I sure did like the Zoo...

So what has our week entailed??? Well, I started off the week not feeling well...stomach troubles that lasted until today. Meredith had a good week visiting with mom and a good school Christmas party. I missed the party because my right eye was yucky and I was worried I had pink eye, but now I think I just had an infected contact. Meredith's class made the cutest reindeer shirts for the season. Today we went to MOPS group and enjoyed a time of relaxation and discussion on the Greatest Story Ever Told. Our speaker focused on the life of Jesus through the eyes of Mary. It was really touching to me to see that through all that Mary faced, carrying the Blessed One, Delivering in a Stable, having all the visitors to see the Baby Jesus, and then to later watch her Son die on the cross, she continued to trust God and partnered with Him to follow in His will for her life and always had perfect peace in Him. It really spoke to me in a special way and renewed the burden within me to really trust God that He is in charge and I can rely on Him to provide for everything I need, and if He does not provide it for me, then I can have perfect peace knowing it was not His will. God help me to dwell on this and not to get my eyes focused on the contrary.

Meredith and I went last night to the Lights at the Zoo. I was so impressed. I was not sure what to expect, but we had a blast. The lights were great, as well as the pretend snow falling. It was a beautiful night and we enjoyed visiting Santa and looking at the awesome lights set out and we even watched a cute 3D movie about Santa's elf.

Meredith had an accident in the theater, but that did not dampen our spirits....even though it kept us from riding the Carousel. She has been regressing lately in that area and I have to admit, just when I thought we had things nipped in the bud, she is really struggling this week. Oh well, I pray for wisdom to know what is going on and strength and grace to get through this difficult time.
Meredith woke up from her nap with a 102 fever today and ran a fever into the evening. It was really scary, because it came out of the blue, with no other symptoms. I just had to pray over her and know that God will protect her and give Cory and I wisdom to know what to do. We need peace in knowing that God is watching over her and will help us as parents to know if there is something going on!!! I will keep you posted on her progress....hopefully tommorrow will prove to be better for her!!! Maybe I will even be able to report that she is all better?? I can hope right?

My Big Girl does Big girl things!

I continue to beat myself up for not having my camara with me at all times. It seems like I carry it for a while and don't take any pictures and then I put it aside, and it isn't there when I need it. What am I getting at? Meredith had her first haircut today and she was such a big girl. She was so excited and watched the sylist's every move. I kept asking her what the lady was doing and she said "making hair pretty." I thought that was cute. She sat sooooo still (which most of you know is not like her at all) and was in awe of the whole process. We only got an inch or so off and some framing around her face. She was ready to show it off to the world, announcing to everyone that she got her hair cut. I guess there are some girly things about her!! I have been bugging Cory about trimming it for some time, but he finally gave in a few days ago and said to go ahead. When he saw her today he had tears in his eyes...I think he was worried I would let them cut too much. Much to my surprise, he was okay. Not only that, but all the curl wasn't cut out. After her hair dried, it curled up in the back as usual. I hope Pantene doesn't see the likes of her, of she will be an instant commercial ad. HAHA!!
I have to throw in a cute pictures of Meredith and cousin Avery. It is so neat to have Avery here with us 2 times a week. I am glad Meredith has her, even though she is so little, I know it won't always be that way. Avery loves her so much and vice versa. Avery just lights up when she sees Meredith and Meredith doesn't really have to do a thing.
That is all for now. It is well after midnight and I am just winding down from working tonight....did I mention how busy we were...26 babies in our nursery...and I was responsible for 10 of them at one point!!! I hope to sleep well tonight!

Christmas Parade

This isn't the best picture, but I thought it was sweet of us watching the Christmas parade.We went to the Lexington Christmas parade yesterday. Althought it was really cold, It was a great time for all....Meredith liked it alot and she had to imitate everything. She danced, jumped rope, and marched in the band. She even collected 6 pieces of candy. One person passed her by and did not offer her a piece and she called out "Gimme me a piece of candy." It cracked all the people around us up!! It was really cute and just made my day to see her facial expressions. We are wrapping presents now and Meredith is playing with 2 pair of kiddy scissors that I found....who would have guessed that scissors would occuply her for like 30-45 minutes???

Can I use the Holiday excuse?

