Thank you God for healthy babies!

Sweet Mary Beth!

Mary Beth and her Mommy on Christmas Day

Rebecca called today to let us know that MaryBeth had her check-up and shots today. She said she hardly cried at all when they gave her the shots. Our sweet MB weighed in at 20 lbs and 2 oz. and she is in the 20-25th percentile for her height. She is growing like a little weed! Her ears looked great! Remember she had tubes in a few months ago. MB is in the 5th percentile for her weight, but if we all ran around constantly, we would all be that way! The girl never stops!!
I just had MaryBeth on my mind tonight and thought I would share these things~ I love to hear her yell, NANA! and see her wave at me as I am sitting with the Praise Team! I love to hear her yell at her Pa, she calls him, Ba! She loves her Uncle Jay and she and Ella can really rough him up! I love to watch her eat! She has an unreal little appetite and like her Mommy was as a baby, she will try anything. I love how she bows her head at dinner when we pray and then she yells, "mamen" when the prayer is finished.
Mary Beth, you are our pride and joy and Nana and Pa love you so much!!

Christmas 2009

Before we left for the family get-together, we had our Christmas at home with our kids. Ella and MaryBeth made it so much easier for everyone by opening all the presents themselves! We started the day with breakfast made by Pa and then the chaos began!Pa, Nana and sweetest girls on the planet!

One of the best gifts we ever received!

The girls help Uncle J (or Uh-Day, as Ella calls him)

Laura needs help, too!

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spent at my parents house. This has been a tradition forever! My kids have never been at home on Christmas, we have always been at Grandma's and Santa always found them there! The same is still true, even with the grandkids. This year there were 27 of us and we all spent the night! It is a crazy night! We eat, open presents, eat, laugh, eat, throw wads of wrapping paper at each other (ok, only the boys) and then we eat Jam cake and drink Grandma's boiled custard! It is a wonderful tradition and a special time for memories and lots of fun!

Grandma and Grandaddy

Feeding the masses Christmas Breakfast!

Jared checks out his loot from Santa!

Kids are "locked" in the basement until all are ready to see what Santa brought. Ella is not a happy participant.

The New Year! 2010

Today is Jan.2nd, 2010. That, in itself, is crazy to me. I can remember so well the Y2K scare thing and that we went to Sam's and bought peanut butter and water so we would not starve if the world came to an end!! We even went to Hohenwald to stay because Steve is prepared for any emergency and that is our meeting place in the event of an attack!! Seriously. Now it is 10 years later, the kids are all grown and gone, (NOT!) and I sit and wonder what will my life be like 10 years from today. Alot has happened in 10 years...we moved :( , both girls married, had 2 grand babies, quit dental, started Aflac, Alan lost his job, Jared is laid off, the economy stinks, changed churches :) and made lots of new friends. Some good, some not so good! I have learned one thing, though. We still have our health and we still have our God. He continues to bless us and keep us in His hand. I pray that this new year will be full of blessings for us and for anyone reading this. Maybe I can come back and read this in 10 years and laugh and smile, because then I will know for sure of all the blessings that he sent down on us! Happy New Year!