OK...TEACH ME ALREDY

This is abby doing her "shy face" I am not sure what she is doing with her hand, but it is very silly!

I found this horse at a garage sale for $5.00 YAY! She loves it

OK...So I have not blogged in a long time. It has been CRAZY this past month. Robby STILL does not have a job and I start back to work next week...this means that we will not have any EXTRA income! YIKES! Also...the last week in July, my car broke down (my awesome friend Kim came and rescued me), so thank you JESUS....my parents had just bought a car and had not sold their old one so they had an extra sitting in the driveway. So, Robby's mom came down and we met my mom in college station to get that car for me to borrow (Tuesday) I drove it Wednesday and then on Thursday the AC went out in my mom's car!!!! Well...perfect timing since I was leaving to go to camp on Friday and would not need it. So, we dropped it off at the mechanic on Friday morning. It was ready to go on Tuesday. We had my car towed back to my house. Robby put some lubricant in the ignition when we got it home. One week later...works like a charm! WOW! How did Robby get to be so smart?! Thank you Jesus for Robby! Now we are at the first week in August. We are going along and yesterday, our Washing machine brakes! So...this morning at church I said..."God, Teach me already...PLEASE!!!" Whatever it is that I am supposed to learn...please teach me quickly! So, today I spent my afternoon at the laundry mat with some VERY shady people doing our laundry! BUT! Robby calls me 15 minutes before I am done and he somehow fixed the washing machine! AGAIN...Thank you Jesus for Robby! So, we are starting our work week next week. Please...all of you pray that nothing breaks...PLEASE!

Sorry that it has been so long since I posted, but I have been very overwhelmed!

This is a picture of Abby in her tutu! OH...we went to the doctor today for her 18 month shots (even though she is 20 months!) The doctor said that she is going to be tall! Probably 5'9" or so! WOW! That is funny since I am definately NOT tall. She also said that she is "has very advanced language and speech" YAY!

WHEWW

Well...it was a very stressful day. Of course her appointment was not until 3:40, so we had to wait ALL day. Her doctor was wonderful! When we got there they sat and talked with us about what to expect...probably that made it worse for me. Then, they told us that she cannot go swimming or get water in her face for 10 days. WELL...that is NOT good. Tomorrow, we were supposed to go to Kemah with Robby's parents and play in the water at Rock the Dock. So, that trip was cancelled. Then on Saturday, we are going over to Robby's aunt's house for a little get together and are supposed to swim. He said that she could still go swimming as long as she does not get water in her face.

So, we go in the room and she gets VERY quiet. She is a smart cookie. Robby was holding her and she started holding on VERY tight. Then they tied down her arms and wrapped her up in the papoos(sp) to hold her to the table. Then they wanted me to hold down her legs while a nurse held down her head. Of course, she is SCREAMING the whole time. The whole procedure took longer than they expected since he had a hard time getting the probe down the duct because it was so blocked. This was about the size of a VERY thick needle without the point and they were shoving it down the corner of her eye! I CANNOT imagine going through that as an adult. She was a real trooper. He finally got the probe down the duct which means that it pushed through a big part of the blockage. Then they put a seringe on the end of the probe and flushed saline through the duct to try and finish cleaning it out. After that. She was all done. I grabbed her up and she said "Daddy hold you." :( of course! So, Robby held her and she immediately calmed down. Robby says that "mommy's are what makes the world go round and Daddys make it safe." Pretty profound. I guess that is why it is SOOOO important for little girls to have that Daddy relationship. It makes their world feel secure and safe. Thank you God for Daddys.
Then, we battled 5:00 traffic for almost 2 hours and then had to go to 2 pharmacies to get her Rx antibiotics, but we are home now and I just put her to bed. Hopefully she will sleep well and without pain.
Thank you for all of your prayers. It has been a rough day, and only time will tell if it completely unblocked that duct. But, hopefully the hard part is over and we will never have to do it again.

NERVOUS

OK...well, We are down to crunch time. This was the first payday that we are only going on my check! PRAY!!!! Also, Abby is having her tear duct surgery/procedure tomorrow. PRAY! I was talking with my friend Tara today and her son had a kidney test done where they had to strap him to the table as well and he fell asleep. That was encouraging! I will tell you all about how it went tomorrow. I am DREADING tomorrow. It is one of those feelings..."I can't believe that I am going to drive my daughter to a place where they will scare and hurt her and I have to make myself take her." Robby is going to go with me, so hopefully that will help calm my nerves. I am sure that everything will be fine. PRAY!!! :)

From the Mouth of a child

OK. So, it is amazing the things that children say. I really began to understand what it means to have childlike faith tonight.
Well...let me go back a few days. Last week Robby was laid off from his job and we are looking of course for another job. So, needless to say...just a little bit of stress. He DID get a two week severance package, but two weeks is not very long to find a job, start a job and then already get a paycheck from that new job. YIKES!
Our pastor has been preaching a sermon series on faith. He is AMAZING! I love our pastor. Anyway...we have been looking at people in the bible whom GOD said had faith and what their lives looked like. This message series could not have come at a better time. We are really trusting and putting our faith in HIS WORD, not blindly. We are claiming HIS promises over our lives.
Tonight, the same as every night, Abby and I were saying her night time prayers before she went to bed. This is always a very sweet time and Abby LOVES it! When we finish praying she will take my hand and say, "again pray" so we will pray for something else. When we say "amen," she will take my hand and say, "again pray." This continues until finally I just have to put her into bed. Usually we will go through our prayer cycle for about 30 minutes. SUCH a sweet time and she LOVES praying to Jesus. Well, tonight as we finished praying and I said, "ok..it is time to go night night." Abby looked up at the ceiling and said "night night Jesus" in her sweet innocent voice. What an amazing God we serve! He knows exactly how to touch even the most tender heart. Thank you Jesus!

Dresses

OK. So, now that I actually have some time, I have decided to make Abby some summer dresses. I thought that it could not be THAT hard and actually they were pretty simple, but it just took time figuring out how to make them and making the patterns. I think that they turned out pretty cute. Now, it is 12:39am and I am going to bed.

long time no blog

Well...I am sorry that it has been so long since I have blogged about anything. I have so much catching up to do. It was a crazy end of the year and I am just now getting back to the old me. YAY!

Abby: She is pretty much fully potty trained except at night and nap times. She wears big girl panties all day and is such a big girl. You would not believe the things that come out of her mouth. Last Thursday, we went to Kemah with her and she played in the water (star that shoots up water in the middle of the center) and rode the train. She was sooo excited and made a lot of new friends. I am surprised how she will attempt to make friends already. She will go up and talk to anyone. I am amazed daily at the concepts that she understands and remembers. This weekend we are headed to Oklahoma for our family reunion. It should be a fun time, but a long weekend. She is spelling he name and matching shapes and colors. It is amazing how quickly se picks up things. She is putting 2 and 3 words together...this morning she said "love you daddy!" How cute is that! She is such a girl! I bought her some of those dress up shoes for little girls that go with the princess dresses. She saw them in the car and immediately said "pretty on, pretty on, pretty on" When I looked back there, she had her shoes off and foot straight in the air wanting me to put the dress up shoes on her feet. So, when we got home, I put them on her and she walked around for the rest of the night in those high heel hot pink shoes saying "pretty, daddy ook pretty" It was hilarious! If you will notice in this picture...she has her "pretty sticker" in her hand for going pee pee in the potty. We are ready for bed and she is procrastinating as long as she could.

She does not want shorts anymore, she wants "pretty ess (dress)" so I have had to go buy her several sun dresses. Her new favorite activity is the splash pad that we bought for our backyard. She would be in it ALL DAY everyday if I would let her. Check out the picture. It is so cute...It has a slide and several activities on it. So fun!

Sarah: Well, I am fully into summer and teaching 2 days a week. This is pretty fun so far, but I am learning that it is difficult to make doctor's appointments for some reason for Wed-Fri. Strange. I never had this problem before, but today I was trying to schedule a specialist appointment for Abby to have a procedure to unblock her tearduct and I have to drive to the medical center instead of I10 and Gessner because I need it to be on a Wed-Fri. Crazy! Also, my dentist said that the only open appointment to get my teeth cleaned is in August because they only do cleanings on Tuesday! Yikes! What is going on???? It has been really interesting...I am teaching summer school (ESY) for one of my students that I taught last year. He lives in a really low income trailer park. The first day that I went to see him...he was the saddest little boy. His mom said that he only sits in front of the TV all day and she can't get him to do anything else (he is profoundly DEAF! and mom only speaks Spanish!) Today when I went, he seemed really happy to see me and we were able to get a lot of work done. He is such a sweet little boy and mom is starting to pick up some signs and began to communicate with him. YAY!

Robby: He is taking "turbo Greek" this summer for summer one and the second part for summer II. It is CRAZY! I have NO idea how to help him when I have NO idea what the cards say. He seems to be doing pretty well. He made an 87 on the midterm, but is really stressed out about his final exam on Friday. YIKES! Keep him in your prayers.

BIG GIRL!

Well...Abby is well on her way to being fully potty trained! Tonight we were getting ready for her bath and she said, "potty!" I rushed her to the potty and she went pee pee AND poo poo on the potty! YAY! We did not even have her potty seat...I just held her on the potty. That is only the second time that she went poo poo on the potty! Last night, she told me "potty" and I thought that she said something else...she then continued to go potty in her pull ups. She told me BEFORE though! What a BIG Girl! We had her checkup on Saturday and she is in the 35th% for her weight (22.12 lbs) and the 90th % for her height. The doctor also said that her verbal and language skills are of a 2 year old! YAY! She is ahead of the game!

I am VERY ready for summer vacation! Only 12 more school days left! YAY! I just have SOOOO much paperwork that I need to finish in those 12 days! Yikes! I do this every year...I know what paperwork needs to be done by the end of the year, but I always wait until the very last second to do it! WHY??? :)

I am excited about church...I met with the youth pastor and he asked me to be the "coordinator for the youth leaders." Basically, I will help choose the curriculum, encourage the small group leaders, make sure that they have their curriculum and basically be the behind the scenes person that makes it tick. This will be a new journey for me and I am excited to see what God is going to do!