Cory is continuously bringing to my attention the lack of attention I am giving to the blog....forgive me!!! Along with everyone else I have gotten caught up in the holiday hustle and bustle and just have not taken the time to blog....not to mention that Cory has stolen my cord to download pics here...and who want to read the blog without some great pictures?
Well here is to catching you all up....We have over the last months had 2 trips to the pediatrician (thank God for a 10 dollar co-pay). Meredith has had a single ear infection and then one week after finishing her meds a double ear infection. She has not been a sick child up until now, but the last 2 months have given us a run for our money....she is been sick on and off for 2 months. For now she seems to be doing well. She also began having night terrors...and for those of you who do not know about those....I hope you never do. It started when we went out of town for Thanksgiving and she was so off of her schedule that she suffered from them for about 1 week. Middle of the week this week she has started sleeping through the night again. with some random waking up to ask to come in our room, or thirsty. I can handle that over the screaming and kicking any time. We have been praying with her as a family and keeping her on a tight schedule and that really works for her!!! Praise God!
Let's see....on top of all of that, I have a friend who delivered triplets 3 months premature and 2 of the 3 infants have passed on in the past week...one around 4 days old and the other was 10-12 days old. Austin, the remaining boy is doing okay, but still needs much prayer as he is less than 2 pounds. And of course, Lisa and Chris do as well. On top of all that has happened to them, she had to have her Gallbladder removed in the midst of everything. Please keep then in your prayers.
Meredith continues to amaze us with her vocabulary and thought process. She came in from outside yesterday crying and saying that her dog was "screaming at her" aka barking. She told Papa Steve today she wanted 2 ponies, and then "no, one donkey and one pony." He still insists that he is going to get her one and I know she will hold him to that. She still is talking about the house that burnt down the street from us. I explained to her what happened and how her Daddy broke into the house to help a teenage girl get out of the house. I already knew that Cory was a Hero, but I guess God wanted to prove that to me too. It was a very sobering day and impacted us greatly. Fortunately, there was no one hurt and the family is being taken care of, but still a tragedy. God often puts us in places to be used of Him, if we just yield to His Will. I know God had Cory off that morning and caused him to see the smoke and go investigate. Thanks be to God for his safety as well. God is Good!

Lindsey started back to work this past week and I got Avery for the first time on Friday. I am keeping her again on Monday and Friday, and will continue to have her 2 days a week as long as Lindsey needs or wants me to help! She is such a joy to me and I am loving having her around. For now it is filling my baby void and we continue to look to the Lord for another child. We know God has a perfect plan and timing and as hard as it is sometimes, we know He hears our prayers and knows that desires of our hearts. Avery has been on time for sure!!!
Most of my Christmas shopping is done....just a few loose ends to tie up. I am really enjoying the season this year and looking forward to watching Meredith.

She LOVES Christmas lights and we frequent the neighborhood to check them out. Cory is fininshing up our outdoor lights for her. We got our Tree up on November 30th and had the indoors finished by the 2nd, so that we will have nice long time to enjoy it!!! Meredith has her own little tree in her room and seems to enjoy it alot. We got to visit Santa....he came to my work and Meredith did really well. I guessed she would be shy, but she went right up to him and sat on his lap, snuggled and smiled for about 5 pictures and told him she wanted a Ball....SURPRISE!!!! She got her face painted with a stocking and got a candy cane to eat.....it was alot of fun to watch her. All of us kids are thinking of spending Christmas Eve at Mom and Dad's this year and waking up to Santa.....I hope he knows we will be there...wink, wink. We thought it would be a fun change to wake up under the same roof and have a nice breakfast together.....a good ol' Griswald family Christmas (I hope not!)
As for me, I have been working some as well, but not enough to be overwhelmed with...Thank God. He is providing and blessing.
I guess that catches you all up briefly and I will try to add pics soon and update more often!!

Fun Fun Fall

Well I have a free moment to post some of our adventures from the past 2 weeks. Although I have been busy at work alot more lately, we have managed to get in a great trip to the Pumpkin Patch and enjoy some Trick-or Treating. I knew that the family and friends would like the pictures, so I knew it was time to get an update out.

We stopped last Thursday after school and picked up Sadie and then met Hannah and Claire at the Pumpkin patch.


We really had a good day. The girls so enjoyed the Pumpkins, but more than that, they loved petting the animals there and chasing the baby bunnies that were hopping around everywhere.

They all secretly wanted to catch one to take home....I could tell. It was really cute to see them sneeking up to try and catch them. They also had a good time playing on the playground...even though it was run down, the kids did not mind and enjoyed climbing on the pirate ship and doing the see-saw.

Meredith had never done one before, so it was quite cute trying to get her to use her legs.

We had fun last week making treat bags form Meredith Preschool class and for some of her friends from church. We made sugar cookies....fun by the way, especially with a 2 year old's help.

