2 years

Today Carter would be two years old. Crazy, I know. Even though it has been two years, it seems like just yesterday. I miss my sweet baby boy like crazy! I wonder what he would look like, what he would be saying, how skinny I would be from chasing him around. Ha! :)

I thank you Jesus for dying on the cross for our sins so that one day I will see his sweet face again and be able to hold him and kiss him and love on him for eternity!

Happy birthday, sweet boy! I love you and miss you terribly!

Where do I begin?

How about from where I left off!

Well, I finished my A & P II (anatomy and physiology) class with an A. Yea!! I have now officially applied for nursing school. I will know by the middle of April if I am in or not. If I am, I will start in August! :)

Christmas was a great and emotional time for us. Crazy because I was thinking that this Christmas would not be as hard as our first without Carter, but was I wrong. I think I had so much more anger. (That's a whole other blog.) It was great though to celebrate it with our new sweet addition, Grant, but still a lot of mixed emotions. The girls got a bike, a skateboard, games for the Nintendo DS, and that doesn't even cover what all the grandparents gave!!! :)Then we rang in the new year with family and friends. There were 10, yes T-E-N, children in my house. All whom were upstairs playing. While they were carrying on Grant was sound asleep. He slept through all of the loudness. Once everyone left (around 1:30) he decided to make a new year appearance, only to take a bottle and go back to bed. :)

Before school started back the girls wanted to have a tea party. So, we did just that. They set everything up. You'll love the menu for the tea party! :)

(Menu: M&Ms, bananas, popcorn, apple, and apple juice to drink.)t being loose and her playing with it) came out. She was so scared for it to come out she wouldn't let anyone near it!! When she finally pulled it, she said, that didn't even hurt!! She wrapped it in a box and put a bow on it. The tooth fairy left her a $10 bill with her name in sparkle letters. That tooth fairy sure has raised the price of a tooth. Crazy!!!
Kennedy had a pancake and pajamas day at school. I went and helped serve pancakes. I love being able to do things like that for the girls!! Kennedy was also the student of the week in January. We put together a wonderful poster that told all about her!! At the beginning of February we had a baby dedication for Grant. It was so neat. We got to film a little quick video of just something we wanted to tell him. And then we picked a verse for him. I chose the one that I have in his room. It's Matthew 5:16-Let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. I just think that is such an amazing verse!!That same day Regan had her Penguin Parade. They had been researching penguins for the last few weeks. They made a power point and did lots of great activities for/about penguins. On the last day all they 1st grade classes dressed as the penguin they researched and marched through the halls of the school. It was so neat!! Snow, snow, and more snow. We had lots of fun in the snow: making a snow man, making snow angels, throwing snow balls, sledding down the hills, getting in the hot tub while it's snowing and making snow cones out of the ice on the side of the pool. (That was Nathan and Regan.) :)

(Just a precious face that you have to get a picture of! :))

Because of all the snow they canceled school that Friday, the day that the girls' Valentine parties were supposed to take place. So, they got rescheduled for the next week. Regan had an ice cream Sunday valentine party. Kennedy had a "sock-hop" Valentine party. She was the only one that could hoola hoop! She is VERY good at it! She can go for several minutes. Now, she can even hoola hoop with two hoola hoops!! Now, I am in the midst of studying (or trying to with the rest of life going on) for Microbiology! I will be glad to get a C. Not setting my expectations very hi, you think? Yes, I am. It's a HARD class....so much information!!!

I will try (maybe in my sleep) to keep the blog updated. Haven't I said that before?!? :)

I will return someday soon.

After having my computer for seven good years, it is finally in its last stages of life. :( Hence the reason I have not been blogging. I will try to blog sometime this week and catch everyone up on what all is going on with us. So, check back toward the end of the week for the latest Purnell updates. :)

Have a good week!!