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holding onto hope skip to main skip to sidebar wednesday may 21 2014 to jump back in or not i m thinking about jumping back into the world of blogging it s been way too long since i ve written in this space and i ve missed it i m not sure what i d blog about probably just family happenings or if anyone would still be around to read but a lot has happened since nov 2012 when i made the last entry eek you know it s been too long since you ve blogged when you have to look up the password associated with your blog i m not making any promises but putting this out there to see what the interest would be posted by carrie at 6 35 pm 4 comments sunday november 25 2012 thanksgiving recap this poor little neglected blog i have so many posts that i haven t completed sigh some day i ll be better about blogging here i just wanted to put up a few pictures from thanksgiving with our little turkey this will be our last thanksgiving in our home as scott took the job offer to the southeast it was sort of bittersweet as i m sure so many things are going to be this next month the little one s 1st thanksgiving she was all smiles for the camera not all smiles later as she was majorly teething sidenote we just noticed last night that her 1st tooth is starting to pop out no wonder why she was so cranky last week the one thing we are most thankful for this thanksgiving the little one as has been our tradition we invited some of my students over to experience their 1st thanksgiving in the us we also invited the college group from church we only had 2 saudi students come i only have 9 students this term and 1 girl from church but it was still nice to be able to share our food and traditions with them we did something new this year and i bought a smoked turkey from the meat lab students on campus it was fully cooked so we only had to warm it and it was so delicious and juicy from the smoking too bad we can t make that a yearly tradition hope all y all i m getting ready for the south got your fill of turkey and pumpkin pie posted by carrie at 1 31 pm no comments tuesday october 30 2012 happy fall y all i ve been wanting to take some fall pictures but the little one was sick with a cold all last week so it didn t happen finally though our weather has warmed up this week 60s and 70s so we ve been able to get outside i wanted some pictures of her in the leaves but she wasn t having it either it was over stimulation by being outside with so many new sights or she didn t care for the feel of the leaves here are my first attempts her daddy buried her in the leaves that didn t change her expression or mood as soon as he picked her up however she was in her usual playful good mood flying baby chewing on her thumb a new trick i love that cute little face she loves her daddy and pulling in her bottom lip over her gums because she s starting to teeth daddy is under her spell as her shirt posted by carrie at 9 55 pm no comments wednesday october 10 2012 4 months i m only a month behind on this post but oh well most of these things i have written down so i m not trying to recall them from memory here are some of the highlights from when she was 4 months old she started sleeping in more predictable patterns a long nap in the morning and afternoon she s learned to rub her head feel her hair and put both hands on her head she can pull both feet up with her hands and bring them close to her mouth she s blowing drool bomb bubbles she loves looking back at you when she s sitting up and laughs because you look upside down to her she s grown a ton since the previous month now she is the same size as lambie her monthly photo friend she loves mirrors and squeals when held in front of one she s started playing in her exersaucer now with a pillow to put her feet up on she plays a game in her crib with the slats and sticking her arms and legs through she has a musical turtle that she s learned to hick or hit repeatedly to get the songs to changes quickly she s able to pull the music bar by herself on her bouncy seat she started rolling this month from her belly to her back and also from her back to her belly as a result of rolling she now sleeps on her stomach she s able to put herself to sleep in the crib now she had her 1st bus ride and 1st airplane ride this month she learned to sleep in a pack n play while traveling she is now sleeping in the crib 100 of the time she visited her 1st state this month ga she s also scooting around on her back and arching her back to push and move upwards especially on the changing pad this is been another fun month she is so playful and cheerful she makes us smile every day and has us laughing at some of her games every month is so full of new discoveries it s such a delight to be a part of it posted by carrie at 10 27 pm no comments saturday september 29 2012 back from ga 1 well we are back from georgia overall our trip went well the little one traveled amazingly well she s going to be a little world traveler just like her mommy here s our best attempt at a family photo on her 1st flight excuse our attire burp cloths nursing cover etc they are all part of our regular attire now the flight attendants were so sweet when they found out it was her 1st flight they gave her her wings it was so great to see our friends and be able to stay with them even though we had just seen them in june for r s baptism it was fun for them to be able to see how she has grown and we always love spending time with our goddaughter additionally it was so nice to be able to borrow all things baby from them car seat stroller play pen etc it sure made traveling on the plane so much easier when we didn t have to bring all those things things with the prospective job went ok as well we re still not sure what s going to happen but we will know more in the coming weeks i continue to add to the pros and cons list that i have running in my head cons terrible traffic humidity big city pros mops groups bible studies more things for