Savannah loves playing with her cousin Kioni

First Moments and First Visitors

All is going well in the Owuor household...we are adjusting quite well to life as a family of four. Alexandra has mastered her essentials: eating, sleeping, and messing her diapers. :-) Savannah is still learning the important lesson of "gentle" and she keeps wanting to give lots of kisses and hugs to her little sister. It's really sweet to see her adjusting so well to sharing Mom and Dad. A big part of the success in her transition has been due to Lexi's first visitors making a big fuss over Savannah and letting her know that she is special too! :) Thanks to everyone who has come and will come to see our growing family. We love and appreciate all of our friends and family lending your support, prayers, and service. PS. We're missing a picture of our dear friends the Gillooly's and the Kanner's who also blessed us with visits and help already. Thanks to you guys too. We love y'all.

Savannah's Happy and She Know's It

She enjoys singing along to the song and surprisingly does so on queue Today she was happy to meet her little sister. Thanks Tonja for keeping Savannah happy while mommy and daddy welcomed Alexandra.

This is Alexandra

Hello World. My name is Alexandra Malaika Owuor. I'm a 9 pound baby girl who came into this world at 1325hrs on this warm Wednesday in July. My mommy and daddy are very happy to see me. They are cooing over me and keep saying how I look so much like my big sister except I have so much hair. I'm excited to be here too, and look forward to getting to know the rest of my family and friends.

Celebrating Independence Day

We had a great 4th of July celebration with some good friends from church. Thanks again Howa's for hosting a fun party! And thanks to everyone who brought yummy treats and eats. We enjoyed everything, especially the company. It was fun to see Savannah playing with the other kids and experiencing some new favorites such as watermelon (if only we had captured the juice running down her chin!), hula hoops, Capri Suns, and fireworks. Okay so the fireworks were not her most favorite but it was cute to see her watch the reaction of the kids around her and then do a delayed "Yay" in imitation. :) She would alternate holding her hands over her ears and eyes during the fireworks display - I think that the sugar rush was wearing off and she wasn't quite sure what to do at that point in the evening...we did keep her up way past bedtime. We hope that all of our loved ones had a safe and happy Independence Day wherever or however you celebrated.

Happy Father's Day

I think that a lot can be said about a father by how happy his children are... As you can see we have one very happy little girl (soon another girl will join us too!). For Father's Day, Savannah and I surprised Michael with a photo shoot; What dad doesn't enjoy getting new pic's of his favorite girls?! :) We also got a new buggy so that Michael can share his passion for bicycling with his daughters. So far the buggy is a hit with Savannah but the helmet is still pending. How lucky we are to have you Michael. Thank you for being a good daddy, hubby, friend, provider, and everything to us! We love you so much and love being around you. Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to play, to ride, and to smile with us. We hope that this Father's Day is special and that you know how special you are to us today and everyday. Love you forever.

Raining like Hail

Last night we had a storm blow through our area and it left it's signature behind. We've been through a few storms in Texas through the years and have always faired well until now... The hail really beat up our roof (gonna have to replace that), broke three windows (good thing for double panes-it only broke the outside pane), chipped away the molding of another window, battered Michaels' car and left our back fence polka-dotted from where it took off the stain. It is crazy that only about fifteen minutes of hail and winds can wreak such damage! We're just happy that we stayed dry and that the weather stayed outdoors.