tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15090364160112250252024-03-20T18:10:06.662-04:00Welcome to Our Crazy Life!!!<a href="http://lilypie.com/"><img src="http://lilypie.com/pic/2009/07/27/3KQE.jpg" width="53" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie - Personal picture"><img src="http://lb4f.lilypie.com/rebmm4.png" width="400" height="80" border="0" alt="Lilypie"></a>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-52918608292565191622009-07-26T10:48:00.010-04:002009-07-26T11:43:04.831-04:00Recapping in 200 words or less<div><span style="color:#ff6600;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fVJtHejNt-r1y6W0_Bm4FDI9P2bSByOVEYqPvPRmivrGChAEBhURJdxAskwCfJIGIPWCsUNrNeeMsvdZc2R78bayFN2EZu1GX6WGmI9PJwXY4dlmzg-3CqUGOI-VvDAOfvcV3HIZ39fi/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+134.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362790452002050834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7fVJtHejNt-r1y6W0_Bm4FDI9P2bSByOVEYqPvPRmivrGChAEBhURJdxAskwCfJIGIPWCsUNrNeeMsvdZc2R78bayFN2EZu1GX6WGmI9PJwXY4dlmzg-3CqUGOI-VvDAOfvcV3HIZ39fi/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+134.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoXF8HFOiKMIXQhIxQy6H53rYdmgEZT5QG2lrT3rxzyNYiCijLyDL-4rL2nl7x3CPVCW9Bndta0Fqu5rFesa3dM7am6f33336M-GIfuWhfpmUlcbWHJsfNQEeexNh6HaVCvpiprfZKMfp/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+158.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362790441339696130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjoXF8HFOiKMIXQhIxQy6H53rYdmgEZT5QG2lrT3rxzyNYiCijLyDL-4rL2nl7x3CPVCW9Bndta0Fqu5rFesa3dM7am6f33336M-GIfuWhfpmUlcbWHJsfNQEeexNh6HaVCvpiprfZKMfp/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+158.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">This seems to be about all I can do lately...play catch up. With Cory and I's busy summer schedule blogging gets moved aside for various other activites. I am sure when school starts back September 1st I will have a little time...maybe?? There are a few projects at work they want me to take on...so who knows?? Where to start?? Well as most of you know Meredith, jumping, bean bags, and bedtime don't go well together. In fact, just writing that makes me shiver!! Meredith broke her humerus (and it was not funny) exactly 5 weeks ago tommorrow. She sported a purple cast for 3 weeks and has had it off for 2 weeks. Tommorrow we go for a check up to see how the healing has progressed. Pray that we will have a good visit. Although the arm is much less swollen and bruised and she uses it quite a bit, I am concerned about a knot that has developed at the site. Call me superficial, but I really am not excited about her having a lump on her arm forever...its gross. But I know in the bigger picture it could be so much worse and at least she can swim without her cast protector now. All kinds of fun stories go along with this adventure, but I really do not want to relive them now. In spite of the set back she has had a fun summer. We have been to the movies a couple of time and swam quite a bit. Being that we have a good bit of summer left there is lots of swimming to be had! I honestly did not take a whole lot of pics of her in the cast...I was just to preoccupied to stop. </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjbdq0cdcpfl_h8_dCEpznS_6pI5HjvJeRO_REGzeqG5_HIvRVFmcIVgQ5eCavSK_DLVE5kAJh89eYQbIrwCxTFqtnvOBuOx9MhoM1-MSfkBl5wTEMmx8VmUWkT3hIsF4NMM8uRNsXRJE/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+166.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362788858447802834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDjbdq0cdcpfl_h8_dCEpznS_6pI5HjvJeRO_REGzeqG5_HIvRVFmcIVgQ5eCavSK_DLVE5kAJh89eYQbIrwCxTFqtnvOBuOx9MhoM1-MSfkBl5wTEMmx8VmUWkT3hIsF4NMM8uRNsXRJE/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+166.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">We did get to spend some good times with our friends in Florida. Meredith got to know Natalie and Bailey alot better and they seemed to hit it off well. We are so blessed to have amazing friends. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VVBp-dogNEQ7Ubv0cTdrwbCHtEdqVQ-085f2Wkd1J-iYt0PmV3ZIMH3IU2Nwe5uxDWSjeNsx681SVFjWKVzGi90Rof-qramdnnRhBtX1HcaATX-guWWNeqcSejuLSM3QnEW9yRDMdBoi/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+162.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362787705184556594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VVBp-dogNEQ7Ubv0cTdrwbCHtEdqVQ-085f2Wkd1J-iYt0PmV3ZIMH3IU2Nwe5uxDWSjeNsx681SVFjWKVzGi90Rof-qramdnnRhBtX1HcaATX-guWWNeqcSejuLSM3QnEW9yRDMdBoi/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+162.jpg" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfAW1Q739YLO0C9o6CdjNXZFfDpOp9ZKQv1vns-iYBWYNv1B40-k3PayDrC3OIpBsdu4JbTwRqJgg5fb4si7XzzTv8E2Y_9KIm1kXtmS9EvmmowunVD67EaWbXGdEB_Z7DWiAHJDmoz2s/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+177.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362788862493601106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfAW1Q739YLO0C9o6CdjNXZFfDpOp9ZKQv1vns-iYBWYNv1B40-k3PayDrC3OIpBsdu4JbTwRqJgg5fb4si7XzzTv8E2Y_9KIm1kXtmS9EvmmowunVD67EaWbXGdEB_Z7DWiAHJDmoz2s/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+177.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">Fourth of July was nice. We spent it with another set of awesome friends; grilled out and went out on the lake for the evening. The fireworks show was beautiful and we had front row seats. Meredith went down in the cubby as she was not impressed with the noise the fireworks made. Not to mention that she was tired...we were out for 5 hours straight...it was all great fun though and I hope we can squeeze in one more trip out before too long. There is so much to do in the summer time and not enough time. </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgXo7yMIRBYb4oH4f8GFoO1BvdqbjJPBgoM9ut2i7TTGJ1nNna6uRH1H2uYrcAH3Cxa4t98H34YjpXcsStoW-JIZoyRmwKIOtsO2rvIaSjs1x8U8sgThCd85xZGGhekKttMTsWVPbyEd-/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+179.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362788872056442098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgXo7yMIRBYb4oH4f8GFoO1BvdqbjJPBgoM9ut2i7TTGJ1nNna6uRH1H2uYrcAH3Cxa4t98H34YjpXcsStoW-JIZoyRmwKIOtsO2rvIaSjs1x8U8sgThCd85xZGGhekKttMTsWVPbyEd-/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+179.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">Cory will be happy/sad that I am updating now, you see I have been very sick for 5 days now and he wants me to be in bed. I got up to go to church this am and he sent me back to the bed. I am feeling like today might be a good sign of improvement and it could not come at a better time. I have 24 hours to pack up my entire house for 2 weeks...yes that is what I said. And I better not forget anything or mom will have my backside. Tuesday, we are hoping to leave for Kids Kamp...that is Meredith and I. A sister church in NC will be hosting again this year a vacation bible school on Psalms. Meredith just cannot wait...she has been asking to go everyday!! Hard to explain time to a 3 year old. She knows she will get to see alot of her friends and do crafts. Not to mention singing...her favorite. They will have a show on Friday evening and Cory will join us there for that. She is our heart, as you can imagine, and we look forward to seeing her on the stage!! Then on Saturday we leave from NC and head to the beach for a week with my family. This is a new adventure for all of us to be able to rent a house at the beach together. I hope it goes well so that we can do this often. I know that Lord will bless it and I really look forward to alot of things, but mostly watching Meredith play in the sand, frying myself in the sun, and eating some seafood somewhere along the way. I tell you that is the life, and I feel very blessed that God has allowed us to be able to go this year. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#6600cc;">Well I will close with this...prayer request. Good doctors visit and clean bill of health. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgaReiOjmJcyn-HaYIsracWc9Mr4Y3suLLZdTerug1hlXAbG8Mulgnl7ELyUHxH62cM-AMr3NAjZx_ek_-54DXZaLvdODy7CiDVB6CPui-Gt3_URTWK7yLOtYVYGCxmokKevw4v-Xj0xR/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+142.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362794267071365298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCgaReiOjmJcyn-HaYIsracWc9Mr4Y3suLLZdTerug1hlXAbG8Mulgnl7ELyUHxH62cM-AMr3NAjZx_ek_-54DXZaLvdODy7CiDVB6CPui-Gt3_URTWK7yLOtYVYGCxmokKevw4v-Xj0xR/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+142.jpg" /></a> Meredith really wants to start back to Gymnastics and soccer in September...and of course we want that for her too, but more importantly that she will be well. And clarity of mind to get everything in order for our wonderful trips drawing nigh....especially in the aftermath of being sick!! Until next time I will leave you with some pics....</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrI8HCeSUQUtLlkds6Hg0fDu9c4KBg-C5G_9J3ogHeJFzVZ-KYGv6mElhISRSd_7ju7Z3wvVjgELoPvhr7oWMEndwGwgxnQV3KB2NGH12nIUvc9JYVPvuxq-DUzHXcC1Tcuv6YtGeWgv-/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+199.jpg"><span style="color:#6600cc;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362790446774122914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrI8HCeSUQUtLlkds6Hg0fDu9c4KBg-C5G_9J3ogHeJFzVZ-KYGv6mElhISRSd_7ju7Z3wvVjgELoPvhr7oWMEndwGwgxnQV3KB2NGH12nIUvc9JYVPvuxq-DUzHXcC1Tcuv6YtGeWgv-/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+199.jpg" /></span></a><span style="color:#6600cc;"><br /></span></div></div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoZmmtbJJsS9qJi13S1lwU09VE8LLQXEgP-p0s3-UezRsnAXKrmqsPAdK9fHptkn1gV3775KKsE_dQavETwGUzimd0H7qk8W7hZXK0yFGJjbbYXxj55p0emU9-6LYsrifd47FjLARjVTk/s1600-h/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+114.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362794260847712002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoZmmtbJJsS9qJi13S1lwU09VE8LLQXEgP-p0s3-UezRsnAXKrmqsPAdK9fHptkn1gV3775KKsE_dQavETwGUzimd0H7qk8W7hZXK0yFGJjbbYXxj55p0emU9-6LYsrifd47FjLARjVTk/s320/5-11-09+to+7-5-09+114.jpg" /></a>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-18620521471874647752009-06-13T23:45:00.014-04:002009-06-14T00:18:41.243-04:00It has been too long!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPte8P04b8Kdh6EqpNYcMDz3ohSf7u-FkGcBcP0uGXE8ZwymQjgwFcV_AT5zqBU4ky8eM6dPt8hyphenhyphen9BIagGuUOaLzbHTgBmpyYk8lYtA9weLZYft42KvdpJY8-QuxAOYsN-t1cbU50vrOXS/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+072.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347029470056292066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPte8P04b8Kdh6EqpNYcMDz3ohSf7u-FkGcBcP0uGXE8ZwymQjgwFcV_AT5zqBU4ky8eM6dPt8hyphenhyphen9BIagGuUOaLzbHTgBmpyYk8lYtA9weLZYft42KvdpJY8-QuxAOYsN-t1cbU50vrOXS/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+072.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3hRNMJKK7ClN4vAdzg8IKYpMPnd6P7wokUmdz4vMCS-c2avUdSxRXJUaAD9jMoBuXLTBUtxUBcIEHzIxgsZfNcDb9f2UyWXBNHZs3Gj_-uCt-uhUY5woQQrh0Y0MeX5Kg4-n1QIqWlRj/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+064.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347029466109935106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl3hRNMJKK7ClN4vAdzg8IKYpMPnd6P7wokUmdz4vMCS-c2avUdSxRXJUaAD9jMoBuXLTBUtxUBcIEHzIxgsZfNcDb9f2UyWXBNHZs3Gj_-uCt-uhUY5woQQrh0Y0MeX5Kg4-n1QIqWlRj/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+064.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsimo9_r-OPV-PFHtNGBjVVMUpUMNdHnd4CmtHftU0-1tiEMM6U9kfDPjfPJxpDWWQP-gLHAKCz5-I3np9GrbBg7JazwX6kD72-gjQ_Jtotm8Oz4Gvn1qdSpiuSS0E3AdWKONXRhRwR9jV/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+046.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347029462311885442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsimo9_r-OPV-PFHtNGBjVVMUpUMNdHnd4CmtHftU0-1tiEMM6U9kfDPjfPJxpDWWQP-gLHAKCz5-I3np9GrbBg7JazwX6kD72-gjQ_Jtotm8Oz4Gvn1qdSpiuSS0E3AdWKONXRhRwR9jV/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+046.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguawD-PU5nesbfreiNzXYmExQRbjyYOwS5WdSkNGs681dL7SgP9YpNRyZRc4UA3wxsnhW9iRkRCyzTlTC9o88PKIfRrIzvAtKdWtQH6sHRZFDRmi-SabVhhJtvanVbioXUZxkivuSLv-Zv/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+028.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347029459975137266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguawD-PU5nesbfreiNzXYmExQRbjyYOwS5WdSkNGs681dL7SgP9YpNRyZRc4UA3wxsnhW9iRkRCyzTlTC9o88PKIfRrIzvAtKdWtQH6sHRZFDRmi-SabVhhJtvanVbioXUZxkivuSLv-Zv/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+028.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEX8v62wLdrw-lQPODF0jE-lECnffnhJWjGBOvZY9kL_IyGHqZI4F9AZyYaza6tqteenhj-ywDzWEw0IxBPf8YpaJ38Fo81Nf73eQkS6nHfIIJXTTOwkTru2uHH2ftBMOVqFRNcrQOMBg/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+010.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347029448177909602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEX8v62wLdrw-lQPODF0jE-lECnffnhJWjGBOvZY9kL_IyGHqZI4F9AZyYaza6tqteenhj-ywDzWEw0IxBPf8YpaJ38Fo81Nf73eQkS6nHfIIJXTTOwkTru2uHH2ftBMOVqFRNcrQOMBg/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+010.