Valentines exchange playdate

I took the girls to a valentine exchange playdate today. My stay at home mom's group hosted it at Rachel's school. The kids got to play in the indoor playground. Later, we had snacks and the kids exchanged Valentines. The girls had a lot of fun playing.

Rachel's ice cream party

Rachel's class enjoyed an ice cream sundae party as a part of their Valentine's celebration. Abigail and I went up to the school so that I could help out when the icecream was served. The kids in Rachel's class really had a good time piling on all the toppings that were available. A few of the girls began to put dress up items on Abigail after they finished their icecream and they all thought that she was pretty funny.

Here is a picture of Rachel enjoying her ice cream.

And, here are some pics of Abigail wearing dressup stuff.

Celebrating a birthday with a friend

Today, we were able to celebrate Mikey's birthday at the Target House in Memphis. Mikey, a friend that works with Jeremy, is living at the Target House while he receives treatment for a brain tumor. It has been a struggle so far, but he has won the battle with cancer once before and has beaten the odds so far. Please remember to keep our friend, Mikey, in your prayers.

Here is a picture of Mikey, Jeremy and Abigail (taken by Rachel.)

Another ear infection...

It hasn't been a long time since Abigail finished her antibiotics for the last ear infection, but she now has another one. I took her to the doctor today and he put her on 20 days of antibiotics (instead of the normal 10 day prescription.) I hope that the antibiotics will work this time because I am tired of my baby being sick.

Abigail is 10 Months Old!

She is starting to get more of a personality. She has started to get a little temper this week. She doesn't like it at all when we take something away from her. She has also started to stand up without holding onto or pulling up on anything. She still isn't walking, though. She has started to eat some table food. And, we just switched her from bottles to sippy cups this week. The transition has been super easy.

She really gets a kick out of our new puppy. It seems as though she has become interested in Snowy now, too. She likes to pet both of them and pull their hair, tails and ears...poor dogs.

Here are some pictures from the last month.

Pink Eye

I was supposed to be going out of town this weekend to a Premier Jewelry regional rally, but I didn't get to go. I woke up this morning to a crusty eye that wouldn't open on its own. Once I got it cleaned off and opened, I had a very red eye. I went to the doctor this afternoon to find out that I have conjunctivitis (better known as "pink eye"). Jeremy is experiencing the same symptoms in one of his eyes, but his eye isn't nearly as bad as mine. Luckily, our doctor gave us enough eye drops for the two of us. Now, we are just hoping that the girls don't end up with it, too.

A New Addition to Our Family

We got a new puppy. Rachel named her Patches. My stepsister got her from a lady that was about to take her to the pound. She is 1/2 Boston Terrier and 1/2 Miniature Poodle. She is about six weeks old and is very sweet. Here is a picture of Snowy playing with her.

Abigail's Ears

I took Abigail to the doctor today. She has another ear infection. It seems like our poor baby has had an ear infection for a few months straight. This is her third time on antibiotics since the beginning of November. She will go back to the doctor in a month to have her ears rechecked. We may be discussing tubes at that time depending on her ears look then.

Our Wii Play

We've had a Nintendo Wii for a long time now. We've always played in spurts. We'll play for a few days and then we won't play for several weeks. Well, we got some new games for Christmas and the Wii is played quite a bit these days. In fact, I think that it has pretty much been played every day since Christmas.

Rachel has few games that she likes to play. Her favorite is Mario Kart. She really enjoys driving and racing with her Daddy. Her second favorite game is Animal Crossing City Folk. We have a Wii Speak that allows her to play on the Wii thru the internet and live chat with her cousins. She thinks that it's great.

Animal Crossing City Folk is my favorite game. I really enjoy playing it. I also like Mario Kart and Raving Rabbids TV.

So the Wii is to blame for me not posting here in a while...LOL.

Happy New Year!

I just wanted to take this time to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

If you are like me, you get busy with day to day life and just don't take the time to "count your blessings". Please take a minute to reflect on how you have been blessed in the past year.

I know that we have been blessed tremendously. We have so much to be thankful for. I won't bore you with a list, but I will say that we are very thankful for our friends, family and church family. If you are reading this, you probably fall into one of those categories.

I pray that you will have a blessed 2009!