tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-333633032012-01-29T21:35:08.540-06:00Grey's Adoption Day December 18, 2008mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.comBlogger1071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-25110846475014574032008-12-21T14:58:00.002-06:002008-12-21T15:32:27.036-06:00

for some reason writing on this blog, which at one time brought me a lot of joy...has turned into a chore. Why? there could be so many answers to that question...probably the first one would be...i have four children and i'm worn out all the time. yep....that probably sums it up :) however, at this particular moment...i am alone (yes, you are reading correctly) a-l-o-n-e. this doesn't

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i really wanted to post some pictures of our adventure home but i left my chord at home.....bummer! so, i'm unable to post pictures. sorry to those of you who thought you would see pictures. good news....our house is fine. our electricity is on. huge praise!!!!!!! bad news....our fence in the backyard is in bad shape as well as our trees took a pretty bad beating. i will post pictures as soon

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the above picture of my children was taken at galveston this summer. it's crazy to be seeing much different images as we see the devastation that hurricane ike has caused. obviously, galveston got the brunt of the storm. seabrook also has so much damage...we have many church members who live in the seabrook area as well as our minister to children. it looks like our area (clear lake city)

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it's been a LONG time since i have sat down and blogged.  excuses....let's see.....i'm tired, i have four children and i rarely even have time to return phone calls or call family and friends.  ok, but those are just lame excuses.........it would only take me a few minutes a night if i would actually keep up and not have to write a book.  so here are a few quick updates.rylee just finished her

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the kids and i left thursday, the 19th to head to sunrise beach where my aunt and uncle live. we got there every year for my mom's side family reunion. as always, we had a fabulous time with family, jet skiing, boating and tubing. so much fun...and i LOVE my family! i wish i could see them more than once a year. my pop turned 85 on the 19th. he just finished a memoir and gave everyone signed

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i took grey to the doctor yesterday.  he had to get three shots and blood drawn from his little arm :(  the reason for the blood is....apparently the state cannot find his newborn screening.  therefore, they had to do a new one yesterday.  ughhhhhhhh!  frustration abounds when it comes to the state!!!!!!!  anyway, my sweet friend Kristi (mom to 4 yr old triplets) kept my other three yesterday

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today is my sweet friend, julie's birthday!  i'm sad i can't be with her, but sooo happy that we got to spend last weekend with them.  julie...you are an amazing friend and i am sooooo blessed to have you in my life!  i hope your day is amazing and you know how very special you are!!!  and now i will "blog sing"....happy birthday to you!  happy birthday to you!  happy birthday, dear julie!  happy

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so i'm having a little trouble fathoming the fact that rylee starts kinder in the fall.  it feels like i am giving her to the world and i don't think i am ready for that!  for the past 5 years of her life the majority of her life has been spent with me.  i filter, teach and influence.  (not that i have done a perfect job by any stretch of the imagination)  she has been in an amazing preschool

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our dear friends philip, julie and baby ella came down from corsicana this weekend.  we had such a great time.  julie and i had pedicures on saturday afternoon and then julie, philip, kyle and i went to dinner at chuey's downtown (great mexican food :)  meredith kept the kids...thanks mer!!!! :)  it was soooo great to be with them.  we always have good times together!

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even as i type this, the chapman family is preparing to attend maria's memorial service.  my heart and prayers have been with them all morning.  please take a moment to say a prayer for them on this incredibly difficult day.  i wanted to share the following video...it is heart wrenchingly prophetic...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B1XM9jWiLl

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my heart has been heavy ever since i heard about the stephen curtis chapman family losing their five yr old daughter.  it is beyond my comprehension what it would mean to lose one of my children.  then, to make things worse, the fact that their son accidentally ran over her.  i can't imagine the guilt that poor boy is feeling.  what that family is dealing with right now is unbelievable.  we need

