Georgia is still sick. Her energy seems to have gotten a bit better but her congestion is still there and as you can imagine, sucking the snot out with the bulb thing is NOT her favorite :( Anyway, she is sleeping in her car seat each night right next to me so that I can hear her when she needs me. Plus, it helps to drain some of that yucky stuff. Nevertheless, we have gotten some pretty awesome smiles through the tears this week. She is such a sweet baby :) Keep praying for healing, k...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Poor Baby...
Georgia is still sick. Her energy seems to have gotten a bit better but her congestion is still there and as you can imagine, sucking the snot out with the bulb thing is NOT her favorite :( Anyway, she is sleeping in her car seat each night right next to me so that I can hear her when she needs me. Plus, it helps to drain some of that yucky stuff. Nevertheless, we have gotten some pretty awesome smiles through the tears this week. She is such a sweet baby :) Keep praying for healing, k...
Monday, July 28, 2008
First time for everything...
Georgia has been quite busy the last several days. She is holding her head up so good now and has started to smile lots more and I pretty sure I've heard that sweet voice of hers a couple of times as well. She's growing so fast and is just about outgrown all of her newborn onesies. The past days have brought lot of new experiences as well...
She made her first campus visit to Samford where her daddy works and was finally greeted by all the sweet people there who have anticipated her arrival since the beginning. She'll be seeing lots more of that place in the years to come. Thank you all for loving her and us!
Then on to another campus I happen to be quite fond of...The Lovliest Village. Georgia made her way to Auburn for the weekend to spend some quality time with Chief & Cissy. She was such an angel on the car ride there and back home. Harold and I went on a date and ate at the pizza place where we had our first date. The conversation was amusing as we remembered sitting in that spot almost 6 years ago as almost strangers. God's plans are good and it was really nice to take the time to remember the amazing things He has done in our lives and be thankful for His perfect will.
And now...my sweet baby girl has her first cold. A nasty one at that. I'm to blame though. I didn't feel so hot over the weekend and probably should have tried as much as possible to stay away, but she is irressistable and now I've learned my lesson. The sound of her coughing and sneezing and struggling to breathe is enough to bring me to tears hourly. My dad always told me when I was sick or hurting that he wished it was him and not me...I completely understand that now. I would be sick a thousand days if it spared her one. Never underestimate a parent's love.
More pictures will come soon, I just didn't have time to download them all from the last days but here is a couple from last week...Such a big girl :)
She made her first campus visit to Samford where her daddy works and was finally greeted by all the sweet people there who have anticipated her arrival since the beginning. She'll be seeing lots more of that place in the years to come. Thank you all for loving her and us!
Then on to another campus I happen to be quite fond of...The Lovliest Village. Georgia made her way to Auburn for the weekend to spend some quality time with Chief & Cissy. She was such an angel on the car ride there and back home. Harold and I went on a date and ate at the pizza place where we had our first date. The conversation was amusing as we remembered sitting in that spot almost 6 years ago as almost strangers. God's plans are good and it was really nice to take the time to remember the amazing things He has done in our lives and be thankful for His perfect will.
And now...my sweet baby girl has her first cold. A nasty one at that. I'm to blame though. I didn't feel so hot over the weekend and probably should have tried as much as possible to stay away, but she is irressistable and now I've learned my lesson. The sound of her coughing and sneezing and struggling to breathe is enough to bring me to tears hourly. My dad always told me when I was sick or hurting that he wished it was him and not me...I completely understand that now. I would be sick a thousand days if it spared her one. Never underestimate a parent's love.
More pictures will come soon, I just didn't have time to download them all from the last days but here is a couple from last week...Such a big girl :)
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Party Time...
Happy Birthday Cissy...I hope you are having a good day. Mommy made a birthday hat for me to wear for your birthday but it was not my favorite. So...I pitched a fit.
You know how hard headed Mommy is and she kept trying to get a picture of me smiling with your party hat on but the silly thing wouldn't stay on. We tried for a little while and then I got sleepy so...
Georgia
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Does your diaper hang low?
Does it wobble to and fro???
After Georgia ate this afternoon I put her down on the floor gym to play for a little while. She is beginning to love it and kicks her legs with excitement as she visits with the animals hanging over her. After about 10 minutes I realized that her diaper looked low. I had just changed her so I knew it wasn't full so I turned her to the side a bit only to realize that all that kicking and such had wiggled her diaper down. Now that is some good playin'...
After Georgia ate this afternoon I put her down on the floor gym to play for a little while. She is beginning to love it and kicks her legs with excitement as she visits with the animals hanging over her. After about 10 minutes I realized that her diaper looked low. I had just changed her so I knew it wasn't full so I turned her to the side a bit only to realize that all that kicking and such had wiggled her diaper down. Now that is some good playin'...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
TGIF
Well another week down. Time sure is flying by. She will be 6 weeks old next week. Goodness.
Not too much going on this week...Harold turned 36 this week so I made a t-shirt for Georgia to wear all day in honor of his birthday... 
We are starting to get smiles more and more. Her best ones are in the morning when we get her out of bed and she first hears our voices AND after she poops. Nice, huh :) But here she was flirting with the orange monkey on her floor gym.
And finally those blue eyes are finally opening up wide. I prayed today that her eyes would be as blue as the sky or as green as the grass. Time will soon tell...
Hope everyone has a great weekend...Love to you all!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
1 MONTH OLD TODAY!!!!!!!!!!
Chip off the old block..........
All dressed up and ready for an outing. 
Here she is...really into this conversation with mom.
All dressed up and ready for an outing. 