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></span><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em>If I even tried to play catch up , it would be ridiculous!! So I thought I would do so by posting some recent pictures...I hope you enjoy. Hopefully this will get me back on track! This first set is from our time in Florida over Easter...we got to do and see alot!! Great Fun!!<br /><br /><br />The next set is some May pics from Meredith...she had a birthday week this year!! She got to celebrate at school, have a Build-A-Bear party, and have fun in the mountains...those pictures are to follow, I still have quite a few to upload from my camara. These May pictures also include some from fun times swimming in May as well!! This will bring us up through mid May!!</em></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em></em></span></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0PU4sWziwEdL8xXW28N2m-q3rJQvyaFna0afbVCmvmk4noWEm4ASo1E6BGZZsSlxMLP2St2mqB3OoZy5gI_1ZWijm8_vlvn-RP7J4vFZCX3c1ZozI11sXaatmdgCFrrbOF969TWey-Sy/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+136.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347026932596885618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib0PU4sWziwEdL8xXW28N2m-q3rJQvyaFna0afbVCmvmk4noWEm4ASo1E6BGZZsSlxMLP2St2mqB3OoZy5gI_1ZWijm8_vlvn-RP7J4vFZCX3c1ZozI11sXaatmdgCFrrbOF969TWey-Sy/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+136.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8n_hgpuvipmr2L7oQczkWOx78L0ajhUbmcPR-WE6lWtTodzspMjjHeu41h_BSVxtTf0yoZ-vu9_rs9F8f3dc44TXT51Vr_Z0Rp_LihkHTvqf2NvUWsdF-7HIllMM_GIlRvp-ypcIVh_34/s1600-h/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+185.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347030717197130114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKeY9KPOIh8H3PUU-VdTNEhX3A5N3heX4SVQ-RMhfTVA-eSG7FeAfXXSsqTlIfBzicXMnEKrms_zcqnbp7ciTMAadGDWRTbvbAWt29fgeK84IGNrNgpQyd7D0u5-IFxj5kgd783LCU8Bm1/s320/12-14-08+to+3-28-09+198.jpg" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#6600cc;"><em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />So I am super excited about making my first pillowcase dress...thanks to my friend Ashley, I hope there are many more to come!! I had to show it off here...just too precious, except did I mention Meredith untied the straps and it fell off completely in Sunday School..oops, still needing to fix the dress so that it is a little more user friendly!!</em></span> <em><span style="color:#333399;">By the way...I cannot post any more pics tonight...the blogger page is acting funny, so wait to see pics of the dress on my next post...when this thing is working better...until next time!</span></em></div></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-10794816970967716142009-03-28T20:29:00.009-04:002009-03-28T21:27:50.037-04:00We Can Hardly Stand Ourselves!!!<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>I made this title because the last few weeks have been so exciting that we can't hardly wait to share them with you. I do not even know where to start. I am sad that I do not have a pciture of us at the circus, but around St Patrick's day the circus was in town and my dad decided to take us all....10 of us. It was really alot of fun and we got some GREAT pcitures, but they are on Grammy's camara because I could not find mine that night. We went an hour early and it was well worth it because Meredith go ther picture made with some of the show crew and we got to watch some acts up close and personal...clowns, elephants, small ponies, and acrobats. It was fun...we even got to wear clown noses and get some pics of that...I will post them at some point....I promise. We have also had a nice stent of warmer weather here and I think I can safely say it is here to stay!!!!! I could not be happier...our last 3-4 days have been rainy, so that has not been great, but I know we are seeing the tailend of that so I am happy!!! When the weather was nicer, about 2 weeks ago, we went to the zoo 2 weeks in a row.<br /></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5sfBJTSfA20tauY2x8IEtdOIqlYL-NEtCxMp5LO7ekcJkTs-L3PqRYIokgAEjJpOLnt_LLQtR8VgZBX9eVHu640pJRRqTRxtE-xH6mx5LfZkzXMcqZUA_W-UgvilF6-hyka5BrOD-gfs/s1600-h/T+166.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318403015165921778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5sfBJTSfA20tauY2x8IEtdOIqlYL-NEtCxMp5LO7ekcJkTs-L3PqRYIokgAEjJpOLnt_LLQtR8VgZBX9eVHu640pJRRqTRxtE-xH6mx5LfZkzXMcqZUA_W-UgvilF6-hyka5BrOD-gfs/s320/T+166.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>I have some pictures to share of Hannah and Meredith. They were especially cute waiting to ride the ponies.<br /></em></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfmjdzlUc1HkaeveBeqKkOX6EN0vQhpsRmX8ZWmT20FUN3dJZ3n2vJcjakdqARlKVekcdlXv2n9UWqnjOr9Js6-Mr6H80sc3Oh2hoNSvmvKoX3fUQjzGlHEQDIFF26ER2CEtLEdTxS6F6/s1600-h/T+168.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318403034724373538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfmjdzlUc1HkaeveBeqKkOX6EN0vQhpsRmX8ZWmT20FUN3dJZ3n2vJcjakdqARlKVekcdlXv2n9UWqnjOr9Js6-Mr6H80sc3Oh2hoNSvmvKoX3fUQjzGlHEQDIFF26ER2CEtLEdTxS6F6/s320/T+168.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em> I never let Meredith do this because it is 5 dollars, but Claire was given some Zoo Bucks by a customer leaving for the day, so we were able to let them both ride!!</em></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLwBJJe9HAsc3HiyHwwc4ichKP9UDabiD-ODtceSVp08MNX7Z_VgwaWXdZXYnswalj7rvcvjHAFSLYBNWqPa-bbrIe3FkgqvlT7biI6cV-mLIAs5hSVdjl3BTF14gvErzEA9mFkJcLYVf/s1600-h/T+167.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318403023783224434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLwBJJe9HAsc3HiyHwwc4ichKP9UDabiD-ODtceSVp08MNX7Z_VgwaWXdZXYnswalj7rvcvjHAFSLYBNWqPa-bbrIe3FkgqvlT7biI6cV-mLIAs5hSVdjl3BTF14gvErzEA9mFkJcLYVf/s320/T+167.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em> They Really enjoyed their day and I even convinced Claire to go into the Bird house to feed them nectar. </em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUG4pcAt9GQ2BmC3xrj5PBIE-CzjOuHKY9nd65rDlGwUD6Nk9TpH2vo5QCC_P-QYH37DEFPAkVknIi7LgDsOzvRR9idJn4d9xf9iijB15eIs-ahWyoLABrKTpkzqCWPx-NEFSWXrQ154Fl/s1600-h/T+165.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318405400384920626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUG4pcAt9GQ2BmC3xrj5PBIE-CzjOuHKY9nd65rDlGwUD6Nk9TpH2vo5QCC_P-QYH37DEFPAkVknIi7LgDsOzvRR9idJn4d9xf9iijB15eIs-ahWyoLABrKTpkzqCWPx-NEFSWXrQ154Fl/s320/T+165.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>Meredith and I had gone in the week before and enjoyed it, even though the birds kept flying to me and landing all over me...it scared me, but Meredith loved it. This particular visit, both Hannah and Meredith got to have the birds land on them. </em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymWNartEjpsbtq3FsGgNXkjau6WUmv3oFb3X-vjR-El9yXUydpXRgPvUbvjOmXI-s2r4IgP-NJlx_PbB068eRXKk8-QhjaZ7h5pFeMfG8wNBPBrYVSZMjztdibDFwQQNhZujpHopkNPyQ/s1600-h/T+164.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318405383932964578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymWNartEjpsbtq3FsGgNXkjau6WUmv3oFb3X-vjR-El9yXUydpXRgPvUbvjOmXI-s2r4IgP-NJlx_PbB068eRXKk8-QhjaZ7h5pFeMfG8wNBPBrYVSZMjztdibDFwQQNhZujpHopkNPyQ/s320/T+164.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>Meredith was a little nervous, but stayed very still while the 2 birds ate the nectar.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzI-FUsoqJ1qdsIl-q8J8uiXMsE-4c6VVmZGIMicuUD77UIr3FHJCLDzxQjFMsHUPUJ6LJPE-pfWF2oknCczQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Avery has been so much fun to watch the past couple of weeks, she is eating cereal and some baby foods now and also is cooing alot more. </em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOytdXYi8ef-vn5jSrvYFRuuvCEKPn2Q_BdzXDQHlVJhsDOzVg3VjVMZCvUCRwH8aqTTbmQYdX9kMIBaqa0uO7kYGtrp4R6vtOAUX-iL0hNNJm_Et_0wnchN0c5PDkj1mzrjwEaiJnR3gf/s1600-h/T+172.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318407143382214514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOytdXYi8ef-vn5jSrvYFRuuvCEKPn2Q_BdzXDQHlVJhsDOzVg3VjVMZCvUCRwH8aqTTbmQYdX9kMIBaqa0uO7kYGtrp4R6vtOAUX-iL0hNNJm_Et_0wnchN0c5PDkj1mzrjwEaiJnR3gf/s320/T+172.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>She has been a happy bug and of course Meredith continues to enjoy her. She asked to hold her and will do so, but only for about 2 minutes and then she is done. Avery's hair is now quite curly and it is just so cute!!</em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOK7OHly4BD7pwioxDkGbH4BadcO4Whmiq_NPc0EqK12c802TV63AQXVXEzpyV1hPnAx1fOr_uONm8VfYUpX28kllDbD58KKRjSrRgx5Ty9fgpX0BHyY_f24BzDJuM1uiDQfR6NH4dfmXq/s1600-h/T+174.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318407149432808498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOK7OHly4BD7pwioxDkGbH4BadcO4Whmiq_NPc0EqK12c802TV63AQXVXEzpyV1hPnAx1fOr_uONm8VfYUpX28kllDbD58KKRjSrRgx5Ty9fgpX0BHyY_f24BzDJuM1uiDQfR6NH4dfmXq/s320/T+174.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em> </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>You can see some of our new couches on the last 2 pictures, and as promised I am going to reveal some new pictures from the Kitchen remodel, new den paint and furniture, and our new Kitchen table....<br /></em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_o-g7ujECOJQkozQ37UpzuiQJpt_kPKPT__zs3x-yK93CIukW7caaa-gNHp4gY-vrocqpFbjuKdqTFu_GwcQTJEpTM8BNWRZv6feCvYSM8wBsFac9Tuo00VYOKsagloUs5KNrR0Vi-6cc/s1600-h/T+175.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318411817567647458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_o-g7ujECOJQkozQ37UpzuiQJpt_kPKPT__zs3x-yK93CIukW7caaa-gNHp4gY-vrocqpFbjuKdqTFu_GwcQTJEpTM8BNWRZv6feCvYSM8wBsFac9Tuo00VYOKsagloUs5KNrR0Vi-6cc/s320/T+175.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQc0_Yb4hkNuEdRRUrJEOWwLDsy5gdHp9GzSvMZs9O0R_xu-tjy0tChVlULUp_q5bVwzAYyZSSRGiec7IpEuB1bqkxXNwVVea4gG5LdFSjmnmvpQ1Oi-SEH3UnU_91vhfP5AWtQ5k47Jh/s1600-h/T+170.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318411121340259426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQc0_Yb4hkNuEdRRUrJEOWwLDsy5gdHp9GzSvMZs9O0R_xu-tjy0tChVlULUp_q5bVwzAYyZSSRGiec7IpEuB1bqkxXNwVVea4gG5LdFSjmnmvpQ1Oi-SEH3UnU_91vhfP5AWtQ5k47Jh/s320/T+170.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em>I cannot tell you how much fun it has been to update these areas and I feel so blessed that things are coming together.</em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEa7OGHKHSx5SAbqWyTIQDLN4N07KM99T1jd9LS9KuB2scsQO0lP3oWBxQ0gDq0H4o-FauOJbTnbZOUryEQlHLohhJB8oxFPkyv97KVtHMbSSuWH_axApk9Mt3D9e1x1Ek8YKan4oDeJTQ/s1600-h/T+173.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318411819117426098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEa7OGHKHSx5SAbqWyTIQDLN4N07KM99T1jd9LS9KuB2scsQO0lP3oWBxQ0gDq0H4o-FauOJbTnbZOUryEQlHLohhJB8oxFPkyv97KVtHMbSSuWH_axApk9Mt3D9e1x1Ek8YKan4oDeJTQ/s320/T+173.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em> </em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3n-yEYHVUFgFHex_MIaWVCrVrZxCdfFxhwimFNmPeU0dEDFX3MryOBAco35UYwEJSyjpqT2hosY18kBHfnusdlboMulugD3I4O4IkcXyCt3zCkNGXeh_M6FynAwTLURKAIpD50camvaz/s1600-h/T+171.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318411122013535058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3n-yEYHVUFgFHex_MIaWVCrVrZxCdfFxhwimFNmPeU0dEDFX3MryOBAco35UYwEJSyjpqT2hosY18kBHfnusdlboMulugD3I4O4IkcXyCt3zCkNGXeh_M6FynAwTLURKAIpD50camvaz/s320/T+171.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="color:#996633;"><em> I do not know that these pics will do it justice, but for those of you who have been to my home, you will get enough of the picture to see a change. We still have a few finishing touches....curtains in the den and putting up some decor items, but I really do not want to just settle on anything, I want to feel confident that I am picking thing that are right. We still have to decide what we are doing on the shared Kitchen/Den wall. I origanally wanted to separate the two areas with some trim work, then changed my mind to making the shared wall the same color as the den, and now think that I would like to seperate them now, but using a column. Cory thinks this will be too expensive to do, but I remember the price not being very high, so for now we are patiently waiting and enjoying what we have been able to do!! Enjoy the pics, but please come visit and enjoy in person!