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i ended up taking kade to the ER on Saturday.  his fever was continuing to spike and his cough getting worse and didn't want to wait until today to take him in.  turns out he has bronchitus (sp?).  the dr. gave him an antibiotic to prevent infection and cough medicine.  he's doing much better and is no longer running fever.  hopefully, this won't be passed around like the fever virus....so far so

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ok......so i'm a huge facebook fan and here is why!  i have found old friends from zimbabwe that i have had no contact with for twenty years.  it's crazy.  another one of my best friends in 7th/8th grade found me today.  i was sooo excited.  it's just really neat to be able to know where these old friends are and what they are doing now.  some of them live in new zealand, australia, england and

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ok....so i realize that this is all water weight...but still......it feels good.  i've made really healthy food choices the past two days and have started exercising again.  so...i have a kid story for you and it went a little something like this...(upon me asking the kids to clean up the playroom, the following conversation ensued)rylee:  why do we have such a mean mom?!kade:  yeah....mom is

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so today i turned 33.  every year in the thirties seem to get stranger and stranger.  a friend reminded me today that i was seven years away from forty.  how does life keep speeding up?  i feel like i'm on an out of control roller coaster..............stop..............i wanna get off!!!!  :) ok...back to reality.  my weight has really been bothering me.  i'm a stress eater...many of you know

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kade is sick and i am tired...  kade started running very high fever last night (104).  the other three seem fine so far.  i'm driving myself and them crazy trying to keep them away from each other (not possible).  he doesn't have any symptoms...just the fever.  weird.  he doesn't seem sick at all when his fever is down.  i took grey to the doctor on monday.  it turns out that his "congestion/

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i finally emailed pics of grey today.  if you didn't get them, it means that i don't have you're email address :)  if you'll send me an email, i forward the pics to you.  hope everyone has an amazing weekend.  we have a shower tonight for grey...so excited!!! :)  

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so , mommy friends, have you been hearing about BPA?   i don't think we need to panic but it's worth looking into.  i changed all of grey's baby bottles today to the playtex inserts.  they don't have bpa and the ones we were using were apparently very high in bpa levels. so, i think it's a matter of being smart, doing what we can and leaving the rest in God's hands.   you can find a ton of info

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life has been a whirlwind the last few days and i should be in bed right now but wanted to give a little update.  first of all, a debate ensued between kyle and i about whether to spell the babies name "gray" or "grey".  as most of you know, i have been spelling it "gray" and was in favor of spelling it that way.  after much debate...i gave in.  i know...i know........that doesn't happen often :)

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Got the call today.....Gray Matthew is coming home tomorrow!!!!!!!!  I still can hardly believe it even as I type this...... :)  needless to say...we are thrilled!  thanks soooo much to everyone for your prayers during this whole thing.  don't stop praying...we still have to get through adoption!  mom's rights haven't been terminated yet....but they haven't heard from her either...so i'm not too

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i was so frustrated on Wednesday night that i wrote an email to everyone involved with our case. i was polite but direct and basically expressed that frustration.  the arrow project, who have been great and are waiting just like we are, responded with the same questions to everyone asking why this process was taking such a ridiculously long time.  didn't receive anything until friday morning from

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so some of you know that kyle and i took about 16 of our youth to mission waco to do poverty simulation.  now...i did this about six years ago and it was a life changing experience that frankly, i never wanted to do again.  i'm not allowed to give details, but basically, you  are poor for the entire weekend.  we are talking extreme discomfort and who likes being uncomfortable?  not this girl :)  

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go love on somebody today...meet a need...pay attention!!!  i had an amazing weekend and i can't wait to write about it later!  make it a great day!  

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so......i'm better now but still missing my new little man like crazy!  we had such a great weekend!!!  i wasn't expecting to bond with him the way that i did...it was very comfortable and very natural.  from the moment i started loving on him, it was like he was saying, "oh..hi mom...i've been waiting for you to come see me".  he was so engaging with his big blue eyes and open mouthed smile :)  

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i've been dreading this day all weekend. we have to take gray back to his foster home. i'm packing even as i type this. i just wanted to ask for prayers. i'm having a really hard time and so is rylee. please pray for us today! i'll write thoughts on the weekend soon. thanks for your prayers....i haven't felt heartache like this in a while...................

