Christmas Pictures

Well things are going well at our new home. We have made some good friends already. One thing about moving though is that we have to find new "people". What do I mean by that? We have to find a new pediatrician, a new OBGYN, a new family doctor (although to be quite honest I haven't had one of those in 6 years), a new dentist, etc. New "people". One of those etc. is a new photographer for Carly. Carly has had the same photographer since she was born...Tina at Sears. I met Tina when she was taking pictures of a friend of mine's daughter several years ago. I met her again when I was with Allison at Sears one time. So when Carly was born and I needed to take her to a studio, I went to Tina. She is the best (with a studio(Allison is the best without a normal studio)). So when it was time to get Carly's Christmas pictures done I had a decision to make. Do I go to someone new? NO. I decided that I would just come to Clemson a day earlier for Thanksgiving and have Tina take her pictures. yay! She did a great job. Have a look.

On another note. I hope everyone has a truly Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow. I have so much to be thankful for. My beautiful daughter, my health, my husband, my friends, my family, our new home, my dog, and most of all My Lord and Savior.

I miss my Best Friend.

So I have been in mfy new home town for several weeks now. And I have made some new friends. I really like them. I am hoping to get to know them even better. I can see that they will be fun to be around.

But I miss my best friend. My best friend is Allison Wells. I honestly didn't even know what a good no great friend was until recently. Allison told our story on her blog http://babytangerine.blogspot.com/. However, she left out how good she has been to me. Allison has always been there for me when I needed her. She prayed for me when I was going through infertility. She has listened many of times to me just gripe about anything and everything. When Carly was in the hospital in January, Allison came to the hospital and brought me a home cooked meal, a pair of pants and tshirt that had not been thrown up on, shampoo and conditioner (to was the throwup smell out of my hair), socks, etc. She came and checked up on me. She prayed for us. When another friend had to stop watching Carly due to being pregnant, Allison was there when I needed her. When I needed other things, Allison was there and helped me out.

Now here is the kicker. When my life had a drastic change starting in May of this year, Allison stepped up. She became one of the only people I could trust and talk to. When everyone around me was judging me and my family and making assumptions or just trying to tell me what to do, Allison just listened. She was there for me and really, really listened. I was let down by so many people but not Allison. She did nothing but picked me up.

I cannot thank her enough. I have never in my life had a friend like this.

Now, I live far away from my BFF. And Carly away from hers. And I miss them. I miss being able to call her and meet her for supper at beef's or applebees. I miss when we used to eat together every thurs before WPT. I miss that if I do get pregnant again she will be so far away. And when she gets a foster child, I won't be there.

thankfully, her in laws only live about an hour from me. And my in laws only live about 20 min from her. So we will still see each other. And we will still hang out.

Hey alli, next time let's get a pedi together for old times sake. I love you, girl. You are the sister I never had.

Halloween

Well, Halloween was fun in our new town. We went to a school carnival with some new friends on Thurs. Carly played with Dexter and got a few little gifts. She had fun and wore herself out. On Friday Zach's parent's came into town. We went to a trunk or treat at a preschool and then we went to one other house. We didn't wantt o go to too many houses since we didn't know that many people this year. Carly was super cute as a duck and would say "quack, quack". We tried to teach her to say "trick or treat", she did good but it sounded more like "trick,treat". She just left the or out. She is getting to be too big. I love her so much. And here she is in all her glorious duckiness.

New Home, New Outlook

Well I will make this short by saying a lot has changed since I wrote on this last. Some things not so good but some things are much better. Now let's move on.

Carly is almost 18 months now. She is getting too big. She is running around and repeating almost everything you say. She is a handful and I love her.

Yesterday, Zach, Carly and I moved to Johnsonville, SC. He got a job as the Worship/Youth Pastor at a church here. We are very excited for this change. This is a nice change for us. It is a small town about 30 min from Myrtle Beach. The people here seem truly nice and we are looking forward to getting to know them and serving along side them.

I will try to post some pictures soon. I just have to figure out how to do it since it has been so long.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter! He is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!

So I know you think that I vanished in '08. I haven't but my computer died. So, I don't have a lot of time at the computer anymore. Most of the time when I am at the computer I am doing youth work for my church.

So, to catch you up. Carly is crawling like crazy and pulling up on things. She can walk behind one of those walk behind toys. She has three teeth. She hasn't gained any weight since getting out of the hospital. I guess I need to back up there. She got really sick and had to be admitted to the hospital and was in for 1 week. It was no fun at all. She was puny and listless. I was extremely worried about her but now she is just fine.

She is growing so fast. She is the most beautiful little girl. I can't believe that is will soon be her birthday. This has been a short year. I am just so thankful for our little princess.

Happy 2008

Just wanted to wish you all a very Happy 2008! I hope this year will be great. I tell you I can't believe that 2007 is gone. It was a year of some of my happiest memories yet. I became a mom. I saw my daughter do all kinds of things. I experience the best Christmas yet. I just hope 2008 keeps it up. I can't believe Carly is almost 8 months old. Wow!

Well tomorrow a very big decision will be made regarding Zach and my future. I pray that the Lord's will be done above all. I don't know how things will go. I will post as soon as we know something so that it doesn't drive people crazy trying to figure out what I am talking about. I just can't discuss it as of now.