Brance, Lauren & Haddie

Oh my, I’ve really neglected this little blog. Here are some cute pictures taken of Haddie on Halloween. My friend and neighbor Deepa and I took Haddie on the trick-or-treat trail in town. I think she had a lot of fun, even though she wasn’t exactly sure of what was going on .

Here are some photos from the last couple weeks. The first two are from our trip to Louisville, KY. The rest were taken at home here in Pulaski.

Haddie does some of the silliest things. One evening she covered Lauren with stuffed animals, and was obviously proud of her handiwork. Another night she put on Lauren’s shoes, picked up a broom, and carried her dirty diaper to the diaper pail. One day when I was keeping her and Lauren was gone, she got out the huge plastic sunglasses they gave me after having my pupils dilated at my last eye exam. And finally, she wore herself out and rested on the couch. The last one is from her nap Wednesday afternoon. What a life she lives!

I found this leaf on the sidewalk outside my office, and it’s the biggest one I’ve ever seen.

The talented Mr. Carney was here for a visit over last weekend and he kindly took some pictures for us. He took a bunch of Haddie, and some of us as a family. The family pictures are going to be left unpublished at this point because Lauren wants the Christmas card to be a surprise for everyone. But she did give me permission to share a few photos with you.

Dave took all but two of these. I took the one of Dave under the bridge, and the one of Lauren. Dave took the rest.

I’m incredibly sensitive to caffeine.  I’m not kidding; just ask anybody who knows me well (and you can’t reach Brance right now, as he likes to spend his nights sleeping).  It really is ridiculous just how sensitive my body is to caffeine.  I like to blame my parents for this problem as a result of their shielding me from this drug as a child, but the only connection they have to my insanely hyperadrenal reaction to caffeine can be summed up in one word… genetics.  Let me tell you, if someone could come up with a way to harness the energy my body produces while under the influence of even the smallest amount of caffeine… energy crises would become a thing of the past.

And to think I had thought that I had made good choices tonight while spending time with friends.  I decided not to drink, even though everybody around me had a drink and even offered me a drink too.  Looking back I wish I would have given into peer pressure and had had a drink of coffee with them.  I might as well since I’m going to be up most of the night anyways and the only thing that is better than delectably gooey moist chocolate cake is delectably gooey moist chocolate cake with a cup of coffee…

Okay, since I’m bored out of my gourd at 2 a.m. and all attempts at productive activity have failed, I thought I might waste some of your time with a picture I found of Brance and I while we were dating.   I think I love looking at pictures because I’m always amazed at how much things can change in a few years time… the way people look, a person’s relationships and their direction in life,  where people live and and all the places they’ve been…the list could go on.

Looking at the picture of Brance and I taken a little over four years ago, I think about the many changes that have taken place for us (outside of the obvious one that my hair is now longer than Brance’s )… our marriage, the relationships we’ve built, the birth of our first child, the wonderful opportunities we’ve had to serve in our local church – to name a few good ones .  I also think about all the changes that the future might bring.  And though I don’t know what all those changes will be, I know that I serve a God who “causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose”.  So even though I know the future will certainly bring both good and bad changes, I rest confident that God’s plans will go forth and his plans are always for good.

For fun…

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2009

Here’s a few photos I pulled off the camera this morning. The first ones are from a week or so ago when “PaPa” was here for a visit. We had dinner at Nana and Poppy’s house and Haddie got to play in the pool. She loves the pool.

Next up are photos from our living room with Haddie making a mess out of her cereal. Daddy’s not as good at feeding her as mommy is. Mommy insisted on pictures of the mess before cleaning it up.

And finally, this morning Haddie decided she needed to wear my shoes around the living room. Isn’t she cute?