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i went and picked up Gray at 3:30pm yesterday. i can't explain how it felt to finally hold and kiss him :) we loaded his stuff and headed for my parents. the kids were waiting at my parents house and were thrilled to finally meet him. i think they were beginning to think that we made this whole thing up. :) they took to him immediately! the girls are helping left and right, wanting to hold

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well, the plan is that the kids and i are heading to rockwall on thursday and i will be going to pick up gray (excited out of my mind)!!!  he will stay with us for the entire Easter weekend!!! i'm sad that kyle can't come with us, but he has too many responsibilities for the weekend and can't get away.  in order for us to get him and stay with my parents, they had to do criminal background checks

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-78250777842793937342008-03-11T15:36:00.000-05:002008-03-11T22:27:07.093-05:00

i spoke with a cps supervisor (dana) yesterday.  she assured me that our case was very high priority and they were working as such.  she said that the regional adoption coordinator told  her that we were looking at 60 to 90 days which is strange because she told me a couple of weeks.  so, i'm still trying to get a hold of the adoption coordinator to see if we really are looking at 60 to 90 days..

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-28320393610231586762008-03-05T22:51:00.000-06:002008-03-05T23:05:11.371-06:00

our cps worker called me today and asked for some paperwork on the twins that she was having trouble finding.  it is information on their birth mother.  i couldn't believe it!  bless her heart, she needs to retire...  nothing new going on there....they are in the process of getting everything transfered down here.  my baby girl is turning five tomorrow...  i can't believe it!!!  we made muffins

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needless to say, this whole experience has been one high and dip after another.  thursday was no exception as i received a call that morning saying we were licensed and ready to go.  i was told that everything had been turned over to CPS.  upon contacting CPS i was expecting to be told that they would be bringing gray this weekend or next week.........not so much....  long story short:  after

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so i haven't blogged since feb. of last year.  could it be that i am busier than i have ever been in my life?  likely :)  now that our journey has taken a new turn...i thought this would be a great way for you to get updates.  to catch you up if you haven't heard...we are in the process of being re-certified as foster parents to adopt kade and lily's biological half brother.  their birth mom had

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-67712506563817485602007-05-18T07:59:00.000-05:002007-05-18T08:02:22.739-05:00

fear is the opposite of faith. i dont' know who said that or where i heard it...but it makes sense. please pray that i will have faith. there are some changes coming. change is always fearful for me... thanks! :)

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so, i'm trying to get back on the blog wagon. i'm not doing too bad so far, i guess. :) i'm trying to get my house clean today....always a small miracle with three toddlers running around making more messes. i just put them to bed with a few books each...i figure if they would read for 15 or 20 minutes before they go to sleep, then i might could buy some more time. in fact i need to keep this

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ahhh...the wonderful world of potty training. the twins will be 3 next month. i haven't pushed in the whole potty training area for several reasons. a) i like my sanity. b) i battled rylee for the longest until i finally just told her that if she wanted to wear a diaper to kindergarten that was her choice. (she didn't potty train until she turned 3) c) i figure when they are ready....they

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the following is an email that my sister sent out yesterday. she is now home and blissfully happy to be there. she said that even little things are making her soooo happy. thanks to all of you for your prayers and support over the past months. she's not sure when they will schedule her c-section, possible around may 25th.I just came from my doctor's appointment this morning. My fluid was

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Happy weekend, Everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I had my Level II Ultrasound yesterday, so I wanted to share a quick update. My fluid level has dropped quite significantly down to around 8. It's still high enough that it's okay, but it dropped 2 and 1/2 points in less than a week, so that's a little concerning...if it keeps going down that quickly, I won't make it the three more weeks

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Chloe - 6mths old my photography business is coming along. these are a few pics of a session i did saturday morning for my friend kim's little girl. she was the perfect model!!!!so, i'm finding it a little more difficult to blog these days. life seems to be in full force! i'm crazy busy and have started wandering if i have too much going on. i don't know what i would let go, however. i love

