Our Christmas Card/Birth Announcment and Poem

A Christmas Poem
by Joshua Taflinger
(Read in your head by William Shatner)

‘Twas the morning of Christmas and I at work,
The Senior Officers had the day off, oh what a perk;
Over a year now, since I graduated the academy,
We had two little kids then, but now we have three;

Jadyn Elizabeth, what a bundle of joy,
Joshua and Janna love her more than their favorite little toy;
Those two have grown up way too fast,
But we love being parents, oh what a blast;

Joshua is three now, almost turning four,
With a smile on his face as he walks through his pre-school door;
Janna is over a year and loves to run,
What an awesome girl, and so much fun;

For Julie, Mom to Mom is the place to be,
As she joins the ladies at church for a cup of tea;
Bikers for Christ is my ministry of choice,
As we share the Word of God with our voice;

2009 is almost gone; time sure has flown by,
It brought a smile to our face and a tear to our eye;
Thankful and blessed is how we feel,
That’s what we pray before our meal;


Warm in their jammies, sitting under the tree,
Opening their presents, excited with glee;
This house is getting smaller, it feels so tight,
But with all love we share, it feels so right;

They might not know it, so young and so small,
The greatest gift was Jesus that died for us all;



Like the wise men, be led by the star so bright,
From us to you,
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

Meeting the Little Sister

This time around was a bit different. Joshua and Janna were not able to come to the Hospital to meet little Jadyn. I was very upset about it, but really it was better for them. Because of the swine Flu they are not allowing any visitors under 18 and really they are very strict on it. I tried and tried and no luck. So I hurried and made sure we could get out of the hospital as quick as possible because Jadyn had a very anxious big brother and big sister who were ready to meet her. It was great! They walked in the house, and were looking for her :) She was in the Bassinet and Janna was trying to climb in! J could not wait to see her. He said she looked like him, and really wanted to know if she had that "thing" on her belly button. He remembered from Janna. Janna wanted to lay on Jadyn that is how she shows love to her Dolls. It was such a special time, the kids were pretty gentle, and very very loving!

My three precious kiddos!

Family of 5!

Daddy and his little girls!

This was also Papa's first meeting since he had the other kiddos the night she was born.

Grammy and Papa with their grandaughter Jadyn Elizabeth!

Sweet girl!

Jadyn Elizabeth

Jadyn Elizabeth Taflinger
Born November 30th 2009 at 8:29pm
8 pounds 13 ounces 21 inches

The story:
So this is how it went....I waited and waited and then on he morning of November 30th I was induced to go into Labor. We were all ready for her grand entrance. With Joshua and my mom by my side we waited and waited for what seemed like forever. Progression was slow in the beginning. It took all day to get to 3 cm dilated. It was almost 8 pm and we were not even sure she was going to come that day. Then within 30 minutes I was dilated to 10cm and she was out. The midwife told me to do a practice push, and then she said here comes her head! I actually kind of did not believe her and started laughing (of course I had an epidural). So now the joke is I laughed her out. Below are the beautiful pictures! We are incredibly blessed to have a precious healthy baby girl to add to our family.

me pushing/laughing

Here she is!

So precious!

Proud parents!

So much to be Thankful for!

So Thankful and Incredibly Blessed!

As many of you know I have been so blessed with being part of a Moms group at our church. It is called Mom to Mom, and it is amazing how this group and the moms in the group have touched my life! God really does place us in the right place at the right time!

Recently at Mom to Mom I had the opportunity to share my testimony! I took this opportunity to share about what God had done in my life, and what the results have been. I spent time praying about what I should share, and spent time preparing. It was amazing to really focus and walk-through my life year by year. I know that the women enjoyed hearing my story, but really after it was all said and done I was amazed to hear my story. I was amazed because it took me back, and opened my eyes to what God has done in our lives, and how if any of those moments did not happen we would not be where we are, or who we are today.

There are have been really tough times in our life..times when we were not sure how we were going to get through. Our plans were shattered, our hearts were broken, life was not easy! But God asked us to be faithful, and he brought us through. Now we look back and would not want to change a thing.

We are so thankful for God who asked us to have a realationship with him at a young age, and asked us to give our whole Lives to him. And we are so Thankful that he has brought us down his path, not ours. We know that our creator will never give us anything we can't handle, he has proven that to us over and over again!

He has blessed us in amazing ways, and He continues to Bless us! We are so Thankful!

Last few weeks as a Family of 4

Well Daddy is not in many of these because he was the photographer :(

These last few weeks we have made a point to really have some special time as a family of four! We are all very much looking forward to Jadyn joining our family, and the many experiences we will have with her, but we wanted to make sure to have a few last extra special moments.

Here we are at the Park....just having Fun!

Janna just started hiding from us, she kinda trys to get away especially when she knows you want to get her.

Joshua Wayne and Mommy Special Love..He is my sweet pea!

Climbing on Mommy and Jadyn

Fun in the Grass.

He is becoming such a big boy! Did I mention he is now in 5t pants! Wow how he has grown!

Janna went from not really walking to running in about two weeks! She loves the freedom she now has, and loves to follow her Big brother around.

Such a cute boy!

and there is our adoarble little sunshine!

J has really been into floor puzzles, he is now able to do them all on his own...and he is so proud when he is done! Great Job buddy!

Joshua Wayne is such a great big brother! He is so in love with Janna Rose, and already loves Jadyn Elizabeth so much. He can not wait to meet her.

This was really the first time Janna Rose showed interest in Jadyn, we will see what she thinks when she makes her grand entrance!

Daddy and Janna Rose playing! He can't wait to have two little girls!

Oh Janna loves her oatmeal, and she has to do it on her own! What a mess! But so much fun!

We took a day and went out to Laguna Beach, the beach has a park and J thought that was so cool! Here are some fun pics!

Janna trys to do everything Brother does.

Here is a video of Janna coming down the slide! Wow time has sure flown by! Janna Rose is 15 months and Joshua Wayne is 3 1/2. And they sure do love life!