Rance, Kathleen (my mommy in law), and I headed to Blairsville, GA on Saturday afternoon to hang out with Marla (my awesome sister-in-law), Devin & Kenleigh ALONG with Marla's mother-in-law (whom I adore!) and father-in-law.
Marla is a heck of a cook and after feasting on some delicious food, we opened presents, talked and laughed for hours, and I got to sneak away with Miss Kenleigh for an hour or so. Honestly, I LOVE when babies cry or maybe I should say it does NOT bother me. I am sure you are wanting to know why? For some reason, everyone ALWAYS hands baby back to mommy when baby starts crying. That's not me unless mommy grabs baby from me then I do what mommy says. On Saturday night, Kenleigh started getting fussy and crying and before I knew it she was handed over to me and I gladly took that sweet crying baby. Maybe it's growing up in a HOME daycare (my mom's job my entire life) and becoming immuned to the sound of a baby crying or maybe it's just simply understanding a baby's only way to communicate is through crying. I'm not sure but Kenleigh and I went to her nursery and rocked and I sang Jesus Loves Me on repeat about 50 times. She went right off to sleep and I spent much time just praying for her and dwelling on DADDY knitting every single part of her. I may have cried. I cherished every little minute of getting that precious time with my new niece.
Rance THOROUGHLY enjoyed his time with Kenleigh too. He calls himself "Uncle RedBeard" hahaha! I am not sure where that came from but the rest of the evening it just stuck!
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| The Shuler's & The Thomas' Uncle RedBeard, Aunt Jenni, Marla, Kenleigh, & Devin |
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| PLEASE notice Dozer going in between Rance's legs in this picture!!! |
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| Aunt Jenni & Uncle RedBeard with Miss Kenleigh! |
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| Mommy & her two kids & 1st grandbaby |
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| Judy & Randy & Kenleigh (This is Marla's mother in law & father in law!) |
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| I absolutely LOVE Kenleigh's face here! |
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| Such a PRECIOUS gift from Marla, Devin & Kenleigh |
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| Gorgeous Picture from my favorite store - KIRKLAND'S! "When life gets too hard to stand...KNEEL" |
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| Kenleigh's first bracelet from her favorite Aunt & Uncle! |
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| Love watching her open gifts! |
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| Uncle RedBeard bonding with Kenleigh |
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| Precious moments! |
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| Thank you Jesus for Kenleigh! |
I cannot help but reflect daily on the birth of Jesus even admist all the CHRIST-mas parties and family time. I cannot help but think about exactly what it was like the night Jesus was born. Exactly how Mary must have felt. Afterall, she was giving birth to her CREATOR. Isn't that fascinating? What was Joseph thinking? Take time to dwell on this. Don't miss out on the most precious gift of all gifts - Jesus Christ.
I love you all!
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