Today our oldest turns nine! She was born on Thanksgiving day in 2003 in a hospital in Batesville, Arkansas after roughly 24 hours of labor (12 in the hospital) and 30 minutes of pushing. She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long with a head full of dark hair. She was identical to my newborn pictures. The Lord has used her in mighty ways in Robert and I's lives. A constant reminder of our need of grace as the first born and guinea pig. And bless her heart for her sweet disposition and compassionate heart that is straight from the Lord. Her middle name, Eleora, means "God is my light", which is our prayer for her life. She is in the third grade and is one of Deakin's favorite people. She loves to cook. Every Sunday morning she makes Jiffy corn muffins for breakfast all by herself! She enjoys reading very much! Daddy bought her the Narnia series for her birthday and she is attacking The Magician's Nephew right now. In other news and random family stories: Cal is currently very passionate about being "tough". If I say he's funny, cute, handsome, sweet, basically anything besides tough, I get an ear full! "I'm not _____, I'm tough!" Which I usually say, "Yes, ofcourse you're tough, but you can be (sweet, handsome, cute) AND tough at the same time!" So the other day he asked to see my thumb. The left one. My right one is healing nicely from the violent smashing but I cut my left one with a knife a week before Thanksgiving. So he asked to see my left thumb. When I showed him he said, "Awe.... that hurts, huh? Did you cry when you cut it?" I said, "No." And he responds, "Yeah! You're tough and pretty!" And gave me a hug. Day made. Bryse got her ears pierced while we were in Springfield, MO. So here is a picture of that. She's only been begging for a couple of years! She said, "Ow." on both sides but that was it! The other day while playing outside and racing with her brother and sister she tripped and plowed face first through the grass. Leaving dirt and leaves up her nose, a swollen lip and nose. But she bounced back quickly. Deakin is running everywhere while, strangely enough, windmilling his right arm. Seems he can run faster if that arms is rotating in large circles. He started saying, "Boo!". He has been in a bit of a mood lately with teething molars and some other things. So he is either really fun or really not fun.
And hopefully I will have lots of pictures of our double birthday party on Saturday. Pray for us with that! Gonna be a full house and lots of kids. Things get crazy when all the friends your kids have also have 2-3 siblings to come along too. ; ) Can't complain, we are one of those families too, so the more the merrier!
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