Happy New year

As we close out on 2011 it has been a great year! We believe in our hearts that 2012 can be an even better year for. There were many great things that happened in 2012 that we feel very blessed about. I graduated from university of Phoenix with my Bachelor of science in psychology in June. This was just one of the many accomplishments of this year for us. Patrick left University of Phoenix and started going to Rasmussen College to obtain Bachelors degree Computer and gaming simulation. In September after a 2 1/2 month break from college I started my masters degree in Mental Health counseling at Walden University. Are education is very important to us and we are blessed to be able to get the educations that we are getting.

There is a saying to leave the best for last and there are two events in this past year that we have been blessed beyond anything. On September 17th Patrick and I got married at Grace Lutheran Church. We could not have asked for a more wonderful day for our wedding, and we thank everyone that was able to be there for us. We are thankful to so many people that helped out on our special day. It was an amazing day and we feel very blessed.

November 21st, was another amazing day as it was the birth of firstborn son Brandon James. He was born at 11:36 pm after a very long labor that ended up in a c-section because of complications. He was 8 lbs. 13 oz. and 21 inches long. He is everything that we have always hoped for, dreamed for and we could not ask for a better baby. Brandon is thriving and growing like a weed.

We have been blessed beyond words this year, and we are hoping that we are blessed even more in 2012. as 2011 closes we know that God gives us new hopes, new challenges and new dreams for the coming year. We know that 2012 will be a wonderful watching our son grow. We want to wish you all a Happy and joyous New Year!!

Love and God Bless each and everyone of you!!!

Patrick, April and Brandon Liebert!

Merry Christmas

We want to take the time to wish our family and friends a Merry Christmas. We look at this season as we celebrate the birth of Jesus and know that he is the reason for the season. However, it goes much deeper than that because we are very blessed this Christmas. This is the first year in many years that we will have the opportunity to spend with my sister, nieces and her boyfriend. This is honestly a long time coming and that is just one of the many blessings we have this Christmas. Other than the gift of Jesus, we have the gift of our son Brandon. This is his first Christmas and we could not feel more blessed to have him as our son. He may be too small to understand that it is Christmas but we are blessed beyond words to have Brandon here and with us.

We realize that every gift and blessing comes from above and there have been so many this year, including our marriage, the birth of our son, and just realizing the simple things in life.

James 1:17 says "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." Even when we struggle with change we know it is for the best and that it can somehow turn around into a gift from God.

We want to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Let us put our focus on Jesus as he is the reason for the season and he is the gift there for all of us to receive the gift of salvation!!

Happy 1 month birthday Brandon!

A month ago today we held in our arms for the first time our son Brandon James. He is the baby we have always hoped for and always dreamed for. Now that dream is our world. We can not imagine our lives without him. He has made us smile, he has made us cry, he has made us worry, but overall he has shown us what love is all about. There is not anything we would not do for him, and there is nothing we do not want to show him. He is our world, and we want to show him the world. Over the last month we have held a beautiful 8 lb. 13 ounce baby that has grown into our wonderful 10 pound 7 ounce baby. I love spending my days with Brandon and the best part of our days is when daddy comes home. Brandon has brought us so much joy, so much happiness that we could not in words tell you just how happy he has made us. I enjoy taking pictures of him. As he is now 1 month old we get to have his first Christmas and even though he will not remember much about this Christmas it is something we are really looking forward too. We love you Brandon and we cannot imagine our lives without you. You have given us so much joy and you complete our family!!!

Helpless

The last 4 days my baby boy has just had times that he has not been himself. Being a new parent it is hard to know whether or not to take him to the doctor. When I became a mommy and when I first felt my son kick inside the womb for the first time it was the most incredible feeling in the world. However I never wanted to be this parent that took my child to the dr every time he sneezed. Are we taking him to the doctor too much? Probably not, we are just looking out what is best for him. However, we found it was nothing but a common cold. So what can do for him, sure we can use the Vics vapor rub, but yet still he cries as a mommy I feel so helpless for my son. I know that it will get better but at times I just feel so helpless.

3 weeks old!!

I still find it so hard to believe that Brandon is 3 weeks old today. It has been an incredible 3 weeks having this blessing in our lives. There is not a day that I am not thankful and blessed all wrapped into one with Brandon in our lives. I could gaze into his beautiful eyes all day and not get bored with just that. Brandon was a gift that at times I never thought that I would receive and now that he is here he is a blessing to Patrick and I every single day.

3 weeks have went by and we have watched him grow and you can see a personality coming to life in his tiny little body. I love watching him sleep, and I even enjoy his awake times more and more as I know that he is ours, and he is the gift from God that I feel more and more blessed every day.

God has truly blessed us with Brandon and I cannot wait to see him grow even more and for us to eventually add more children to our ever growing family. We are truly blessed this Christmas season with Brandon as our son. We know that he is so loved by so many people and for that we feel even more blessed to have him in our lives!

Our baby boy

we have never felt so blessed as we do now. It has almost been 2 weeks since our son Brandon was born and I have never been more happy and felt more complete than I do right now. 2 1/2 months ago I married my best friend and now I feel so complete having our first born here with us. For 9 months I carried him inside of me and in my heart and now I could never imagine our lives without him in it. He has blessed us in so many ways that it would be so hard to even begin to think of all the ways that he has blessed us.

Brandon will always be our first born and we know that he will always look out for our other children. There is no doubt about it that as long as it is in God's plan for us we will have more children. However, we feel more blessed than ever that god has blessed us with a son. We are looking forward to Christmas this year more than years past because God blessed us with such a wonderful baby boy.

For 9 months he was inside of me and we were blessed with a wonderful doctor that took care of the two of us, and we will use the same doctor with our other children as well. Christmas is weeks away and we have the Reason for the Season in mind, and we are thankful to God for the gift he gave us in OUR son, but we are also more than thankful for the gift God gave us and that is the gift of his Son Jesus!