Sand Dunes

Recently Sarah, Sarah’s Mom, her sister (Debbie), Abby, and I took at drive to the Great Sand Dunes National Park.  It is this amazing dune field in the middle of Colorado, right next to the mountains.  Some of the tallest sand dunes in North America are found here.  The photo gallery has some additional pictures [...]

Laundry in Colorodo. . . IN JUNE!!!!

Thursdays are laundry day, yesterday it started to snow. . . it’s JUNE 5TH!! In Colorado in the mountains, you just never know what is going to happen. It’s sunny and warm today by the way. Go figure! There really was not enough that fell that it stuck too much to [...]

 
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Back in Colorado

We arrived back in Colorado last weekend. It was actually snowing with the sun out when we arrived. We have settled back in nicely and Abby is adjusting well. Classes start-up again for me on Monday, and I am pretty excited about that. This should be a good, but challenging [...]

Moving Day

Hello from Albuquerque, New Mexico! We began our trip back to Colorado yesterday, and we will be arriving back in Colorado tomorrow. In an attempt to make the trip easier, Sarah and Abby flew to Albuquerque and I made the trip by car there. The drive from Tucson was extremely windy and dusty.  Apparently [...]

Sleep? Who needs it?

I am beginning to learn that sleep is really overrated . . . or at least that’s what my daughter would have us believe. It is amazing the amount of changes our lives have undergone in the past 2 weeks. We went from just the two of us to the three of us [...]

 
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Happy Mother’s Day

Today was Sarah’s first Mother’s Day! She is already an awesome mom.  We of course did not expect her to be celebrating (officially) Mother’s Day this year. . . but God’s in grace and provision, we have a healthy, beautiful little girl and Sarah is a brand new mom.  Today was a really pleasant day.  [...]

Baby Time

Well, Abigail has been born for a week and on Monday she will have been home for a week. Below is a video of a bath we gave her. She seems to really enjoy the baths. She particularly enjoys getting her head brushed.  Right now life is pretty simple.  Sarah and I [...]

 
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Abby is Home!

Great news! Abigail Sophia Mourreale was able to go home today. Sarah and I are very excited. Thank you all for your prayers and support. As you know, Abby coming this early was a surprise to us, but we thank God that she is health and strong.

Abby Update

Abby is doing very well this morning. Her breathing is not labored anymore and she is eating and pooping well! Sarah and I are living here at the hospital (Sarah is being released today and I have been sleeping on a pullout couch–a big thank you goes out to my sister-in-law LiAnne for “calling [...]

Baby Mourreale has arrived!

At 4:48 am in Tucson AZ, Sarah gave birth to Abigail Sophia Mourreale. Abby weighed 4 lbs 11oz. Sarah did amazing! Yesterday at 5:00 pm, Sarah’s water broke. (Yeah so that makes the entire labor less then 12 hours. . . not bad for a first time mommy!) Because she was 35 weeks [...]