Merry Christmas!

Well, another Christmas has come and gone. We had a great one. Marleigh is at such a fun age for Christmas. She was so excited to see what santa had brought to her. She got all kinds of toys, clothes, and of course undergarmets. She also got a cupcake maker, which we just had to make two cupcakes as soon as our traditional sausage-gravy christmas breakfast was over. All while I was trying to fix my sweet potato casserole for our family Christmas in Princeton, while her daddy took a midmorning nap. Must I say-those cupcakes are horrible, but she could care less. The first one she gave to her daddy-he pretended to like it. THe second one was for her, but we put a candle in it and sang "Happy Birthday, Jesus". It was precious. Christmas eve was spent at Bengi's moms house, then my mom came over to spend the night. The next morning we did the presents ate breakfast and went to Princeton to visit and eat with my dad and the rest of the Tandy gang. On the way over, we decided to go to Louisville that night to see Bengi's dad. After we left Princeton, we went to Bengi's mom house to do the present thing. We racked up. We came back home to pack, house was left a mess from the morning and on we went at 6:00 pm to Louisville. We got there around 11:00pm their time. It was a very long day, but a fun filled joyous day.

We had a blast in Louisville. Marleigh's favorite thing was going bowling. Here is a video, absolutley precious:

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Prayer Concerns: My uncle and his family, our economy, our new President

Praises: Everyone had safe travels over Christmas weekend, Jesus' birth, Milly kicking constantly, my bathroom getting fixed: Thank you, honey! :-)

Until next time-Live, Laugh, Love tara

Recent and Miscellaneous Pics

No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I am still here. So sorry that it has taken me soooo long to post. Life has been pretty busy. We have gone Christmas shopping every weekend-I think that I am finished. Yee-Haw!!! We have gone to Opryland Hotel, and seen the Rockets. ( I highly recommend it! Marleigh was amazed and loved it!) We have gone to Pattie's 1880 Settlement to see Santa, which was a really neat experience. We have been out of school for the past 2 days due to about 1/2 inch of sleet/ice. Nice break, but this is messing up my maternity leave. I am feeling great, just fat-all nose and cheeks. I wish I was a lucky one that only my lips swelled at least I would look like Angelina Jo-Lee Pitt (I know I spelled her name wrong, sorry). But no I have to look like I have 2 noses on my face and balloons for cheeks.

I go to the doctor tomorrow morning for a check up. Milly is moving constantly. It is the most amazing feeling ever. It is a feeling that no one can describe. Bengi felt her move for the first time yesterday morning. It was quite special, but a man still can't appreciate that little flutter. Although, he did think it was pretty cool. Well, I'm pretty worn out and ready for bed. I will try not to wait so long until I write next time. Until next time-Live, Laugh, Love

Praises- my mother-in-law had a successful surgery and is recovering wonderfully

Prayer Concerns-my uncle and his prognosis

We are having ...

(You will need to mute the music at the bottom of the page to hear this video!)

The doctor said that everything looked great. A healthy baby that moved practically the whole time she was on the screen. She yawned and had the hiccups. It was so precious. She weighs 12 oz. They also moved my due date up to the 8th of April. So this week, I am officially half way there. Marleigh was ecstatic. She was so glad she wouldn't have to trade in her Barbie walkie-talkies. (As you hear in the video!) Well, all is well here! We are truly blessed. Hope you have a great week!

Until next time-Live, Laugh, Love

Tara

Angels Rejoicing!!!

Today, the angels are rejoicing in heaven. I was sitting at the kitchen table when we had a knock at the door. Bengi said that Corky, Malic's dad, wanted to talk to me. If you remember a post back in June about Marleigh and Malic going to Bible School, well that is who I am talking about. Anyways, he, with tears in the corner of his eyes, came around the corner and said that Malic got saved this morning. He had gone to church with his aunt and realized that he didn't want to live without Jesus anymore. This was so exciting that it brought tears to my eyes. Glory to God! Anyways, I just wanted to share the great news that I had today. God does move and the angels are singing. Just pray now that this precious new christian can make a difference in his father's life. Keep Malic in your prayers!

