Has It Really Been A Month?

I cannot believe that it has been a whole month since we finally welcomed our sweet little boy into this world!

June 26th we were admitted into the hospital to welcome Lee - he was not born until 1:54 AM on June 27th!  He weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces - 21.5 inches and was absolutely perfect and has been ever since!

It was a very busy first week with our little guy.  My sister had her sweet little girl - Zoey - four days after Lee was born! Daniel defended his dissertation five days after Lee was born - he is officially Dr. Geiger - we are so proud of him and all of his accomplishments!  To top off our first week we made our first road trip to see all of our family that same day!

Things slowed down after week one, but a month has already come and gone!  Lee is already sleeping a six hour stretch at night - mommy is very happy about this :).  He weighs 9 pounds 7.6 ounces now and is growing daily!  We went to church for the first time last night and he slept through the whole service!  He has started smiling more intentionally than accidentally in the last few days - it is fun to try to get him to smile.  He is a very content little baby and such a sweet sleeper!

Here are a few of our favorite pictures from his first month :)

38 Weeks and Ready to Meet Our Son

It has been several months since I last updated our blog!
Work got really busy but I made it to May!!!!  Now it is June and almost time for Lee to arrive!
We have made it to 38 weeks and just waiting at this point!  We have everything ready, so I have just been relaxing and getting as much sleep as I can until he gets here!  Daniel is finishing up his dissertation!!  Graduation is just around the corner for him as well.
I finished piecing together his quilt, it should be done being quilted together soon!  Here it is before quilting:

Here is a picture of our sweet boy at the 4D ultrasound! We cannot wait to see his face not on a computer screen!

Hope to update you soon on Lee's arrival :)

Daniel "Lee" Geiger III

On January 21st, Daniel and I got to see our SON on a flat screen TV in the doctors office!!!  We are thrilled to be having a baby boy who is very healthy - weighing about 1/2 a pound right now!  :)

Daniel is a second generation Daniel Lee Geiger, so we decided to call our son Daniel Lee Geiger III. He will go by the middle name LEE!  We cannot wait to meet our sweet little boy in June!  5 months seems like forever, however I know time will pass quickly.

I have chosen colors for his nursery and need to get started making his quilt.  I will do a blog post about it when I get started!

We have a busy few months ahead with my brother getting married and Lee on the way along with another niece or nephew that will be born in July!  Daniel is working on his dissertation and I am finishing up the second half of my 8th year teaching.  Please pray that Lee continues to grow healthy and strong!
Love,
Tabitha and Daniel

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Happy Thanksgiving!!! 

We all have so much to be thankful for, first and foremost our Savior Jesus Christ.  By His redemptive blood He has made a way for us to be freed from our sins and will be able to spend eternity with Him in Heaven. 

God has been so gracious to Daniel and I over the last 6.5 years.  We both have great jobs, Daniel has had a wonderful opportunity to attend school at Auburn University, we live in a great town, and have a wonderful family.  And yet we are super thankful for the opportunity for our family to grow in the next year!

I pray everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with their families and remember to be thankful for all you have!

Our Summer Disney Vacation

This is better late than never:

Back in February, Daniel and I decided we wanted to go to Disney again.  We knew our friends the Morgan’s had talked about Disney, so at lunch one Sunday afternoon we mentioned going on a summer trip.  By the next day we had our trip planned, the week picked out, and reservations in the process - July was a long way away! 

We hit the road on Saturday July 20^th at lunch time.  We arrived at Port Orleans Riverside in time to go to unpack and head to Downtown Disney after supper at the hotel!  Downtown Disney was really crowded, so we didn't stay for long. 

On Sunday we went to Universal Studios and visited both parks.  Some other friends , Brian and Mary Grace West, met us for the day as well.  It was great seeing them, and we enjoyed all of the Harry Potter rides and worlds. Of course we needed a picture of us all in "London"!

We attempted to plan our days at Disney based on the “least busy” days that I found on some different blogs, however in the summer they are all busy! We did plan our fast passes well and rarely waited longer than 30 minutes for a ride – which is awesome when it is 95 degrees and 100% humidity. 

Monday was Epcot!  We rode several rides including Mission Space, Soarin’, Spaceship Earth, Nemo, Living with the Land, and Maelstrom.  We went back to the room after lunch to rest and get ready for our dinner reservations.  (This is a huge advantage to staying on site; it is so easy to go back to the room!)  We had dinner reservations at La Cellier that night, so we were a little dressed up and I decided to leave my backpack at the room that had our rain gear.   It rained – for SEVERAL HOURS!  By the time we got to dinner we were pretty soaked.  Dinner was delicious and we walked around hoping to see Illuminations, however due to the continued rain they cancelled the show.  Despite being wet, it was a lot of fun!

Tuesday we headed over to Magic Kingdom!  One of my favorites!  There are so many rides, that you really need two days!  I cannot even name all that we rode, however I made sure we had fast passes to ride the new Seven Dwarfs Mine Coaster!  It was awesome, and we skipped the wait of more than 70 minutes! We had lunch in the Beast’s castle – we ate in the West Wing.  They have done an incredible job of making it look like the movie – and the “Grey Stuff Cupcake” is deliciousJ.  Again we played our fast passes well, went back to the room and got some rest, then rode more rides that night.  We stayed and watched the fireworks, which are always awesome! 

Riding the rides!

 Braving the rain back that night at Magic Kingdom!

 Lunch in The Beast's Castle

 Why yes I would love two giant chocolate chip cookies with butter pecan ice cream in the middle!

