspray applied, and then it was picture time. I think we took pictures for about 2 hours before the wedding and by that time my cheeks felt like they were paralyed into a constant smile. Who knew smiling so much could hurt so much? Shaun and I didn't keep to the old tradition of not seeing the bride before the wedding. We're pretty new school anyway. We had all our pictures done before the wedding.
Our ceremony started promtly at 6:00 at Rayville United Methodist Church with Brother Ted Freeland marrying us. The sanctuary was decorated with flowers only in shades of purples. The church is already beautiful, there's not much you can add to it. The girls all wore purple and lavendar strapless plaid tops with ankle lenght purple skirts. The men were all in tuxes. I walked myself down the isle since daddy watched from heaven, I know he was probably breaking down since he was convinced I wasn't getting married, even after we ordered the dress, LOL! We finished our ceremony in a record 30 minutes and then had our reception to follow in the family life center. For our reception, Shaun and I built small wooden boxes that held our centerpieces for each table. Each one was filled with lillies and each had a small birds nest with eggs. We had also cut down a small tree that we placed into another very large "planter" we built and placed it in the center of the room. From here Mrs. Chris hung flowers and tea lights which were lit. We served mainly appetizer type foods like meatballs, roast with small buns, there was of course plenty of cake. We were there for all our pictures, the garter toss and bouquet toss and then Shaun disappeared. It was only after I recieved a note from the men that I realized he had been kidnapped by his groomsmen. I was told I must collect at least $100 to have him return. I started out collecting money and then my junior bridesmaid Bella decided she wanted to. Fine with me, I fixed a plate of food and kicked back to eat while she did the "hard" work. Once we had the money, which was well over $100, we placed a call and Shaun was returned unharmed, LOL. We changed and headed to my car to find it covered in, ahem, well, we just wont say what, lol. Anyway, we loaded up, said our goodbyes and headed for home where we packed up our cat and hit the road for Hot Springs!
It all began with me waking up to a loud crash at about 9:00 am. I had stayed at my grandmothers house the night before with my mom and thought that she must be up in the kitchen cooking or something. I got up to see what the noise was and realized I was home alone. So I decided I needed to investigate the cause of all the clatter. After searching the house I decided to peak out the window to discover my grandmother half in the driveway and cars lined up behind her. Apparently, as she tried to turn into the driveway a man decided to pass her in a no passing zone and they had a collision. Luckily, neither were hurt, a little bruised, but ok. So after all that was cleared up, I left to get my hair and nails done at my aunts beauty shop. When I arrived, I found my mother there getting her hair and nails done also. My aunt curled my hair and sprayed it with enough hairspray for about 10 little old ladies I think and then it was time for my nails. After hair and nails it was lunch time and then off to the church. When we arrived at the church the girls and I grabbed a sunday school room in the fellowship hall and the men stayed in the family life center. Makeup was done, dress put on, garters in place, more hairspray applied, and then it was picture time. I think we took pictures for about 2 hours before the wedding and by that time my cheeks felt like they were paralyed into a constant smile. Who knew smiling so much could hurt so much? Shaun and I didn't keep to the old tradition of not seeing the bride before the wedding. We're pretty new school anyway. We had all our pictures done before the wedding.
Our ceremony started promtly at 6:00 at Rayville United Methodist Church with Brother Ted Freeland marrying us. The sanctuary was decorated with flowers only in shades of purples. The church is already beautiful, there's not much you can add to it. The girls all wore purple and lavendar strapless plaid tops with ankle lenght purple skirts. The men were all in tuxes. I walked myself down the isle since daddy watched from heaven, I know he was probably breaking down since he was convinced I wasn't getting married, even after we ordered the dress, LOL! We finished our ceremony in a record 30 minutes and then had our reception to follow in the family life center. For our reception, Shaun and I built small wooden boxes that held our centerpieces for each table. Each one was filled with lillies and each had a small birds nest with eggs. We had also cut down a small tree that we placed into another very large "planter" we built and placed it in the center of the room. From here Mrs. Chris hung flowers and tea lights which were lit. We served mainly appetizer type foods like meatballs, roast with small buns, there was of course plenty of cake. We were there for all our pictures, the garter toss and bouquet toss and then Shaun disappeared. It was only after I recieved a note from the men that I realized he had been kidnapped by his groomsmen. I was told I must collect at least $100 to have him return. I started out collecting money and then my junior bridesmaid Bella decided she wanted to. Fine with me, I fixed a plate of food and kicked back to eat while she did the "hard" work. Once we had the money, which was well over $100, we placed a call and Shaun was returned unharmed, LOL. We changed and headed to my car to find it covered in, ahem, well, we just wont say what, lol. Anyway, we loaded up, said our goodbyes and headed for home where we packed up our cat and hit the road for Hot Springs!
Tuesday, November 5, 2002
The Coleman Connection.
Shaun and I met when we were still in high school. However, we were dating different people at the time. Somehow, our significant others decided they would rather date each other than us so we began a friendship. Our friendship soon became more and we officially began dating in November. We spent ever minute we could together and I think we only had one day apart for then next six months or so. Crazy, I know. We've been together ever since.
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