The owl bags and witch's broom sticks turned out really cute...I should have taken a picture. I got the experience of helping with Meredith's preschool class from one hour on Thursday while they had their fall festival. Meredith got to decorate her own sugar cookie with sprinkles and icing and she got to go to the schools "pumpkin patch" and pick a pumpkin. Not only did she enjoy that, but we also had stations set up for the kids to play some cute games and win prizes. Fun was had by all.

Last night was the best experience I have had with Trick-or Treating. We decided to go to Meredith's school, where they hosted a Trunk-or-Treat and fall carnival.

It was really alot of fun. When we arrived, there was a little girl all of 7 or 8 years old singing Rocky Top. Meredith stood in the middle of the road and danced all by herself to the singing. It was so PRECIOUS. All the adults around started cheering and clappin and the more they cheered the faster the legs went. Fot the grand finale, she tried to do a little kick move and fell to the ground. Of course she jumped right back up. I wish I would have taken pictures of her dancing. For now you will just have to imagine it! She had fun in the jumpy houses and even got a little afraid of a masked boy with skeleton hands. She looked at Cory and said "hold me daddy." We explained that he wasn't real and she was fine. We got to play a few games for prizes and then walk around to the Trunks to get the treats. That was so cute and alot of fun. There was even a small area of farm animals to pet, including some cute rabbits. Meredith really enjoyed this. After we had our fill there, we went to my friend Denises house to stop by and Trick-or treat and we also saw Jennifer and Pud(two other friends) there as well.

We then stopped by Lindsey and Gene's neighborhood and surprised them. Cory and Uncle Gene took Meredith around the cul-de-sac for some REAL trick-or treating. And of course I had to see Avery in her Halloween attire....that I gave her. She was so sweet....until she pooped on me. But of course, she was still precious then. I would give our Halloween and Fall fesitivies a 10!!!

Avery Reese is Here!!!

I could be here all day with the ins and outs of our event yesterday, but I will try and be brief. To keep it short and simple is hopefully not taking away from all God did. He is still in the miracle business and I think all who were involved feel a new sense of faith restore....short of being jealous...which is just my pride getting in the way, the day was a beautiful testiment to God and how great He is. No matter the situation, He is in control.

Avery Reese arrived at eight o' three in the evening and weighed eight pounds three ounces...and this is at 9 days early. Lindsey was induced and had a slow start, but once things kicked in she had a 12 hour labor and did beautifully.....epidurals (when they work) are an awesome thing!! She never felt a thing...and is walking around her room like a champ. We are so happy that in spite of the Dr's threats to do a C Section, Lindsey had the faith to wait it out and wait in labor longer until she DID progress against his odds....God is so good. Even when we don't understand why, He just is!!!! She is such a good baby so far and we are all so in love with her. Meredith is taking her in and I can already tell protective of her ( and her Grammy of course). We sang Happy Birthday to Avery after her birth and toasted with cupcakes. It was such a good day and Lindsey is EXTREMELY blessed in EVERY way and for this we are thankful. Here are just a few pics....from her proud Aunt!!

All Better now!!

Sorry it has taken me a while to post....we are back in business. Meredith is all better. She started feeling better last week...it took so long for her to really come around. I just know it wiped her out being sick like that and not eating hardly anything for 8 days. Meredith made it to school last week and enjoyed her day. This week is red week so she will have to wear red to school tommorrow. Thanks to those who called, left messages, and checked on her and I. It wasn't easy, but I am glad it is over and I am also glad she isn't sick much!!!! She is SOOOOO strong. I think she got that from her Daddy. I had to include this picture of her in WalMart watching their TVs. Cory ran into a co-worker and she watched TV while we chatted...it cracked us up. We took her out for the day together last week. We went to the book store and she was so cute. She got hung up on this one book she really liked and she kept saying...can I please take this one home mommy, can I please take this one home Daddy. She is obsessed with little things right now....especially her little Bible (which she is also calling"the Word of God :) and little books. she calls them baby books.

Lindsey came and spent one last evening with Meredith before her big day. Meredith has been so affectionate with Lindsey and her belly. It is so heart-warming because it just makes Cory and I want a baby more. I have more of a peace now than 6-8 months ago, because now she really loves the babies instead of pushing them away...I think she is ready to share now!!! Just pray with us. Who knows what the Lord has in store for us? He does. Aunt Drew got Meredith her Halloween costume....I will keep you in suspense until then!!

