Foxboro Peeping Tom

I wanted to post this to give warning to all my friends that live in Foxboro.

We have a peeping Tom in our neighborhood. My friend Ashlie posted the same thing on her blog. I read hers a few days ago and was a bit un-nerved, but when I went outside today and found the exact same thing at my own home, I became down right worried. Check out her blog linked to her name for her story...

I didn't take as many pictures as Ashlie but these tracks lead straight from my next door neighbors window, to mine. The tracks show that he stops at my window (right above the bricks) and then walks off.

There are apparently some salesmen in the area right now, and it could be one of them, but he clearly isn't coming to our homes to sell anything, just peeping in the windows.

It's enough to have me concerned so I wanted to let you all know to be aware, keep your windows and doors locked, and don't open your door for anyone if you are alone. I never answer my door when I'm alone so if you come by to say hello because all the lights are on and you can hear my TV, don't be offended when I don't answer :)

Be careful friends, and if this happens to you, call the North Salt Lake Police 801-298-6000.
Let's get rid of this creepy person.

Christmas n' such

We had such a wonderful Christmas this year... we could have received lumps of coal from Santa and still had the best Christmas ever with our little Oliver... but of course Santa was as generous as ever this year and we loved being able to spend some time with our families and friends.

Oliver enjoyed his first bath in the sink and Grandma's

All happy and clean

He especially loved hanging with the Grandma's who cuddle him non-stop

Grandma Layne

Grandma Barb and Grandpa Kerry

He also loved playing with his cousin Elijah who is only 3 weeks older believe it or not!

Now we are back home... Jon is back to work, and I'm back to playing with this handsome man all day long. best job in the world <3

He gets cuter and fatter every day. Life is good. :)

Inspiring

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough;
Give the world your best anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God;
It was never between you and them anyway.

My brother introduced me to this lovely little saying. These are words I really want to live by.

More liver please

You really can't have too many pictures can you?

Love you little man

P.S. The title of this post is not a typo... Jon nicknamed our son Liver and I'm afraid it's sticking... as though Liver is so much shorter than Oliver. Oh well.

Also... Merry Christmas :)

Happy Family

Hello everyone!

Baby Oliver is now 2 weeks old. It's been such a crazy couple of weeks that we would not trade for anything! We can't believe how much we love our little guy... he's perfect.

My two favorite boys. These pictures melt my little heart...

My cousin came over today and took a few family pictures for us and he got some really good shots! Here are a few...
seriously isn't he so so so dang cute??

Such a happy family :)

Grab A Tissue! (or two)

These last few days with little Oliver have been so wonderful! (a little tiring because he has his days and nights mixed up, but definitely wonderful) We both feel so very blessed and so very grateful to have him for our son! There have been so many of you that have been fasting and praying that this would all work out and we can't thank you enough. We have definitely seen the Lords hand in orchestrating all of this because there have been so many little miracles happening along the way. Many of you have played a part in those so thank you. Our greatest thanks however, goes to the selfless, amazing people, who brought this little miracle into the world, and have entrusted us with his care. These people are among the strongest in the world. The selflessness they showed us in doing what was by far the hardest thing for themselves but the best thing for this child, is a lesson we will carry with us forever. We love you. We thank you.

The last couple of weeks the birth mom has been having contractions and has been in and out of the hospital several times. When they got really close together, Tracy and I were glued to our phones, bags packed, ready to go at a moments notice. we put 2400 miles on our car driving back and forth so many times. Finally, last week we got notice that the doctor would be inducing her on Tuesday (yesterday) so it felt really good to finally have a date, But once again he didn't last that long. We came down on Friday night and it was a good thing because it was a short delivery Saturday morning. The birth mom was so awesome and wanted Tracy and I to be in the delivery room when Oliver was born. We had to pull some strings in order to get all of us in there with the H1N1 scare they had restricted the number of visitors to two. Another little miracle.

It seemed like everything happened in seconds. But the delivery went well and our precious baby boy was born without any complications and the birth mother did amazing. Once again... a miracle. What a blessing it was to be in that room and feel his little spirit enter this world. There are just no words to describe a moment like that. Perhaps this little video will do a better job at expressing the joy.

(its better full screen with the volume up)



Oliver Ayden Layne from Jon Layne on Vimeo.


How thankful we are... We could not possibly love him any more.

Welcome to our family little Oliver

Mom & Dad

Introducing...

Oliver Ayden Layne

born 11/21/2009
10:37am
5lbs 14oz
18 inches long
perfect
handsome
love

We're in love.