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well, it's 2:26am and i'm having trouble sleeping. it could be because i slept until 11am this morning, then went back to bed around 2:30pm and got back up at 6:45pm. now before you start thinking that im' lazy.....i'm sick. i have been feeling yucky for over a week. the worst part is that we leave tomorrow for a ski trip to winter park. i'm so excited and have been looking forward to this trip

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(This is an email update from my sister. )Hey, Everyone. I just wanted to send out an update. All of my doctor/hospital visits went well last week. I am now 27 weeks and 4 days. When they monitored Kate's heart rate and movement last week, they said that her heart rate was rising in connection with her movements, which is exactly what they look for it to do. But they said that it was really

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my parents, rylee and i went to see mindy eileen friday evening through saturday morning. i was able to stay with her at the residence. she was able to go out to dinner and breakfast with us. it's the first time she has left the hospital grounds. she had an appointment on friday. the baby weighs approximately 1 1/2 pounds and her fluid levels were up. that is a huge praise. the baby can

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mindy eileen was moved today to a residence on the hospital grounds. she said it is kind've like a hotel room. she has a full bed, recliner, t.v., mini fridge/microwave etc. she is there with other high risk pregancy ladies and they shuttle them to and from the hospital for appointments and meals. she is much more comfortable and it is much better than staying in the noisy hospital. what a

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mindy eileen was admitted last night. it's looking like she will be there until the baby comes. thank you for all of your prayers. they need them right now! i'll keep everyone posted as things change etc.

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i received a phone call from my mom on thurs. and she said that my sister was at the hospital after seeing her ob/gyn. her amniotic fluid had dropped from 9.3 to 7.2 in a week. my understanding is that the baby is in danger around 6.0. i left work, packed a bag and headed to saratoga or galvestine depending on if they let her go home or not. they ended up letting her go home for the weekend

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-90232196294192322142007-02-14T09:00:00.000-06:002007-02-14T09:09:20.250-06:00

thanks for praying danielle :) and all of you who have been lifting my sister and baby kate up in prayer. they are doing fine so far. she actually has another appointment with her doctor tomorrow and i think they are going to try to schedule testing sooner than mid march (the original dates). we are glad about that. mindy eileen had a little scare the other day and had to go to the hospital.

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my sister, as many of you know, is 5mths pregnant with her third child....baby kate. she went to the dr. yesterday and for some unknown reason her amniotic fluid keeps lowering. she got a call today from her dr. who said he is sending her to a specialist in houston. they will do some tests on her and the baby. please pray for them as they are unsure what is going on.my dad has a double hernia

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things have been rather crazy for about the last week, which is why i haven't blogged. i have a lot to update.i'm having a rather crappy day today. one of those days where you just feel alone. not physically alone, but more emotionally. i guess that's not a bad thing because i tend to lean on God more during these times. one of my best friends is going through a tremendous deal of pain right

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-32171547996235532382007-01-29T11:54:00.000-06:002007-01-29T12:06:46.959-06:00

laundry, laundry, go away! but don't come back another day! i feel like the laundry never ends!!!!!! ughhhhh! this weekend we are having our d-now. it's called "merge" because we are doing it area wide this year. we're excited to see what God does. it's always a great weekend. my brother usually leads a home but he can't this year......bummer. it's always fun having him in corsicana.