Wednesday we took a break from the Disney side and headed over to SeaWorld!  I love to go see all of the animals.  It has changed A LOT since Daniel and I went on our honeymoon 6 years ago!  Marianne, Jeremy, and Daniel rode the roller coasters and we watched several of the shows.  My favorite is the Dolphin show J they are so incredibly smart!  Wednesday night was set aside as date night – we went our separate ways and enjoyed dinner with our husbands.  Daniel and I went to the Raglan Road Irish Bred Pub in Downtown Disney.  We both had fish n chips – something we love from our trip to London!

Thursday we went to Animal Kingdom – which is my favorite!  Let me just say this – you would think it would be cooler because of all the shade – WRONG!!!  The shade prevented any breezes, and all of the water made it more humid than the already 100% of the everyday Florida forecast!  We were glad we got there early and did all we wanted to do before lunch, because after lunch it stormed and they shut down rides.  We also had gone first thing in the morning on the Safari; this is my favorite thing in all of the Disney parks!  We decided to call it early and go rest.  We went our own ways for dinner that night at Epcot, and then met up to watch Illuminations!

Friday – our last day at the parks – was spent at Hollywood Studios.  I am still getting used to calling it that, because the first time I ever went to Disney World (13 years ago) it was still MGM Studios!  Marianne, Jeremy, and Daniel headed straight for Tower of Terror and Rockin’ Roller Coaster – I just waitedJ.  We road several other rides and watched shows.  Then we had lunch plans at Mama Melrose’s it was delicious!

 Olaf fans at the gate!!

 Daniel smoked me on the Toy Story Ride!

We had an incredible vacation – thankful we were able to share it with friends! I cannot wait to go back! I LOVE DISNEY WORLD!!! 

September....and the beginning of October

September…. That means that August has come and gone already.  That also means that school has started back, hence the lack in blog posting.  I have been working on our Disney trip blog, but I haven’t finished it yet, so it will have to come later and out of order. 

School has hit the ground running and keeps me busy most days; Daniel has stayed pretty busy with work as well and has already made a trip to Washington this semester.  School and work are going well, but they are busy.  We have been to several of my students sporting events - volleyball and football!  We are also spending our Saturdays cheering on our Auburn Tigers - from our couch :).  We always have and eat way too much tailgate food - but it is SOOO good!

Rachel and Mary Margaret came to stay the weekend with me while the boys went to a Brave's game!  We had so much fun playing and exploring downtown Auburn! 

We have several 1^st birthday parties to attend over the next several months for our nieces and nephews!  They will all be so much fun!  We are also waiting the arrival of Anna Catherine – our newest niece!  I have had some time to do some more sewing and am working on Anna Catherine Snipes quilt!  Pictures to come when it is finished!

October … Well I started writing the above in September, and now it is October! Yikes … I am not good at blogging often! 

We are looking forward to the cooler weather in Auburn!!! I am ready for boots, sweaters, and blankets! This is a busy time of year with all of the holidays coming up, but it is my favorite! Hopefully I will have some birthday photos to add soon! 

OOOO... my sweet friends the Haslips got to meet their baby boy yesterday!  They are adopting :)  There are so many babies in this world that need a sweet mommy and daddy!  Please pray for him - he is premature and still in the hospital, but doing well.  Pray for all three as they adjust to being a new family!  

July 2 - Last Ministry Day in London

Richmond Street - is what it sounds like!  A lot of expensive places to live, places to shop, and people in a big hurry to get somewhere.  Our ministry at Richmond street was a little different.  We were still on the streets, but instead of just telling testimonies and illustrative messages, there were stories being told in conjunction with painting pictures:

Each painting was a different way to tell the gospel - very similar to the illustrative messages.  There were testimonies that went with the different stories as well.  Daniel was able to relate his testimony to unfinished business in life with unfinished business with God.  I was at a free book table when a woman walked up to look at the books.  I asked her how she was and told her they were free, she then asked me about one of the short story authors in the book.  It was not someone I had heard of, then she mentioned that she had heard him speak at an event that she had attended.  I asked if she was a believer in Christ and she said YES!  She then told me that she was a former Sikh (pronounced SEEK).  She has been a Christian for 5 years!  Her husband was talking to one of our other guys!  This is awesome that they are believers!

After a couple of hours of messages and sharing with others around the Richmond Street we went to the Richmond Street Park.  We were told there were really big deer in this park, you decide what you think:

We explained to our London friends that these deer would be prized trophies in America because of how big they were and how many antler points they had :).  We had to walk up a giant hill to get to them - I did not think I was gonna make it!  But it was worth it to see the deer!

That night we helped at a youth event at South Hanwell Baptist.  There are not many youth that attend the church so this was a big outreach for them.  They played messy games, ate burgers, and had some time sharing testimonies and the Gospel.  Daniel shared his testimony with the youth and about how he struggled with assurance and later a parent came up and told him that he was just talking to his son about that - God is so good to give us the right words to share for His glory.  I helped the girls in the kitchen cooking, serving, and cleaning!  Then we sat around and talked to the youth!  They love to hear about America and it is fun to tell them about our country.  I spend all day with 8th graders, and youth have a special place in my heart, so it was a great to get to spend time with the South Hanwell Youth!

July 3 - Flight Home
I managed to stay awake for all but 30 minutes of our almost 9 hour flight home! YAY! which meant I was able to sleep all night in my own bed, even though my brain was still on London time!  We are thankful for a safe trip and for the opportunity to serve God and share his love with the people in London.  Please remember to pray for them and for those who are sharing God's love every day in London.
Thank you for your prayers and support for us as we traveled!