Hanging in There

As most of you know, and some of you do not....Meredith came down very ill on Sunday afternoon. She was up most of the night and by Monday morning she was pale and had lots of blood in her stool. After a whirlwind week of being "quarantined" inside, Meredith went back to her regular Dr today to be seen. We still are not sure why she is having the bleeding. We are leaning toward infectious diarrhea...from an infection, but they have not totally ruled out Salmonella. We are hopeful that Meredith is on the mend. She is maintaining a good hemaglobin and weight, even thought she isn't eating much at all, if any. Which most of you know is rare for her!!! She still looks quite puny, but is fighting through to do some of her normal activities, like swinging and going outside. I think this helps perk her up. We were told today to keep Meredith home until the diarrhea is gone...please pray for us as this has been extremely hard to do for me and for Meredith....she is asking to go just about everywhere and movies are not entertaining any more. We were also told to eliminate dairy for the next week to help her gut to heal....and Meredith is a "milky" lover. We could be remembered here as well. As for Cory, he is handling is much better than me...but we both could use the prayers. I was so happy to get out last night and go to church. It was such a revival to me as I feel "stuck"here at home...(I am just being real here). God is good and I know He will continue to see us through, we just thought you all might want an update.
I will also enclose some more pics...you know it would not be a good blog without pics...these are pre sickness.

Cory took Meredith "to the woods" to finish up some project. And yesterday, Cory washed the car, with Meredith's help. She insisted on scrubbing the landscaping pavers. This was her outing for the day yesterday......I will keep you guys posted on Meredee's progress....Thanks!!

ps--I am sad that Meredith had to miss her story time this week....it was on Teddy bears and the kids all brought their own bears. And she missed school today....it was taste and smell fair. Oh well, she did not know what she missed...only I did!!

Meredith's First Fish

Look at that McEnulty lip...she is really concentrating!! I was excited to get home tonight and hear about Cory and Meredith's fishing adventure. Mom will get a kick out of this as she always comments on Cory's wild adventures. Cory announced to me that he was going to take Meredith fishing when I went to teach a Breastfeeding class tonight. When I got home he had taken some pictures of the adventure that I just had to share. Unfortunately, the video is sideways....but still the most precious thing. She caught her first fish with her Dora fishing pole we go ther for her birthday. Cory said she called it a shark!! How cute. He also said she did not want to throw it back and wanted to keep it, but was okay once it returned to the water. She was so cute reeling in and casting out. Almost everytime Cory and Meredith are outside, she asks to play with her fishing pole and they cast and reel in. It is really cute. What a good daddy Cory is !!!

We also went to the park today. I got some cute shots of her playing. She is into her swinging right now. She loves it and ask to do it fequently and sings while swinging as well. Just had to get these pictures out as they were so cute.

For church on Sunday Meredith had a case of her Movie Star hair. Ashley had french braided it the night before and when we took it down it was soooo pretty, just bigger than the norm!!!<

Life in Full swing

Hello to all....like is busy as I am sure it is with you all as well. I have been working 2 or 3 days a week to try and help out around here. I am enjoying getting out a little for sure. Cory has been busy working at our Church's property helping out with the new building every day of this week. Meredith is her usual happy self. She continues to amaze me with her speech and questions these days. Almost everything I do is a "what doin' momma or what's that?" We can really carry on a conversation too. Today she kept running into the den, getting a toy, bringing it to me and then saying "I need something else, " and repeating this over and over. It was really cute. She also told me today that she was going to lay down some papers she was carrying "beside" her.....and even used it in the correct context. It is really cute to see her mind going and growing.

Today she had a melt down when I dropped her off for school. The past 2 weeks Cory dropped her off, but today because momma did, she decided to break out all the tears. She even ended up keeping her night night with her. I had to leave her crying hard after I explained that I would be back at lunch time. When I peeked in later I saw her teacher, Ms. Renay, rocking her with her night night. When I came to get her, she was happy and I was informed that she did great all day. I have a preschoolers meeting in the morning where I will have to leave her again, but this time at a new place with new people and new helpers. I am not looking forward to that departure. I pray that she will be okay. I am hoping maybe practice makes perfect and she will see how much fun it will be.