<br />And last but not least, we dyed easter eggs today. Meredith was just too excited about this. She did an awesome job, but our only problem is that she is wanting to eat them all now. </em></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiGjejoskU1z1y2zOGxkR_XkRjgC5aIc-0MxFTCa5yCn57WOT1MIvRR5GlvSzVfbqRZqr3bzn6xUXqMUrLDUHGGIgn3rsKfbF2PGQbSXKK3atOsWkMYSZjy3SNFYyOq3YA-3UXvgA81tM/s1600-h/T+176.jpg"><span style="color:#996633;"><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318414701721018818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiGjejoskU1z1y2zOGxkR_XkRjgC5aIc-0MxFTCa5yCn57WOT1MIvRR5GlvSzVfbqRZqr3bzn6xUXqMUrLDUHGGIgn3rsKfbF2PGQbSXKK3atOsWkMYSZjy3SNFYyOq3YA-3UXvgA81tM/s320/T+176.jpg" border="0" /></em></span></a><span style="color:#996633;"><em> We started with 12, but are down to 10 already today. I might just have to hide them. We will be leaving a week from today to head to Florida to visit our friends not too far from the Jacksonville area. I hope our weather will cooperate enough to hot the beach one day and spend some time outside while we are there. My WHITE legs need some sun. Watch out world!! I have been trying this week to get some things together for Meredith and I to take with us for the warmer weather. It is between 79-89 degrees currently there. We will be there for 9 days!!I think Cory is looking forward to a little quiet time. I understand because everyone needs that every now and then. I know he will be quite busy with doing some tile work at the new church building, but still will be alone.<br />The gym continues to pay off for me, I have even taken on a Thursday evening Kickboxing class and have loved this. It has been a good workout. I am half way to my goal and feel good about my results so far. I have had tons more energy and feel better in my clothes!! Sorry for the long post, but I needed to get cought up, especially before we go out of town and have lots more to report!</em></span>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-22649658803392633932009-03-08T22:03:00.008-04:002009-03-08T22:36:50.552-04:00What is happening in our world?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEJGRNUxgrSG0rxTCBh3yJqdx3mDCjuDWX-0jlNMAd3F6HaQj_K7cQRqN2cNud2QR7qytNzm7S2vXfFa_oHm0Y6S3-bVcaEApG5hoJsp5Ft7RhCbf2NeFuMDXR7eslVD4NgFgSoODzdjt/s1600-h/Accident+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311004440877935714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEJGRNUxgrSG0rxTCBh3yJqdx3mDCjuDWX-0jlNMAd3F6HaQj_K7cQRqN2cNud2QR7qytNzm7S2vXfFa_oHm0Y6S3-bVcaEApG5hoJsp5Ft7RhCbf2NeFuMDXR7eslVD4NgFgSoODzdjt/s320/Accident+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#009900;">Well the past couple of weeks have been enjoyable to say the least. We are now having great weather ( I hope it stays) and it has really been a boost! Although I cannot seem to get well, I do not really care anymore. Meredith and I have had some fun times...we went to see Playhouse Disney live and that was alot of fun. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9jiSiK8M3PkoBX-gcx5A9ougMWW2748ik5_SWisUmLzUsLExHGZk43leoWPlXsFHjHVwDZwM679gDiY3YGf0GNJu6-8IHQmgMPWl3M4xyNb3LoUvJU57YAOu-TJcDHOEy-1mvsu_C-Nz/s1600-h/Accident+005.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311004449918352082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh9jiSiK8M3PkoBX-gcx5A9ougMWW2748ik5_SWisUmLzUsLExHGZk43leoWPlXsFHjHVwDZwM679gDiY3YGf0GNJu6-8IHQmgMPWl3M4xyNb3LoUvJU57YAOu-TJcDHOEy-1mvsu_C-Nz/s320/Accident+005.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"><br />Meredith was so exicted, she started dancing and singing and it was so cute. I have to admit I cried because I was so happy to see her enjoying herself and so glad that we could take her. I wish Cory could have come with us, but he had things he needed to do with the church and I understood. Instead we took Meredith's friend Hannah...they could not be more opposite. Hannah was glued to the show and did not want to talk or be disturbed and Meredith was moving all around and tapping Hannah on the shoulder and trying to get her attention. I guess that is why they get along well!!</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpozTYxJ_Ja1i84TwyAAfQlDyaoBuzGgXDEEkP46h97B_cErLiNj30QkaIe5KlBm6mUvjR2H05UyYZTJVNwWy2OjelnBckDgMfhG2IzicCZLR2ymHqsSg__5PDuEGyItMIn9lxKfNWd4BB/s1600-h/Accident.jpg"><span style="color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311005878234779010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpozTYxJ_Ja1i84TwyAAfQlDyaoBuzGgXDEEkP46h97B_cErLiNj30QkaIe5KlBm6mUvjR2H05UyYZTJVNwWy2OjelnBckDgMfhG2IzicCZLR2ymHqsSg__5PDuEGyItMIn9lxKfNWd4BB/s320/Accident.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#009900;"><br /><br />We went to the zoo on Friday and I was so mad that I forgot the camara in the van. It was a perfect day and great weather in the upper 70's. We got to see alot of the animals, but I think Meredith was a little disappointed that the we weren't able to feed the giraffes lettuce...we usually do this, but the new baby giraffe, we were dying to see, was sick and they had it closed off to feeding. We were able to see Chrissy, Meredith's favorite one, but not up close, so this was sad. We did do something new and ventured to feed the goats and go into the bird arena and give nectar to the birds. I was not too big of a fan of the birds flying around me and landing on my shoulder, but Meredith loved every minute and kept insisting that she hold the nectar, because she wanted to have the birds around her. It was really cute. Of course, she rode the Carousel. FUN, FUN!!<br /><br />We also did not have Avery last week at all because Lindsey was out of school on Monday and Gene was off Friday, so he had her, but she will be back tommorrow...with 2 teeth now!! We discovered them last night!! I was so excited I had to show them off to several people!!<br /><br />Meredith is still surprising me with her memory and language....she doesn't forget a thing and is saying words like "seriously" and "probably" and "ridiculous". She has enjoyed riding in Cory's rental work van and watching her "princess DVD". Cory has a rental because his work van got totaled a week ago when a guy rear ended him pretty bad last week. I think he will get his new work van this week, but I know Meredith will miss the entertaining trips.<br /><br />I also have to be excited about getting new living room furniture this week...on Thursday we got our Sofa and Love Seat and Cory got a recliner that will be here in 3-4 weeks. We moved around our set up in the den and even got a few of the walls in there painted. It has been a big project for Cory, but the end results are looking great!! He also rewarded himself with and new TV...so far it looks great, but I am looking forward to enjoying it. Every man needs a new toy every now and then? I will have to post some pics of the completed Kitchen remodel and the den soon. Until then....</span>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-91593809206994935542009-02-14T13:32:00.006-05:002009-02-14T14:00:41.073-05:00Growing up too fast<span style="color:#333399;"><em>It is hard to believe all of the thing Meredith is now doing. I remember longing for the days when she would be able to do more for herself and express herself more, and now I wish things would slow down a little bit. It seems there is less time to do anything. Especially Blog!!! HAHA. Along with the rest of the world, our last month has been busy. Cory continues to stay extremely busy between work, being out at the Church Property working on the building, and even a side job or two...WOW!! I joined the gym a week and a half ago and so far so good. I actually feel awesome and have enjoyed the hour that I am there. I just knew I would not have more energy....but I DO!!! Eating better seems to be trying as I crave all the things I should not have!!! Isn't that life though? I am really doing better with what I eat and how much. Spring seems to be fast approaching as we have had a lovely stent of great 70 degree weather....LOVE IT!! It makes me feel so good. I cannot wait. It does look like for the next few weeks we will be cold again, and I guess that is okay. </em><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><em><span style="color:#333399;">As for Meredith, she told me today.."I am going to my room the get some comfy clothes on." It was so cute. So we found her some sweat pants and a t-shirt and socks and she was happy. We have made it the the Athletic Center for a Puppet show and some free play gym time, which she LOVED!!!<br /></span></em><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8WtS3q9cjNtOZbCdeNdg5RpmBwU665Jl_Gw1SaVkFE3nIHArR5LRSgHtXw5QzSpIIrdTuY-a1KnRk8XZaEgCKaiIF4sGMQKixh2GFIn-cEh19-RL4MnVaylQNntBO2ortykj5GQ1Wpt6/s1600-h/T+181.jpg"><em><span style="color:#333399;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302728137714208674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8WtS3q9cjNtOZbCdeNdg5RpmBwU665Jl_Gw1SaVkFE3nIHArR5LRSgHtXw5QzSpIIrdTuY-a1KnRk8XZaEgCKaiIF4sGMQKixh2GFIn-cEh19-RL4MnVaylQNntBO2ortykj5GQ1Wpt6/s320/T+181.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#333399;"><br />She was doing everything with no fear!! Jumping in the foam pit, balance beam, trampoline, and and even swinging from a rope.<br /><br /></span></em><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinG5FDujPx0_PP7az9T42OQckLf01tuRzdX4fvTyPInGbKgQWXrJ2NnkLP0TpLnh27sUPj3eR6Xl5AT9lOzZywO909SAakTQyqPHtMIjXu_-z7GLyf-I85NYyxaW9KWPHnKu32R759Bv7A/s1600-h/T+179.jpg"><em><span style="color:#333399;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302728128888924114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinG5FDujPx0_PP7az9T42OQckLf01tuRzdX4fvTyPInGbKgQWXrJ2NnkLP0TpLnh27sUPj3eR6Xl5AT9lOzZywO909SAakTQyqPHtMIjXu_-z7GLyf-I85NYyxaW9KWPHnKu32R759Bv7A/s320/T+179.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#333399;"><br />We will go again soon.</span></em><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCi4KY_VrIutS1e_svzTwV7AUwatpSAU4rFQUAL36KNmsVKgJRaLwdnzhMI_Y_M5eZawtCdPyg54c35QEu3k3AywJG2DL8XC3rHcrwGKCPQVuI8z2F9opdrTEjOu8HK4kwu0UlukL3XXT4/s1600-h/T+182.jpg"><em><span style="color:#333399;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302728136645170130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCi4KY_VrIutS1e_svzTwV7AUwatpSAU4rFQUAL36KNmsVKgJRaLwdnzhMI_Y_M5eZawtCdPyg54c35QEu3k3AywJG2DL8XC3rHcrwGKCPQVuI8z2F9opdrTEjOu8HK4kwu0UlukL3XXT4/s320/T+182.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#333399;"> She came home with some really cute Valentines on Thursday from school. I cannot keep her out of the Candy though.....she has a REAL sweet tooth!!! She loves to be told made up stories about make believe things. She even entertained me with a story about her crashing in an airplane last night....really cute. She loves to play on the computer doing games etc. Avery continues to be her "friend" and she is not very fond of her crying. Meredith either cries too or tries to cover her mouth. </span></em></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYINQUb888FRr3SLQy1iE6MV7RXIkNkEA-wPaSRcLWhWLncPrUjCpN2r0wp35LRsO1V5f14ngVy1WsU2_Ej50vZ3UIP6zt4uPkL_tfgU9W_CGot8NLPO59x2GHhfIPmSQ0_YR8S9ill7G/s1600-h/T+178.jpg"><em><span style="color:#333399;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302728127951172418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYINQUb888FRr3SLQy1iE6MV7RXIkNkEA-wPaSRcLWhWLncPrUjCpN2r0wp35LRsO1V5f14ngVy1WsU2_Ej50vZ3UIP6zt4uPkL_tfgU9W_CGot8NLPO59x2GHhfIPmSQ0_YR8S9ill7G/s320/T+178.jpg" border="0" /></span></em></a><em><span style="color:#993399;"><span style="color:#333399;">When Meredith wakes up to find Avery gone...she gets so mad and says" Lindsey took her, she took my friend, Avery my sister, call Lindsey, she needs to share." I am glad she loves her so much. All I can say is that I am really enjoying Meredith and the little girl she is becoming</span>! </span><span style="color:#333399;">She prayed on her own for the first time the other night.....she named over 30 different people with her head bowed and hands folded. My heart just melted. It started off by her saying her finger was hurt and I told her she needed to pray about it, and sure enough, she did!!</span></em></div></div></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-31985943956621856842009-01-16T16:55:00.004-05:002009-01-16T17:21:35.878-05:00Thanks to a free moment...