An Old Albuquerque Favorite...

What a treat it was to run across a Weck's in the Dallas area! David saw the Weck's sign last week as he was driving to our new house from our closing. We thought that there was no way it would be same menu or that they would have green chile, but sure enough...it is the exact same menu and the green chile is just as hot! Now all we need is a Dion's Pizza and we'll be set!

Hicks in Boxes

We made it. After 3 weeks of living in Houston without David, we finally packed up the house, loaded up the truck and got ourselves and our belongings to the Dallas area. We are still living amongst the boxes, but each day one more box gets unpacked and this house starts to feel more like a home. I'm not sure if David and I have recovered from saying goodbye to our wonderful friends in Houston, but we're managing to keep ourselves busy.

The Loading and Moving Crew - Philip & Heidi Houston, David, Mylie and me, Guy & Fran Mays. James, Lisa and Avery Crider and Sheila Wright also came to help us, but they missed out on the picture.

Mylie's Dedication

We wanted to dedicate Mylie at our church, First Colony Church of Christ, before we move to the metroplex. It was a very special service. They showed pictures of each baby in a slide show and gave them each a bible with their name engraved. Each set of parents wrote their child a blessing and the children's ministry team framed each blessing. It was a really great day!

Last year was a busy year...look at all those babies! And this is only one of three services!


Mylie had on the most precious dress. In our opinion, she was the cutest baby up there!

Adios Amigos!

We had a really fun and special time with our friends this past weekend at our little going away party. Dana and Sheila Wright were so wonderful to open up their home to us, not only for the party, but over the past 4 1/2 years. Also, Sheila is a native Albuquerque-ian, so we can always go to her house for a green chile fix. It was great to hang out with everyone and there were no tears because we know we will see everyone again very soon.

David and I were first in line to get our red chile enchiladas.

Dana and Sheila, me and David



Here is Mylie with Brittnie. Brittnie stayed with Mylie at our house when I went back to work for a few weeks.

Trip to the park

We're going to miss a lot of things about Houston so we're taking advantage of as much as we can - spending time outside in the 75 degree weather and hanging out with our best Houston friends --- The Houston's.
Mylie and Macy
David and I have always loved watching Macy play. She keeps us all laughing!
Here's David swinging from the vines of an old tree down by the Brazos river. We weren't able to get a picture of the first vine David attempted to swing from. It didn't last long because the vine broke and smacked him in the head.
Here's Heidi, Mylie, Macy and Harper - actually, Harper's not here yet, but she's expected to join us April 3rd. I'm selfishly praying for a March 26th delivery so I can see her some before we move on the 31st.
The Girls
The Boys (with the girls) on their way to the Brazos River lookout. David and Philip became "one" with the Brazos in May '06 when they went on the longest (but shortest) canoe trip of their lives.
Mylie's thinking long and hard about taking a little snoozer.

Latest & Greatest...

Other than getting ready for our move, here is what Mylie has been up to lately.

Tammy & David came to meet Mylie and we all enjoyed a little TexMex at Chuy's.











Here is Mylie enthralled by a Praise Baby DVD. Not to worry, though. I won't let her become a couch potato.















She's starting to sit in her Bumbo seat a little each day. Of course, she still needs a little help and sometimes isn't too sure about it.











She also recently started to read. Not really...she is just looking at the pictures.












Mylie's looking super cute in her big girl outfits but for some reason, she turned 3 months and decided not to smile for the camera anymore.

Hicks In Dallas?

That's right...we're moving to Dallas on March 31st

Here's a shot of our new kitchen...just a little messy right now, but will be ready for move by the end of the month.

Look familiar? Looks kinda like our Houston home....don't worry, it's getting a new front door.
We had some time to kill before our meeting with the realtor so we had a little lunch at the Corner Bakery in Southlake.

This was a very sad moment for me...so ignore my smile! Our house was on the market for 3 days and we received an offer...which was great. We have LOVED our home in Houston...so many great memories with our friends, the doggies and now little Mylie.