We made it through the last 2 weeks still smiling, Praise God...He is who He says He is...GOOD!!! We had 2 great baby showers for Aunt Lindsey and a good Drs appointment saying all is looking good for her baby. Only 3-5 weeks to go. She is shooting for around the 13th of October...I cannot believe she will be here that soon. I was excited this week and put up the Pack n Play and got out a kick n crawl play mat. I also got out Meredith's changing pad and I have to say it was fun and super exciting. I can wait to just love on her. I hope I can get my fair share of Avery lovin' through all the other exicted family members. I will Try to not be a hog....notice I said try.
I had a great opportunity fall into my lap this week and I would like to share it for others to know and be praying with me. I was approached by my boss to take on a new shift at work perminently with our lactation department. It was a hard thing for me to turn down, as this is a real DREAM of mine to step into this area more, but in this season of my life, Meredith is too young for me to be gone the hours it requires (5-9pm every night of the week). In our discussion about me not being able to do this at this time in my life, my boss offered to send me to a 40 hour class that is required in order for me to sit for the Lactation Consultant Boards. This is a board exam, just like when you become a nurse. In order to sit for the boards you have to have met certain criteria. I have alreay fulfilled the one on one contact hours dealing with patient care working with the Lactation Department over the past few years. The only thing I had left was to attend this particular class.....VERY expensive...Hundreds of dollars. This has been a dream of mine, but now my boss has offered me the opportunity to do this through my job. PRAISE HIS NAME!! Can you tell I am excited about the opportunity??? Cory and I haven't decided if this is feasible for us at this time, but I am thankful to have the opportunity. God will open doors as HE sees fit and I know He is in control. Whenever I fret over things I desire, I can find comfort in knowing that God is not ringing His hands over my situation, He already knows and has it figured out, so why should I worry? God help me to remember this next week too. He is also always faithful to bring this to mind when I need to hear it most...sometimes using lips of clay. Thank you God! I am sorry to be long winded about this, but I desire for others to know and understand what I am going through at this time. I will let you know as things transpire.....the biggest issue is finding help with our sweet girl for the week I would be gone in February for the class. I know God will provide as we seek Him and His will.

Good luck to our Gamecocks on Saturday...Go COCKS!!!!

School days!!

Again, I feel the need to apologize for the lapse in time from my last post. Things, as am I sure you all know, are just crazy busy. I cannot even remember all of the events since my last post. I hope to hit the highlights. Meredith did extremely well with her first day of school. I hope that all the hyping up we did helped. She got a tiny bit teary when we pottyed at the school before I left. Her friend from church, Morgan, is right down the hall and she told her hello. Ms. Renee took her to go play kitchen and she gave me a kiss bye. Cory went to pick her up and she was all sweaty and tired, but happy. She got a good report card from the day as well. Cory was on call last week and I worked a couple of days as well. We celebrated Papa Steve's big 56 on Sunday. I celebrated from my bed at home and Cory and Meredee went to mom and dads and ate a great lunch and dessert. I came down with some hay fever/sinus thing that had me miserable for 2 days and for the last 3 I have been feeling alright, just annoyed by the nasty nose!! Praise God anyways!!

I had the invitation to join a women's bible study on Tuesdays, but I was not able to join this go 'round. Instead, I am reading up on Beth Moore, the facilitators, books and studies...BOY has this been a blessing. I am about to finish Praying God's Word and I have started Get Out Of That Pit. Both of which have really been a huge blessing and I would totally recommend to anyone who want to get into God's Word more. It has been an encouragement to be and really sparked my flame for Christ and His word. I pray that I will continue to be excited to learn more. These have both been easy reads too.

Back to school tommorrow and work for me too. I will keep you posted!

ps--this pic is from our visit with Baby Riley 2 weeks ago. Meredith talks about her everyday. She asked her to "sit in her lap" here.

Where is my Camara??

Well...I am sitting here at 11:40 pm..I should be in bed, but the need to post is just too great and I am aggrevated because I cannot find my digital camara to upload recent pictures. I hope that husband of mine knows where it is...or I will be really sad.

None the less, I posted some pictures below of her photos from Tuesday. Thanks to Grammy, Drew and Stinky Poo Poo man(long story) Meredith warmed up to her pictures and we were able to get some really good shots. I just cannot believe how old she looks....It really is amazing.

I goes without saying that we have been busy. I really enjoyed our company last week, although we are still playing catch up on our sleep. I hope we are about there!!! Meredith had an incident right before our Kids program on Sunday evening. We noticed she was quiet and out of the corner of my eye I saw her drinking a bottle of Children's Motrin....to say the least I was freaking out. P.S.--those caps aren't childproof!! Thank God he protected her and no ill came from it, but she sure was a different child at the program. She was all hyped up and almost drunk acting. She ran around in circles during the program and mixed that in with a little singing. I so wanted to make an announcement that Meredith was not with us tonight, because of how crazy she was acting, but at least she had a cheerful heart. I am sure the onlookers thought that their suspicions were confirmed about her craziness, but I was mortified and had to really look at the positive...at least she was okay. I had a little run in when I called the Poison Control...they were SOOOOO rude and I hope none of you ever have to call them for advice. Needless to say, she crashed and burned that night.