<span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#336666;"><em>Shout out to Aunt Lindsey who gave me a minute to have to myself today....Meredith begged to go to her house and Lindsey said okay, so now I have a few minutes to breathe...I had a lot of time alone last week, but definately not productive since I had the worst sickness I have ever experienced. I just knew there would be a butt print in my couch from me being there so much. Come to find out I had a bacterial respiratory infection and a double ear infection...YUK!!! I still have not regained hearing in my left ear (the same one that Cory has no hearing in...we are a fine pair)! Cory took 2 days off of work and between that, mom, Drew, Lindsey, and Mandy---it takes a village I swear...they got me through the week. By last Friday I made it to the MD and got some meds. I am almost finished with a 10 day course and I am feeling better....the only thing lingering is a cough, so needless to say, I haven't had too much to report on, nor have I really felt like it. I think sometimes God wants us to appreciate our good health and not take it for granted. I have not worked at all in the past 2 weeks and I will work tommorrow and be off for 2 weeks again. With cut backs and all, there haven't been any extra shifts for me to pick up. February should pick up though because I am working some then. We have been staying busy though....Cory is almost done with the kitchen and I cannot wait to share with you guys the big...and I do mean big, reveal. I am having a Tastefully Simple party on Monday evening and I hope it can be done by then, everyone will be so surprised. Cory is so talented. I know I will enjoy my new sink and tile!!! Cory has also been out at the church property when he hasn't been working in the kitchen, alot of late nights this week. Next week he is on call, so I know we will really be missing some daddy time!!! As far as Meredith is concerned, she somehow made it through my sickness without catching it...Thank God!!! She did round up a cold/cough though, but I am thankful she is getting through without a trip to the MD. She got back to school and loved it and looks forward to that every week. I think I can now say she is offically potty trained. Although she has been working on this for some time, I cannot remember her last accident and some night she is even waking up dry, or dryer than normal. Praise God to be done with that!!! We went this week to play with her friend Rilee Hope and went to see another friend, Hannah's, dance recital. It was so cute watching the girls dance. Meredith wanted to be up there so bad...especially the gymnastics bit! I know she would love it, but now is just not a good time for us. School is her activity for now, maybe during summer break we can sign up for a semester....we will see. She also went to story time this week at the library. This was the first time we went to this particular location...it went really well. There were about 7-9 girls between 2 1/2 to 5. Meredith sat in the front on a mat and listened really well to the stories and even tried to do all of the hand motions to the songs and finger plays. I was impressed, she is growing up!!! I do not have any new pictures to post, but hopefully by Sunday I can put some up of the kitchen. Continue to remember us as a family, this will be our last month on our medication to have a baby. I am at a cross roads right now and I have peace about whichever way things go. If this month is not successful, than we will stop for now and see where the Lord leads. This has been another year and one month gone to trying to expand our family and Cory and I do not feel led at this time to go any further with our treatments. I am exhausted with the medication and the toll it takes on me physically and emotionally. I know God sees and understands our hearts, and I also know He can work a miracle.....Meredith is proof of that! It is good to know when He works a miracle, the result is awesome and we are to thankful to have been blessed with the gift of Meredith in our lives. Financially and spiritually we are not at peace about going to a fertility doctor, please pray with us for wisdom.</em></span>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-3636985420279826192009-01-04T19:57:00.010-05:002009-01-04T23:00:35.407-05:00It was the Season to be Jolly!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga913Sc32HqH3jHOn6_kxiG1Wz_-zQn2CNa9VgJ38rdE_t6X5O17_XHSG-HAhijw5milLi1HDK8lqQED4QGXMDeoDH4kRw8ipWTObVXfgaQS1RVBajQaPmbgUP4l3vejgSPXl09TyA1g3P/s1600-h/T+177.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287648600410750210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga913Sc32HqH3jHOn6_kxiG1Wz_-zQn2CNa9VgJ38rdE_t6X5O17_XHSG-HAhijw5milLi1HDK8lqQED4QGXMDeoDH4kRw8ipWTObVXfgaQS1RVBajQaPmbgUP4l3vejgSPXl09TyA1g3P/s320/T+177.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">I am pleased to report that we all survived the holidays and remain intact and. better yet, unsick. You know I have listened and read several people...and all their gripes, about the holidays and what a crazy time it is, etc. But I have to honestly say, it is one of my most favorite times of the year. Maybe it is just me, but I never mind the busyness, because it is all so much fun. So I cannot really agree with all the hectic nature that I hear so many speak of, because it is really just a great time to enjoy my family and friends and watch the kids enjoy it all!!! There is no Scrooge at our house!!!<br />I use to think that Cory was pretty Scroogeish, but I can say that this year he really enjoyed himself. I don't know why he is not big on the holidays(I could speculate some different reasons) but none the less, he admitted this year to being one of his bests. I think it has alot to do with the fact that Meredith was at such a fun age....that really helped his spirits!! I as usual enjoyed every minute and every activity. One of the best things we did this year was going to see the Lights at Saulda Shoals. It was really beautiful and definately a tradition I hope we will continue. Meredith and I piled into the back of Cory's truck bed and covered up with LOTS of blankets (it was cold the 3 nights following up until Christmas...go figure). It was a great show of lights everywhere. We really enjoyed it. Maybe next year we will plan a little more time to get out and see the other activities they had there. Meredith also got her goody bag from church the Sunday before Christmas...she thought that was pretty neat to get a bag of chocolate, fruit, candy cane, and Christmas tree cake!!!</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGoIf7j44dHpw1k82oVDgbEaAPVCaxX6Ish7q1H0fh0nijigSojY_18LEcL04PcvjN0ZP9VShlrjkCaDltniHWTCwvHzkn2xjZ4D5REWm2KvhdBZW3AkCpAcJzlO9_AhMf1bHKzBPZx6T/s1600-h/T+171.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287650352184330338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIGoIf7j44dHpw1k82oVDgbEaAPVCaxX6Ish7q1H0fh0nijigSojY_18LEcL04PcvjN0ZP9VShlrjkCaDltniHWTCwvHzkn2xjZ4D5REWm2KvhdBZW3AkCpAcJzlO9_AhMf1bHKzBPZx6T/s320/T+171.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><br /><br />Christmas Eve proved to be fun as we shared it with our "extended" family. After that was done, we headed to mom and dad's to spend the night....I still do not know how Santa managed to find us there....it MUST HAVE BEEN quite a trip for him. The night went better than I or Cory expected. Meredith watched Ice Age with mom and dad until she fell asleep (rather late I might add) but slept through the move to Aunt Drew's room to sleep and throughout the night until about 8:30 or 9:00 the next morning.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnwuy4pDtmddjlFd_cAEPuNl355Yw3Es8wOBBJQ6C5q7A2qH4cpxkTgjMAiwEmlIebRyX5vQeStrHS6tMg7xWHi1nfT7yrMb0hnXeLPbjnS0TpyoYcvKZCVSMbkNhB2MphpolajEARWUo/s1600-h/T+172.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287649414520583666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtnwuy4pDtmddjlFd_cAEPuNl355Yw3Es8wOBBJQ6C5q7A2qH4cpxkTgjMAiwEmlIebRyX5vQeStrHS6tMg7xWHi1nfT7yrMb0hnXeLPbjnS0TpyoYcvKZCVSMbkNhB2MphpolajEARWUo/s320/T+172.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"> She was really a good sport. It was so funny to watch her check out all of her gifts. We vowed we would let her find everything, but we all kept finding ourselves saying "look at this Meredith". You can't help but be excited about Christmas with a toddler around. She was very patient when we opened all of our gifts. She waited her turn and played with her toys in between. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq7nkub02MCrXmSgGDSm_zri2X-h2WvTWOaNys_eFsa40ARGmunAVwBi82PiY-wzX4Z_Jfhwo0QCLkGcymkUDB-huav0es9Rhfhb6JnCIdbnNF_arAenFWHH1PMLZbomwe6FjSArTDoQ_/s1600-h/T+175.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287648621268051266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRq7nkub02MCrXmSgGDSm_zri2X-h2WvTWOaNys_eFsa40ARGmunAVwBi82PiY-wzX4Z_Jfhwo0QCLkGcymkUDB-huav0es9Rhfhb6JnCIdbnNF_arAenFWHH1PMLZbomwe6FjSArTDoQ_/s320/T+175.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><br /><br />Although she loved all of her gifts....just as Cory and I expected....she loved her egg carton full of "baby balls", the small bouncy balls, the most. If you ask her today what she got for Christmas, she says "balls." So in other words....we really could have saved alot of money and she would have been happy with the balls only!! That really makes us smile when we think about it. Isn't that how it is with kids though....it really does not take alot to make them happy.<br /><br />She has loved her other gifts...big and small.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7fu0VresGh6_dUPC77CKfMS94_tv0E5U4HHUMGTB3hATnTa3IN5jGfgUarodS012y8fCooMsWe_ziv1KHSS8TfIFEVg6Jr-86D7ykUDdwv4dH5mqYLP3YD59vORwpkGxUUwcUfoDPL1X/s1600-h/T+173.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287649409986134514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7fu0VresGh6_dUPC77CKfMS94_tv0E5U4HHUMGTB3hATnTa3IN5jGfgUarodS012y8fCooMsWe_ziv1KHSS8TfIFEVg6Jr-86D7ykUDdwv4dH5mqYLP3YD59vORwpkGxUUwcUfoDPL1X/s320/T+173.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"> She is enjoying everything from her doggy toothbrush holder all the way up to her kitchen. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxMQpLA7LMTf2TgO0CtkIvohtglczpaRJtxOdgeA3mozQfrzAtTfheen0OPyxW99ViopCM3-jhpKSGb7hyphenhyphen6Un1kHtV54QzYVpxURZDTeFnBHNqIielOMVxiN0X3hrEmZDw3IT8P7lMnQp/s1600-h/T+174.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287649406573399810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDxMQpLA7LMTf2TgO0CtkIvohtglczpaRJtxOdgeA3mozQfrzAtTfheen0OPyxW99ViopCM3-jhpKSGb7hyphenhyphen6Un1kHtV54QzYVpxURZDTeFnBHNqIielOMVxiN0X3hrEmZDw3IT8P7lMnQp/s320/T+174.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color:#009900;">For a few days after Christmas, she was really busy checking everything out and making the rounds to everything. She still isn't tired of anything and I am hoping these things will keep her occupied for a while. Cory and I realized we really do not buy for her throughout the year. I was always under the thought that we don't want to spoil her...even if she is our only one. So I know this was special for her!!!<br /><br />She has missed being in school very much and has asked about it several times. I know she will be glad to get back this week. She also continues to make us laught with her speech. Soooo many things are coming out. A little adult is emerging...and it is really cute. She is doing so well with the potty.....I cannot rememeber the last accident.....I hope not to speak too soon. I wish I could remember all of the cute things she says. The cutest are the little comments like "okay mommy or okay daddy." Last week she told me something scared her and it "might make me cry, cry, cry all my tears out my eyes." Precious. She insists on answering the phone now, every time it rings....note to all: Great way to get rid of Telemarketers. She says "hello" followed by "whose this" or "whose that?" Her current obsession is her monkey purse. A TINY purse that she insists on sleeping with and taking everywhere she goes. It holds her "baby balls", a play cell phone, and her "moneys" aka a stack of business cards and misc. receipts. Enough about her....I could go on forever!<br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#009900;">Cory has been his busiest this past week. He put in 22 hours of overtime at work and also started our Kitchen remodel. For the past 4 years we have been in our house, we pick a project to do after the holidays. We are getting down to the last few areas...and of course the hardest. Right now he has already taken down our cabinets, painted the kitchen, put back the cabinets, installed 2 different over-the range microwaves (he had to have the perfect one, but that is Cory :)), installed under cabinet lighting on one side, bought our tile/grout/new sink/and faucet, and taken off our baseboards. I think he said the taller baseboards will be next along with the other side of under the cabinet lighting. I cannot wait for my deeper sink and taller faucet.....funny what you can get excited over. I have been busy playing with Meredith and putting back/reorganizing my cabinets and pantry. I hope to try and turn over a new leaf this year and to try and be more organized. I do not consider myself a slob by any means, I am lazy and do not take the time to put things away neatly. I am wanting to do better. So that is one of my New Year's Resolutions, along with exercising more (even if it is just walking), and worrying less.....trusting God. I know He has my best interest in mind!!</span></div><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-9745586787556040092008-12-19T21:52:00.009-05:002008-12-19T22:34:31.673-05:00I sure did like the Zoo...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKLYSvl06BPQ4zCv8M5l3SELznB6vMM1p9-be8ijVY3LH_s_DthZsGGlzePlfn29e6VJSAkrmiC-MKV43g3bDc_t3iuDrtppwbFPqp7jffo-9Q-K8R90A5yy1s-G_1nbpDRm1bhJYFFvU/s1600-h/T+168.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281705635982693330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKLYSvl06BPQ4zCv8M5l3SELznB6vMM1p9-be8ijVY3LH_s_DthZsGGlzePlfn29e6VJSAkrmiC-MKV43g3bDc_t3iuDrtppwbFPqp7jffo-9Q-K8R90A5yy1s-G_1nbpDRm1bhJYFFvU/s320/T+168.