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kyle and i celebrated 7 years of marriage on monday. it was a great day. i awoke to tulips and a sweet card in my bathroom and then he took me to a very nice restaurant for dinner. we had a great time! i feel very blessed to have him for a husband. they don't come any better!!! i wish i could write more but i have to go and check on kade who has been screaming my name from his bedroom. i

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i'm at my parent's house this weekend. kyle is in amarillo for a d-now and is flying back tomorrow weather permitting. he emailed me a picture of the snow. soooo pretty...i've gotten serious about weight loss since a few days ago. kriste and i have been faithfully exercising and i'm watching my calories. i'm feeling better and have more energy. my goal is to lose 40 pounds over this year. i think

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lily: mom, kade is poopy!kade: i not poopy!lily: es ou are...ou wyin (yes you are, you're lying)kade: i not wyin, i'n a tiger! (i'm not a lion, i'm a tiger)ha, ha, ha!!!!! they are BOTH poopy!!!!! lucky me!!!!!!! :)

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*went to the funeral yesterday. it was sad but such a testimony in so many ways. as the family was exiting after the funeral, they all stopped to hug the man whose gun went off. it was a silent, but very powerful statement about love, grace and forgiveness. wow! marsha and the girls looked a whole lot better than when i saw them on sunday. however, they still need prayers. this will be a

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a friend of my family died in a hunting accident this morning. he leaves behind a wife and two college age daugthers whom i used to babysit. please pray for God's peace right now. you just never expect something like this to happen...that is probably the hardest part for them. life is never certain. cary was a wonderful husband and father...also a godly man who was a deacon in my parent's

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my friends kim and stacy came over today. we had a 5yr old, two 3yr olds, three 2yr olds, and a 1yr old running around :) oh, and one precious 2mth old who slept most of the time. we had a good time. stacy is in beauty school, so she trimmed my girls and one of kim's girls hair and then she cut mine. she did a great job!!!!!!! best part........it didn't cost anything :) perks of having a

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got up this morning at 5:30am. kriste and i have started exercising. it was raining this morning so she came to the house and we were going to do palates. well, we couldn't get the dvd to work. seriously... so, we made coffee and exercised our mouths. it was great! hee, hee.

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the coming of the end of a year is probably different for everyone. for me, it is very much a time of reflection but also anticipation. we got home from my parents on wednesday night. kyle and i spent all day yesterday cleaning up and cleaning out!!! i also got all of my christmas decorations put up. we got a lot done but are not near finished. we also made a new rule for the kids...no toys

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This will be my last blog until after Christmas. I'm going to my parents tonight and will be there through next Wednesday. So, the following is a Christmas wish for anyone reading this post...even if I don't know you personally :)I wish you joy....not happiness that comes with perfect circumstances, but true joy...the kind that exists beyond our circumstances. The kind that gives us a reason

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creed and all of his cousins at his 1st birthday party...children of all the cousins at kyle's aunt and uncle's house in frankston...

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kyle took all of his youth workers to the cheesecake factory in dallas tonight. i'm still full and we ate almost two hours ago. ughhhh.... i ate way too much but it was sooooooooo good. i had shrimp w/angel hair pasta. the sauce was amazing. for dessert i shared some kind of chocolate heaven cake. it rocked!!! we went to frankston on sat. and had a good time with kyle's family. then

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today was the last day of mother's day out for the year. woohoo!!! i'm ready for a two week break. i'm also ready for my family to be well. rylee had an ear infection beginning of the week, and now kade is fighting an ear infection. we need to take stock in CVS...that's where our money is going right now :) lily and kyle are good so far....knock on wood.went to dinner tonight with my

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went to the dr. today. i have a sinus infection and pink eye. spent $90 on medicine today. that was fun.... i'm hoping to wake up a new woman tomorrow. don't really have a lot to say tonight. i could ramble on about nothing, but i'll spare you. have a great weekend!

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rylee throwing a fit...lily in the leaves...sweet brother and sister...well, i have been miserable with allergies for a couple of weeks now. you can tell by looking at my house. i am zapped of energy, feel miserable, my face is swollen and my left eye looks like someone kicked me in the face. as one of my mdo teachers put it today, "mary-michele, i don't mean to be mean but you look horrible".

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i went to a cemetary near our house this afternoon. i know that sounds kind've weird but there is some really pretty areas there...my teachers and i sold cups for our mdo fundraiser today downtown. it was a little chilly!!!amy and and her son ryanour sad little table...

