I am thankful for a good update!

As I sit here writing this I am just filled with so much thanks.
This morning I took Brock to his 2 week check up and we have one perfectly healthy little boy. Joe and I are so blessed to have 2 little men in our lives that were born without any issues and have had a healthy life. Don't get me wrong, I am so incredibly thankful for that fact, but sometimes I just wonder...why me? Why is it that so many around me struggle with things that I do not have to?
Right now our good friends, The Fenley's are patiently waiting as their 1 week old little boy gets stronger, and hopefully starts to breath on his own after having to undergo major heart surgery. Can you believe it? Why would that happen to their sweet little boy and Joe and I have no problems? I have no answers. I know that God is a completely loving and just God, and He knows exactly what he is doing through all of this.
I know that He has a plan through everything that happens for people to turn to Him and worship.
I know that The Fenley's, right now, are constantly on their knees praying for their son, along with a tremendous amount of other people joining them in that cause. I know that when you think about that...it is pretty cool, in a not so cool situation.
I know that through The Fenley's heavy situation it makes many of us look to God and ask why, while at the same time say thank you so much...again, pretty cool, in a not so cool situation.
I know that there is no way I can ever know, while here on earth, some of the reasons for things happening the way that they do, but I still continue to put all my faith and thanks into my Lord and Savior, because of what he did for me on the cross. I can only hope that I will have the kind of faith that The Fenley's have had through their current situation, if I am ever faced with something like this.
That I would choose to sing "hallelujah, whatever's in front of me, help me to sing hallelujah!" Which is what I have witnessed The Fenley's doing in their brokeness! WOW!
Hope yall will check out their blog and pray for their little baby with the rest of us. - Kel

Mr. Brock

I have had a hard time getting my act together to get some newborn pics of our new little man, but here are a couple I snapped the other day.
Love this face!

I will be putting up week 2 pics soon!! - Kel

Jake and his daddy

This has been the picture of father-hood for Joe over the past couple of weeks. He has been so amazing for me in this transition to having 2 boys so close in age. Like I said before, I would be STRUGGLING right now, if I did not have this amazing man in my life. I am so blessed!

I was able to get another super cute glimpse of how amazing he is today while I was feeding Brock, and Joe had Jake outside while doing yard work. Everyone who has a little one or has had a little one knows that you can get so much more done without them tagging along, but as I looked outside today I saw Jake on Joe's shoulders "trying" to do what daddy was doing, really only getting in the way, but Joe did not let it bother him one bit. It was so cool. Such an awesome image of selfless-ness on Joe's part.
He easily could have left Jake in the house with me while he got stuff done.

I love how amazing of a Dad he has become. It is such a cool thing to watch him play with and love on Jake. Jake adores his dad. He mimicks him, and is always trying to do what his dad is doing...even wearing his hats and helping him put on his boots.


I can totally picture it now...two boys up on those shoulders next spring. What a great thought!!

Happy Birthday??

It is Brock's one week birthday today. I cannot believe it has already been a week of this little man's life. We are soaking it all up and enjoying just about everything. (maybe not the feeding in the middle of the night that he cannot seem to fall asleep after...arggg)

But things are going so well. I cannot even begin to tell you how thankful I am.
Jake LOVES his baby brother. He cannot get enough of him when they are in the room together. I have to keep my eyes on him all the time because he is always wanting to pick him up or pull of his blanket or touch him in some way (we are working on "gentle").
But I just adore how well he has taken to him. There has been no hint of jealousy from him, so that has been a huge relief. He loves to kiss and hold his baby Brock. It is so stinking cute to see. I have these pictures, but I need to work on getting a better ones.

Brock is doing so well too. Adjusting to life with a NUTS-O toddler, 2 energetic dogs and 2 crazy parents. He is filling out in the face and really looking like Jake with dark hair. It is so funny. We have had to go to the dr. almost every day this week to get our bloodwork done, because of the jaundice, but as of today his levels are going down....hallelujah...if I had to hold him while he got pricked one more time I was going to be so sad and probably ask them to do it to me instead...I wish... He is feeding really well and sleeping as good as we can hope for at night. We have seen quite a few smiles already, who knows what they are really for, but I will take it...he has just as beautiful of a smile as his big brother! If we can just get this dang ambilical cord to fall off so that he stops peeing through the top of his diaper, we will be doing good. I swear, I am going to have to do wash every day if this keeps up.