On another note, we go to the doctor's office for our ultrasound to find out what the baby is. We are so anxious to find out. We can't wait! Well, Tuesday night check back to hear the good news.

Until next time-Live, Laugh, Love
Tara

Halloween Costume(s)

Marleigh, Halley, Hunter, and Hayden ready for the candy!

Marleigh's 2nd costume of the night!

Posing for the camera! What a ham!

1st costume of the night! I put this picture in here so all of you can see my baby bump!

Marleigh and Ganny!

1st costume!

This Halloween, Marleigh got to wear 2 costumes. It all started as her being snow white. She wore her costume to preschool for her party and took it off after. When I came to pick her up, we went to the bathroom to get her snow white costume on. When I took it out of the bag, I saw the rip around the waist, but I wasn't prepared for the eye-sore. When she put it on and turned around to get her shoes on, there was a huge split down the back of the skirt that was wide open and showed her panties when she walked. I asked her teacher for a stapler and stapled the back so that we could go to Ganny's and Auntie Marda's.

By the time, we got to Auntie Marda's after going to Ganny's the staples had all split again. So she had to walk into the nursing home exposing her back side. She did give the nurses a big laugh, though.

After we got home, we changed her into an outfit she had already had. IT turned out perfect. We went downtown for the trick or treating. Marleigh had a great time!

Humbled by a 4-year old!

Hey, there! Sorry it's taken so long for me to post. Stephanie W. told me I better get with it, so here i am. Yesterday was crazy. I had a normal day at school, parent-teacher conferences until 5pm, picked up Marleigh from my moms, ran home to change and thats when my girl brought me to my knees.

Malic, our next door neighbor that is in 4th grade, has been going with us to church on Wednesday nights. Recently, he and his dad have moved a couple of streets over. Marleigh didn't know at the time, ran up to his door to get him so we could go to church. Bengi told her that he moved. She said with a frown, "Who is going to go to church with me?" She stood there for a moment thinking. She took off running in the front yard to our other neighbor's house where Rashaan lives with his Granny. She knocked and knocked. When no one answered, she walked slowly to me and said, "I don't have any friends to take with me?" She wouldn't stop until she made Bengi call Malic's dad to see if he could come with us.

This humbled me so much. If I/we as Christians would be more like this precious child, there would be a lot more saved people out there. It is our duty as Christians to not only witness, walk the walk and talk the talk, but to invite others to church.

Even adults can learn lessons or be reminded of what is really important from a 4-year old.

Prayers-Election on the 4th, Matthew Litchfield, lost, Frensley Family
Praises-the weekend is almost here, God's creations, another day given to make a difference.

Have a great weekend!
Until next time-Live, Laugh, Love
Tara

4 Weeks Until We Find Out!

I had a doctor's appointment today. Marleigh went with me. I am trying to take with me to every visit, (unless there is an exam), so that she feels apart of the whole process. We heard the heartbeat today for the first time. Oh, what an awesome sound that was-a reassurance, peace of mind, a blessing. The heart monitor registered 158 heartbeats per minute. If I can recall, Marleigh had anywhere from 160-168 a minute. He said he guesses that it's another girl. But he said he was "only guessing." We would like to have a boy, but if a healthy girl it is-that will be fine, too.

We go November 18th at 2:30 to find out what sex the baby is. I will be counting down the days. It is so exciting. If it wasn't so convinent to find out the sex for preparation purposes, I would like to wait to find out. Life needs more exciting surprises. But I don't think I could hold out, though.

Well, all is well here. We had fall break last week. It was great times-sleeping in, visiting cousins, and did I mention sleeping in. I didn't get half of what I wanted to get done, but oh well. House work will not grow legs and walk away-I wish it would.:-)

Hope everyone has a great week! Until next time - Live, Laugh, Love
Tara