Family Photos

We went to Portrait Innovations last night to get family pictures done. It was really fun, actually! The kids were great...especially Zoe. She's such a little hambone!! And Daniel has so much fun when he sees the camera. They're so sweet. But they both are just infatuated with having their photos taken. Here are a few of them :

This is the "Newberry Pile"


First Professional picture of Mommy and Daddy in roughly six years!!

This rocking chair was the source of great consternation....Zoe adored it

She had so much fun rocking in this chair!!

We have 90 pictures they gave us on a CD which is great...we can print them from home once we get a fancy photo printer!!

NCLEX

NCLEX exam date : January 11, 2007!!!!!!!!!!! YIKES...I'm so nervous but excited!! Pray for me, because the last time I took a prep necessary test I choked....


Lots of prayers for jobs, too if you don't mind....just waiting for someone to call me, I've put all the resumes out that I can and now I just wait....and wait....and wait!

I'll keep you posted and updated!!

Sicky

I've been sick for over a month now, and yesterday I FINALLY went to the DR. I got some antibiotics and some Tylenol with codeine. Nice. Only I took that plus my vitamins this morning on an empty stomach. NOT a good idea...now I'm nauseated and it's not pretty. Daniel is convinced I need to go back to the "hop-sit-all" and he's convinced that he can make me better!



So I let him try...he got a "Dr Daniel Kit" for Christmas this year, and here he is making me feel better. He told me it worked...

He's such a cutie...anything he can do to help, he will!! Check out the family photos blog for Christmas pics!

Merry Christmas to ALL and to ALL A Good Night

Today is Christmas Eve. And, as we sit here this morning I like to reflect on the TRUE meaning of Christmas. Since we don't really know the actual day of Jesus' Birthday, we rely on tomorrow to celebrate it. Now, I've never baked a cake for Jesus or sang "Happy Birthday" to Him on Christmas. For me, Christmas is a time for reflection : a time to realize and remember just exactly what the year has meant. A time to look back at the many Blessings of the year, and NOT a time to dwell on the unimportant...this is not a time to fight, it's a time to love. It's a time to spend waaaaaay too much money on those people you love the most, just because this is a Culture where money = love. This is the time of year when Miracles can happen. It's the time when you can look and truly see what LOVE means. I don't know, y'all, but something magical happens at Christmastime...even the grinchiest of grinches turn bearable. And I LOVE it all! I love 103.7 playing Christmas music all Season long! I never thought I would, but I LOVE my 12.5' inflatable snowman "Gordy!" I adore my Christmas tree, and I most of all love my children all dolled up in Christmas pjs. I love the fact that you can ask Daniel whose birthday it is and he'll tell you one of two things : 1) "mine" or 2) Jesus! What a sweet little boy!

Tomorrow we'll have a house full of people, and that is perhaps my favorite thing of all. I LOVE having people over! I love watching childrens' faces light up when they see Christmas trees and Christmas lights. I love watching their faces when they see what Santa brought them. And I LOVE sharing the birth story with my kids. I think we'll start a new tradition this year...we'll tell the Christmas story at night before we go to bed, and get ready to greet the day with smiles and kisses. Oh to be a child again on Christmas....and to have Christmas last all year long. Wouldn't that be awesome?

New Christmas Tradition : a night at the Adolphus! Merry Christmas, y'all!!

Life Updates in GENERAL...

Sorry it's been so long since we updated! Memaw DID have to have a pacemaker put in, but she's doing awesome now!! I can't believe the recovery she made. She's like a different person. I only hope she continues to improve!

I got a kick butt new camera....so expect lots more pictures of the kids!! We're going to get Christmas and Family photos done on Thursday...we'll see how they turn out!! :)

I WILL update more later.