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em>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. </em></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><em><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKD7vWFCobTtxRVdxPEeFD4vnaVV5IdTNFH21gO8xU1oSVtN7Xsk6bYazOr7sk21wHD_XNWEjHFt-UzRZWFy1wGuJ6vk1VHV-ddf558Vf6rlAxKD2TU6oarRBJJRBB3TAr4n7j8-QemOh/s1600-h/T+169.jpg"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281705642348256690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwKD7vWFCobTtxRVdxPEeFD4vnaVV5IdTNFH21gO8xU1oSVtN7Xsk6bYazOr7sk21wHD_XNWEjHFt-UzRZWFy1wGuJ6vk1VHV-ddf558Vf6rlAxKD2TU6oarRBJJRBB3TAr4n7j8-QemOh/s320/T+169.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;">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. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkjBSdddryT4syptowo__kxiTlbvDeu9z9r8xSgjEuVaSutQmQRYcqcCMn_cmyUy0yowKjksuFVQytvG3c9q8Jmm1iLljQ_JmPQrCli82qdXMiDMKwNkRN_rA9wXjSD4d-9HSpiBtGXfo/s1600-h/T+170.jpg"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5281706234034170354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVkjBSdddryT4syptowo__kxiTlbvDeu9z9r8xSgjEuVaSutQmQRYcqcCMn_cmyUy0yowKjksuFVQytvG3c9q8Jmm1iLljQ_JmPQrCli82qdXMiDMKwNkRN_rA9wXjSD4d-9HSpiBtGXfo/s320/T+170.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br /></span><div><span style="color:#ff0000;">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. </span></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff0000;"><em>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?</em></span></div></div></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-68209213310978029922008-12-10T00:24:00.005-05:002008-12-10T00:51:26.841-05:00My Big Girl does Big girl things!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGbX3cXyih3pmBz1bVSvViFRoCl9cu2bOY9w2ji-TvBOreUxxck6WfpSbSGu8-RMTYNz9pPQpN_j59CuSlSzhbR-e1hEt53iNTkrhUydCz98cBthCQ-Jne_wrvVZ9-KPBlUjndPEz4_jx/s1600-h/S+178.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278034965134497170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGbX3cXyih3pmBz1bVSvViFRoCl9cu2bOY9w2ji-TvBOreUxxck6WfpSbSGu8-RMTYNz9pPQpN_j59CuSlSzhbR-e1hEt53iNTkrhUydCz98cBthCQ-Jne_wrvVZ9-KPBlUjndPEz4_jx/s320/S+178.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#663366;">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!!<br />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.<br />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!<br /></span><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#663366;"></span>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-57188468739256630522008-12-08T10:04:00.003-05:002008-12-08T10:10:44.693-05:00Christmas Parade<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHawULUqOstt56iWdn-UN-sPK3LUhALiuiNtQRYlKHl98Fa5ckq6bkDVkk9Ar-Q2lCaUmrNNaLiZjxBnBvvgsx8s_ntZqrHl8is_rNqWGUsqp6j5k5ViJTQIrx1MhTpKi1JLton1CVDvU/s1600-h/S+175.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRHawULUqOstt56iWdn-UN-sPK3LUhALiuiNtQRYlKHl98Fa5ckq6bkDVkk9Ar-Q2lCaUmrNNaLiZjxBnBvvgsx8s_ntZqrHl8is_rNqWGUsqp6j5k5ViJTQIrx1MhTpKi1JLton1CVDvU/s320/S+175.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277436445509531218" /></a><br />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???Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-88248056731983347052008-12-06T21:54:00.006-05:002008-12-08T10:04:47.919-05:00Can I use the Holiday excuse?<div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmjlgO6F742wHGkgFzzxk_Z40hyPlIJpr4ea7g-MmsB6e-OV1XvDGov2zcWdNYOxDEFqp8fwA5bdAV6k5cAXxrpIWYDpXrBxwZct0zQERen-QkQs1zVbXMGgWsnTe44gXiWyQPMk-B9rT/s1600-h/S+171.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277433533064528754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmjlgO6F742wHGkgFzzxk_Z40hyPlIJpr4ea7g-MmsB6e-OV1XvDGov2zcWdNYOxDEFqp8fwA5bdAV6k5cAXxrpIWYDpXrBxwZct0zQERen-QkQs1zVbXMGgWsnTe44gXiWyQPMk-B9rT/s320/S+171.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bjoUM5He2NXzNQwNQe7Qb04WW8QuF-TJ2lJYiJ_aOHhuxczl_I4y4bGAq6I6oZmZcdtwfljvAHAp4tYM2WAlyg7X3KudOoAufrQfPoElfAZIue19L0gAUwkDtwv-ADPJVbgWelBaK6sm/s1600-h/S+170.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277433529683349538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bjoUM5He2NXzNQwNQe7Qb04WW8QuF-TJ2lJYiJ_aOHhuxczl_I4y4bGAq6I6oZmZcdtwfljvAHAp4tYM2WAlyg7X3KudOoAufrQfPoElfAZIue19L0gAUwkDtwv-ADPJVbgWelBaK6sm/s320/S+170.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>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? </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>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! </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>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. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>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." <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCgI0k2yS6RyUo3FloU3nffjLovW_GsNsQHXns4P_Ro8q48HXLeE51YHLibj0cH1g7dppILi8K0fuhGO6h1hLPUNVz-VLuU3HBOdpxre1M24QlwZO2Lbm5wghk7onvoTTxnRaKOSYaqZF/s1600-h/S+176.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277435264886654946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzCgI0k2yS6RyUo3FloU3nffjLovW_GsNsQHXns4P_Ro8q48HXLeE51YHLibj0cH1g7dppILi8K0fuhGO6h1hLPUNVz-VLuU3HBOdpxre1M24QlwZO2Lbm5wghk7onvoTTxnRaKOSYaqZF/s320/S+176.jpg" border="0" /></a>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!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>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. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhirNaqk6x4lD1Ig5Fc6bFd0e5DyX-j5jRYs324vjqcjyWtThJOgRwH-MRRaKlsxFaAw5Csycs33dwhyphenhyphen4h2UwUNLB-uWxvMJ79MZFf_2HTDRtOoykfydkq5eDC4WaHkO0VIpLYPjDzviN/s1600-h/S+174.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277434220243146434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPhirNaqk6x4lD1Ig5Fc6bFd0e5DyX-j5jRYs324vjqcjyWtThJOgRwH-MRRaKlsxFaAw5Csycs33dwhyphenhyphen4h2UwUNLB-uWxvMJ79MZFf_2HTDRtOoykfydkq5eDC4WaHkO0VIpLYPjDzviN/s320/S+174.jpg" border="0" /></a>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!!! </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>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.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45uKhK2tqx4D7Uu9vwSqAMQjs18TJ0hvWl3tiDRAAn0-oF5i81lPVwfvGSq074sMNpxZ1mYgJpKEiVzktrh7nYWgRlCrWU6UzXr69XsGniUpN9qUZBWzWwR70o8ivcDytapba5vvX9enr/s1600-h/S+173.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277434211285091122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg45uKhK2tqx4D7Uu9vwSqAMQjs18TJ0hvWl3tiDRAAn0-oF5i81lPVwfvGSq074sMNpxZ1mYgJpKEiVzktrh7nYWgRlCrWU6UzXr69XsGniUpN9qUZBWzWwR70o8ivcDytapba5vvX9enr/s320/S+173.jpg" border="0" /></a>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!!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpnmgI1nfhgW0_AjCpwZzXn7oqYMSBDJ7t15ocqpjhtxolnoYf8grhts5b8QBaB97S1zZLI9WmV-fICrM9Kq2WWPPuV-KemIpW3TyG0Hha3khkbqVcyNqt2UkyLux4P3_aDVfb0zQXtl1/s1600-h/S+172.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277433537428370098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpnmgI1nfhgW0_AjCpwZzXn7oqYMSBDJ7t15ocqpjhtxolnoYf8grhts5b8QBaB97S1zZLI9WmV-fICrM9Kq2WWPPuV-KemIpW3TyG0Hha3khkbqVcyNqt2UkyLux4P3_aDVfb0zQXtl1/s320/S+172.jpg" border="0" /></a>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!)</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>As for me, I have been working some as well, but not enough to be overwhelmed with...Thank God. He is providing and blessing. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:times new roman;color:#cc0000;"><em>I guess that catches you all up briefly and I will try to add pics soon and update more often!!</em></span></span> </div></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-27108319229895209372008-11-01T20:25:00.005-04:002008-11-01T21:42:19.386-04:00Fun Fun Fall<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns-fjxKD6SDeuI9L5TumDarjKEpOi67AKrHYQ5xSZmsNa3ZMEHokj8IelVn8BXU3jGhWTnH7lDuCX-M5gNFPzitgISZ28DX5XcaJlU5oZIaOi6L3pVMvWQLAWa4FZS58eu19wvsc09F9a/s1600-h/S+168.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263868781459042930" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjns-fjxKD6SDeuI9L5TumDarjKEpOi67AKrHYQ5xSZmsNa3ZMEHokj8IelVn8BXU3jGhWTnH7lDuCX-M5gNFPzitgISZ28DX5XcaJlU5oZIaOi6L3pVMvWQLAWa4FZS58eu19wvsc09F9a/s320/S+168.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><span style="color:#ff9900;">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. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff9900;">We stopped last Thursday after school and picked up Sadie and then met Hannah and Claire at the Pumpkin patch.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cL6F6m0x4oNpPokkeGb-6iPmA63T-KbbMMHvTZCYS7PBfkEVgIWMsBWBGrmO7R9132yENgLIJdcLr3ZY3qtVwZP-r-CsfQLQeYqIdZ9-ay95azjG1cb_id4hCOoEDhA0s-LNQ1oxVURV/s1600-h/S+164.jpg"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263867619138691298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cL6F6m0x4oNpPokkeGb-6iPmA63T-KbbMMHvTZCYS7PBfkEVgIWMsBWBGrmO7R9132yENgLIJdcLr3ZY3qtVwZP-r-CsfQLQeYqIdZ9-ay95azjG1cb_id4hCOoEDhA0s-LNQ1oxVURV/s320/S+164.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"><br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8_-b1pt5W2ai212tiX5VxbSGDjbQ9z8qj_B7D-iF1HlgstenCMdbAdc-erRcHBvWwcUwTlKUrdw3cM9RCo5tFMlIPwRdX2WMeSmDoxVn-exuy67CKPhb0BwH1pWrdett8YD9puj9EkhE/s1600-h/S+165.jpg"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263867605756357794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8_-b1pt5W2ai212tiX5VxbSGDjbQ9z8qj_B7D-iF1HlgstenCMdbAdc-erRcHBvWwcUwTlKUrdw3cM9RCo5tFMlIPwRdX2WMeSmDoxVn-exuy67CKPhb0BwH1pWrdett8YD9puj9EkhE/s320/S+165.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;">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.<br /><br /></span><div><span style="color:#ff9900;">Meredith had never done one before, so it was quite cute trying to get her to use her legs. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff9900;">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.<br /><br /><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgjbZVRZUJ1VN2msNX0pTFMPhc6nr4GRfi7hAGsDl7n-m9ypHzjFP-KgB1GDUZu2LJQMKwhNzIYxA_g97-1PZacYOJrWC1t6urxvNP2n9oXO0VE2qAnZmPJJC_Q0h23wbKI6OcVzl0rSw/s1600-h/S+166.jpg"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263867613559575074" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTgjbZVRZUJ1VN2msNX0pTFMPhc6nr4GRfi7hAGsDl7n-m9ypHzjFP-KgB1GDUZu2LJQMKwhNzIYxA_g97-1PZacYOJrWC1t6urxvNP2n9oXO0VE2qAnZmPJJC_Q0h23wbKI6OcVzl0rSw/s320/S+166.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;">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. </span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff9900;">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. </span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOX5Q-0kOpcvaVcbWG4Hq9tI6BvtIu2hB7i3CQf3zcgmT26Jt6qDaYvU0OF4RxOkny_-IFGC35L7lbuNdW8UixmWAmb8TIr0C2VxJ4D_lpQF86hbn2w9jyKIeZkAVTBSiqhCWgOBuuwN3/s1600-h/S+167.jpg"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263868774580967490" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOX5Q-0kOpcvaVcbWG4Hq9tI6BvtIu2hB7i3CQf3zcgmT26Jt6qDaYvU0OF4RxOkny_-IFGC35L7lbuNdW8UixmWAmb8TIr0C2VxJ4D_lpQF86hbn2w9jyKIeZkAVTBSiqhCWgOBuuwN3/s320/S+167.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"><br />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. </span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVH0DYXEGqNV0P-yCpfBoUG1kLwqgWTYtlj4DQxxOMiGi7cNbZnCrRXEgragnBkIVKHht1pEYrD8XyCuVO9aFkc7NqyghMKABCO1Kh7yLmjBTCNZ2-oyNt8ykroSCndBC5CaENhattlR9/s1600-h/S+169.jpg"><span style="color:#ff9900;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263868784003058178" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrVH0DYXEGqNV0P-yCpfBoUG1kLwqgWTYtlj4DQxxOMiGi7cNbZnCrRXEgragnBkIVKHht1pEYrD8XyCuVO9aFkc7NqyghMKABCO1Kh7yLmjBTCNZ2-oyNt8ykroSCndBC5CaENhattlR9/s320/S+169.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#ff9900;"> 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!!!</span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#ff9900;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-13785864346188457612008-10-15T20:36:00.005-04:002008-10-15T20:56:15.425-04:00Avery Reese is Here!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf59YPlUSV56mtRDaccUpJKDzYmvhJFxkVoueXie3abNq0nbI6ooot8qmd5QfpkepZhy2BHPJZURkg2-NccXSsLdidEkSRCj-0ZiVdJhwu04T-4JP_UZJK-mRWnqrCA_hvkmpkZ77e_Gyd/s1600-h/S+157.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257547710377600978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf59YPlUSV56mtRDaccUpJKDzYmvhJFxkVoueXie3abNq0nbI6ooot8qmd5QfpkepZhy2BHPJZURkg2-NccXSsLdidEkSRCj-0ZiVdJhwu04T-4JP_UZJK-mRWnqrCA_hvkmpkZ77e_Gyd/s320/S+157.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#000099;">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.</span></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrM9EKGoPlf8TS3N0SQmY3ooiUI4RQh5SdNlf8CU4psrSrsPZf5j0r4Is8VvpEpXO0EvMz8Tg54OoIIWoBlccY-WXosWz12O3lIhOsveF0LHM9itoEPjHhhOxMrodly5ftLSE8HzpIvQQ/s1600-h/S+158.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257547714985491794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrM9EKGoPlf8TS3N0SQmY3ooiUI4RQh5SdNlf8CU4psrSrsPZf5j0r4Is8VvpEpXO0EvMz8Tg54OoIIWoBlccY-WXosWz12O3lIhOsveF0LHM9itoEPjHhhOxMrodly5ftLSE8HzpIvQQ/s320/S+158.