She is a YEAR OLD!!!

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Well here we are...a year later. I cannot believe it!! How has it been a year? I still am in awe.

Well our little one had an eventful birthday. Not exactly what he had planned but we made it special. The week of Sophie's birthday, she came down with a very high fever. 103 with Tylenol and Ibuprofen on board. She was so sick. We went to the Dr. They said her throat looked bad and had exudate on it. They did a rapid strep and a culture. They both returned negative. Three days later she was some better but still struggling. I had to go back to work. I felt terrible leaving. She cried so much when I walked out of the door. I asked My mom to take her back to the Dr and do another strep test. It came back positive this time. So she was put on antibiotics this time. Needless to say she wasn't up for having the party. I think Gray and I were more sad than she was. That's life though, right?

We had a few small parties with family, which she seemed to enjoy very much. Her actual birthday day was filled with sweets,, presents, and lots of love!!! Gray was so sad he had to work, but left specific instructions~ Spoil her rotten!! We spent the whole week doing just that!!!


Thanksgiving and continuing birthday celebration was spent in Myrtle Beach with my family. We had a great time. Sophie decided that she really loves cool whip, a favorite shared with her great grandmother Mary, also her namesake.

She is feeling so much better and Gray and I are so happy. We are finally catching up on some much needed rest. ;)

We are so happy that the Holidays are coming up. Excited to spend it together and with our family. We are sad Catherine, gray's sister cant come with her little girl to be.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!! Hugs to ALL!!!!!

Fall baby~ Upcoming holidays!

Wow!!! Where has October gone?? It seems like I was just saying that I was sad about summer's end and now Christmas!!

Sophie has been a MESS!! She has been so active!! Dancing~to everything, crawling, almost walking, and getting sick :(. In the past month she has been sick twice!! With teething in between...seems like she can't get a break! She has 6 teeth now. What a BEAUTY! The last "bug" she has had has been accompanied by HIGH fevers...cool bath fevers. Poor baby has hung in there like a champ. She is tough!! Just like her mama, who did not yell one time during labor (applause here).

It has been such a busy time for us all. The last few weeks I have been working nights!! I despise this, but sometimes we have to take one for the team. So Gray, being the AMAZING dad that he is, has done it all by himself, with help from GIGI during the day... so mama can sleep. Thank the Lord only 2 days a week!! YAY Benefits!

Poodles (what we are calling her this week), was a BEE for halloween. The cutest Bumble bee ever. SHe loved trick or treating and got so much candy. We let her have NONE of it!! Poor baby..so deprived.

On my soapbox now..Please watch what your children eat. Try organic...if nothing else, Dairy and meat. There are too many illnesses that I have seen in my profession that I truly feel are DIRECTLY related to food mass production. Digusting Tradgedies...THAT CAN BE PREVENTED!!!

We are excited about this cooler weather, christmas lights, family time and togetherness, yummy food, our baby NEICE, and the holidays. We could not be more blessed. No matter how tough it is. It could be worse~ I have seen it worse!!! Lets count all of our HUNDREDS of blessings! Welcome the Holidays and the upcoming months with arms and eyes wide open, hearts warm, and full of love. Thats the biggest gift of all!!! Gray, Soph, and I wish everyone a awesome begining of November!! Spread the LOVE!!!