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as you probably guessed.....i got my camera :) i have been playing with it for the last two hours. ironically, there is not another human in the house with me right now to take pictures of. i say ironically, because i'm pretty sure this is the first time i have been home alone since we had rylee. anyway, the reason is because i have to run a booth downtown tomorrow for mother's day out and

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-1164823509219919572006-11-29T12:01:00.000-06:002006-11-29T12:05:09.276-06:00

so i read on a friend's blog about whine juice. (mixture of water and vinegar) when your kids whine or sass you spray it in their mouth. so, i thought this was a pretty good idea. the following are responses...rylee didn't like it.....goodkade thought about it and decided he didn't like it.....goodlily asked for more......badthis is so typical lily. she is a stubborn little toot! :)

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the phone rang around 2:30pm yesterday afternoon. the name didn't come up on the caller id, but i answered it anyway. a female's voice immediately said..."this is................" it was the twins previous foster mother. i was actually glad to hear her voice. my heart has hurt for her from the beginning of this whole thing and she always handled herself very politely and respectfully during

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we're all sick and miserable. if you are reading this...please say a quick prayer. it is very difficult to take care of three toddlers when you don't feel good and they don't feel good. on a positive note...i ordered my camera last night. my nikon d200 should be here in 4-6 days. i cannot wait. so be prepared to start seeing lots of pictures on my blog. i have also named my little

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-1164509184108227692006-11-25T20:38:00.000-06:002006-11-25T20:46:24.116-06:00

i went with linda to two shoots today. i loved every minute of it. it just confirmed that this is definitely something i want to pursue. i've been researching cameras and i think i know which one i want, but kyle and i are going to look at it tomorrow. i'm hoping to get my camera in the next couple of weeks. i've told kyle it can be my christmas/birthday/anniversary/valentine etc. present

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well, thanksgiving was a little different this year. i noticed some white spots on rylee's tongue on wednesday night but she said they didn't hurt so i didn't think too much about it. as we were packing and getting ready to head to waco yesterday, around 3:45pm, i noticed that rylee had fever. took her temp and sure enough...almost 103. so, i took her to the doctor and she has cocksackie

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-1163900312974410282006-11-18T19:32:00.000-06:002006-11-18T19:38:32.983-06:00

i think i'm going to get into professional photography. i have always loved pictures and i LOVE professional pictures. we just did family pictures today and we use an awesome photographer named Linda. she learned everything she knows from following a photographer around and i'm going to do the same thing. i'm going to go with her for a while and see if this is really something i want to do.

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-1163733030341105802006-11-16T20:55:00.000-06:002006-11-16T21:10:30.350-06:00

today a couple of really important things happened. kade said, "i love you" for the first time. lily has been saying it for a while but for some reason kade wouldn't. anyway, i was pumped. there's nothing quite like hearing your kids tell you they love you. the other significant thing that happened was rylee's prayer at dinner. usually when she prays, she says the typical "thank you for

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-1163385926541411572006-11-12T20:37:00.000-06:002006-11-12T20:45:26.553-06:00

Why, in this, a time of trouble,do I sing a song of peace?Why, with all man's strife and struggle,do I thank God for release?Why? Because I know He loves me,and by faith I enter inTo the safety of His refuge, where He saves me from my sin.He brings comfort to the suffering,strength to those lost and alone;For He offers an asylum,calling us to be His own.Listen, you can hear Him callingfrom the

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wow....what a day! a small group from our church went to a seminar in Dallas today for Celebrate Recovery. it is an amazing program designed for churches to minister to people with issues. and let's face it...we all got'em!!!!!! :) anyway, it is a 15 yr old ministry that started at Saddleback in California. for more information go to http://www.pastors.com/pcom/recovery/if you don't have

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so, i must admit that i am somewhat of a political idiot. i'm not exaggerating :) i try to be informed enough to vote...which i do and so should you!!! it's my blog...i can throw out my opinions :) anyway, as i understand it...the senate and house of rep's has now been taken over by the democrats. what confuses me the most is how upset some christians seem to be. to here some of them talk,

