a visit to the neonatal

look who made a quick visit to the neonatal {lucy on santa's right arm; kate on santa's left arm}:


too bad the sweet nurse didn't pull those red bows off while she was fixing the head. oh well.


Christmas came early for our family this year. that is for sure.

the christmas story

emma's sweet ballet performed the christmas story. emma was "joseph".


And her best friend Mary Gray was "mary". together they laid the baby Jesus in the manger.



the angel and the shephards came:


and then the wisemen:


and then they sang and you wanted to cry because it was so precious:



Oh how we love our ballet teacher for teaching these girls so much more than how to curtsy.

answered prayers

I was pregnant with lucy and kate for 230 days. And because they were so high risk, it was 230 days of worry, anxiety and relying completely on our faith in God and the wonderful doctors and nurses at UAB. When December 4th arrived and we had reached our due date "goal" we were completely relieved in one sense and then another level of anxiety came with the actual delivery of the babies. The memory of being wheeled down the hallway to the C-section area is burned into my brain forever. I prayed the whole time. "Lord, please don't let us lose one of the babies during delivery. Lord, if they are both special needs, please give me the patience and the knowledge to be a good mama. Lord, please help the doctor {who was my age!!} get Kate out fast since she is in the riskier position. Lord, please let those babies come out screaming." and screaming is EXACTLY what they did. AND they were perfect.

please meet Lucy Marie:




















And Katherine Anne:
















Thank you, Lord, for answered prayers.

due time

after three and a half years, it was finally time for emma's first hair-cut:



And she did much better than I had anticipated and loved the "haircutter girl". I was so worried that after her haircut, she would lose the curls but so far so good!

all dressed up

a cinderella, her prince and her pumpkin. perfect halloween attire!



and while wade took emma trick-or-treating, mimi came over to help me answer our door. we were quite fond of this little trick-or-treater! she may be my favorite!