God bless us, everyone!

And so He did, with a wonderful Christmas! It was an absolute joy to watch Bailey play with her grandparents, parents and dogs as she opened her presents Christmas morning. Each gift she opened was her favorite and it was difficult to convince her to put it aside and open another gift! Her last gift of the morning was a kitchen set that bubbles and sizzles when you put a pot on the stove. She spent the rest of the morning making "hot coffee" for momma and daddy and "chicken nugget soup"!

We feel so very blessed to have each other.
We wish you a wonderful and blessed 2010!!!

Happy Fall Ya'll!!

We went on a visit to the Pumpkin Patch over the weekend. Bailey enjoyed patting the pumpkins and hopping between the rows.
Next week, Bailey as Tinkerbell!!

Random Cute Pictures!!!

Bailey opened the fridge and helped herself to a ladyfinger off the side of the delicious tiramisu my friend Katie made for my birthday!

Bailey and her Gammaw!

Bailey and her beloved hippo shoes.

In the rocking chair with two of her many Eeyores.

Bailey loves "yogurk"

Fish out of water! She loves Nemo.

Sportin' a sassy new hat!

Other cute things Bailey does:
When the dogs were wrestling on the couch the other night she stood in front of them and shook her finger at them saying "Stop it! Please!"
She also enjoys reading a book called "How I Became a Pirate" so to tell us that is the book she wants she crooks her finger (like a hook) and says "arrrgh, arrrgh"

When eating her snack she will hold out a goldfish and say "mama, eat it! bite!" and when you get close to take the bite she grins and pops it into her own mouth!

These days we hear a lot of "I do it! I get it! I take it!"

She's quite a character!

Baby Hippo

Today was Brent's first band contest of the year. Bailey and I decked out in our Hutto Hippo finest and went to cheer on Daddy and the Hippo Band. Bailey looked adorable in her hippo shirt and matching hippo shoes!

The "Plague" is Upon Us

I am standing witness to one of the most heartbreaking scenes I have ever witnessed. If you haven't heard (and I'm pretty sure most of you have) Bailey has come down with the flu. And I don't mean, "Bailey has the sniffles and since everyone else has the flu, then this must be the flu too." Being a teacher I hear this all the time (usually followed by the student returning the next day proclaiming "I'm cured!).

Friday night before we put the Squidget to bed, Tam and I noticed that Bailey was running a low grade fever. By 11 o'clock however, it was no longer a low grade anything and Tammie and I started thinking the worst...flu.

A long night ensued and a trip to the doctor's office in the morning confirmed our fears. Normally the flu test takes 15 minutes to produce a result...Bailey's took less than five!

Type A was the result which means there is a 75% chance that it is the H1N1 strain (which also means that there is nearly a 100% chance that Tammie and I will also come down with the flu...yeah). For all the hype and fear-mongering happening concerning this flu strain, it really is just the flu...no better or worse than your typical run-of-the-mill flu. But that still doesn't make watching Bailey suffer through it any easier.

For all of you who have sent their prayers and well wishes, thank you and please keep them coming. This is going to be a long week for the three of us, and maybe even a long couple of weeks (depending on whether Tam and I become "unclean").

We'll keep you posted.

Oh, and Happy International Talk Like a Pirate Day!


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