{and yet He loves me}

the other day, i was commenting to casey how {crazy} i thought

it was that though remi requires {everything} from me, and yet does {nothing} for me

i do not begrudge him, or get irritated with him for always needing me.

i simply {adore} {love} and {gladly} give of myself to him.

then, casey chose to {rock} my world...

...in a good way...

with this comment-

"oh yeah? you should thank God for the same."

it's true.

it's {crazy}, that though i require {everything} from God, and yet do {nothing} for Him

He does not begrudge me, or get irritated with me for alway needing Him.

God simply {adores} {loves} and {gladly} gives of Himself to me...

...and to you.

{daily delaney}

delaney loves all things to do with a {camera}.

taking pictures.

having her's taken.

desperately wanting to {see} the picture after it's been taken.

she'll look at photos on the computer or my phone for {hours}.

one day we decided to play with the camera.

here are the many {faces} of delaney.

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{one more fun thing!}

in all of my posts about remi's birth and the update...i forgot to tell you all a super fun fact!

one of my best friends, hannah, and i were preggers together.

she was about 3 weeks further along then me.

hannah was pregnant with her 3rd {beautiful} daughter.

seriously, you should go to her blog and look at these girls...they are stunning.

anyway, and since i was preggers w/ a boy, i've had all these dreams of them one day getting

married and living happily ever after.

hannah had this condition during her pregnancy that caused her to have crazy amounts of amniotic fluid. so this poor woman measured full term when she was not even 30weeks along!

can you believe that!

at one point, hannah shared with me that if i went into labor before her (since i have a history of going early and she has a history of going late) that she would be, and i quote,

"pissed".

in the most light hearted friendly kind of way. i think....

teeheehee.

so hannah was scheduled for a c-section on 8-9-10.

cool date huh.

recognize it?

yeah, that's Remington's birthday.

and he was born a few hours {before} her sweet daughter, Jetta Monroe.

so i did in fact, go into labor and have a baby before her....

thankfully only a few hours, or she might have really been pissed. :)

we had rooms next door to each other all week.

when i wasn't able to hold Remington yet, hannah let me borrow Jetta.

she was a great encouragment and support for me in those hard days.

it was nice to know one of my best friends was right next door.

our older 2 kids are just a few months apart, and aside from the occasional girl fight, they are great friends.

i hope the same for remi and jetta!

{remi d}

remember a while back when i did posts about casey, the girls and i?

well, it's time you get to know the little {man}.here's installment #4.

this little man is 4.5 weeks old.

crazy. it goes by {way} too fast.we like to call him:

remi d

toots

mr. man

magruter

tin

rem rem

let me tell you, this sweet boy is easy going and handsome.

and he really likes to fart.

he is an incredibly {gassy} baby.

thankfully not in the fussy, his tummy hurts all the time way...

he just toots {all} {the} {time}.

he is easy going and laid back.his sisters are in {love} with him.

mind you, so am i.

he has crazy good {head} control.

he has {pimples}. poor boy.

he's starting to fill out and his legs are looking less chickeny.

since he's still a little cross eyed and basically eat, sleeps, and {yes} poops...

i don't have much else to report on his personality and character.

but we are sure thankful to have him around.

{daily delaney}

i think most mothers' hope for their relationship with their daughters is that

they will always feel {confidant} and {comfortable} coming to us for anything.

this morning as delaney crawled into bed to watch some cartoons with her daddy, she

asked me for {help}.

last night, she slept in a night shirt and panties...and as she slipped under

the covers, an {issue} came up.

"mom, can you, can you, can you help me get the panties out of my bottom?"

yes daughter. i will pick your {wedgie}.

again, i'm thankful she feels comfortable talking to me even about the {embarrassing} things.

{karly}

on tuesday, we choose to put down our sweet and beautiful

german shorthair pointer, Karly.

for those of you who aren't "dog people" you probably won't understand, and i won't be offended if you just stop reading this right now

it feels bitter and unfair to me that we had to do it.

she was only 6 years old....and lived only half her life.

a couple of months ago, we found out she had cancer in her mouth.

it quickly grew and started to close off her nasal passage, making it hard for her to breath.

she couldn't really do any of her favorite things (chasing squirrels, swimming, playing with our other dog) w/out struggling to breath.

it was a hard decision to make, and i didn't think i'd struggle

with the loss of her as much as i have.

anyway, i won't start getting all sappy on you.

i have to remember she was just a dog.

a great companion with lots of personality....yet still just a dog.

i just wanted to pay some sort of tribute to our lovable and goofy "puddin".