WILL HAVING SOME FUN WITH DADDY AND DADDY'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

These are some pictures of Will playing with his Daddy and playing with Rick's Christmas gift from me, the IPOD NANO. Will loves music so he'll sit very still listening to the music and either smile at you and clap at the music or will make some very serious faces at you while listening...it's so very cute!

FUN WITH CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

Will loves playing with his MEGA BLOCKS, cars, trucks, trains and his easel board...just posting a few pictures of him playing with some of his wonderful Christmas gifts!

FUN WITH BATH TIME!

These are just a few pictures of Will taking a bath...he absolutely LOVES bath time!

MORE PICTURES OF EMMA

As you can see Emma has become quite accustomed to the camera already....I had to post these pictures...too great not to show everyone! :) (Borrowed the picture from your camera that I took DJ...hope you don't mind....it was just too precious!)

UNCLE KENT COMES FOR A VISIT

GRANDPARENTS AND GREAT PARENTS AND "AUNT" DJ COME FOR A VISIT

THE NEW HOWELL FAMILY

WILL MEETING EMMA FOR THE FIRST TIME

EMMA ELIZABETH HOWELL

These are pictures of Will getting to meet his little cousin, Emma, for the first time....he kept wanting to touch her. He hasn't quite figured her out yet! Hopefully one day they will have lots of fun together!

BABY EMMA HAS ARRIVED!!!

Well after much hard work by everyone and many, many prayers that God obviously answered.....Baby Emma Elizabeth Howell has arrived and she is just as perfect as they come and looks just like her mother!!! :) She does also seem to have at least one little dimple like her daddy and it's just so precious! Emma was born on 1/6/07 at 11:46 pm weighing in at 7 lbs. 13.8 oz and was 20 inches long, has dark blue eyes and jet black hair! Elizabeth seems to be doing very well now after all that she has been through....I'll leave it up to her to tell details! Emma has already taken to her mom and loves her so much and of course loves her daddy too! Ben was wonderful through all of this and probably was able to deal with a lot of things that he never imagined having to handle in his life so we are very proud of him also! They both are going to be amazing parents! As for me....I'm just so excited to finally be an aunt and hold Emma in my arms! I've attached a few pictures for all to see and more will come...ENJOY!!!

COOKIES FOR SANTA

Will helped me make cookies for SANTA...needless to say....it got a little messy and the end result is what you see below:

CHRISTMAS 2006

Christmas 2006 was a blast! We had a wonderful time celebrating the birth of Christ, spending time with our families, and just relaxing some during the holiday season! We received some wonderful gifts from everyone and appreciate everything that everyone did for us...it means so very much to us! As I write right now, Will is enjoying playing with some of his awesome gifts that were given to him for Christmas! We are now looking forward to seeing what the new year has in store for us all...it should be a lot of fun!

Below are some pictures from the holiday season:

No Baby Emma Yet

Well...No Baby Emma yet!!! We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of little Baby Emma! Can't wait to hold her in my arms! Elizabeth is waiting patiently but is wearing down slowly but surely....Elizabeth goes to the doctor again on Wednesday, January 3, 2007 to see what's going on with Emma....she has, as of right now, Thursday, January 4, 2007, as an induction date but may possibly be changing this date to next week now...just waiting to see what the doctor says tomorrow and then talking with Ben and then doing some praying before making a decision on inducing (she's not really fond of the whole idea of being induced)! She's really wanting Emma to come in God's time but she said if there is no Emma by next week, she definitely has to be induced....so....please keep her in your prayers...pray that if it's God's will, that Emma will be brought into this world without Elizabeth having to be induced, pray that all will go well during delivery, the doctors will do what is best for Elizabeth and Emma, and please be praying for Ben through this whole process! Ben has also been waiting very patiently also...he's ready for his little girl to come into the world! So...hopefully we don't have much longer and we'll have pictures very soon! Should have an update tomorrow sometime (1/3/07) on what's going on and will update everyone!