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!

WILL AND HIS SHADOW

The "PICTURE LADY" as D. J. calls herself had a spend the night on October 21, 2006 with Will! She babysat so I could go and enjoy the Clemson vs. Georgia Tech game and I appreciate that so much because I had a wonderful time and the game was AWESOME! :) They had lots of fun together and took many pictures....the following are two that D. J. sent me and I wanted to share them with everyone to enjoy!

Will's first Departmental Picnic

The Physics and Astronomy department that I work for had our fall picnic on Saturday, September 30, 2006. The weather that day was beautiful and we had a very good turn out of our faculty, staff, grad students, and family members! The food was delicious! Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time that day and hopefully we'll have an even better turn out for next year's picnic!!! I've posted some pictures of Will on here and a few of him and his little "buddy" David playing together for all to see!

A NEW SWING

My parents went and bought a new swing for Will (and soon for Emma) for our old swing set when we were kids so he'd have something to use when he's there visiting...so we just had to try it out...and of course he loved it!!!

SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW

On our way back home from Lancaster from Pa's house we stopped for a visit at Grandmother and Granddaddy's house and hung out for a while with them at their house and showed them how Will had learned how to walk...he was so proud of himself and they were excited to see this! After we left their house it had started to "drizzle" a little outside but it didn't last for long and the sun decided to "peek" through the clouds and gave us a beautiful rainbow (double - hopefully you can see it in the pictures) to enjoy!!!! It was amazing! We pulled over on a side road and took some pictures...what a wonderful ending to such a special day for us all!!! :)

A TRIP TO PA'S HOUSE

We took another trip out to Pa's house again and walked around outside just to "reminise" of old times. This is a picture of my mom standing by the scupanine (sp?) vine that her father grew and always picked for us every year...they were always so yummy!!! There's also a picture of Will walking with his Aunt Elizabeth by the vines...it's such a precious picture if I do say so myself! :)





Here's a picture of my mom pushing Will in a swing that I used to swing in as a little child:



Here's a few pictures of Will taking a "nature walk" with my dad around Pa's house:





The tricycle that Will is riding on is one that Pa had left at his house for his great grandchildren to take rides:



And last but not least...here's pictures of Will taking a "ride" on Tanner!!! :)

CLEMSON TIGERS BEAT NORTH CAROLINA

Well..we got another "W" against North Carolina....felt kinda sorry for the players...it was pretty ugly! :) I have some pictures from the "pre-game" where they let loose balloons as the football players ran down the hill:

D.J. came with us to the game and helped "entertain" Will...here's one picture of them together playing with water bottles:



My brother's friend, Rob, was also there "cheering" on the TIGERS with my brother, dad and Will! They also helped in entertaining Will during the game (Will was being given ice chips in this "shot"...that's why he's got such a funny face...it's quite the joint effort!!!



Here's a picture of Will sitting with my mom during the game:



These are a few pictures after the game on the field with my dad and I:





They honored the 1981 National Championship football team during half time of this game and after the game was over we were able to get Will's picture taken with Perry Tuttle (one of the players from the 1981 team):



Here's a picture of Will after the game with his Aunt Elizabeth pushing his new stroller: