Apparently having a kiddo impacts the amount of time there is to update the blog. Especially now that she wants to play with mommy and daddy. :) and we are taking full advantage of playing all the time b/c I know the day will come where playing and hanging out with her parents will no longer be cool.
Anyway, our lives are busy and the end of 2011 was a hard one. My paternal grandfather had a cancer scare. He had colon cancer and had surgery to remove it. Praise the Lord the doc was able to get it all and there was no further treatment needed. He will have to have regular check ups and he is still working on getting back to his original strength but over all I think he is doing pretty well.
The beginning of December my cousin's husband of only 6 weeks passed away in a car accident in Hendersonville. I can't even begin to explain the hurt and sadness still in my family.
The same day John's grandmother fell and broke her wrist and elbow. She had to have surgery and pins put it. She had been in a rehabilitation nursing home-like facility since. She did get some good news from the doc this week in she will be getting a lighter cast that is removable.
All of that to say that lately I have been learning a lot about relying on God and trusting that he is with me EVERY step of the way. He goes before me and prepares my path. He know exactly what I am going to face and promises to face it with me. It is SO hard to remember that sometimes in the midst of heartache, hurt and stress. Even so, there is always something there to remind me. Yesterday this was one of those things that He gave me as a reminder. Listen to this song and be reminded that God is with you in every moment!
And there was Valentine's Day....we don't usually do much. So this year it was cooking dinner at home. We got some stuffed salmon from Sams. It was very yummy. The stuffing was crab-cake-like. My favorite! Then we went to Chili's for dessert. John also brought Kelsey and me flowers!
Kelsey had her first haircut this week. I probably should have done it a while ago, but every mom knows how time just seems to pass really quickly. Anyway...here are some photos of the haircut and Claudia's house. Claudia is the lady that watches K every day and her daughter Tracy cuts the whole family's hair. She said that she had to be the first one to cut K's hair. So of course we let her. 
My grandparents got her a piano for Christmas. This kid LOVES music, singing, dancing....any of it. She also love her piano and asks me to play Away in a Manger all the time. I played this for her while we were in Little Rock for Christmas. 
She likes to make silly faces. One day while taking her pic I asked for a silly face and this is what I got. She does make us laugh! 
Both playing on iPhone/iPods. I gave John an iPod Touch for Christmas and Kelsey loves to play on my phone. There are times that I think she knows how to work it better than I do. It is crazy to think about her growing up with an iPhone. 
