Whoops...been too long

It's been almost 4 months since I've last posted on here. Last time I posted, it was just the start of summer. Now, fall is in the air, I'm thinking about someone's first birthday as well as Halloween and then the other holidays that follow. This year has flown by.

I'm having a rough time this week...it was one year ago that Grandpa really started to get sick. This was the beginning of the end. He had gone in for his routine swallowing test and it was discovered that he had not been able to swallow, and therefore, had not been getting any nourishment for a few weeks. During that time, I felt so helpless, because I was so close to the birth of my little girl, that traveling was out of the question.

More to post later...

Trying this out from my mobile phone.

7 months...

Brianna is now 7 months old. I can't believe how fast these past 7 months have gone. I look back at the pictures of her first few hours, days and weeks, and it seems like a blur! She has changed so much and I love looking at life through her eyes. I can't remember life before her...I completely love being a mother!

She is not crawling as of yet, but not without trying. She understands that the arms need to move and the legs need to move, just hasn't realized that they both need to move at the same time! Ha ha. She loves to roll around and that is her main method of transportation.

Last week, we started her on baby food. We had started on cereal a few weeks back and she didn't seem a big fan of that. So far, we have successfully made it through sweet potatoes and bananas. We are going to do a vegetable, then a fruit, until we've gone through all of them.

That's about it for now...

Please pray for this family....

I found this family through another blog. Their daughter was born last June weighing in at one pound. She fought long and hard through many surgeries, but she was called to live as an angel yesterday.

I never "met" these people, but my heart is breaking for the family.

http://kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com/

God Bless Kayleigh Anne!

In My Daughter's Eyes...

This song has always struck a chord with me and it became even more powerful after Brianna was born.


In my daughter's eyes I am a hero
I am strong and wise and I know no fear
But the truth is plain to see
She was sent to rescue me
I see who I wanna be
In my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes everyone is equal
Darkness turns to light and the
world is at peace
This miracle God gave to me gives me
strength when I am weak
I find reason to believe
In my daughter's eyes

And when she wraps her hand around my finger
Oh it puts a smile in my heart
Everything becomes a little clearer
I realize what life is all about

It's hangin' on when your heart has had enough
It's giving more when you feel like giving up
I've seen the light
It's in my daughter's eyes

In my daughter's eyes I can see the future
A reflection of who I am and what will be
Though she'll grow and someday leave
Maybe raise a family
When I'm gone I hope you see how happy
she made me
For I'll be there
In my daughter's eyes

How great is our God...

I can't help but think of this song...it's been running through my head all morning. It's a very powerful song and it really has meaning at this time in my life.

The splendor of a King, clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps himself in Light, and darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the end
Beginning and the end

The Godhead Three in One
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb

Name above all names
Worthy of our praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God

How great is our God, sing with me
How great is our God, and all will see
How great, how great is our God

Friday the 13th facts...