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well, the winter youth retreat went really, really well! brian rayburn (graduated from umhb) spoke and was incredible. God has gifted him with the gift of communication. he had the kids attention the entire time and spoke God's truth the entire weekend. he talked about passion and i know God did a lot of work on the adults hearts also. he started off talking about things that rob us of our

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i was waiting to post until i could download pics of the kids in their costumes, but oh well. i'll get those up soon. they had a great halloween. rylee was "the little mermaid", kade was "peter pan" and lily was "tinkerbell". they were soooooo adorable! it's always so much fun dressing them up and they love it!!! my parents came down for fall festival and we all had a great time. wed.

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I'm constantly overwhelmed by my love for my kids. We watched "Click" (Adam Sandler) last night. It was a cute movie and very thought provoking. It made me stop and appreciate this time with my kids. As overwhelmed as I feel (a lot), I need to enjoy this time. They won't be little forever. I'm also overwhelmed with how much the creator of the universe loves me. I think about how much I

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i found this online today and it encouraged me. hope it does the same for you! kade is doing a lot better!!! thanks for all the prayers. enjoy the weekend!http://www.backtothebible.org/devotions/devotion.php/lessons/182

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My poor baby boy is still in pain. I can't wait for everything to heal. Kyle was home today. He worked all weekend (literally), so he took off today. It's always fun having him home during the week. Took a big, long, fat nap this afternoon. I had so much to do, but napping was so much more enjoyable :) Kade was up on and off during the night last night. Hopefully he's stays put tonight...

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we got up this morning at 5am in order to get kade to the surgery center at children's medical by 6:30am. about 8:30am they give him his "happy syrup" and we had the joy of discovering why they call it that. kade was looooooopy :) too cute. they took him back around 9am and he was back in our arms around 10:30am (still a little loopy). the dr. said that the surgery went well. we were in

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upon spending a relaxing weekend at my parents house, i returned home on monday to a letter from the previous foster-grandmother of kade and lily. she wrote me once before about 7 mths ago. anyway, i know she is still grieving. however, she says things like, "i just wanted you to know that you can take my babies but you can't take my love for them". as if, I took her babies. anyway, just a

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the kids and i were supposed to go to my sisters this weekend. it didn't work out...which is a good thing because the twins both have bronchitis sp?. they are on four medications right now...good grief. we are having a leisurely sunday morning. it's nice. i always hate missing church, but it is nice not to have to get everybody dressed up and out the door at a certain time. we are at my

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i awoke this morning to my son loving on me. i'm amazed how God loves me through my children. he has been hugging and kissing on me all morning. some of you know how much i need that right now! met melanie in waco last night for a nice steak dinner, a little shopping and starbucks. the greatness of our friendship is that we know each other by default. we've known each other since we were 14

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i've basically been laying around all day. we were supposed to go to a wedding this evening...but i got the bug. rylee, who is still with my parents, also has the bug. fun times for the wilson clan. i am feeling better. i could've done without the nausea and other things i won't mention, but it has been nice to rest.

mary-michelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12168812949877847143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33363303.post-1160198890177767142006-10-07T00:16:00.000-05:002006-10-07T00:28:10.203-05:00

Kyle normally goes to work at the Kennel in Ennis every Friday. However, yesterday he got a stomach bug so he was home today. Rylee is with my parents in Abilene, having a blast. They had to go pick up a bed from my brother and are also going to see my mom's parents while they are there. Pray the rest of us don't get the virus. My stomach has been feeling yucky since dinner. Mel...glad you

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today was today. we went to the funeral of a youth's dad that passed away. it's always hard when a kid loses their parent at such a young age. he had suffered from a brain tumor for a long time, so it was a bitter/sweet end. it was a nice funeral, as funerals go. he was a believer which always gives comfort to those mourning. had a lovely misunderstanding with a friend. i hate those....

