The Franks Family

The week after Christmas

My mom came back to Dallas with us the week after Christmas and it was so great to not have a thing to do! We just took LOTS of really cute pictures of our handsome little boy over and over! The week consisted of great food, either cooked by our chef, Matt or eaten at restaurants, lots of shopping, and good rented movies. I loved every minute of having Matt at home for over a week. Roman enjoyed it too!

Riding on his airplane!

Mommy and daddy got to go on a date after we gave Roman a bath. Meema so graciously offered to babysit!!

Roman loves bath time!!

Our family.

Happy naked baby

nothing like a diaper wedgie!

Mee ma and Roman

Sweet daddy kisses

"I love playing with da da"

"mommy is fun too"

Peek a boo!

drool baby! He cut 3 more teeth!

Our boys!

Christmas Part Two (Tulsa)

Let me start off by saying how lucky I am to have such wonderful in-laws. I love my family!! They very graciously invited my mom to come have Christmas with them so she would not be alone while my brother went out of town with his in-laws. My mom was planning on staying in Missouri Christmas day with my brother and then driving the next day to do Christmas with the Franks. I was planning on leaving Missouri on Christmas Eve morning and meeting Matt in Tulsa that afternoon. Boy, plans can change so quickly!!

Christmas Eve morning, my mom and I looked at the weather and saw that it was supposed to snow a lot. I decided that my mom should just drive with me to Tulsa that day because she may not make it a couple of days later. We left and drove in rain the entire time and then as we approached Tulsa, it started to snow. Tulsa literally had a blizzard! My mom and I made it safely with Roman and Captain. We kept waiting to hear if Matt and his brother, Mike, (another pilot) would make it. Bill and Pam, Matt's parents, were hosting the Christmas Eve dinner at their house with all of his aunts and uncles and cousins. Matt's dad left in the blizzard to go pick up Matt at the airport. Matt jump seated on a FedEx flight from Memphis to Tulsa. Sure enough, as they were about to land in Tulsa, the airport closed down and Matt's dad came home without my husband! I was almost in tears. Poor Matt had to go back to Memphis and stay in a crummy hotel room with fast food for dinner by himself on Christmas eve! Brother Mike didn't make it either! He had to fly to Dallas and actually stayed at our house by himself too. So it ended up on Christmas morning with my mom, Roman, me, and Matt's parents all by ourselves. How funny!! I made a breakfast casserole for us and we enjoyed our little family together! Matt had to rent a car from Memphis and drive 6 hours on Christmas day to be with us. He finally got there around 3 in the afternoon. Christmas day, we all went to Grandma's house with the entire family. It ended up being a Christmas to remember. Tulsa got between 9-12 inches of snow!!

Christmas morning with my boys!

Roman was still sleepy

Poor Captain is wondering why his bathroom is now freezing cold and wet!

Mommy and Roman dressed to go to Matt's Grandma's house

He loved this singing Christmas tree

Daddy is finally here!!!!!!!!

Roman playing with his cousin Macy

Matt finally got to eat good food!

Having so much fun with daddy!

The family hanging out

The triplets are here!

Silly uncle Mike!

Mike and Grandma

Reagan and me

Aunts, uncles, and cousins

Opening more gifts!

Whitney, my mom, Grandma, Pam, and Lolly

Whitney and Gracie

Pa and Roman

Just playing around

Roman played so hard that he passed out on uncle Mark!

Ahhh! So sweet!

The day after Christmas, we all celebrated our Franks family Christmas. Bill, Pam, my mom, Mark, Whitney, the triplets, Mike, Matt, Roman, and I all went to dinner and then back to their house to open gifts. There are so many gifts that it lasted forever!! Roman was so excited that he stayed up until 11pm with all of us. We had such a great time!! Roman got so many toys and clothes. The best surprise that Matt and I got was the Nikon camera that I've been wanting for forever! I'm so excited to take better pictures now!! We are so blessed to have such a great family! We had such a wonderful Christmas despite the weather. Thank you Lord for all of your blessings!

Mike and Matt made a snow man family! Isn't Matt so silly?!

The cute snowman family!

Grandma with her grandchildren at Charlestons

Pa, Mark, and Whitney at dinner

All these presents for me?!! Yay!!

The triplets loved their new backpacks that we got them!

Christmas Part One (Springfield)

I was so fortunate to get two full weeks off of work during Christmas time. The week before Christmas, Roman and I got to go to Springfield while Matt worked. Matt drove us to Tulsa Sunday night and then I drove Monday morning to Springfield. It worked great because Roman slept the entire drive. I had such a great time with my mom, brother, and his family. Meema, Caroline, Roman, and I all made cupcakes for Jesus's birthday and decorated them.

Roman, Caroline, and me with our cupcakes!

Aunt Ashley and Caroline

Meema with Roman and Caroline

One of my best friends, Sara Caldwell, came over with her precious little Carter. We got some great pics of Carter and Roman together.

Sara and me with our boys

Roman and his buddy Carter

They're only 4 months apart!

Tuesday night my brother and his family came over and we all celebrated Christmas! Roman got to open gifts for the first time! It was so cute to get the kids together and watch them play!

Cousins playing on the piano!