Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Busby

We (The Malnar's) were honored to be in attendance on Friday at the temple marriage of Becca & RJ.











Becca is one of my (Amanda) dear dear friends and is so very sassy, artistic, beautiful, caring and REAL! I'm so happy for you both!









Ryan & Keedan in an oh - so picture precious moment!!!

Art Car Parade

We checked out the Houston Art Car Parade this past Saturday while Ryan's family was in town.
This is my third year to attend and every year the cars just get more amazing.
On the other hand there are some cars that are pretty awful. I didn't waste film space for pictures of those cars.



The above pics are of the HIPPO car. My absolute fave!


Keedan looking really A-Door-ABLE in his dad's cap.


Cool mini vehicle made out of wood.


Alligator mobile.


Enormous phone car.

Ryan Graduated

Congratlations to Ryan for completing law school!


He has worked so very hard these past three years and has accomplished so much.

To join us in celebrating Ryan's accomplishment was his sister Marietta, dad Marion with wife Faye.



Keedan absolutely adored his Aunt Marietta!

Keedan @ 2 Months

Keedan is growing oh so fast! He's been smiling and laughing a ton. It's so hard to get things done when he's sooo darn cute!



Just check out that smile. Doesn't he just make you salavate? Okay wrong word....doesn't he just make you want to pinch those cheekers?

Fun With the Fam

Keedan & I have gotten to break out of our solitude this past week with various outing adventures.

My (Amanda) brother Levi his lovely wife Brittany & there baby boy Trevor flew in & stayed for a week in the lone star state.

Here are a few pics of our trip to the Houston Zoo where Keedan & his cousin Trevor had a blast.

This animal (my absolute favorite)looked to be a mixtue of giraffe & zebra (sorry i forgot its name)











Keedan & Grandma Pardon









Grandma & Grandpa Pardon with Trevor & Keedan









We also attended Ryan's Softball game, and of course his team won. Yeah!!!!












Jackie entertaining Keedan










James seranading Keedan

Hospital Poses

This "Wall of Honor" showcases the many awards that the NICU-III (newborn intensive care unit) has achieved.



Keedan had many nurses, here are just two of his favorites - Irene & Kat .



Keedan gave this nurse (Vanecia) a hard time. I'm sure he gave her a hard time b/c it was the only night that we weren't able to stay at the hospital, so of course he was cranky!




This is Keedan all bundled up and cozy in his hospital bed.







Does anyone else see the resemblence besides me?








It's funny I've seen Keedan make this same face.

Counting Our Many Blessings

We are very excited to anounce the birth of our beautiful baby boy Keedan Jacob. He was born at 11:20 p.m. on March 1st 2008.
Almost 24 hours after we brought Keedan home we found ourselves rushing to the ER of Texas Children's Hospital.

Keedan was admitted to the Newborn ICU where oodles of absolutely wonderful doctors & nurses cared for him for 10 days. Apparently Keedan had some type of infection. We may never know from what the infection stemmed but we do know that Keedan is much healthier & stronger now.

During this very difficult experience we have been greatly blessed.

1. We are so very grateful to our Heavenly Father for carrying us along during our darkest hours. The Lord truly does hear and answer prayers and comforts those that stand in need of comfort.

2. We are so very grateful to all of our friends & family who have fasted, prayed,brought us yummy food & much needed hygiene products!

3. We were able to stay at the hospital 24/7 for 9 out of 10 days. We stayed at the Ronald McDonald house on the 4th floor of the hospital. It is such a warm and inviting place for families to stay and try to relax....plus it's stocked with food & freshly backed tollhouse cookies every night.

4. Keedan had a private room (this was nice b/c it cut out the noise factor and allowed for more privacy) Most of the babies are just out in the open and it can get pretty noisy.

We are home now and adjusting to the newborn lifestyle, which is quite exhausting, demanding and wonderful! Stay tuned for more pictures.......