Joe and I are so happy. We both cannot even believe we are the parents of two amazing boys. What a blessing! I am already feeling very well recovered and up to daily walks with the family. Joe has been my saving grace. He has been able to help out so much with Jake, so that I can mostly concentrate on Brock while still getting an awesome fill of The Jakester throughout the day, but not getting too worn down. I am so much less stressed this time around, thank God! I do not know what I would do right now if I did not have Joe's help and encouragement. My mom was able to stay for the past week (which was amazing) and Sandy comes in tomorrow through Wednesday (so I am very thankful). Extra hands are such a blessing. Famliy ROCKS!

Other than that...we are making it! Thank you to all of our incredible friends and family with all of the great praise, support, gifts and love that you have thrown our way. We are so blessed, and I am so thankful. There are no words AT ALL to describe how awesome you make our lives.


I will try and update as much as I can...LOTS more pictures are to come...I want to be as good about documenting Brock's 1st year as I was for Jake. So, hold me accountable!! Harrass as much as you want for updates, if I am not holding up my end of the bargain! Thanks y'all! -Kel

Brock David Hornberger!

Well, as you may have guessed, this sure the heck isn't Kelly. And while I pride myself on my nerd-dom, I have no clue about this whole blogging thing. But, being that Kelly currently is dealing with all of those fun post-pregnancy issues here at the hospital, I figured I'd let everyone (who doesn't know already!) in on the arrival of our brand new baby BOY!

Kelly had a doctor's appointment wednesday during which her doctor scheduled her to be induced the next day, a day before her due date. So after a wednesday night of Rice FCA and a busy Thursday morning, I drove my beautiful bride to the hospital to meet our new baby. Of course, we had no idea what it was, boy or girl, so we were pretty excited to see who would win that bet.

We checked in around 10am and at 3:49pm on Thrusday, April 23, out came Brock David Hornberger! And what a whirlwind 24 hours it has been!! Lots of family and a few friends have already come by to see the little man and today he gets to meet his BIG BROTHER! Should be a wonderful day!

Thanks everyone for all of the prayers and well-wishes! God is good and has blessed us with a wonderfully healthy baby boy! He can't wait to meet y'all!

Big Brother??

So, we are just patiently awaiting this little guys arrival...ok, so maybe I am not being so patient, but Joe is helping me get through it all. I am totally being taught something here...and trying my best to go with the flow!
But, since we have been waiting for a little while Joe and I went to get Jake a Big Brother gift. We decided on a stuffed animal, since really, anything we give him he ends up getting bored of and not playing with, so at least he will have this to put on a shelf or something like that...

There are, however, not too many places to get a good looking bear these days. So, we made a trip to the one place I thought I would never go into (well maybe that and Libby Lu) The Build A Bear Store. Jake was able to pick out his bear, pick out it's heart, stand on the motor that stuffs the bear, give it a bath, name him and get his dressed. It is quite a big deal...we even have the birth certificate to prove it!

I think Joe and I had more fun with it all...but hey...at least we have something to give him once this little guy arrives in the world...if he/she EVER decides to grace us with his/her presence. Nothing like waiting to make a grand entrance, right?? - Kel


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easter festivities

This past weekend was a great Easter. Joe and I were able to spend some good time at the house actually getting some stuff done and enjoy eachother's company. It was nice...we honestly don't remember a weekend that we were both home and able to get work done on our home. The lawn is finally mowed, the house is really cleaned and our family was able to get some good quality time together. WOW!
Then on Sunday we headed down to Friendswood to spend some time with Mimi and Gramps. Jake got to have his first Easter egg hunt...and actually understand what he was doing. He would find the egg...get excited...and run to Joe or Mimi to open it for him. I think Joe was just as excited as Jake...more candy...each time he found an egg, these boys like their sweets!



He got some good grandpa time in the car. (we are now totally obsessed with playing in the car and HATE our car seat, Jake needs to drive) Mimi was trying to bribe him to come play with her, with a peep...ewwww...Jake, of course, said no way!



We also had to entertain ourselves with water, and right now all we can offer is the hose...so, Jake spent about an hour chasing everyone with the hose, making puddles in the backyard and getting some good naked time...



And then I finally decided I wanted Joe to take a picture of how I was looking, now that we are in the final days...so...here you go, all you who have been asking. We are HUGE and about to pop...hopefully!



Fun stuff. I cannot believe that next year we might have 2 running around playing with the hose and such. Joe and I are so excited to open our "present". We will keep you all updated! - Kel