MDBetter Family

Change starts with us

duffy — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:58:05 +0000

So it is time for an update on Natalie. She is doing really well in school. She brought her grades up to straight A’s the second 9 weeks. She has adjusted well to Merrol Hyde Magnet and we are proud of her for working hard.

She is growing up so fast. Last week we had a great conversation. We were praying for our country on Thursday. Our church is having a month of prayer for missions and each day has a different focus. We don’t always remember but we are so blessed when we do. Back to Natalie – as we talked about the upcoming changes with elections in our country and we could pray she paused and said, “mom, change starts at Redeemer (our church)”. I asked her to explain. She explained that if change started in our church that would effect our city, and that would effect our state then our country then the world. I asked her who made up Redeemer. She said, “you know Pastor Jamie, the worship team, oh and us. We make up Redeemer”. (lightbulb!) Change starts with us.

Today, Natalie went to her first swim meet. She had a great time and she did awesome. She is at the end of the pool in the tie die bathing suit. We were so proud of her.

All by myself

duffy — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:25:25 +0000

Anabel traced her name at her Mothers Day Out program. At 2 3/4 we are pretty proud!

A big week for Courtney

duffy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:34:26 +0000

Courtney is having a big week. Saturday during her horse riding lesson she had her first fall. It was not a bad fall and she got right back on to finish her lesson. Hooray! On Monday she lost another tooth so she has a big gap on the right side that makes her have a funny lisp. Today she having her tonsils and adenoids removed. She was so brave going into surgery but did not want to wear the hair net. After a dose of Versced she forgot about it and started telling Mike he had two heads.

Courtney is out of surgery and it went well.

Courtney went back to school today the 19th. She did great and really seems to be healing well.

Round 2- I think we are losing

duffy — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:01:40 +0000

So tonight we think Anabel is asleep. Just before we go to bed we hear a sound and check on her. Below is what we found. There is nothing left in her dresser.

Ready to go at the wrong time

duffy — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 05:29:03 +0000

Anabel took a late nap today and slept a little too long so when bedtime came she was not ready to go to sleep. I let her look at a book for a few minutes as she was getting ready to sleep. At 10:30 she came downstairs fully dressed even with shoes, her purse and her phone ready to go to church. She has on a ballet outfit with a black skirt and black turtle neck over it. Two different knee socks that actually belong to the big girls and her little black dress shoes. So cute!!! When stopped laughing and taking pictures we told her she had to go to bed She went right up took her shoes off, put her purse and phone by the bed and wanted to sleep in her clothes so she will be ready for church.

Share/swap your stuff

duffy — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:42:11 +0000

We are hosting a swap/sale in Feb to support a missionary family as they raise money to adopt a sweet baby boy, Franklin. Save the stuff you are planning to give away, bring it to the swap and you can shop from everyone’s collection. More details and a date are coming soon but be assured it will be a fun time of fellowship and shopping. Plus you get to clean out your stuff and support a sweet family.

Christmas morning sayings

duffy — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:26:54 +0000

Courtney was awake around 6 this morning and she has been ready to go. Here are a few funny sayings from the morning.
“Is it like midnight, do we have to go back to sleep?”
After sneezing, “Where do I put this sneeze?”
When I caught her looking in a box before it was time, “I’m just peeking, I’ll act surprised when i open it”.

Santa came early

duffy — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 03:58:41 +0000

Santa showed up this afternoon to surprise the girls.

Merry Christmas

duffy — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:32:11 +0000

Here are a few pictures from our trip to San Diego. The one of just Mike is at a restaurant from Diners, Drive Ins and Dives. It was the first stop off the plane. The rest are from Sea World. Pretty fun but also exhausting after a day of flying.

Puppy love

duffy — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:26:23 +0000

Not sure who is enjoying this more Courtney or Daisy