wedding weekend

A couple weeks ago one of my dearest friend Kara got married. It was a really nice wedding and a great time to catch up and spend some quality time with my girls, Tiffany, Amy, Kara and Jen. We all attended the same church growing up and our most common bond is Christ. He has kept us sweet friends for years. Even though we've moved all over the USA, we try to get together once a year. This year, Kara got us all back together by getting married...thanks girl :) The wedding was in Illinois, but close enought to Brownsburg, IN that Tony, Claire and I stayed at my brother and his wife, Shannon's home. Claire loves their dog, Sadie, I'll get a picture of those two next time. But her favorite part of the weekend was watching Fried Green Tomatoes with her Aunt Shannon. Claire is definitely a cuddle bug and loves the girlie movies.

Precious Moments

Ok, I know there are figurines with that title but this is really one of my very favorite parts about being a mommy. There's nothing better than the feeling of your little one falling asleep on you. Many say you should put them to bed awake, but sometimes at night when our baby Claire falls asleep on me i just sit there and rock her and pray for her until the music on her cd runs out. She won't be that small forever, so I've got to enjoy these little "treats" while I can. They really are precious moments, from God.

Promotion Sunday

Today was "Promotion Sunday" at church. That means Claire was promoted from babies A to the babies B class. I was unaware of this event until I signed her in this morning. They gave me new identity tags and escorted me to her new class room. My eyes started to well up as if i was sending her off to college. Sweet volunteers were there to greet her and take her bag. I looked around and there were a couple babies even walking! I still couldn't believe she was done with the "newborn" class. I took a deep breath and kissed her head as i handed her off. What am I going to do when she goes to kindergarten! When daddy picked her up, she had a big smile on her face - so i think she likes the new toys and friends she made.