I’ve had my pictures edited and downloaded for awhile but
have not had the brain power to write a blog. Really I still don’t, so read at
your own risk…sleep deprivations destroys brain cells.
We had a very busy October and are enjoying a few weekends
at home. I continue to craft in my spare time and am currently trying to finish
Margaret’s stocking before Christmas. My last project was a piece of silk embroidery
work for my niece Lexie.
I love hand sewing because they are no patterns and I can
use my creative side to come up with designs. I hope to eventually do a piece
for my girls. They are time consuming so who knows when I’ll get around to it.
My problem is that I want to try every area of crafting/sewing/baking and can
rarely finish a project before starting another. The phrase “jack of all
trades, master of none” definitely applies to me.
I’ll try and catch you all up on the events that have occurred
since my last blog. We made a trip to Covington a few weeks ago for my brother
Henry’s 30th birthday and to have Margaret baptized at the church I
grew up in. I can believe my brother is 30 and that I’m just a hop skip away
from it myself!! Man we’re getting old J The party was a lot of
fun and I enjoyed devouring the pumpkin mousse my sister-in-law made. It was
out of this world good.
Charlotte bonded with her Uncle Henry in DC and is now very attached
Love visiting with my adorable nieces!
It was such a blessing to be able to have Margaret baptized.
As I stood holding her with Ben beside me holding Charlotte, my mom, brothers,
their spouses, and grandparents sitting in front of us, and my dad praying; all
I could think was how faithful God has been to our family. Four generations
that He continues to call to Himself. My prayer for both my girls continues to
be that He would call them at a young age and that their faith would far
surpass mine. I worry about the world I am raising them in, the struggles they
will have, the trials they will face. But standing in church surrounded by
people that have prayed for me and encouraged me in my faith since I was born
gave me hope; hope and faith in a God who is sovereign and good.
The next weekend we headed to Auburn with Ben’s family. I
know Auburn has had an appalling season. However, we still had a grand time
taking Charlotte downtown and trying our hardest to teach her to say “war
eagle.” She will only say “eagle.” I guess she is a pacifist.
We took both girls to the game for a short while. Charlotte
had a ball but it was freezing so we headed back after a bit. Even though I
didn’t attend Auburn, it was pretty magical bringing Charlotte to her first
game. Ben was the proud father pointing out the Eagle as it flew and saying the
chants with her. Charlotte loves to watch football with Ben on Saturday’s and I
picture many more years of the cheering on AU together.
Halloween was INSANE in our neighborhood. We had over 500
people come by our door! We started to run out of candy around 7pm so I sent
Ben for more and scoured our pantry for whatever I could find to make do. Good
thing I have a sweet tooth though even my stash started dwindling, and I ended
up giving out sugar free Werther’s before Ben got back.
Ben was Zach Galifianakis and Margaret was his accessory.
It was hilarious and spot on.
Charlotte was an Angel and in my book, the cutest thing
ever! I decided on an Angel costume because I wanted to incorporate her walker
in her costume.
She loved her cloud and even put up with the halo.
Charlotte had a blast handing out candy to all the kids.
Well, I say all but she refused to give candy to the scary costumes. Can’t
blame her for that.
My other reason for choosing an angel was that when she was
in the NICU my mom and I started to call her Angel Baby. She was. So sweet and
perfect even with the long incision down her back and shaved head. She was an
angel, a perfect blessing from above. Charlotte’s getting bigger, growing up so
fast, but she will always be my Angel Baby, my miracle.
Two weeks ago we had my brother Henry, sister-in-law Dana, nieces
Lia, and Lexie up for a long weekend. There were some crazy moments but we had
a ton of fun. The girls had a blast together. Charlotte continues to ask for
Lia and Lexie in the morning.
We did make a crazy decision to all go to McKay’s and then
out to eat in Chattanooga. We survived the book store…diner, barely. Charlotte
fit pitched the first half and Lexie broke down the second half so there were
not that many quiet moments. Take-out is definitely going to be the way to go
for awhile.
I really can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week!!! My plan
for the weekend is to get a head start making baby food for Margaret because
she will start solids soon since she is almost 6 months! Time flies when you
are having fun, and even when you are not J Life will continue to
be busy as we have both Urology clinic and Spina Bifida Clinic coming up along
with all that the Christmas holiday brings.
Please keep my little Angel in your thoughts and pray for
good reports from clinic.
Wishing everyone a wonderful THANKSGIVING!!!
