Christmas Card

Hello to anyone who is visiting our blog because you just received our Christmas card! Please check back in a few days for our "Year in Review". Brian and I have been talking about all the amazing things Emma is doing now that she was not able to do a year ago. It's a very impressive list...one that has left us once again humbled and thankful. Emma is doing things that many children with RTS cannot do and we are blessed to have the front row seat as God continues to reveal His plan for Emma and for us. We know when we remember all the amazing things she CAN do, it helps us to take the focus away from the things she cannot do...yet!

Just a note on her exploits today. She took full advantage of the lovely weather and spent most of her afternoon outside! In the space of 30 minutes, she managed to flip herself down the slide - landing face in the ground at the bottom of the slide....and then flip herself out of her swing. Yesterday, she managed to flip herself upside down in one of the toddler swings. Thankfully, she was tightly strapped into it, so she just hung upside down as I ran to rescue her! None of this slowed her down at all! It does highlight just how much she keeps us on our toes!

Merry Christmas to all - check back soon!

Family Photos

Well, it has been a while, but we FINALLY had some family pictures made. I hope you enjoy them!

Fun with Friends

We had a great time on Tuesday. We went to Gaffney, and met Daniel, Cathy, Catilyn & Joshua to eat, catch up and exchange gifts.

And, let me just say....Emma is IN to opening presents now. Check out the look on her face! She is NOT playing around, thank you very much. She wants to open that package and see what is inside and no one can stop her! We laughed so much at her expressions! We really had a great time visiting with the Priddys....it is so great to have friends that you feel like you just saw them yesterday, when in fact, it has been 6 months! Catilyn is basically as tall as me now, and Josh is turning in to such a young man - no more little boy! They are so amazing with Emma and she adores them! She is trying to say their names. Josh is "osh" and Catilyn is "K-K".

In other news, we had our visit with the nutritionist yesterday. The short version is that Emma's diet will be changing DRASTICALLY next week. Feel free to pray that we don't all lose our minds!

Barring any unforseen incidents, Jennifer is taking Emma to Mom & Dad's this weekend - yeah for us! Pray for them! We hope to get our tree up while our little "helper" is out of town! After her reaction to her presents on Tuesday, I may have to keep the packages upstairs until Christmas day!

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