Just some fun reading!   If you fear Friday the 13th, then batten down the hatches. This week's unlucky day is the first of three this year.   The next Friday the 13th comes in March, followed by Nov. 13. Such a triple whammy comes around only every 11 years, said Thomas Fernsler, a math specialist at the University of Delaware who has studied the number 13 for more than 20 years.   By the numbers Here are 13 more facts about the infamous day, courtesy of Fernsler and some of our own research: 1. The British Navy built a ship named Friday the 13th. On its maiden voyage, the vessel left dock on a Friday the 13th, and was never heard from again.   2. The ill-fated Apollo 13 launched at 13:13 CST on Apr. 11, 1970. The sum of the date's digits (4-11-70) is 13 (as in 4+1+1+7+0 = 13). And the explosion that crippled the spacecraft occurred on April 13 (not a Friday). The crew did make it back to Earth safely, however.   3. Many hospitals have no room 13, while some tall buildings skip the 13th floor.   4. Fear of Friday the 13th - one of the most popular myths in science - is called paraskavedekatriaphobia as well as friggatriskaidekaphobia. Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13.   5. Quarterback Dan Marino wore No. 13 throughout his career with the Miami Dolphins. Despite being a superb quarterback (some call him one of the best ever), he got to the Super Bowl just once, in 1985, and was trounced 38-16 by the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana (who wore No. 16 and won all four Super Bowls he played in).   6. Butch Cassidy, notorious American train and bank robber, was born on Friday, April 13, 1866.   7. Fidel Castro was born on Friday, Aug. 13, 1926.   8. President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not travel on the 13th day of any month and would never host 13 guests at a meal. Napoleon and Herbert Hoover were also triskaidekaphobic, with an abnormal fear of the number 13.   9. Superstitious diners in Paris can hire a quatorzieme, or professional 14th guest.   10. Mark Twain once was the 13th guest at a dinner party. A friend warned him not to go. "It was bad luck," Twain later told the friend. "They only had food for 12."   11. Woodrow Wilson considered 13 his lucky number, though his experience didn't support such faith. He arrived in Normandy, France on Friday, Dec. 13, 1918, for peace talks, only to return with a treaty he couldn't get Congress to sign. (The ship's crew wanted to dock the next day due to superstitions, Fernsler said.) He toured the United States to rally support for the treaty, and while traveling, suffered a near-fatal stroke.   12. The number 13 suffers from its position after 12, according to numerologists who consider the latter to be a complete number - 12 months in a year, 12 signs of the zodiac, 12 gods of Olympus, 12 labors of Hercules, 12 tribes of Israel, 12 apostles of Jesus, 12 days of Christmas and 12 eggs in a dozen.   13. The seals on the back of a dollar bill include 13 steps on the pyramid, 13 stars above the eagle's head, 13 war arrows in the eagle's claw and 13 leaves on the olive branch. So far there's been no evidence tying these long-ago design decisions to the present economic situation.   Origins of Friday the 13th Where's all this superstition come from? Nobody knows for sure. But it may date back to Biblical times (the 13th guest at the Last Supper betrayed Jesus). By the Middle Ages, both Friday and 13 were considered bearers of bad fortune. Meanwhile the belief that numbers are connected to life and physical things - called numerology - has a long history. "You can trace it all the way from the followers of Pythagoras, whose maxim to describe the universe was 'all is number,'" says Mario Livio, an astrophysicist and author of "The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved" (Simon & Schuster, 2005). Thinkers who studied under the famous Greek mathematician combined numbers in different ways to explain everything around them, Livio said. In modern times, numerology has become a type of para-science, much like the meaningless predictions of astrology, scientists say. "People are subconsciously drawn towards specific numbers because they know that they need the experiences, attributes or lessons, associated with them, that are contained within their potential," says professional numerologist Sonia Ducie. "Numerology can 'make sense' of an individual's life (health, career, relationships, situations and issues) by recognizing which number cycle they are in, and by giving them clarity." Mathematicians dismiss numerology as having no scientific merit, however. "I don't endorse this at all," Livio said, when asked to comment on the popularity of commercial numerology for a story prior to the date 06/06/06. Seemingly coincidental connections between numbers will always appear if you look hard enough, he said.

Trying to get back to this...

Funny how I thought that I would have ALL this time while on maternity leave.  Yea...ok, I admit it...I got absolutely nothing accomplished...well, besides taking care of the cutest little baby girl!

I've been back to work for a few weeks now.  It was hard, I do admit it...but we were VERY fortunate that DH was able to change his work schedule and now he'll be working evenings...a mix of 2nd and 3rd shifts.  Probably in the Spring, we will look to put her in daycare for a few hours a day, a few days a week...get her used to other little kids, give her a break from us!

As of yesterday she is 3 months old!!!  I can't believe she's growing so fast.  We went to the doctor last week and I snuck her on the scale...hee hee...she's just around 10 lbs.  She's really starting to fill out...she's more alert.  She's really starting to gain head control, no more bobble head! :)  In the last few weeks, she has REALLY found her voice...it's so cute!  Such a sweet little voice.

We're taking her to Penney's on Saturday for 3 month pictures.  We have a coupon and a gift card...I'm so excited to get professional pictures done.  Technically, we did have them done at one month....our church was doing pictures for the directory, and the photographer did pictures of her by herself.

Well, I need to get back to work.  Ha ha