Ready for Spring

Greetings Friends,

I hope all is going well for all of you where ever you may be! Life for us is going well, and we are prepping for Lillie to come into our family. David is doing good, and is ready to go outside and have some play time in the warm sunshine instead of the cloudy, cold, slushy yard!! The spring will not only bring wonderful weather, new growth, and color to our world, but it will also bring the birth of our little girl. We are truly excited and blessed that all is going well with the pregnancy and that everyone is staying healthy. Please stay in touch and we will keep you posted when Lillian Grace is born. By the way the pictures are of David licking snow, the barn, and yes you guessed it the early stages of what is the "Chicken Coop"! Take care all.

Peace,

Ben, Janielle, and David

In a year.

Hello again all
I don't really have any new pictures this time but I was just looking through the last year or so and realized that a lot has happened. A year ago at this time we were living in Ashland Ne. and then moved to Dubuque, Ia. Soon after moving to Iowa we found out that we were going to be having a baby and we couldn't have been happier. Ben started school and David turned into a little man. Then some bad news that turned out to be good with the Lilly ( who is doing great). Then Ben got a job at a church in Topeka, ks. I never thought that I would be living back here again and we moved into a house that we loved. Now we are getting ready for Lillian Grace Fulton to make her arrival. We have had a long year but it has gone by very fast and I am very nervous to think about what is to come. Soon though we will be looking back at this year and thinking what we went through. I hope that everyone is doing well.
Love
The Fultons

Snow Days

More snow came again last night (as if we need anymore) but it does make for a beautiful picture. David thinks that it sure is fun to play in (and eat). However pretty it might be I sure am ready for spring and summer so that we can spend some time outside in our new yard. I do miss our friends in Iowa but I sure don't miss the snow there!! Ben and David got out today and had fun (well David did) Ben shoveled the driveway and if you have seen our driveway you know that is no easy task so maybe I am not the only one who is ready for spring and summer!
Janielle

Back in Kansas!!!

Well we have moved again just in time for Christmas. We have moved back to Topeka and into one of the best places we have ever lived. The house that we are renting is a three bedroom farm house with a two car garage and "The chicken coop" which is what Ben calls it I call it "Man land" it's an old chicken coop that has been cleaned up and has a wood burning stove ( ya know to keep those chickens warm who need to get away from there wives) and David also has his own play room ( they finished the attic) We could not be happier! This Christmas David got a scooter with a helmet and knee pads and we couldn't help but take a picture because he just sooooo cute with them on. We hope that ya all had a terrific Holiday and have a safe New years.

Ben, Janielle, David and Lilly Fulton

He is so smart!!

Last night I was doing things in the kitchen when I realized that David was really quiet so I went to check on him every thing was fine he was playing. So a little while later I went to check on him again and found that he had made a hammock of his stuff friends. As he would put them in his hammock he then would listen to there heart with his stethoscope. I was a little embarrassed to see that he had used one of my bras as his place of examination but then thought how smart my son is and wonder if some day will we have a Veterinarian in the family. I hope all of you are doing well.
Love Janielle and Dr. Fulton

Man can he get any cuter?!

This is a nightly game that David and I like to play. He is getting really good at saying woo hoo! I hope all is well with you all. Life in Dubuque is fun, and we had a great Thanksgiving. I will post some other pictures too.

Peace,

The Fultons

Thank you

I have had a lot of scary and sad things happen to me in my life. Things like my husband deploying over seas and not knowing when he is coming back or where he is going. Horse accidents up the wazoo! But nothing could prepare me for what we were about to hear last Tuesday. I had a sonogram last Friday and they called to tell us that there was fluid around the baby's heart and kidneys and a cyst in her brain and that we would need to go to Iowa City to have a sonogram done with a specialist. By the time the nurse in Dubuque was finishing the last part of the phone call I was in shock and I had her talk to Ben to give him directions to the hospital in Iowa City. So on Tuesday evening we made the trip to Iowa City and stayed over night which turned out to be the longest of my life ( I would rather be in labor for 36hours again). The next morning we went to the hospital and they talked to us about what could be wrong with her and told us things like she might not live. Then we go in and have to sonogram and the doctor tells us that he doesn't find anything wrong with her heart, kidneys or brain and that she looks normal. I have never wanted to kiss another man so bad in all my life. I know that this is a lot of information but the outcome is that she is doing great and already putting her daddy through the ringer just like only my daughter would, but Thank you from the bottom of our hearts and souls for all of your prayers.
God bless
Ben, Janielle, David and Lillian Grace Fulton