Monday I was back to work in the nursery...it has been 18 months since I have been in there, but the night was great and I look forward to the next couple of months helping out in there. I guess it is getting me ready for Baby Avery. Tuesday was picture day and Wednesday was Ear appointment for Cory. We spent the first half of our day getting a second opinion on his hearing issues. The concensus was that Cory has endured a mild conductive hearing loss that is perminent. There could be some help with the pressure sensation that is driving him crazy, that either time or surgery again at a later date could fix. But for now the recommendation is to give it 6 months and reevalute then. I am much more comfortable at this Drs. office and other than Cory getting sick in the office while they were cleaning out his ear, I felt at peace when we left. Please continue to hold him up as he is still quite uncomfortable, I know the Lord can give him peace.

Tonight we went to orientation for Meredith's school. I was sooo happy when we got there. The director prayed with us and said some encouraging things and then we took Meredith to her classroom. It was so nice. Her teachers are Ms. Renee and Ms. Kim and they seemed excited. Meredith immediately got to playing and even cried when it was time to leave. We met some of the other parents, 1 of which we already knew, and 2 old faces from my past...it is a small world, but overall I am REALLY excited about her year starting next week. I almost wish she would be going 2 days a week, but I know God has her right where she needs to be.

As for Meredith, she is really loving singing right now. All day long and in the car she is singing 47 verses of whatever song is on her mind. I am trying to fill it with good songs that will encourage her throughout the day. Hopefully I will find that camara to get you ot some new pics but until then...enjoy her photo op!!

Photo op

Until I can post more details...here are some pictures from Meredith Pictures on Tuesday...she was a little shy at first, but as you can see she, she warmed up fast!!! I hope to get to post soon!!

Life in Full Swing

I feel like since I blogged last, I am more on top of things. Cory has been busy helping almost everyday out at the church property helping dig ditches as we move forward in building our new church. It is really exciting to hear and see all that is going on. I know I sure appreciate that our men are willing to get in there and help. So needless to say, Cory has been really busy.
I was able to finally get on top of some cleaning around here, even though I can't seem to keep up with the ever growing laundry...it just multiplies I swear!!!
I also got exciting news last week times 2. I found out I will be picking up some hours in the nursery again...which I am really excited about and also Rachel is coming to visit us next week. It has really been forever since we have spent time together...really since her shower before she had Riley ( and Riley is 1.) I feel like this will be very timely for me right now and I am really looking forward to her being here for 5 days!!!!!
Our week last week was good. We visited with Anna Grace, she will be in Meredith's preschool class. We go on the 21st for orientation and Meredith will start on the 28th!! I am excited for her, but nervous. We have been reading books about going to school and all the fun things there are to do. I also felt like a visit with Anna Grace a few more times before school starts will help them both have a familar face. I finished putting up the fruits in Meredith room as a border and they sure are cute. Her room is really coming together and I think she is proud of it!! I am hoping our friend Ashley will help me with some finishing touches. I promise to post some pics!! I also got the priviledge of making Lindsey's shower invitations...even though I spelt my own niece's name wrong....I never was a good speller. Thank godness Lindsey caught it before too much damage was done. SORRY!!!
On Saturday, we went to Morgan's 4th birthday party...it was a Fancy Nancy dress-up Tea Party. The kids had fun dressing up and eating some great food. Mandy had everything really nice and the kids enjoyed it!! We are also working on Meredith learning a scripture this week. She was invited to participate in the Kids Day at our church on August 17th. The kids will be singing and saying scriptures of their choosing. Some will even be playing instruments. I look forward to this time together!! Meredith is saying Proverbs 17 verse 22....A cheerful heart is good medicine. She almost has is completely down pat. I am just trying to repeat it over and over each day. She has already recited it to 2 Sunday school teachers, me, her dad, Aunt Lindsey, and Grammy. I am proud!!
I am even prouder to announce that Meredith is finally pooing some on the toilet. For those of you who are moms , I know you are applauding and sharing in the joy, but for those of you who aren't...you will understand someday!!! I only hope this improves!!!! GO MEREDITH!!!!! I just wanted to report it was a good week for all and so far this week has been too!!!