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#339999;">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.</span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkC6hyphenhypheniVO1qLpbm0hMvjDTwwpq3lC1cem-uB5UsB2YKPJ4b6xL3oRWTUxIgM0vLYFLcjGmTWgjSZD636DrlgywVaVin3ZRazWYxJaQuGV0fZ1WqE1c81eModeQJyit49aghimJb2UAOdf/s1600-h/S+159.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257547719300149010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRkC6hyphenhypheniVO1qLpbm0hMvjDTwwpq3lC1cem-uB5UsB2YKPJ4b6xL3oRWTUxIgM0vLYFLcjGmTWgjSZD636DrlgywVaVin3ZRazWYxJaQuGV0fZ1WqE1c81eModeQJyit49aghimJb2UAOdf/s320/S+159.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="color:#6633ff;">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!!</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ObDRWV2ie7TyaxbOyfZB_zu9mb0iR4VHwx-xDAAyvwxuqFhAvhlAK3wxRsI-5TPLW9xGo1XvWVCSPMJukv1PRINeN47bTPM5ISL5UsszL7BA5pkTElys3A1O_TubMYZPKJGKvJ3193zM/s1600-h/S+160.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257547722341417314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1ObDRWV2ie7TyaxbOyfZB_zu9mb0iR4VHwx-xDAAyvwxuqFhAvhlAK3wxRsI-5TPLW9xGo1XvWVCSPMJukv1PRINeN47bTPM5ISL5UsszL7BA5pkTElys3A1O_TubMYZPKJGKvJ3193zM/s320/S+160.jpg" border="0" /></a>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-57991533240877228562008-10-15T20:12:00.006-04:002008-10-15T20:59:26.609-04:00All Better now!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sP05vTkCU7J4nVqy7F8B2txvTgZOwLokvYFGvDmQa-vI46oRsM61-1U3TzScWg01FxEMPkrczynCuo_aPetxjd9L1TAA4ktWtG5e8OWBEQAmJ3IoqyxICbvlE_S12UU95mQErzLgvFw_/s1600-h/S+155.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257543689990446994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sP05vTkCU7J4nVqy7F8B2txvTgZOwLokvYFGvDmQa-vI46oRsM61-1U3TzScWg01FxEMPkrczynCuo_aPetxjd9L1TAA4ktWtG5e8OWBEQAmJ3IoqyxICbvlE_S12UU95mQErzLgvFw_/s320/S+155.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#cc0000;"><em>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. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTZTSAasa36kfihEaiGKO3byRI4uUGq1ldt7sO7PMar21YiVXL5n74Mnd_4ANY3zCZf1n3BRITlUVKZ_mWUEXiNUVSBpezEo29ulzjbWdDOZliBJJnDtxCXugzJohdyC5Lr4-FwRQHQ67/s1600-h/S+154.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257543685981663506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTZTSAasa36kfihEaiGKO3byRI4uUGq1ldt7sO7PMar21YiVXL5n74Mnd_4ANY3zCZf1n3BRITlUVKZ_mWUEXiNUVSBpezEo29ulzjbWdDOZliBJJnDtxCXugzJohdyC5Lr4-FwRQHQ67/s320/S+154.jpg" border="0" /></a>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. </em></span></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;">Lindsey came and spent one last evening with Meredith before her big day. Meredith has been so affectionate with Lindsey and her belly. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xL-9IDSh_7EZrmdEuIo9YEUC2Ni0f0QDteKP-P9RPLjBBQUCz5JWBxM-MAVFai3GX2cfot36g4kaQAU8fWbjNDLag1hQGVQOE-W1sIxBPcuUDrr4cTIDmYBgk057oQwlkgCBjRbJoFiD/s1600-h/S+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257543695781853874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xL-9IDSh_7EZrmdEuIo9YEUC2Ni0f0QDteKP-P9RPLjBBQUCz5JWBxM-MAVFai3GX2cfot36g4kaQAU8fWbjNDLag1hQGVQOE-W1sIxBPcuUDrr4cTIDmYBgk057oQwlkgCBjRbJoFiD/s320/S+156.jpg" border="0" /></a>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!!</span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;color:#cc0000;"></span></em></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-7801884922965050602008-10-02T18:45:00.005-04:002008-10-02T23:12:35.871-04:00Hanging in There<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdU321nVyCnW1KBFufzx5M2s0iyz-kGnH3tJIa19ugBTYc1GpJZIfRI5KWbgVy0e5PzIWe59b3xmjqG8_znPcyxFaI50Eu0xbk3pY6mO8yuGl2HArdQPnhc5-XhV_joYqt7LBO3ZAwlFi/s1600-h/Picture+013.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252708096496477682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikdU321nVyCnW1KBFufzx5M2s0iyz-kGnH3tJIa19ugBTYc1GpJZIfRI5KWbgVy0e5PzIWe59b3xmjqG8_znPcyxFaI50Eu0xbk3pY6mO8yuGl2HArdQPnhc5-XhV_joYqt7LBO3ZAwlFi/s320/Picture+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666600;"><em>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.<br />I will also enclose some more pics...you know it would not be a good blog without pics...these are pre sickness.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1U72sp3lk2YLycOl0yBJe1xwusKSNbkNK0C7CdnGBQzyrwMfiJHFzZljCzC1I0skIrmF4nVrFrtycWgaORg7kp7euSiGhJgybdkUFCw1HKcDi9m2kvvHqGBITHoNt-wYacDYndWCZodm/s1600-h/Picture+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252708092984000674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1U72sp3lk2YLycOl0yBJe1xwusKSNbkNK0C7CdnGBQzyrwMfiJHFzZljCzC1I0skIrmF4nVrFrtycWgaORg7kp7euSiGhJgybdkUFCw1HKcDi9m2kvvHqGBITHoNt-wYacDYndWCZodm/s320/Picture+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Cory took Meredith "to the woods" to finish up some project. And yesterday, Cory washed the car, with Meredith's help. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CP7w7vtW04KRrTrsFsSVfkYg1e2VUV3-lV7HSkxjzfjLkr9uILgKlPA_7NYbYLTp65erAyU2-b0ZlnuN_waRpMhzDZN_4E0FmZODCMPwu28UlJaGb6m7cmizUNAnxnnEhytZ2DT9_aKR/s1600-h/Picture+014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252708088653133266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CP7w7vtW04KRrTrsFsSVfkYg1e2VUV3-lV7HSkxjzfjLkr9uILgKlPA_7NYbYLTp65erAyU2-b0ZlnuN_waRpMhzDZN_4E0FmZODCMPwu28UlJaGb6m7cmizUNAnxnnEhytZ2DT9_aKR/s320/Picture+014.jpg" border="0" /></a>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!!<br /><br />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!!</em></span></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-63541608070967312202008-09-22T13:26:00.002-04:002008-09-23T07:58:52.384-04:00Meredith's First Fish<DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"></SPAN></EM><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH_fCjMEl0qmRzVZhNTl_tJDdPXmPcMaPXTzfoyVsynUl4PTTgAhuQEz0CROhO3gyOC1nUBW0maSP_qSjBE3yNt8KLRaW5ChtzWx6fjx_dxYxG-PRIo7W0jKYIqrm51EWsejp7zK56kDu/s1600-h/Picture+010.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249049620621306610 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH_fCjMEl0qmRzVZhNTl_tJDdPXmPcMaPXTzfoyVsynUl4PTTgAhuQEz0CROhO3gyOC1nUBW0maSP_qSjBE3yNt8KLRaW5ChtzWx6fjx_dxYxG-PRIo7W0jKYIqrm51EWsejp7zK56kDu/s320/Picture+010.jpg" border=0></A><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms"><EM>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 !!!</EM></SPAN></SPAN> <br /><DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"></SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQoQg77DeCY7h2BZvKKST8PhGuXO1Y2luJFChOs2TgmpAWQcIPDNoicl38jdcn2Rl63EwZWPaDWzzJDSNook3vsOtivq40rhv8UrEnWRwEVZNt376DFl9PwuEtiX7gGlFJSvFpwY5HLJAg/s1600-h/Picture+009.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249050903570617250 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQoQg77DeCY7h2BZvKKST8PhGuXO1Y2luJFChOs2TgmpAWQcIPDNoicl38jdcn2Rl63EwZWPaDWzzJDSNook3vsOtivq40rhv8UrEnWRwEVZNt376DFl9PwuEtiX7gGlFJSvFpwY5HLJAg/s320/Picture+009.jpg" border=0></A>We also went to the park today. I got some cute shots of her playing. <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXQz36roVTurBGgBEW6NDXU8TYtwbJLAMZjZFQ2Z2jdJq1mI-3T2RVQR_XDulQe3noSTtMkELUUr4i6C1o0T2evr6bRivQin0IQF8NbfviuyN-cqQlzehYzj3zzSHor2ozjmuQOFhP-he/s1600-h/Picture+008.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249048334626691762 style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHXQz36roVTurBGgBEW6NDXU8TYtwbJLAMZjZFQ2Z2jdJq1mI-3T2RVQR_XDulQe3noSTtMkELUUr4i6C1o0T2evr6bRivQin0IQF8NbfviuyN-cqQlzehYzj3zzSHor2ozjmuQOFhP-he/s320/Picture+008.jpg" border=0></A>She is into her swinging right now. <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNKR4-USMUDgbOQVY4jqnUR4n-mFwo9TVwjTBZ6ELGHgbow9vHsNqewAfz2hcb8O6Chw6q70O4F-VbrF-mdmnbdAmcb29ixoJyFNLU2Veq2wkB1H0w7sBXoEnY3Q3B0yasNUEIHaLxIC-/s1600-h/Picture+007.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249048344949987490 style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNKR4-USMUDgbOQVY4jqnUR4n-mFwo9TVwjTBZ6ELGHgbow9vHsNqewAfz2hcb8O6Chw6q70O4F-VbrF-mdmnbdAmcb29ixoJyFNLU2Veq2wkB1H0w7sBXoEnY3Q3B0yasNUEIHaLxIC-/s320/Picture+007.jpg" border=0></A>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. </SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"></SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"></SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"></SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS">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!!!<IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249049630305771282 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJICI1MsSMLDOGCZlbfDZ38R2T9Srqw7Qm9x12qlyJkgJkwPFU_Qx7bveQwnLr1foXMT1-ivuBM9GJ3w2LpuFHAamfliWIlEj63RE5TQip_KUIfKNPRxvN3tVCv-6gsCKnQEeFiiXsFqF/s320/Picture+006.jpg" border=0>< <A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72c4cn8usaJvQeJbMXXIK3dQUXoIXkosYn35k0Luse2-tRSbIqbxPNqOxuEWSeucS58nZSu7qyIS5TbczQvU8v9lAVmvail4jVPixD1c5A4kPq3LtofA5AN4fIMawWyCuoF_0LznM1JUd/s1600-h/Picture+005.jpg"><IMG id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249049631958827602 style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi72c4cn8usaJvQeJbMXXIK3dQUXoIXkosYn35k0Luse2-tRSbIqbxPNqOxuEWSeucS58nZSu7qyIS5TbczQvU8v9lAVmvail4jVPixD1c5A4kPq3LtofA5AN4fIMawWyCuoF_0LznM1JUd/s320/Picture+005.jpg" border=0></A> </SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #009900; FONT-FAMILY: Trebuchet MS"></SPAN></EM></DIV><br /><DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><br /><OBJECT class=BLOG_video_class id=BLOG_video-b26470a43db2b3f3 height=266 width=320 contentId="b26470a43db2b3f3"></OBJECT>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-76417839928439031562008-09-18T21:29:00.006-04:002008-09-18T22:16:05.373-04:00Life in Full swing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxMtOhd9v6kbPC-UhEjZhpZuzwpnZYdBY7PRw0yOrVzMRg3EOsXe9DtvA6iyEtRNdEl6vHqiZ68O40D6HQ03Vy04tWqwwmAm3QxU2Fnb4-R2bjqcn3A7AKO1l2m88BfpdP2HX_RZT75rm/s1600-h/Picture+004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247550140603941586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigxMtOhd9v6kbPC-UhEjZhpZuzwpnZYdBY7PRw0yOrVzMRg3EOsXe9DtvA6iyEtRNdEl6vHqiZ68O40D6HQ03Vy04tWqwwmAm3QxU2Fnb4-R2bjqcn3A7AKO1l2m88BfpdP2HX_RZT75rm/s320/Picture+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#cc0000;">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.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hOKyClkZN1hFObLc9Gu_xuoHu7M-YYLCIfu62lSU3KqJmKEu49lsxFKbZoEVfPdLkdYFBzSFQB5nMAbShBCZgUdFzSriLvdLb_FYGru5FYUbsdYBjnOxHOd8YeJdpnx4Thphn5Yx9rWs/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247550122169615138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5hOKyClkZN1hFObLc9Gu_xuoHu7M-YYLCIfu62lSU3KqJmKEu49lsxFKbZoEVfPdLkdYFBzSFQB5nMAbShBCZgUdFzSriLvdLb_FYGru5FYUbsdYBjnOxHOd8YeJdpnx4Thphn5Yx9rWs/s320/Picture+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />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.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0D8PNcFlSU8lt0DsjflRvpJrTQEzQn3YE_Mgmyy7n75CNfGDzm1YtFQ58PvkVkE6O1Vk2xH6157lry2SqDwat74C0tDKLcfykJCHMYfJiqLM3rOt22cPGqeTx2ph0-XlDRPVV_9_NzzFr/s1600-h/Picture+003.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247550124888418114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0D8PNcFlSU8lt0DsjflRvpJrTQEzQn3YE_Mgmyy7n75CNfGDzm1YtFQ58PvkVkE6O1Vk2xH6157lry2SqDwat74C0tDKLcfykJCHMYfJiqLM3rOt22cPGqeTx2ph0-XlDRPVV_9_NzzFr/s320/Picture+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />We made it through the last 2 weeks still smiling, Praise God...He is who He says He is...GOOD!!! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICwi4Ngto6GWWaFCsSZLSTw_Mu3fOl9L0GiHHXlbgRGITkr2lZrqT6x4tT-QZBp57VU82e8ilnPvKgBOv0QVjwV_27FR8KN8Nfor1z2HBO8bc2rB5-I-fu8daUx4HTPFF8XrihK_SakyV/s1600-h/Picture+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247550129623211154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICwi4Ngto6GWWaFCsSZLSTw_Mu3fOl9L0GiHHXlbgRGITkr2lZrqT6x4tT-QZBp57VU82e8ilnPvKgBOv0QVjwV_27FR8KN8Nfor1z2HBO8bc2rB5-I-fu8daUx4HTPFF8XrihK_SakyV/s320/Picture+002.jpg" border="0" /></a>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.<br />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.</span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">Good luck to our Gamecocks on Saturday...Go COCKS!!!!</span></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-53173970576160058242008-09-03T22:22:00.004-04:002008-09-03T23:05:59.910-04:00School days!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9W3bP1rgY2ACKlhqTQ0yoG96eP9UL4Pim_NfZvomiisjhxXje1MTx6Pznpt2f0GGU-ajcl4yQHaLony8X6S42oAVS18esqPCSNdQrw4gKgKdXTOCDQV_kdrcVfRquMZzzk0kzDyvtj8J/s1600-h/Picture+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241996623969946146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9W3bP1rgY2ACKlhqTQ0yoG96eP9UL4Pim_NfZvomiisjhxXje1MTx6Pznpt2f0GGU-ajcl4yQHaLony8X6S42oAVS18esqPCSNdQrw4gKgKdXTOCDQV_kdrcVfRquMZzzk0kzDyvtj8J/s320/Picture+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;">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!! </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;">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. