**Dad Update**

Thank you to all who prayed for my dad- i was literally sick to my stomach and shaking tonight thinking of my dad having to go thru surgery, and had already mentally prepped what i needed to get together to fly out there. He had his CT scan and DID have bleeding on his brain but it has stopped. Due to this, he has permanent peripheral vision loss in his left eye, but like he says : he can learn to live with it. We are all thankful for this news!! There is a 3rd specialist that will be looking at the CT results just to go over them and make sure that everything has been looked over in detail. Thank you, Jesus for answering prayers and once again all of you that took the time to pray for him!!

We love you, Dad! Keep off those dang ladders, and if you DO decide to climb them again, put some kind of foam ball pit below so the crash landing is a bit softer!

*PLEASE PRAY!!!*

A few weeks ago my dad was working on some outdoor things on his house and was using a ladder- he was by himself and the leg of the ladder buckled and he fell literally on his head hitting pavement and was knocked out cold. He had a funky taste in his mouth- and the next day flew on business to Idaho. This was a few weeks ago. Now, if you know my dad, he is TERRIFIED of any dentist or Dr. His vision has gone blurry and today he went to his eye Dr. they believe he has had bleeding on the brain and sent him RIGHT NOW to have a CT scan to see if there is still bleeding. If there is, he will have to have brain surgery- PLEASE PLEASE put him in your prayers. I believe that prayer is a miraculous thing and that God hears all and heals all. I will keep you posted as i am- but as you can imagine being so far away on the complete opposite side of the US, i'm terrified and can ONLY put my faith in God to heal. Thank you for your prayers!

Christmas *In* Georgia

Sorry, ya'll.. another LONG post.. we'll do it in pictures and i'll caption them all- *The YUMMIEST bread pudding i've EVER had! I stole the recipe from Rhoda over at

southern hospitality- get the recipe for yourself... my only suggestion is use LESS maybe 3/4 of bag of the chocolate chips. Another insulin shock from all the sugar but so gooey and delish!*

http://southernhospitality-rhoda.blogspot.com/

*muffin in her new polo dress and new shoes- *


* a D..o..ll.. i know, and shes ALL MINE!!*

*wearing mommy's new boots with the furrrr- uggs should make a thigh high, ha ha*

*SISSIES!*

*Uncle bought mini me her fav Miss Me jeans- we miss our Olive Boutique in Salem!!!

(they do ship!!!! they have a my-space page)

*LOVES babies..!*

*2 new babies this year- she's a lil mama, i love it!*

"Daddy, i see a red light! Santa's Coming!"

Some pictures of our laid back Family Christmas Eve!! (Bear with me, lots o pics, but have to keep the west coasties in the know ;)

*Miss Mini -me putting out reindeer food with her crazy photo faces! *

*"Daddy, i see a Red light! Santa's coming!*

*Dear Santa, ....*


*wearin Sissy's New boots with the furrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

* I should be VERY afraid with this face and a plate o' sugar sitting right in front of her!*

*putting MORE candy in the MOUTH than on the house!*

*Teamwork!*

*MR. Serious putting the Gingerbread house together- *

*INSULIN SHOCK right here, baby, and i love every bit of it!*

*Mini Me at Christmas Eve Dinner- she LOVED the soup i made (i say sarcastically!)

it was chicken stock, spinach, and cheese tortellini*

*the picture says it all! Muffin HAPPY AS A LARK with food!*

Pillowcase dresses - i *HEART* them!!

i know for all you West Coasties, you have not heard of these, cause i didnt and the first time i saw them, i fell in LOVE with them! They are made out of pillowcases, and or just fabric and then made as a dress, and then as the girls grow, they become a shirt..

Well, i find out this sweet girl that goes to our church MAKES THEM and does tons of other things- she suprises me at church one week and GIVES ME ONE FOR QUIN! do i love it?! Well, ya.. i cant stop staring at it! i even took my pink and red striped baby legs and put them on, but here in GA it got a little too hot, so we just made it a pretty dress.

Go on Nicky's webpage and check out her stuff, its absolutely adorable and i guarantee you will LOVE it!

http://www.pursenickity.net/

A time for Reflection ( & catch up!)

Wow.. has it been a perfectly relaxing last week around our house and relaxing i have, not doing much of anything ( of course the cooking, cleaning and laundry NEVER stops!) So, as the muffin takes her nap, mini me is off playing with her friends and her words as she was leaving was : "mom, dad, you guys can do what mom's and dad's do while i'm gone." uhhhhhhhhhhhh... and what's that ? .. " You know, watch movies together, and stuff." PHEW- didn't know where she was goin with THAT one!

Before Christmas, we took a little drive to SC and went to see some family friends i've known literally since i was born! We love going to their church in Anderson, SC called Newspring. Check it out on : http://www.newspring.cc/ Perry Noble is their pastor- i cant say enough about this man.. FABULOUS church service, i kid you not-

We also took my friend and her kids with us and were able to just kick back and have a fun filled day-

Note the sweet moment between Muffin and mini me playing the piano-