Our New Nephew has arrived!!

Andrew David "Drew" Bossen is here!
January 29, 2008
9:41am
7 lbs. 2 oz.
18.25 inches

We are already SO in love with our precious little nephew, Drew! He is absolutely perfect. He looks JUST like his Dad, and since we rarely heard the little guy cry he must be a "NON-complainer" like his Mom. He looks like he has blonde hair and blue eyes with tan skin. (Watch out, girls!) :)

Collin and I drove into Temple Monday night to make sure we wouldn't miss the action Tuesday morning. Janice was SO sweet to keep Avery for us overnight at our house so we could go "hands-free" and not have to deal with a toddler at the hospital. (BIG step for us too! The first time we spent the night away from Avery... and we were completely FINE! Thanks, Janice!!) :) Around 9:40am on Tuesday, little Drew was delivered via C-Section and it wasn't long until we were all gawking at pictures of him tiding us over until we were allowed to go back and meet him in person. (Thanks to my tech-savvy hubby, we were able to hook Andrew's camera up to the waiting room TV so we could see pictures of the little guy on the big screen!)





After spending the afternoon cuddling with Drew, we headed back to Big D. Just after arriving home we heard that our good friends, Andrea & Joe Mitchell, had just delivered THEIR baby boy so we stopped off at Medical City to peek through the glass at him. :) What a fun day! Happy Birthday to all!

(...presenting William Cutler Mitchell too!...)

Poage Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Dynasty

So... apparently Avery looks more like her Dad! It's so funny what I can find to do online that keeps me busy when I really should be organizing closets to prepare for the new baby. I LOVE this new toy! It took a while to find pictures that actually caused the "Look-a-like Meter" to choose which one of us Avery looks more like. For the longest time it said she looked "equally like Mom and Dad," which wasn't good enough for me. On a couple of tries, we completely stumped the meter and it just froze and never gave us an answer. FINALLY I uploaded these pictures and it said 4% in favor of Collin. (Good thing I married a good lookin' boy if our kids are all going to look like him!) :)

On a side note-- I did my parents faces with my face and I look "equally like Mom and Dad" but my sister looks more like my DAD by 8%!! That's only funny because we've always thought that Jen looked like Mom and I looked like Dad. Guess we were wrong!

Try it with your family pictures! It's fun...

A Theme Song for my Daughters

"How You Lived" -- It was about 9:35 this morning when I heard this song on the radio.

I had just dropped Avery off at Mother's Day Out and was in FULL multi-tasking mode as I was driving, returning phone calls (YES- occasionally I've been known to return some calls), searching for a place to grab a quick "on-the-go" breakfast and trying to map-out the best way to cover all my errands before 2:00pm when I go back to pick Avery up. I'm not quite sure what it was about this song that grabbed me, but I found myself laying down my phone and turning up the radio. Listening to the lyrics brought tears to my eyes, and all I could think about was Avery and Julia.

Music speaks to my heart, and to my lifetime, in ways that nothing else can. Next to knowing Christ as Lord, this song truly encompasses what I want my daughters to know about life. Sure... it'll take them a while to figure all of this out, and HEAVEN KNOWS that they won't just believe it because "I told them so..." But there are so many near-quotes of things my own Mother has said to me in this song and so many other life lessons that I'd love my girls to embrace within these lyrics that I immediately thought to myself, "THIS is a theme song for my daughters."

I'll post both the music video (by Point of Grace) and the lyrics to the song, and then I guess I should get on with my errands! ...After all, I've got one addition to the list now... To go purchase the Point of Grace, "How you Lived" CD! :)

Have a wonderful weekend.

Wake up to the sunlight
With your windows open
Don't hold in your anger or leave things unspoken
Wear your red dress
Use your good dishes
Make a big mess and make lots of wishes
Have what you want
But want what you have
And don't spend your life lookin' back

Chorus:
Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
You won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you lived.

So go to the ballgames
And go to the ballet
And go see your folks more than just on the holidays
Kiss all your children
Dance with your wife
Tell your husband you love him every night
Don't run from the truth
'Cause you can't get away
Just face it and you'll be okay

Chorus:
Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
You won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you lived.

Bridge:
Oh wherever you are and wherever you've been
Now is the time to begin

So give to the needy
And pray for the grieving
Even when you don't think that you can
'Cause all that you do is bound to come back to you
So think of your fellow man
Make peace with God and make peace with yourself
'Cause in the end there's nobody else

Chorus
Turn up the music
Turn it up loud
Take a few chances
Let it all out
'Cause you won't regret it
Lookin' back from where you have been
'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you lived.

'Cause it's not who you knew
And it's not what you did
It's how you lived.

Christmas with the Poages in Canyon Lake!

We had a GREAT time celebrating Christmas together in the Texas Hill Country. The weather was beautiful and so we got to really enjoy the washers game set that Collin made! He's so handy...

The highlights of the trip for me were late-night talks in the hot tub, making s'mores from the backyard bonfire, playing (or watching others play) washers, listening to Janice read the Christmas Story from Luke, good food and great company. It truly was a Merry Christmas.

(These are some pictures I've borrowed from Kendra's camera because Collin seemed to only take pictures of the puzzle progress, so the ones on our camera are a little boring. Thanks, Kendra!!)