Easter 2003

Posted on April 20, 2003 by Jason

This year’s Easter was very eventful for the French family. Here is some pictures from Easter weekend 2003.

The weekend started very early Saturday morning when Abby woke me up at 6:00 with a, “Come on, Dad.” She was greeted with a whole spread of gifts from the Easter Bunny. She was also surprised when she found out that the Easter Bunny had also hidden eggs around the townhouse, filled with M&M’s.

Later that morning, we went to an Easter Egg hunt sponsored by our church, First United Methodist of Winter Park. We had a picnic lunch and there was a big Easter Egg hunt with about 100 other kids. Abby collected a basket full of eggs filled with candy. Later she jumped in a Bounce House and got to ride a pony. She loved riding the pony and was smiling the whole time.

The next morning we went to church and when we got back we took some pictures outside the townhouse’s club house. The matching Easter outfits were supplied by Abby and Emily’s Nana and Poppy.

Abby and Emily

Posted on April 13, 2003 by Jason

Here are various pictures of Abby and Emily from the past couple of months. Abby is two years old and Emily is now 3 months old. Abby likes cooking for Emily and Emily likes sitting around the townhouse in her swing and bouncer. The pictures of Emily in her swing are not recycled Abby pictures. They just look alike at that age. 🙂

Musselman Family Visit

Posted on February 1, 2003 by Jason

During the big move, while we were staying at Jennifer’s sister’s house, Jennifer’s parents, grand parents, and brother came over to visit with us. We had dinner and took pictures of the entire family.

The Big Move

Posted on January 30, 2003 by Jason

On January 30th we closed on the sale of our house in Austin, Texas and started the big Trek to Orlando, Florida. We started by going to Jennifer’s sister’s house in Houston. There we were visited by more of Jennifer’s family.

We stayed there until February 3rd and then started on the road to Florida. We stopped in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Tallahassee, Florida. During the trip, we stopped at several rest stops and we got pictures of Abby entering Mississippi and Florida. On February 1st, the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas. The rest stop in Mississippi had a make-shift memorial outside and I took a picture of Abby standing in front of it.

We survived the trip, but Abby was pretty grouchy the entire trip. She didn’t like being awaken in the middle of the night by Emily crying. She learned first hand what her parents had been going though each night for the past month since Emily was born. She was not happy.

When we got to Florida, we stayed in a hotel near Disney World until our stuff was to arrive on February 8th. We played some putt-putt and ate at Margaritaville at Universal Studios.

French Family Visit

Posted on January 24, 2003 by Jason

On the weekend before we were to leave for Orlando, almost the entire side of the French family came to visit us: Nanna, Poppy, MaMaw, PaPaw, Marci, Chuck, Kevin, and Kristi. Everyone had a great time seeing Emily for the first time and playing with Abby. It was great to see everyone before we headed to Florida.

Emily Goes Home

Posted on January 9, 2003 by Jason

On Thursday, Jennifer and Emily were released from the hospital and we made our way home. Abby was happy to have her “baby sister” home.

Abby Meets Emily

Posted on January 8, 2003 by Jason

Abby traveled up to the hospital to go visit her new sister. She pretty much ignored her and roamed around the room doing her own thing. At one point she was being introduced to Emily and she started crying. Abby just got wide-eyed and started to back away. Today, she was very excited. She kept saying that she wanted to “go see sister”.

Christmas 2002

Posted on December 25, 2002 by Jason

Abby opened many gifts for her first real Christmas. Here’s a few pictures from Christmas. She got into her presents early and opened one of the DVD’s that her Great Aunt Marci bought her. She was very excited about every gift she got. We had a big Christmas with everyone coming to us. We didn’t want to travel this year since the new baby was coming any day now. We had Jennifer’s parents and grand parents visit on Christmas Day and my parent visit on the weekend after Christmas. I received a digital camera as a present from Jennifer, which means that pictures will be put on the web site in a more timely manner. Thank you to everyone who sent gifts. Hope you had a merry Christmas.

Breakfast with Santa

Posted on December 15, 2002 by Jason

On December 15th, 2002, we went to our church, Round Rock First United Methodist, to have breakfast with Santa. There, Abby met Santa and ate pancakes with her parents. She wasn’t too happy to see him, much less sit in his lap. After he gave her a candy cane, she was much more up to the task of sitting in his lap for pictures. Afterward, Abby bid on some stuff in the silent auction for her new baby sister.