God and Jonah

Gracie at 1 Part II

Gracie at 1

This is a short Gracie funny that I found on my computer.

Gracie Visits Ashewood Farms

2-26-07

Saturday Gracie and I took a "field trip" to Ashewood Farms, the farm where I bought our cow, to look at "baby cows". We had a good old time. Some pictures are attached.

Bouncing Baby

Addie on youtube. You may not appreciate this if you are not her parent. But I think she's awful cute.

Nurse Gracie

2-21-07

Gracie has been a huge help this week in Anita Beth's recovery. She regularly walks into Mommy's room and offers encouraging words and kisses for her belly. "It's okay Mommy," she says. Then she climbs up on the bed, kisses Mommy and says, "You feel better," followed promptly by "Dora, I wanna watch Dora. Dora Daddy. Dora." She knows how to get what she wants.

Anita Beth is feeling a little better. The Doctor warned us that her recovery would be slow. I would say it will be another week before she starts to feel herself again. This morning her Mother took her to visit her Doctor in Memphis and Mom stayed home with the girls. You won't believe this, but the nanny called in sick this morning! Life can be truly comical.

Anyway, I know most of you only tune in for the pictures so I posted a few new ones.

Adams Girls on the Mend

Okay, just so this whole weekend is recorded in internet history. My mom finally did arrive Sunday afternoon only to promptly notify me that she felt nauseous.

But good news. Everybody is feeling better today. Both girls seem to be healed. Gracie helped me feed the cows yesterday - always a good indicator of health. Addie ate like a little human garbage disposal this morning. Anita Beth accompanied Mom and the girls to the park this morning - her first trip out of the house since returning from the hospital.

Steaks tonight.

WE'RE GOING TO PRAISE GOD WHEN WE WIN AND WE'RE GOING TO PRAISE HIM WHEN WE LOSE

AB and I watched Facing the Giants last weekend. The movie's premise is that we are here to Glorify God and Enjoy Him Forever, but the underlying point is that we do it even when all is bleak.

Well this week, all was bleak. Anita Beth had an eptopic pregnancy that could have killed her and it required surgery and a stay in a hospital two hours away. She was suffering great pain and anguish for hours and I was not there for her. When I finally did arrive there we spent two nights and three days in a hospital room far from home and from our kids, and for a cherry on top of the cake when we returned home both our kids had RSV.

Saturday both kids were miserable and AB could not get out of bed because of the pain, and my mother in law, who usually is too helpful, got a bad case of the stomach flu.

Yep, it was bleak. I made it though the day somehow. As I sit here on this beautiful Sunday morning I am thankful to God that he pulled Anita Beth through a very scary surgery. That he provided Mary Burns to sit by her side in the ER and hold her hand, a sweet lady from the Henry County Chancery Court who did not even know AB but was there for her when she needed someone the most. That Iris was able to care for Gracie and Addie and get them to the Doctor. That I made it though Saturday without killing the children. That their health appears to be on the mend. That my Mom is coming this afternoon with big steaks for the grill and the promise of some relief! And for the warm sun shining through the window.

Thank you Father. I do not know why any of this has happened, but you are sovereign and I know it is for the good of all of us who love you. I praise your Holy Name. Please help me Glorify you and Enjoy you forever.

Update

We hosted a dinner for church Saturday which was really fun. The house was full of people and everybody seemed to have a good time. Coincidentally three people were ill the next day, but it had nothing to do with the food. All the illnesses were easily explained away, however, church seemed like it was exclusively for single parents Sunday morning.

The big news is the arrival of our new bull "Bennie". He is huge and he is on loan from the guy I bought my cows from. Gracie is very excited to have Bennie living with us.

As always, click on the pic for more pictures.

2-13-07

Another Crazy Day

2-6-07

This morning I let Addie roll off the bed. I feel terrible. She is okay, but she has a goose-egg on her forehead. However, I will say, if she would quit waking everybody up before sunrise the whole thing might not have happened. She would not have been in the bed with me to roll off would she learn how to sleep one extra hour. But that's of little consolation, it feels pretty rotten to let the little cute baby hurt herself.

Some cute pictures are attached.

I Don't Want to Wear a Coat!

 
 

I felt guilty for not having any kid photos on yesterday's update so I snapped a couple this morning as we loaded up for work/school. Gracie is definitely a Southerner. She does not understand the need for coats, scarves, or hats. Meanwhile Addie chilled in her new car seat.

Addie has woken everyone up at 6 am the last two mornings. Gracie is about to kick her out of her room I'm afraid. She was not happy with her this morning. The funny thing about little Addie is that she herself does not wake up. She just moans over and over again such that she wakes all around her up. So this morning it was Dora at 6am in Mom and Dad's room.

Mom and Dad Take a Vacation

We had a great time in Lake Tahoe last week. The break was nice, but we were both happy to see the girls when we returned Saturday night. Here are a few pics. I am only in one of them because I don't like asking people to take our picture on the slopes. It means you have to ask someone to drop their poles, take their gloves off, get their skis in position, etc.... Luckily some nice guy volunteered for the lone shot. It was a beautiful place. We ate some good food, slept late, skied til the lifts closed most days, watched movies, went to the movies, and we discovered Anita Beth is really good a Roulette. Enjoy the pics. Sorry, no baby shots.

2-5-07 lake tahoe