6 months

It's that time again.

Another month has went flew by.

You are half a year old.

Proof not all 'photo sessions' are perfect. HA!

*Weight: 15 pounds 6 ounces

*Height: 26 1/4 inches-- Dr. Millette said this was above average for 6 month olds.

Looks like you may be tall like your Daddy =]

*You eat 6 oz. ever 4 to 4 1/2 hours with baby food after.

You LOVE you some real food.

*Size 2 diapers during the day and size 3 at night

*6-9 month clothes (which I am really excited about because you have some super cute outfits.

Gotta get some pics of you in them.)

*Your afternoon naps have been longer than 2 hours. The day you had your 6 month shots you slept from 12:30 to 5. I had to wake you up.

*You got your first cold.

*Still not quite crawling yet

This was your big sister's and it is your favorite toy. =]

HAPPY 6 MONTH BIRTHDAY SWEET BOY!!

Prayer & Friends

PRAY- (verb) to offer devout petition, praise, thanks

I have been spending a lot of time in prayer lately.

Praying for friends (old and new) and family.

Praying for friends loved ones.

When someone asks you to pray for them or their family or whatever it is, do you stop what you are doing and pray? Or do you say that you will and don't. You get too busy and forget?

Do you think of prayer as 'bow your head and close your eyes'?

I pray driving, shopping, eating, cleaing, playing with the kids, WHATEVER it is I am doing, I pray!! Most of the time it is no longer than a few minutes. Now my 'bedtime' prayer can be quite long.

A prayer doesn't have to be a long, drawn out, take all your time prayer. It can be a few minutes or an hour or however long.

When someone texts me or emails me or I see a status on FB asking for prayer, I stop what I am doing and say a prayer. You don't have to know the specifics. God knows!!

I have learned that some people like to pray specifically and have asked me to pray specifically.

For instance, when Adyson was alive people would ask me what specifically to pray for.

Myself, then, (almost 2 years ago. wow!) did not understand why they asked what to pray for 'specifically'. Just pray for her! Period! She is in the hospital! Sick! What else did they need? Or need to know?

Myself, now, understands. Her liver was failing. They wanted to pray for her liver. That was the main cause of her sickness.

1 Thessalonians 5:17  ''Pray without ceasing.''

FRIEND- 1. a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter

2. a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard

I have some great TRUE, REAL, CHRISTIAN, FAITHFUL, friends. Which are hard to find.

They support me.

They don't belittle me.

They don't make me feel bad about my decisions.

They don't say things or do things or act like they are better than me.

They don't like the 'drama'.

They can honestly hold me accountable for my wrong doings. And they better!!

They are there for me at all times of the day. And pray for me when I ask.

And vice versa.

I have had those 'friends' that did (and still do) those things. Just today, something like that happened.

I slowly distance myself from them.

I don't need those kind of 'friends' in my life.

Thanks to all my TRUE, REAL, CHRISTIAN, FAITHFUL, friends. I cherish our fellowship and friendship. I love each of you and am thankful to my Father for putting each of you in my life.

My Yankee Doodle!!

I entered this precious picture of Rivers in a photo contest. 



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EAT MOR CHIKIN!!

Today was Cow Appreciation Day at Chic Fil A. If you dress up like a cow you get a FREE meal!! So me and a few friends did just that. We made our yungins cow/calf outfits yesterday (me at 9 last night) and we headed off to get our FREE meal!!

I entered some of the photos in the contest. You can find the links under each picture.

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I thought the POO

MOO was too cute =]

             

We had one of the best lunch dates ever!!

And I am so glad us Momma's weren't afraid to dress up too.

What great memories we are making with our children!!

AND did I mention we got FREE CHICKEN!!!

5 months

I coudn't decide which picture I wanted to use... so I just used both of them. ;]

Monthly Stats:

• Height: ~26 inches
• Weight: 14.5 lbs
• Size 2 diaper.. size 3 at night
• 3-6 month clothes
• 6 ounces every 4 hours
• Baby food after each bottle-- you have had: avacado, bananas, apples, apricots, carrots, green beans, peas, sweet potato, and squash
• 2 hour nap in morning and afternoon and around 4:30-5 you take about a 45 minute to 1 hour nap to hold you over to bedtime
• You are put down for bedtime anywhere form 7 to 7:30 and you wake up around 7
• You are a laid back baby. Unless there is something wrong you, you are content
• You are SO close to crawling. You put one knee forward but just don't quite have it yet. You even get on your tippy toes and hands.. like you are doing a push up. =]
• You laugh like your brother used to laugh and you laugh at him all the time. He loves to play with you
• You can sit up by yourself for a few minutes with little support.

I know I took a similar picture last month like this but I couldn't resist. We went to a friends house a few weekends ago and they had this beautiful lake and I had to do a quick shoot.

this was at the lake too

You are growing too fast!!

Happy Birthday, America!!

We had a great 4th of July weekend.

 Saturday- we hung out by the pool (when it wasn't raining) and grilled.

Sunday- church, two naps for me and fire works at Ocean Springs beach

Monday- gumbo at my grandparents house and grocery shopping

Yes, I was one of those people who made the American flag cake ;]

Aren't these cute?? It's blueberries, cheese and strawberries.

God who gave us life, gave us liberty.

That's my daughter

Not often I get to say those 3 words.. That's my daughter!

I went and picked up Subway for myself and Dan and I paid with a card that has the picture above of Adyson. The cashier looked at it and said, "Awe. That is so sweet. Look at her big smile! She is so happy." Then she showed the other employees. I smiled real big and said, "That's my daughter!"

That's it. Not... "That's my daughter who passed away." or "That's my daughter. She was about 3 months old in that picture."

Just "THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!!"

Three small words that mean a whole lot.

Three small words that make me smile SO big.

Three small words that bring tears to my eyes.

Three small words that I don't get to say as often as I want.

Those three small words to some people are just words, but for me they mean so much more.

They are more than just words. To me it brings so many feelings and emotions.. good and bad.

What a profound moment those few seconds were to me.