Here she is...really into this conversation with mom.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Lesson Learned...
Saturday we went out for a bit to run some errands and although Georgia slept most of the time, we didn’t quite make it home before she woke up hungry and ready to eat. A soft whimper quickly became wailing after she realized that it was going to be a few minutes before her needs were met. She cried all the way home. It was a very long 10 minutes. Harold and I felt so bad for her because as I peeked into the back seat I could see that she was red-faced and teary eyed. Harold kept saying reassuring her that as soon as we could, we would feed her. She hasn’t missed a single meal in her whole 3 weeks, he reminded her but it was of no use…So as soon as we got home I took her in and immediately started to feed her. Her eyes were filled with tears as she looked up at me and immediately mine were filled with tears as well. My heart was broken as I imagined her desperation in those minutes as she called out for her need to be met. My most basic instinct as her mother is to meet her needs before she realizes she has them. Not her wants…Her needs. So when she has to shed one tear before I can respond, I hurt. Bear with me though…this isn’t about me not wanting her to ever cry. That will happen and I can handle it. It’s a lesson that God has taught me through that car ride home.
So many times…too many to count…as a child of God, I have cried out in desperation of a need. And without fail, He has always met that need AS SOON AS HE COULD! At times that has been immediate and others it has taken years, but there was and is always, always a reason and it was never a minute too soon OR too late. Never. Georgia could have cared less about the reason for the wait that day and so many times I find myself not asking God to explain to the reason to me but if only I would, He would faithful to answer and in turn build my confidence in His care. I imagine that as He looks down at my tears sometimes, the very God Himself that holds every one of them, wonders just how I could have forgotten all of the “meals I never missed”. He has to be saddened by the doubt when I wonder again if He will come when I cry out. He will always meet our needs according to His purpose...AND He will always be faithful to explain when we ask for reasons. Some answers may be easier to understand than others, but they ALWAYS line up with HIS will for our lives. Always.
As much as I love Georgia, He loves us in a way that I could never comprehend. I am His child and His love is perfect. I cannot imagine the depth of a love so pure. Nevertheless, this lesson learned has been one of many that I am confident He will begin to teach me about Himself through the life of my child and boy how thankful I am to be His child……
So many times…too many to count…as a child of God, I have cried out in desperation of a need. And without fail, He has always met that need AS SOON AS HE COULD! At times that has been immediate and others it has taken years, but there was and is always, always a reason and it was never a minute too soon OR too late. Never. Georgia could have cared less about the reason for the wait that day and so many times I find myself not asking God to explain to the reason to me but if only I would, He would faithful to answer and in turn build my confidence in His care. I imagine that as He looks down at my tears sometimes, the very God Himself that holds every one of them, wonders just how I could have forgotten all of the “meals I never missed”. He has to be saddened by the doubt when I wonder again if He will come when I cry out. He will always meet our needs according to His purpose...AND He will always be faithful to explain when we ask for reasons. Some answers may be easier to understand than others, but they ALWAYS line up with HIS will for our lives. Always.
As much as I love Georgia, He loves us in a way that I could never comprehend. I am His child and His love is perfect. I cannot imagine the depth of a love so pure. Nevertheless, this lesson learned has been one of many that I am confident He will begin to teach me about Himself through the life of my child and boy how thankful I am to be His child……
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Funny Girl...
Every night at 7 p.m. our nightime routine with Georgia begins. She gets a full feeding...a warm bath...and story time. I'm not sure who enjoys it more...her or us. It is such a sweet time that
we look forward to each day.
Here she is during bathtime in her favorite position. As soon as we put her in the water, she turns her head to one side to cover as much of her face as we'll let her. At first I was scared and tried to keep her from doing it but I soon realized that we just have a little water baby on our hands so I let her be and keep a hawk's eye on her (not to mention both hands)
And this is MY favorite time...snuggling her wet self up and getting her warm after her bath. Her sweet nature makes it hard to put her down sometimes.
And this picture is just so darn funny to me...Harold had just fed her and sat her up to 'visit' as he called it. A diaper alone (or onesie sometimes)has gotten to be her attire around the house because she is so darn hot natured. She gets that honest from me. Also, this picture shows those muscled up arms that we laugh at. Look at those shoulder muscles :) Maybe she gets that honest too from her daddy...
And finally...'Enough Mommy'. No more pictures today. She was done with the constant photo shoot :) We even got some pouty lips to go with it.
we look forward to each day.
Here she is during bathtime in her favorite position. As soon as we put her in the water, she turns her head to one side to cover as much of her face as we'll let her. At first I was scared and tried to keep her from doing it but I soon realized that we just have a little water baby on our hands so I let her be and keep a hawk's eye on her (not to mention both hands)
And this is MY favorite time...snuggling her wet self up and getting her warm after her bath. Her sweet nature makes it hard to put her down sometimes.
And this picture is just so darn funny to me...Harold had just fed her and sat her up to 'visit' as he called it. A diaper alone (or onesie sometimes)has gotten to be her attire around the house because she is so darn hot natured. She gets that honest from me. Also, this picture shows those muscled up arms that we laugh at. Look at those shoulder muscles :) Maybe she gets that honest too from her daddy...
And finally...'Enough Mommy'. No more pictures today. She was done with the constant photo shoot :) We even got some pouty lips to go with it.Tuesday, July 1, 2008
3 WEEKS OLD
All dressed up and ready for church
Sharing a laugh with grandpa
Sharing a laugh with grandpa
I'm not sure what Heather is teaching Georgia to do here...
2 Very Pretty Girls!
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