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;">Back to school tommorrow and work for me too. I will keep you posted!</span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#993399;">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.</span> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmBV-PptI1Zc1RB80vnNHQjXF91YNPNE83Gds6xumnvgDPVnv0GWDWzDk_wQiuALsbZMWmZafGgp9ObW_z6UbivSKteoL9AkkwogBWyxHcvs-3W4qI_YeUk-YqqIWD5lDhN6459G6Fy5m/s1600-h/Picture+001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241996616456075474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmBV-PptI1Zc1RB80vnNHQjXF91YNPNE83Gds6xumnvgDPVnv0GWDWzDk_wQiuALsbZMWmZafGgp9ObW_z6UbivSKteoL9AkkwogBWyxHcvs-3W4qI_YeUk-YqqIWD5lDhN6459G6Fy5m/s320/Picture+001.jpg" border="0" /></a>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-60121472900002661172008-08-21T23:37:00.003-04:002008-08-22T00:05:20.029-04:00Where is my Camara??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJaGChoDnVyA-QL4zFy4PqIBUtVzYQexAT6joixBcztcbXRDvVsYkIgEzzQ1J1furiHbm3CMntkJUCPUTkLnIZFkM9N2gLfR43CAk4UwfnH1U-zgZs-1nau2kDKyOwNT_yFzCfI7S07vL/s1600-h/0008.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237188203528320946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJaGChoDnVyA-QL4zFy4PqIBUtVzYQexAT6joixBcztcbXRDvVsYkIgEzzQ1J1furiHbm3CMntkJUCPUTkLnIZFkM9N2gLfR43CAk4UwfnH1U-zgZs-1nau2kDKyOwNT_yFzCfI7S07vL/s320/0008.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJkV-jPPu_m6OTx_jXShaD1ek9DpyWmFO5oMUu3zU1r5EecWWrC6Z5pHymGRpPTAOeBzcR-8fsGLrzSpmnl9H6vj5raDHxy-xqxDPatDRx9Lch6TnEyu9d6GC8nXaZS0-0nuLIiM1Ax3B/s1600-h/0015.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237188206812714898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikJkV-jPPu_m6OTx_jXShaD1ek9DpyWmFO5oMUu3zU1r5EecWWrC6Z5pHymGRpPTAOeBzcR-8fsGLrzSpmnl9H6vj5raDHxy-xqxDPatDRx9Lch6TnEyu9d6GC8nXaZS0-0nuLIiM1Ax3B/s320/0015.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_G3He3Npq1FlQfMDlLrd3Ow-URGtnxh78cNsvfu0hAqKYwedGUYI4nBCmkwh_7ky1SPWGcK4i71H4Yonu5BgIBVN6GBx1PTQSHax-YZAW3mpH3uynW5bxLGl7-_C0U6cjsa2ClWeM_tQ/s1600-h/0020.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237188209120530498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl_G3He3Npq1FlQfMDlLrd3Ow-URGtnxh78cNsvfu0hAqKYwedGUYI4nBCmkwh_7ky1SPWGcK4i71H4Yonu5BgIBVN6GBx1PTQSHax-YZAW3mpH3uynW5bxLGl7-_C0U6cjsa2ClWeM_tQ/s320/0020.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9I-ngzc5Mo2eYcmn-tIIDFGdHsDj9dG5PKQsLpaStCPaHJfsAphF6pw8qAVtDZWsEmIn7ClLUhSiAcVg3k5GYZBsXCNmrLYE9eRLbNeojP_jwi4RfOA-XxK5ELpGlaIV6fKd-WFC0L6D/s1600-h/0041.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237188212005627314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9I-ngzc5Mo2eYcmn-tIIDFGdHsDj9dG5PKQsLpaStCPaHJfsAphF6pw8qAVtDZWsEmIn7ClLUhSiAcVg3k5GYZBsXCNmrLYE9eRLbNeojP_jwi4RfOA-XxK5ELpGlaIV6fKd-WFC0L6D/s320/0041.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">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. </span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">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. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">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. <strong>P.S.--those caps aren't childproof</strong>!! 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. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">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. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">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. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#666600;">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!!</span></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-76069218899213284872008-08-20T17:59:00.001-04:002008-08-20T18:03:45.199-04:00Photo op<span style="color:#ff0000;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDrpXs6p-GwZ366JC-zzXi0xD35MLVsAgGoCFSfNGR5UA5UO-cMk69oj7Wil1ets-6DAAtrwNrtjcqNXPawh8X6FTD7HU0A-BhLNdNG_xeSU40ePOrQswTk_JwNV7xTybuwE4TdB4SjJ1/s1600-h/0004.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236723512490812530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDrpXs6p-GwZ366JC-zzXi0xD35MLVsAgGoCFSfNGR5UA5UO-cMk69oj7Wil1ets-6DAAtrwNrtjcqNXPawh8X6FTD7HU0A-BhLNdNG_xeSU40ePOrQswTk_JwNV7xTybuwE4TdB4SjJ1/s320/0004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF44HF0H_zUdO0DeSrXbWfNa8hpyFnjJZi4W_z1pvdzO2u01J0EK2jOVwuDDp2AVck23oDY1mSg9JDH0HBq321uLOTtkwxQ_vRX5W1y5mPlWz7CaFvHhCjbpoFh06PDLdqW7jaol0q4g7W/s1600-h/0030.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236723517215515634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF44HF0H_zUdO0DeSrXbWfNa8hpyFnjJZi4W_z1pvdzO2u01J0EK2jOVwuDDp2AVck23oDY1mSg9JDH0HBq321uLOTtkwxQ_vRX5W1y5mPlWz7CaFvHhCjbpoFh06PDLdqW7jaol0q4g7W/s320/0030.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMgpOTkSxQon4fQl71OIoGQW74eMTV0oOSNDasvfKY_TFPFKV-ibVdOsNp57lPn0piCImh54WxU67w6tA8qWnVYe7tRgsSxyHuw_XwWaP3FVC4dW5O0RA5G9QkFjArbxzezUzkpziRtg5/s1600-h/0014.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236723523626824770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMgpOTkSxQon4fQl71OIoGQW74eMTV0oOSNDasvfKY_TFPFKV-ibVdOsNp57lPn0piCImh54WxU67w6tA8qWnVYe7tRgsSxyHuw_XwWaP3FVC4dW5O0RA5G9QkFjArbxzezUzkpziRtg5/s320/0014.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedzJPQ3_BOuE3mBD0Iz4oUb-8kNqliKGqwfyy8vXwi5U00BqI_BJb-nt2x2UrciPddLSX61IGxCx-v-4wXOAGxFNRSUsfh_RL9Xtxyh8WdCczb1Y46gogNE2ctkyut2acjJWhkXZSucRG/s1600-h/0043.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236723529048803586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhedzJPQ3_BOuE3mBD0Iz4oUb-8kNqliKGqwfyy8vXwi5U00BqI_BJb-nt2x2UrciPddLSX61IGxCx-v-4wXOAGxFNRSUsfh_RL9Xtxyh8WdCczb1Y46gogNE2ctkyut2acjJWhkXZSucRG/s320/0043.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1qmoq5rpReSuKgXnv0fMpILdzWpDP8Nmt-G56210stY1eLGCtdhZ-qxPrnyp9oP_kqRZcLlUYDLnCsnrV5pxF_uIbi_bh4zZ1jIHVA0uE6N8SkB3PH6aTmSNhncrAtg7Umw34qBm72hf/s1600-h/0038.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236723529046508306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM1qmoq5rpReSuKgXnv0fMpILdzWpDP8Nmt-G56210stY1eLGCtdhZ-qxPrnyp9oP_kqRZcLlUYDLnCsnrV5pxF_uIbi_bh4zZ1jIHVA0uE6N8SkB3PH6aTmSNhncrAtg7Umw34qBm72hf/s320/0038.jpg" border="0" /></a> 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!!<br /><div></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-38514682651976883282008-08-05T20:31:00.003-04:002008-12-10T05:00:59.992-05:00Life in Full Swing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG49hDqSnERMyR8nn4ycLxtbzrnHu0Sb7kC62WT5Xt49OPxsglVCw1yDLh4EnAAwcZAs-72lRK7K4aVqD8ZbfigUuRaUFc9QZfYQ2_bv8TTaHQX2tspsucQ9bcjv_K9-T2gck7eVw_u0NE/s1600-h/meredith+N+127.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231202673365884082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG49hDqSnERMyR8nn4ycLxtbzrnHu0Sb7kC62WT5Xt49OPxsglVCw1yDLh4EnAAwcZAs-72lRK7K4aVqD8ZbfigUuRaUFc9QZfYQ2_bv8TTaHQX2tspsucQ9bcjv_K9-T2gck7eVw_u0NE/s320/meredith+N+127.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#cc66cc;">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.<br />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!!!<br />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!!!!!<br />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!!!<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8pBU_vuDWAaDaL-5v3-HcRZu7misXGorP84IYgnL67iYEFG9HqTW5FCaDDKoy90bL7k_ogMHDXLW_RS2z-WMKYajrai4-dkPVObhoqbH9AIx9O7-1jwJ7gqj1hKmxkukz3fVyp-kvIFF/s1600-h/meredith+N+128.jpg"><span style="color:#cc66cc;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231202679214207714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG8pBU_vuDWAaDaL-5v3-HcRZu7misXGorP84IYgnL67iYEFG9HqTW5FCaDDKoy90bL7k_ogMHDXLW_RS2z-WMKYajrai4-dkPVObhoqbH9AIx9O7-1jwJ7gqj1hKmxkukz3fVyp-kvIFF/s320/meredith+N+128.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><span style="color:#cc66cc;">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!!<br />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!!! </span></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-8723408591884109632008-07-26T18:28:00.006-04:002008-12-10T05:01:00.193-05:00Meredith's necklace<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpG0vQXQwlHGHKjVxUYHHGJN-1ZCEG3nEVHNvD1vZqHv64SsnQpAK1obL0dST_f1zs6yh3M5WSvjXxROuCmz5pAQHnIfEIzM-AXwgIU0fLKkkJ18nhjZGpdF0r0WpaGfRIVEz8es87I1hl/s1600-h/meredith+N+125.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227470564930662610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpG0vQXQwlHGHKjVxUYHHGJN-1ZCEG3nEVHNvD1vZqHv64SsnQpAK1obL0dST_f1zs6yh3M5WSvjXxROuCmz5pAQHnIfEIzM-AXwgIU0fLKkkJ18nhjZGpdF0r0WpaGfRIVEz8es87I1hl/s320/meredith+N+125.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6600;">Meredith discovered this afternoon, a necklace her Aunt Pat gave her for her birthday. I have been too nervous about her wearing it, so it has been in her closet until I was ready for her to see it. Although she is the tomboy, she also loves her girly stuff, so I knew once she saw it, she would be wanting to wear it and I wasn't quite sure how gentle she would be. She got into her closet and pulled it out and said "Ohhhhh Necklace mommy!" I explained to her that it was her necklace and she could wear it, but it was very special and she had to be very easy and gentle with it. I asked her if she wanted to wear it and of course she said "Yes. " She stayed very still while I put it on her and she immediately wanted to go look in the mirror. But before we did, I explained to her that her Nanny, who is in heaven, gave her this special heart necklace. It was so sweet, she doesn't even know her Nanny, but she ran up to her daddy and said it was her"Nanny Necklace." My eyes filled up with tears, because I could just tell this was special to her. </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6600;">And of course we took it off before Gene and Lindsey (her 2nd parents) took her to their house to spend the night since I still am not up to par!!! How sweet!!!</span></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy4YHCnQ2ih1A8KZs9d8UKfrVeAOcztz96Rws159-wnPk325M_01ioq4nJWTcSeQ0rRKrCGNEllH9YKe1vU_w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-73005445809758823822008-07-25T08:18:00.009-04:002008-12-10T05:01:00.882-05:00Let's Play Catch up...or maybe not!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjt5VIbZXWlGi-PbbuH1kUKo8JtYDL9z16dLoQ7h3TKBJ9f3qzO8VowVZP1vVJgV7kHF3LPDE6ZhDZVxY9tq2FBDpSiJm6t9uNJwcIEUGWqRK49fJe9LQPfbrY3BLu7UZsAK6IPY2iKEl/s1600-h/meredith+N+118.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227467743474116658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjt5VIbZXWlGi-PbbuH1kUKo8JtYDL9z16dLoQ7h3TKBJ9f3qzO8VowVZP1vVJgV7kHF3LPDE6ZhDZVxY9tq2FBDpSiJm6t9uNJwcIEUGWqRK49fJe9LQPfbrY3BLu7UZsAK6IPY2iKEl/s320/meredith+N+118.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color:#336666;">Well...I am ultra embarassed that it has taken so long to post....but between being out of town for a week, work, and both Cory and I getting sick, there really hasn't been much time to sit and relay the events of the past 2 weeks. So here is my attempt to play catch up, and by golly I hope I won't get this behind again!!! On July the 14th--Monday--Meredith, myself, Claire, and Hannah left for North Carolina to be able to spend time with our friends there and take the girls to their first Kids Kamp (aka Vacation Bible School). The theme this year was Joseph. The trip was really nice in our new van, we had plenty of room and enjoyed our trip there. The girls entertained one another for the most part. Once we arrived I felt like we hit the ground running and I have to say that Meredith did really well for not having a nap all day. I think this is the first time ever that she did not have a nap. The rest of the week we played catch up on sleep, but that is to be expected with a 2 year old and travel. Tuesday morning we went to school and Meredith was really having fun with Jocelyn, Kyle, and Ryan.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWRCeEG75ni9D9XtCp0dXQQ-YEcFl-I0Bi6J4eNn2YZTqyOZk_XwI_6P7xBbYaE5pG61NTasSZE6QRlykXsTKQRpXCsIYXb_g2Ti2B02EkBTPMLzQ-J8xkSsiNEcArGyV7Q_0B9VNZStM/s1600-h/meredith+N+123.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227469432977292274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVWRCeEG75ni9D9XtCp0dXQQ-YEcFl-I0Bi6J4eNn2YZTqyOZk_XwI_6P7xBbYaE5pG61NTasSZE6QRlykXsTKQRpXCsIYXb_g2Ti2B02EkBTPMLzQ-J8xkSsiNEcArGyV7Q_0B9VNZStM/s320/meredith+N+123.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdJIuxZXMbhV7AjhIBa_zFA_wbIaTAve_rtLDpQM74Jsk2wyICGkcL4PUqn8SWMnEVF_aifPCzzSBEEuGsxGckg6y26XhuqMNaanl9mHwRPBLSNpHPd5FsRHDbE_Vn5DWM9QgoFaTthbC/s1600-h/meredith+N+119.