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June 30, 2006

Vacation Picts

What a wonderful 5 days at Jekyll Island with great friends! Although the forcast called for 60% chance of rain each day we only had rain the first morning and spent every day after that on the beach. Our house was gorgeous, exceeded our expectations and made the vacation that much more of a treat.

Today while heading to the pediatrician for a cough Julia has I realized I had a flat tire before leaving the driveway so we had to call Andy to take us, we certainly have been thrust back into reality quickly!

What a great break for us and a precious time with our close friends.

I opened a Flickr account so if you want to see more pictures there are 2 new created sets on the right of the page.

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June 23, 2006

Quite possibly the worst day ever!

I know how incredibly selfish of me to complain about having a bad day just 18 hours short of being on the road to the beach but I have been brought to an incredible low today and very near tears several times. I almost feel as if the enemy is doing his best to send me off guilt ridden and anxious. Today has been a mess parenting wise and the girls are doing their darnedest to drive me mad. Each step today has been a battle and I'm am certainly looking forward to its end.
I know it sounds silly except maybe not to those with small children who have had such days but in my head I've been singing a song from church that always makes me cry (even now):

With Jesus I can make it
With Him I know I can stand
No matter what may come my way
My life is in His hands!

I'll have to cling to that for the rest of the day and whatever I can get done will get done and what doesn't will probably be fine. I really want to try to enjoy my kids today and maybe that should be my focus.
What a mess I am.

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June 21, 2006

Because life is never simple!

It's only a very short 3 days till our departure for Jekyll Island and I'm feeling a little stress. I'm packing and list making to my hearts content. Tomorrow Lizzie goes to her first day at Mothers day out from 9-2 which seems like a long time to me and I'm really wondering how she'll do. We've been talking about it all day; her new teacher and new friends and eating her lunch there and she seems excited. I guess its just added anxiety to an already anxious mother who is getting ready to leave her kids for 5 days. This must be late night rambling for sure.
To add insult to injury Julia seems to be cutting molars and is so unhappy. She cried herself to sleep tonight which rarely happens and it is certainly not instilling much confidence in me to leave her to sleep away from home.
Wow, this vacay and relaxation is much needed. I am sounding quite uptight. LOL Big shocker to most my loyal readers!
So I decide to wonder over to the Jekyll Realty and check out our Beach House!
Now I feel so much better, Hacienda here I come!

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June 16, 2006

8 more days!!!

8 more days till our beach trip and I am getting so excited!!!
We will be departing (sans kids) for Jekyll Island with the Goseys and the Hancocks next saturday. The girls are staying with my mom here at the house for the weekend and then heading on over to the Bagbys till we return on Wed.
I can't wait for time with other adults, I can't wait to sleep in, I can't wait to take an evening stroll on the beach, I am even excited about just the car ride there chatting with the girls.
Andy and I love to go places with our friends and its not that we don't want to vacay with our girls or that we don't adore them but we think time away together is so important. We are so lucky and blessed to have this opportunity to go. We have GREAT friends who are willing to care for our girls while we're gone. I really feel like God is putting me in a place of peace about it because I could so easily worry about how Lizzie and Julia will disrupt their lives during their short stay. Will Lizzie peepee in her pants? Will Julia poop in the bath tub? Will Julia wake up all not in her pack and play? How will Lizzie do in her sleeping bag? LOL
I think all in all it will be just fine. I'm sure even if I'm concerned while I'm gone, nothing will improve my mood like laying on the beach with a lemon martini!
Jekyll Island, we'll see you soon!

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June 14, 2006

First Steps!!

Julia took her first steps yesterday and you would have thought we won the lottery we were so excited. We had both camera's out and were able to capture the moment on video (actually dvd but it sounded funny).
I felt like the goofiest parent cheering and being so excited. It was like this magical moment watching her try really hard and wobble her way through SIX steps the very first time.
She's been our laid back child pushing around toys and her walker toy practicing for several months now but not venturing out on her own.
My Mom tells me now I'm really in for it, but I am so excited for her to toddle around behind Lizzie and I think it will be so much more fun for them to be able to travel at the same speed.

Here's a frame shot from the movie, its not great but I'm posting it anyway.
We'll be entering her in her first marathon next month! You go Julia!

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June 6, 2006

As we really are

Usually I sift through digital pictures to pick just the right one to upload into a post but this week we have been sick and I thought, why not just post it the way it is. It's been pretty miserable but we are certainly coming out of it. It seems that some fever we caught from a dear friend :) turned into this awful cold that has had each girl (including myself) up coughing several nights in a row.
We seem to be on the mend and Lizzie is asking to go somewhere so I might take them to a park just to get some fresh air. I don't really think we're contageous but we did keep Lizzie out of VBS today so I need to think of somewhere tucked away where we can keep our germs to ourselves.

Here are the girls early in the week when just Julia was feeling yucky.

And here is yesterday when they woke up miserably after their nap. Lizzie was crying about her ears and saying that she wanted us to "open" them so we think she was just really congested. There was no fever though but she sure was unhappy.

I snapped the shot during their afternoon video which has been Strawberry Shortcake every day for 3 months now. We have watched way too much tv lately, sickness will do that to us. I need to be better about that. Next week we're going to start frequenting the Y out door pool and I think that will be a great change of pace for them.
A certain scent is greeting me from across the room, I think its originating in Julia's diaper so its time to sign off. Until next time. . .

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