My Weekend!

As this video shows - we had a very busy and fun weekend. It has been a long time since my last update so I thought a video was in order.

I didn't have this on the video but I worked in the nursery Sunday. 8 babies under age 1 and 2 adults. Michelle Duggar I am not so let's just say I was glad to see that 1 1/2 hours come and go! :-)

We are gearing up for a fun and busy summer. You may even see more videos - who knows.

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Happy Early Birthday

Nana and Papa really surprised her last week! For an early birthday gift, she came home to a new play set! She's already enjoyed it with friends and I'm sure she'll love it for years to come.

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Tubing Anyone?

Happy New Year! We had a great Christmas together and ended the year with a tubing trip with my Sunday School class. What a great day!

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Where have we been?

It has been a long time since my last post. May was our 1st anniversary and now we are ready to celebrate our 2nd Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! That is hard to believe. It will be hard to catch you up on everything up but I'll do my best.

June - She went with me to Pinehurst for the our annual meeting for the first time. I think she enjoyed it but we were not there very long. We left Pinehurst and headed for Charleston where she met more family members. She probably wonders when/if she'll ever meet everyone. :-) We celebrated Father's Day and graduations this month! She wrapped up Kindergarten and started the summer off right!

July - Swimming, swimming and more swimming! I think she'd stay in the water all of the time if given the chance. We went to see Beauty and Beast at the Childrens' Theater in WS. She was so into it! We'll go back again for sure. She met more family and fell in love with Cousin Emily! We went to the beach with Kyle and Kelsey and had a wonderful time! They love her and trust me, she LOVES them!

August - The big news this month is SUMMER is over and back to school she goes! 1st grade - look out! She also lost a lot of teeth over the summer but we are able to somehow get a picture of the toothfairy in action this time. Basically, the summer consisted of playdates, trips, swimming and fun! Just like it should be huh?

September - School is going well. Once we were able to address the excess talking that is! :-) She loves her teacher and has made several new friends. The summer was full of swimming and fun and September was the month of birthday parties. She met more family members (some I had never met) and enjoyed showing off for them when she could!

October - Well, since I am now caught up, I'll say October is going to be very busy as well. We went to the fair this weekend and we are going to see Disney on Ice next weekend. Halloween will be here soon and we've already decorated one pumpkin. The first of a few I'm sure!

I'll do better (or try to anyway) and keep the blog updated.

And Then There Were Two!

It has been a while since my last post so I thought I'd take a minute to check in.

We have been very busy and rather than trying to remember everything, I thought I'd share this video. I will warn you that it is almost an hour but it covers our entire first year together. :-) I think you can fast forward. The first few minutes includes notes that I received after I emailed everyone of the courts decision to place her with me.

Thanks to everyone for all of their support, love and prayers during this amazing year! I couldn't have done it without you!

God Bless....

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One More Tooth Bites (no pun intended) the Dust!

I pulled tooth #4. She did her best to pull it but couldn't so when I offered to do it, she said sure! It couldn't have been any easier. She thought the tooth fairy would bring her $10 this time. I told her that would weigh too much to which she replied, a $10 bill weighs the same as a $1 bill. I couldn't argue with that but just told her that the "TF" only carries ones. Who knew the "stories" I'd have to make up. :-)

We have a fun skating party to go to this weekend and thank goodness she'll be the only one on wheels. Can you imagine me trying to skate. Walking is hard enough!

We have been enjoying our beautiful spring weather and Daylight Savings Time hasn't messed up her sleeping schedule. She now uses a mask and trust me, if I forget to give it to her as part of our nightly routine, she let's me know!

More to come later......

Just checking in

It has been a while since my last post. It is funny how busy things get and before you know it, a month has gone by.

Journey and I have been doing great lately. We have a good routine going and can handle when that routine changes a little which is great for both of us. She's enjoying school and has started learning her 1st grade words now. She's very proud of the fact that she's able to read now and soon I won't be able to spell things to keep them a secret. :-)

Our biggest news lately is that she is now "toothless". The dentist pulled her two front teeth and she's VERY proud. She looks in every reflection possible and has the biggest grin.

She has a birthday party next week to attend that she's looking forward to. Her birthday is next month and trust me, she has big plans to celebrate it all month. :-)