My Amazing Wife!

I woke up this morning feeling clever and planning on writing a little post for my wife for Valentine's day on the blog. Little did I know that my wife was way ahead of me and much much sweeter. I found these in my car.



What a sweetheart! I am so grateful for my beautiful wife. She is so good to me and I don't deserve her. There were two more cute notes.






When I opened the door to my car I was overwhelmed with gratitude and love for my sweetheart and can't ever repay her for the joy and happiness she brings to my life. I took the notes to my desk with me so they can make me smile all day and for Weeks to come. Thank you sweetheart!

Melinda Holmes Ruesch I love you to the moon and back. ;-) You mean the world to me and I pray that I'll be able to make you happy every day. There is not a woman I know who deserves it any more than you do! I hope our daughter grows up to be just like her mother. Happy Valentine's day!

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Gratitude past due...

So I decided to sneak into the blog to write a little thanksgiving post about my beautiful wife. I apologize in advance if it turns out weird because I'm writing this on my phone. The truth is that most of the time I take Melinda for granted. I'm am very humbled by her diligent example to me as a mother, as a wife, and as such a hard worker. She truly is a miracle in my life. A blessing that I can't explain but that I'm so very very grateful for.



She does such a great job with this blog. I have no doubt in my mind that one day our posterity will look back on her and praise her name for the excellent job she did in recording a neat family history. Even when she's writing about lipstick, leggings, and linens she leaves a lasting impression. I can't tell you how many times I have cried out wondering what I ever did to deserve such a wonderful woman to be my eternal companion.



I am ever grateful for the opportunity to try and live up to what she deserves. She comes from a talented and loving family that have helped to shape her into the amazing person that she is and I can't thank them enough for all the good they have done in her life.



Melinda this is for you. I love you. I truly do cherish and adore you and pray to be someday the man I know you deserve. You make me happier than any other person in the world. You are my world. I can do so much better and I will because of your patience and constant support. I know how difficult I can be and I'm sorry. May the Lord bless me to be the blessing in your life that you are in mine. Thank you sweetheart! We have a long ways to go yet, but what an adventure it will be.

With all my soul,
James Burdell

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Fun app for baby pictures!

So I'm sorry everyone! Nin does such a good job on keeping everyone updated. You can see what happens when I'm entrusted with the family record keeping. I was supposed to do another post yesterday for Nin, but I was slack.

We had a lot of visitors and I just didn't get to it, so I hope you'll forgive me! I think all in all we had over 20 family members come by to say hey, but of course mostly for a sneak peek at the newest member of our two large families!

So, getting now to the actual title of the post. I've had this app on my phone now for about a month now and never really messed with it. As you can imagine though, I've had a bit of time in the hospital over the past couple days to play around with said app. It's called "PhotoFunia." It has hundreds of effects that it automatically enhances pictures with. From funny to serious, it has some good ones. So I'll leave you with a few examples in case you'd like to download it for your own android device.

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Baby Brooklyn

Wow! What a day! Brooklyn, our new baby daughter, was born today at 8:12 am weighing in at 6 lbs 12 oz. She is 20 inches long and has blue eyes and dark hair. She had been breach so today was a scheduled c-section and it went very well! Melinda was a total trooper! I'm so proud of her! She really was amazing! I am so grateful for them both and feel so blessed! I can't explain the feeling of seeing Brooklyn for the first time as they pulled her out by her ankles from the tiny incision they made in Melinda's abdomen. All I can say is that it was a great feeling and I was blessed with peace and comfort and a feeling that everything was going to be alright, a feeling I have felt several times throughout the pregnancy. She is so beautiful! I look forward to teaching her and playing with her! For now though, we are happy to enjoy her and learn along the way!

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