r and i to do like play groups christian preschools and day schools better shopping choices etc ultimately it comes down to where god wants us to live and serve praying that makes his direction clear to us in the coming weeks and days 2 as a result of being passed around so much and or the flight home and or the change in weather here the little one came down with her 1st cold this week poor little girl she s been so congested we ve been doing nose drops every 4 hours and running the humidifier in her room but it s so awful to have her wake up from sleep with thick boogers coming out her nose and then to hear her trying to sniff it down or push it out of her nose is simply awful 3 the best part of the trip to ga however is that the little one no longer naps in the swing she is done with the swaddle and ready for the big one she puts herself to sleep in the crib all the time amazing simply amazing i cannot tell you how incredible it is to see that she s sleepy and then put her in the crib and she goes to sleep most of the time she s asleep within 5 10 minutes sometimes she will cry wimper for a few minutes other times she will play but regardless she puts herself to sleep wahoo i feel like a new woman 4 the trip to ga started our trifecta of fall travel we have a quick trip to co and another to mn coming up this fall i m so glad she traveled well on this first trip since it was the longest one i m hopeful the others will go equally well 5 the fall colors are really starting to pop around the hillsides here it s just so beautiful i m thinking we re going to try and take some more family pictures with the beautiful mountains i d love to have some shots of us in the mountains especially if we do end up moving in the near future i made scott stop the car on the way home from the airport i just had to get out of the car and snap a few photos little cheapy camera as i affectionately call my travel camera hardly does justice to the beautiful sights we saw but still at least you get some idea have a great rest of the weekend y all posted by carrie at 5 16 pm no comments sunday september 16 2012 3 months still playing catch up here these are some pictures and thoughts from the little one s 3rd month of life this was really a fun month she started becoming a lot more playful and a lot more aware of the world around her bath time with daddy before bed is one of her favorite times she started splashing in the water and i ll frequently hear her giggling and squealing away with him she loves playing with her orange oball from her aunt k she can grab it herself and frequently brings it to her mouth to chew on she s constantly sucking on her fingers now and will put most everything in her mouth at some point she can sit up better and is able to reach and grab her toes she s trying really hard to roll over and is getting much stronger she can lift her whole back up and arch it when laying on the floor she can also scoot around at 45 degree angles she s laughing a lot and smiling except not whenever a camera is present she has lots of sounds she makes ha hi uh huh mmm bbb high pitched squeals and screetches and more i went back to work this month and she has done ok taking a bottle from daddy we had to re teach her how to take it from him since we let so much time go by from when we 1st taught her but it seems like she will at least take one from him even if she doesn t love it her guests this month were grandma b aunt k and j and a from siberia finland she watched daddy run a race this month we re guessing her weight is about 12 pounds and height is about 25 inches she goes crazy making the bouncy seat and animal friends bar move all over the place she knows kicking her legs make those things hanging down go crazy and she loves it she loves reading her crinkly books we love watching you grow little one we can already tell you are so intelligent as you observe the world around you realize what you are capable of doing and remember those things you learned the previous day posted by carrie at 10 42 am 1 comment sunday september 9 2012 a baptism in early june we had the joy of seeing our little girl be baptized as christians of a particular persuasion we believe that baptism is a very significant moment since all people are sinful from the time they are conceived even little children carry the taint of sin they need rescue from condemnation just like adults and god offers his gifts of grace and freedom from sin through the holy waters of baptism that s why it was such a joyful day to have several members of our family make the trek out to spend the weekend with us and witness our little girl being baptized she is now part of god s chosen people washed of her sin given the gift of the holy spirit and a new eternal life in christ jesus while we take baptism very seriously we also recognize that it is a very joyful time that s why we were glad to have this action shot of the actual baptism which her daddy had the joy and privilege of conducting on behalf of god and his people baptizing the little girl such a joyful occasion now we are more than merely a family in this world but we share a faith connection in christ jesus which unites us in god s eternal kingdom forever so this is truly our first family picture from a spiritual sense our new family we so much look forward to teaching our little girl about the faith into which she was baptized she now bears the name of god in her soul and heart we also recognize that we play a vital role in the nurturing of this faith she needs to hear the stories of our faith and to come to know about the god who would go to such lengths to rescue her this is even more important given the fact that we know our adversary satan basically sees her with a bullseye now that she is god s child so we look forward to the joy and challenge of teaching her and raising her in the christian faith please be praying for her and for us in this wondrous faith journey posted by scott at 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