surrender

Recently my pastor, Dr. Richard Hunter, posted a piece on feeling inadequate.
I wanted to add something to this.  Richard, if we were adequate, we would have no need of God.
Lord, I need thee EVERY HOUR.  Not just when I acknowledge my overwhelmed-ness, but every hour.  Not just when I feel like I can’t do this [...]

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Ginny’s 14th month

Here are photos from the pumpkin patch, Halloween and just hanging around the house.

 

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bouncy bouncy bouncy bouncy funfunfunfunfun!

sorting leaves with daddy

the big pumpkin at our door

the other pumpkin at our door

welcome to my house!

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Ginny at the ranch

These are some long over due photos from Martin’s niece Whitney’s wedding to a wonderful guy named Nate.  I was a bad mommy and didn’t get any pictures while we were there.  I owe a debt of gratitude to Marcia for capturing these moments and sending them to me.
The venue is out at the family [...]

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halloween, not according to plan

The original plan for Halloween this year was for us to go up to Knoxville for an award that was being given to a friend.  We wanted to be there to congratulate her and a lot of our friends up there haven’t seen Ginny ever and we’ve been wanting to catchup with folks.
That plan got [...]

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a little bit about me

…As if you needed to know more!
I saw this little questionnaire on Amanda’s blog today and thought it would be fun to do. I kinda have blog block.  There are a number of devotional posts simmering in the back of my head right now, and Halloween photos are not ready to happen yet, so I’ve [...]

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imagination..we haz it

I saw the first signs of imaginative play in Ginny last night.
It wasn’t much, but it was definitely there.
She took a wooden block.  Clearly not a food item, or in any way resembling a food item, picked it up, examined it with all seriousness, then putting it up to her mouth, took a pretend bite, [...]

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ginny at 13 months

Ginny at 13 months is….
delightful.
She giggles, she pretends to read (and turns pages really well), she loves to romp and wrestle and dance and clap.  Her new favorite food is cheese toast.  oh wow does this girl like cheese toast.  I think she would live on it if we would let her.
Words so far are [...]

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good elves in Dallas

God knows what he is doing.  I have a good story from this weekend in my head, and until it gets committed to paper (or pixels) it will continue to percolate at the front of my mind.  God knows this about me and He knows that I needed to keep those highlights from the weekend [...]

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ginny’s first year in pictures

Enjoy this slide show.  I had fun putting it together.  This year has been an amazing journey.
Adoption match, meeting and loving Ginny’s birth parents, birth by C-section, trip home from Kansas, overwhelming baby shower from our church, constant care from friends and family, the month of RSV treatments, first tooth, first solid foods, first words, [...]

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hither, thither and yon

Less than a month ago I posted about Ginny taking a few unsupported steps.  Now?
she is walking all over the place.
Until I got this priviledge of watching a person learn to walk I never really appreciated how complex it is.
It’s not just about walking in straight lines.  You have to manage all the minute balance [...]

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