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227467747715799586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFdJIuxZXMbhV7AjhIBa_zFA_wbIaTAve_rtLDpQM74Jsk2wyICGkcL4PUqn8SWMnEVF_aifPCzzSBEEuGsxGckg6y26XhuqMNaanl9mHwRPBLSNpHPd5FsRHDbE_Vn5DWM9QgoFaTthbC/s320/meredith+N+119.jpg" border="0" /></a>The first day was all new and difficult to adjust to all the new faces for Meredith. She did really well, but was clingy as she really did not know a soul. I know this was good preparation for school starting at the end of August, even though she will only be gone one day a week. </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#336666;">Wednesday proved to be our most difficult day as I had to make the hard decision to leave Meredith with her Aunt Drew in hopes that she would be a little less clingy and do better with practicing for the play at the end of the week. Meredith had a hard time for a little while, as did I, but she came around and had a great day. I finally realized she was the absolute youngest kid out of 101, so really she was doing well.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22h8VH1FNVhMLDHkD8n9BDX2WbQmgmOZD5pJU1hPwr0eYe9expY95qZRP2-phWNRWxiGJdMQvtHxagxTES299i4lEtTVCoZ2r0dPOpy2sC7Dhmw-eCvC0xEB3qXR1RfRy_1z4n15YewpC/s1600-h/meredith+N+122.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227469426372001970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22h8VH1FNVhMLDHkD8n9BDX2WbQmgmOZD5pJU1hPwr0eYe9expY95qZRP2-phWNRWxiGJdMQvtHxagxTES299i4lEtTVCoZ2r0dPOpy2sC7Dhmw-eCvC0xEB3qXR1RfRy_1z4n15YewpC/s320/meredith+N+122.jpg" border="0" /></a>We were able to put on a puppet show for the kids---all 101 of them---and they seemed to really enjoy it. So it was then decided that Meredith would remain with Drew the rest of the week during kamp hours and each day was better and better and by Friday she was telling Drew to "go hide" , in other words, I can do it myself. All week Meredith proved to mommy what a big girl she was as she was pottying all week!!! I was so proud. I still can't get her to poop on the toilet yet, but hey, I know that will come and for now only using 1 or 2 diapers a day is awesome!!! </span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">It was really neat to see Meredith in that sort of environment. She loved coloring and doing all the different crafts they had planned. They made cookies and got to eat them! She even impressed me by learning a few new songs.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH5bO5mgIPYjf0Hht8w5gRWY2xwSSAWslOty7I2wz4Gc4C6yMvll9LVI_fsuWrOteqZMgjel_rf-odymn9etVoDXlmgBZ4wEx7FXSMh3Hlru59kJXTh64TYWgYQxUW9JJRN7BYSe6-_67/s1600-h/meredith+N+120.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227467756558454786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIH5bO5mgIPYjf0Hht8w5gRWY2xwSSAWslOty7I2wz4Gc4C6yMvll9LVI_fsuWrOteqZMgjel_rf-odymn9etVoDXlmgBZ4wEx7FXSMh3Hlru59kJXTh64TYWgYQxUW9JJRN7BYSe6-_67/s320/meredith+N+120.jpg" border="0" /></a> At night we would make the kids go to the end of the den area and sing what they had learned and it was so precious to see how much they had caught on in just 3-4 days. Their brains are truely a sponge. And boy do they like to repeat everything. Meredith's current favorites are "Be Careful, Be Easy, Be Quiet, Be Still." I wonder where she has heard those???? By Friday, we were all excited to see the entire program the kids had all worked so hard on. Friday night they all got in costume and the play was great. Cory was able to drive up for the evening and it was a really special time. The only unfortunate part is that my camara batteries died during our week, so my pics are limited, but I do have a few good ones and luckily the church video taped the entire program, so most everything we have on DVD. I have to admit I was so nervous about how she was going to do that night. I had to be "out of sight" so that Meredith wouldn't cry for me and that made me really sad because I wanted her to know that we were there and proud of her. She kept waving to Ashley and Lesley, Aunie Wanda, and Mrs. Bernie and Mrs. Karen, some of her attachments from home that she was excited to see there. When her group came on the stage, I was so proud. It was really hard to see, but she came out with her Aunt Drew and sang every song. She did not even shed one tear. Her mouth was so cute because she was really getting those lips going and emphasizing the words. When it came time for the 2-3 year olds to sing their solo....she had on her pink fashion sunglasses and the doggy purse in hand (that Grandma Mc gave her for her birthday) This was hiliarious and you could hear the snickers as she walked down the aisle and approached the stage, as everyone saw her. But HEY, she got up and sang her song in MEREDITH STYLE and I would not have traded that moment for the world. God has truely blessed us with a special child!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">We were all so tired coming home but really had some good fellowship chatting with Drew on the way home. It is so nice to be able to talk about the Lord!!! He is so good!!! The rest of the weekend was a blur and I really just remember being beat and trying to get in top of things around here. We visited at Lindsey and Gene's as the family was anxious to see Meredith from our week being gone. I was continuing to have some female issues, so I was really wiped out and finally got some good pain meds from the Dr. on Monday. I am so ready for my body to be healed, but praise God I am trying to keep my eyes on Him and off of my physical problems. Please continue to hold us up!!!! On Tuesday it was back to work for me and to the Ear DR for our last follow up. It was a sad visit, I must admit. The Dr basically said that the area from surgery has healed, but Cory's Hearing has not. Nothing worse, but nothing better. So really, the surgery wasn't able to restore the loss that he had endured. This wa sreally hard for me to hear and I am sure hard for Cory. At this point the Dr has told us that he feels like there isn't much to be done, although we did ask that he consult with another physician about treatment. I left feeling really discouraged and defeated after all we had been through. I have talked to Cory about seeking a second opinion, mostly for closure and peace of mind, but I am not sure at this time what we will do. Cory, as always, seems to keep on keeping on and I appreciate his spirit!! God always gives us just what we need. It was good to get back to Girls night on Tuesday as I have missed the past few. It is always a special time!!!</span><br /><span style="color:#336666;"></span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">On Wednesday I worked also and then the bomb hit.....first me, then Cory got the most awful stomach bug EVER!!!!! We were sooooo sick. Today is Saturday and I still am not back to normal. Thanks to Lindsey, Gene and Claire, or I don't know what we would have done!!!! They are always there for us when we need them and I only hope to be as helpful as they are to us!!! I hope that now we are on the mend, but neither Cory nor I have eaten a real meal yet. This week looks to be another busy one and I pray that it goes smoothly!!! Maybe one day this week I can catch up around here...but until then we are just living the life!!!</span></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-52600712180840894322008-07-08T22:26:00.003-04:002008-12-10T05:01:01.076-05:00Happy Birthday to ME!!!<div><span style="color:#ff6666;">So after my fourth of July post, I was able to enjoy my birthday on the 5th. Since this is the last one I will celebrate, Cory was nice enough to keep Meredith for the day. He took her to a birthday party, which proved to be a fun one, and I shopped all day. I can't honestly remember when the last time I was able to do that was. I really enjoyed it. I got several things for myself, but I also got Meredith her bedding for her new bedroom suite. We moved her into her new furniture a couple of weeks ago, but wanted to make sure it was perminent before buying anything. She really seems to love it and is sleeping really well there. I wasn't able to find anything that I was head over heels for, but I feel like it will be the best thing for her now and in the future. I would still like to get/make her some more throw pillows and rearrange some pictures, but until then I am happy with my find. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5cfRFmdaA68JtM8uWkzJjG2Kay6FnzO9668r0sjMlTj9teMoBnXL6n1xHoyoKI3NtVhxQVPdRPKSaabmZpJJO5-Hziqv6uFVMri1hrr3nRxwNwfnDowHlcln2LldveTRcrbHMs6d7qrV/s1600-h/new+bed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220839772159152402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5cfRFmdaA68JtM8uWkzJjG2Kay6FnzO9668r0sjMlTj9teMoBnXL6n1xHoyoKI3NtVhxQVPdRPKSaabmZpJJO5-Hziqv6uFVMri1hrr3nRxwNwfnDowHlcln2LldveTRcrbHMs6d7qrV/s320/new+bed.jpg" border="0" /></a>I am anxiously awaiting her wallies...fruit so that I can put them up. I would like to somehow do the Fruits of the Spirit. Her bedding is pink with green reversible and her sheets are bright flowers with lady bugs and butterflies. I found an awesome photo board that I cannot wait for Cory to hang...if I can ever get him to be still long enough. Needless to say, it is coming together very nicely. </span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">We had a great dinner at Mom and Dad's house on Saturday night and enjoyed our time together. Sunday Meredith made it through the entire service, minus the last 15 minutes and I was really proud. On Monday Meredith finally had her 2 year check up and all was well. They are still planning on scheduling 2 procedures, which she will have to be sedated for to check out her kidneys. Cory nor I are thrilled about this, but we want to do what is best for her. She still falls in the 97 percentile for her height.....the Doctor said she would be tall. Today proved to be a fun day for all as well. Lindsey, mom, and I went to register Lindsey at Babies R Us. All of the things have changed some since Meredith, but not anything huge. I was able to get my haircut as well. Claire was so nice to have kept Meredith for me to be able to get this done with Lindsey, I know she appreciated it and the girls had a blast playing together; it was hard to get them apart. Pray for us tommorrow, Cory has his follow up appointment with the ENT and we are both hoping to get some questions answered. We are really looking forward to Kids Kamp next week. I hope Meredith adjusts well to all the new faces and the kids we will be with, I know it will be a real blessing and I am looking forward to getting away and visiting for sure!!! I need it!!! The fellowship is always a treat!!! </span></div><div><span style="color:#ff6666;"></span> </div><div><span style="color:#ff6666;">PS---Meredith is doing great with the potty.....she has had very few accidents the pat 5 days!!! YEAH GIRL!!!!</span></div>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1509036416011225025.post-24709509754123298762008-07-04T23:12:00.006-04:002008-07-04T23:31:12.136-04:00Can You Hear Me Now????<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#663333;">Most of you have probably heard, but Cory's Ear Surgery went fairly smoothly. He did really well with his IV and anesthesia. The Dr. came out after surgery, which ended up being 40 minutes longer than they had planned and explained what I understand as this. Just as was suspected, Cory did suffer damage to the joint that joins the incus and another bone underneath his ear drum. They were able to go in through his ear canal instead of cutting...Praise God no incision. He attempted to stabilize the joint as he said the bones were moving around WAY too much. That is why Cory has conductive hearing loss. I think he told me that he may have tried to apply some glue???? Things are a little blurry for me too as these last few days have been quite tiresome. All in all, there was not a whole lot to be done, but the doctor did manipulate the area in hopes that maybe some scar tissue will form and add structure to the area. I know God can touch this and help restore his hearing. Cory has has very little pain and was even able to enjoy going to Michael and Mandy's tonight and Fellowship with the McGee's as well. We will follow up on Thursday and hope to get more of a plan of action and what to do from here idea. Until then, Cory has to keep his ear dry and he is still having some drainage from the packing the doctor used. Cory is saying things are uncomfortable and we are praying that maybe this will change as the area heals. Please continue to pray that he will be able to endure the weird sensations until it heals or we see the doctor. Meredith has been a trooper with all the different places she has been this week. THANK GOD FOR AUNT LINDSEY AND UNCLE GENE who once again so willingly kept Meredith and helped us out so much pre and post surgery. They are a blessing sent from above and we sure have enjoyed getting together more now that summer school is out!!!! We love you guys. I can't wait to return the favor when Avery gets here in October. I am praying God will work it out for me to have her 1 or 2 days a week!!! I am REALLY looking forward to it. No new pictures yet, but I will say HAPPY BIRTHDAY 25th Lindsey and Happy Fourth to you all!!! </span>Meredee's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11652538675504698242noreply@blogger.com0