Day 13

Sunday was a regular day around here. We had to be at church at 8 for praise team practice and then had church. We heard the last sermon on our 23rd Psalm series from Pastor Bill. It has been very interesting to do an in depth study of the Psalm. I especially loved the part where he talked about the song "I'm Drinking from my Saucer, Because my Cup Overflows." It was such a great visual of just how blessed we really are!  After church, we went to eat with my family at Ivery's in Thomson. Hands down, best home cooking/soul food in the CSRA (and anywhere else maybe!). We had a lovely time discussing Mule Day, the Greg Harden show, and the GA/MIZZOU game. We came home and napped (Oh, what a glorious nap it was!) and got ready to go back to church for the evening service. I played for that service as well, so I got to be in church, too. After that, we ate Mexican with the Walden's and had a fun night with them. Pate made a beautiful mess with the rice/sauce in my plate, but at least he was happy!

Day 12- Mule Day and Steed's Dairy

We had a lot of fun on Saturday! After practice, we went to Mule day in Washington.

Audra, Georgia, Chris, Morgan, Ethan, Anna, Maxine, Jerry, Bo, Kathie, and Jenna were there, too. Alabama was so excited to see her cousins! Pate was so excited to see the tractors. He woke up talking about those tractors Saturday morning! He tried out a few of them! This face was priceless...we just kept laughing and laughing! The man cranked it up for him and he just loved it! ha! They have lots of things to see, but we went to the school house, the main house and saw the sheep dogs herd the sheep and ducks.

After we left Mule Day, we napped on the way home and in the car for a few minutes before we went to meet the Young Married's from church at Steed's Dairy. We slid, played, got our face painted, saw the animals, went through the maze, rode the hayride, rode the train, and had a great time! Pate's favorite part was playing in the big dirt pile with the toy tractors. Boy all the way! Alabama's favorite was being with her friends! We are so thankful for such a great church and all the wonderful families we can fellowship with! Love them!

After we left the dairy, we went to DQ with the Walden's. We are so blessed with great friends! I was telling Alabama about how when I was a little girl, the Stuckey's gas station with DQ inside was my favorite! I thought it was so fun that you could buy other stuff besides gas station stuff there! ha!

 

Oh, before we left Saturday, Adam and Alabama called Audra to see if she was ready. She was on speakerphone told them that I said 9:45 and it was only 9:23 so she still had time before we were leaving. Alabama told her, "I know, but Daddy doesn't know. He just gets confused sometimes." ha!

Day 11

I wrote a whole post about Friday, but it wouldn't post from my phone. Stay tuned!

Day 10

I had an appointment today with Dr. Joseph. I am 28 weeks pregnant! I had to do the glucose test today.  I was so hungry when I left, but then all I ate for lunch was McD French fries and tea. ha! I heard the heartbeat and the nurse measured me and I talked with Dr. Joseph for a few minutes and that was it. He seems like a very good doctor...always takes time to ask if I have any questions....this is just the second time I've seen him, but so far, so good! We still don't know if the baby is a boy or girl, but it will be fun to find out at the delivery. He/she kicks and moves all the time, sometimes you can see them moving outside! I am still feeling good, just a little sore sometimes....and the heartburn. boo. I'm so thankful for this precious life that God had given us! This is a sonogram picture from back in August.

Alabama got a "magic marker" from the treasure box at school today. She asked if she could write with it in her book and I said sure. Then a little later she said, "what all is a magic marker supposed to do?" I said, "you just write and draw with it." She was very disappointed and said, "I thought it was supposed to do all kind of stuff." I guess the "magic" part was a little bit of false advertising for her!

Day 9

On Wednesday mornings, Pate and I attend Bible Study Fellowship. It is such a wonderful bible study and this year we are studying Matthew. They have an amazing children's program, too, where they learn the same things that we do. After BSF, we have about an hour before I need to be at the preschool to teach two music classes. This week, Pate and I went on a picnic in the park at Riverwood and he played for a little bit on the wooden train and the swings and the slides. It's such a cute park and there is never anyone there! We had fun mama/Pate time!

Day 8

It has felt so good outside today! Fall has finally arrived and I really hope it is here to stay! :)
Alabama uses the funniest words sometimes. She hears them and them implements them into her daily vocabulary. This morning, when she saw the new curio cabinet in the living room, she said, "It really looks quite a bit different in here." ha! Then this afternoon, she was writing a paper for Jake and when she finished, she said, "Taylor is going to be very cross." I asked why and she said, "She's going to be cross because I didn't write one for her." Thanks a lot Sir Toppham Hat! ha!

Day 7 -Candy corn

Alabama looked precious in her candy corn outfit that her Mimi ordered for her today! It was soo cute!

She told me when she got in the car today that she asked Jake if the tooth fairy came. He told her yes and that he got money! Later on, she was sitting in the office with me writing her "roll" of her and Pate's class, and all of a sudden says, "I didn't know there was really a tooth fairy." I said, "You didn't?" She said so seriously, "I really didn't know we had fairies around here!" haha!!!!