Hello Everyone
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We sure did! We had the opportunity to go to Mansfield Ohio for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time with Jenny's family and many of our Ohio friends. Jayla got to meet some of her cousins for the first time and loved all the attention!!
Josh is one week away from finishing this semester and busy preparing for his finals. Jayla just turned 6 months. She is becoming more and more fun the older she gets. She sitting up, playing with toys, constantly talking and smiling at anyone that comes near. She has been such a joy.
We are looking forward to going to North Carolina for Christmas to spend time with Josh's family. Jenny's was very fortunate to be able to get off work for both holidays this year so we are making the most of it.
If you think of it we could use your prayers for future direction after Josh's graduates from seminary next year. We are open to wherever and with whoever that God can use us.
Love you all!!

Jayla all bundled up

Now that Jayla is 6 months we started her on baby food.
She loves sweet potatoes so far.

Finding a Christmas tree in freezing Ohio with the Wagners

Jayla playing with her Aunt Lindsay doggy.
Just her size.

Cousins

Our little pilgrim baby

Jayla 5 months

Hello Friends
Here is a quick little update on the Howletts. Josh is in his 3rd year of seminary. He is busy taking classes on the language of Hebrew, Pastoral Leadership, Church History, and Preaching. He is also watching our little girl Jayla on the days Jenny works. Jayla loves her time with her daddy! Jenny is back to work full time as a nurse working 3 twelve hour shifts and then soaking up her days off with lots of time with Jayla and Josh! Jayla is now almost 5 months old. She is a super happy smiley baby and thankfully pretty easy and compliant. Here are some pictures from the last couple months.

Josh holding Jayla in her Halloween Bunny costume.

Dressed up a like a little Bunny

Jayla is very active and loves playing in her exersaucer

We love our little girl!

Josh and Jayla

Jenny and Jayla

Jayla at our Dallas Arboretum pumpkin festival

White Rock Lake

Josh's mom, Robin, came to visit for a weekend!

Go Buckeyes!

Jayla now loves to talk making sure we never forget she is in the room. :)

Jayla

Jayla has been such a blessing to our lives. Everyday we just thank the Lord for such a sweet little girl. Jayla is growing up fast, now 6 weeks old, and has already gained about 4 pounds since birth. The chubby cheeks and rolly legs are starting to pop out and we are starting to see more of her sweet personality. She is sleeping 4-5 hours straight at night and her momma is thankful for the extra sleep at night too. Jenny has recovered well from delivery and the doctor has given her the okay to start exercising again! We are just enjoying taking life slow and soaking up all the time we can with our little girl. We have been so blessed with all the family and friends that have come to visit over the last 6 weeks and are excited for more family later this summer. Here are some pics of Jayla and the family.

Grandpa and Grandma Higgins and Uncle Chandran with Jayla when she was 4 days old

Uncle Terry, Aunt Nina, and Great Grandma Elizabeth came to visit
when Jayla was about 2 weeks old

Great Grandma Elizabeth loving her Grandbaby

Jayla already has lots of friends to play with

Dressed up for the 4th of July

Such a smiley little girl

Sleeping with Daddy

Jayla has lots of funny faces

The Chubby cheeks are coming

One of Jayla first smiles on her play mat

The Howletts came to visit when Jayla was about 5 weeks old.
Jayla with her Grandmommy

Aunt Brooke, Daddy and Aunt Mandi

Jayla and her Pops

Jayla's first rodeo ( She is now officially a Texan)

Aunt Mandi and her cousin Holden

She's here! Jenny labored 22.5 hours for this sweet little girl!

New Arrival......Jayla Elizabeth Howlett


She's still growing into her skin, hence the wrinkles.


What a soft full head of hair.


The expression that babies put on their mother's faces.

The expression mothers put on their baby's faces after a good feeding.


The expression baby's make every time their dads walk into the room.

Love ya'll! Enjoy the pics! We do.

Baby Girl on the Way

Well we are officially on the countdown till Baby "J" is born. Only 4 weeks left!! We are getting very excited as we see the end of the road. We have been blessed beyond belief with 5 baby showers and so much wisdom and words of encouragement from friends and family. Our nursery is just about complete and Josh and I just finished our birthing classes. He has finals this next week and then will be off of the summer. I plan to work up until the due date, but will have 12 weeks off with the baby. We are looking forward to a nice relaxing summer and hope for a lot of visitors. If you don't have much going on and feel like visiting Texas we would love to have you!! The next post we make will probably be once she is born so keep a look out on you email which we will also be a sharing Baby "J"s name. We love you all so much and thanks again for all your gifts, encouragement, and support we have received from all of you. Here are a few pics from some of the baby showers and my pregnancy.

Ohio Baby Shower at my Moms

My little nieces and nephews

Woodville Grace Brethren also had a wonderful Baby Shower for us

Shower at Woodville

Guys from Josh's work had a diaper shower for us

We were also blessed with friends and family in Dallas and my coworkers who also had baby shower's for us which I unfortunately forgot to bring my camera to. :)

A friends here took a few pregnancy pics of us

She's getting big!!

Our nursery is just about complete!!

We had so much fun shopping for bright colors!!