This Is the Day

Kevin and I noticed the other day that I was humming the song, "This Is the Day (that the Lord has made)" to Allie Grace to help calm her down and get her to sleep. I started doing it a while back without realizing what I was humming...I just knew that it helped calm her down. Since then I've been thinking about the song and how I usually felt when she was really fussy. It turns out that it has a calming effect on me too. I'm still not sure how my humming changed from my version of "Rock-a-by" that I sing to the girls, but I'm so glad that it did. I'm reminded every time I hum it now that each day is God's creation and that, while things may be a little hectic and I may have a million things to do and a baby that wants to be held, He knows what is in each day and is there to help me through them.

A Monkey Kind of Day

I'm really late with this post because I always forget to upload pictures from my camera or phone to the computer.

We had Mattie Leigh's 3rd birthday on October 2. She asked months ago if she could have a Curious George party. This was the first year that she really knew what all was going on and she was super excited. I think she asked me 5 times before 9:30 that morning if it was her party day and who all was coming to see her. The kid is super blessed and got lots of great gifts from lots of great family and friends.

Here are a few pictures to document the day.