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i'm so tired tonight. long sunday, church, elevate group, youth meeting, talked with a youth for a couple of hoursjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...see i fell asleep on my keyboard. more tomorrow! :)

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The above quote is from Anias Nin. I love it because it is so true! I had a great day yesterday! Spent the day with my Julie. We did lunch and some shopping. It was very relaxing and refreshing. Thanks Julie!!!!!! Came home and played with my kids for a little while, then went to dinner with Kim and Stacy. So, basically, I had a girls day yesterday. It was fun! My friends rock!Today...I

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On a serious note...I took Kade to Dr. Snodgrass in Plano for his circumcision consultation. Little did we know that our son has a "twisted penis" which also needs to be corrected. Basically, his pee hole is turned to the left. I now understand why his diaper is forever leaking on the left :) Anyway, it is a minor thing that will be corrected along with his circumcision on October 20th. On a

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These days are few and far between for the Wilson household. We did nothing today. Are you ready for this? I actually took a nap!!! A real one! It lasted almost one hour! We were supposed to go to Kyle's family in Waco tonight but Lily woke up with a fever last night. However, she has been fine since this morning. So, I guess it was some kind of fluke or something. At any rate, it was

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Be encouraged and challenged by this today...http://www.dayspring.com/collections/lucado/lucado2.aspBlessings!

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So, those who see me often have probably noticed that I've put on about 15 pds over the past year. My only excuse is taking a flying leap into Mommy of 3, loving food and eating when I'm stressed. Well, with the winter coming up....I can't fit into my jeans or any of my pants for that matter. My only options are to lose some weight or go buy new pants. The latter is not an option, therefore,

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I had a great weekend and a pretty good Monday today. Mondays are usually difficult because of all I have to get done. But, we had a good day. Of course, I didn't get everything done but that's OK...it'll be there tomorrow :) We started "Elevate Groups" a week ago. They are discipleship classes on Sunday night for the youth. They are supposed to be split boy/girl and jr high/hs, but I

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First, the great news. Kade had his yearly evaluation with ECI today. (Early Childhood Intervention) They work with kids with developmental delays until they are three. Anyway, Kade and Lily have been seeing them from birth because of the drug exposure. When we got them a year ago they were both behind in several areas. Kade (at 15mths) was chewing on the level of a 7mth old, just to give you an

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Today beginning at 1pm the Lord decided to give me a chance to practice the patience that I have been praying for. I know...I've heard it many times, "Don't you know that you're not supposed to pray for patience". Well, the only reason my children are still living is because I have prayed for some...jk :) Anyway, Rylee decided to have a HUGE fit at the end of school...I had to call Kyle to

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I stumbled upon my old journal today from 1995 and 1996. It was really interesting to read through it. There is so much that I've forgotten. I was in college at the time dealing with friendships, the loss of my first love, school, work etc. But, one thing I noticed is how much I depended on the Lord through all of that and how He has truly been faithful. I talked a lot about my future

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Happy Birthday to my second favorite twins :) It is so exciting to continue to see you both grow and mature. I am soooooo proud of you and love you both very much!!! I hope you had a special day...

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The kids and I went to the zoo on Friday with my Dad. We had a good time. There is something about the zoo that relaxes me. I truly enjoy going every time.One of the truly enjoyable things about parenting is experiencing moments through the eyes of your children. I love seeing the wonder in their eyes as they see an animal for the first time or experience any "first" for that matter. We stayed

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One thing that you won't stop hearing about, if your still reading my musings, is how hard it is to be the mom of three toddlers. I've told some of you...I just wasn't made for this stage. I love my children, don't get me wrong. But if I could fast forward through this year with the twins...I really think I would push the button. Tonight, however, Kade and Lily were fixing to get in the

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I'm finding one of the pressures of having a blog is feeling the need to write in it. Some days are just days....nothing too exciting or nothing anyone would want to hear about. I just got home from church and put the twins to bed. Rylee and Kyle are out with the youth. And me....I am enjoying silence.....ahhhhhh, the inexplicable joy of silence for a worn out mother of three. May you enjoy

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