Stellan

If you have followed my blog at all or talked to me during the past few months, I have been following the life of MCKMama at www.mycharmingkids.net. Her sweet baby Stellan is not doing well. I am asking for prayers for this little one that God hold him in his hand. We know that God is the Great Physician and can heal him here on earth, or heal him by bringing him home. Please pray for Stellan and his family as they deal with the emotions of these days.

They have called the extended family to come, so unless a miraculous earthly healing occurs, then little Stellan may be with our Lord soon! Please pray for the healing of their family either way.

In tears over a family I only know through a blog,
Laura

Random birthday photos

On Kaleb's actual birthday, we had swimming lessons. Since we have been eating out after the swim lessons, we let Kaleb pick out the restaurant. He chose Shoney's because he wanted the bar. Such a silly boy. He loves getting the bar, but he doesn't eat a lot from it. He still loves going there though.



A vast improvement over the kid I had at swim lessons a few weeks ago. No more choke hold. I am trying to get him to be a little more adventurous about swimming.



A silly face for the camera.



Look at those big blue eyes.



She looks so beautiful here. Don't let her hear you say she is beautiful. She only wants to be cute. Oh well she is going to be one beautiful girl!



A big bite for a little fellow!

They even sang to him at Shoney's when they brought out their ice cream sundae's.

Below is Kenzie's first jump off the diving board at the UT Aquatic Center.




She is amazing. She has moved up to the next level in swimming. I am trying to convince her to take lessons this fall. We will see how I do with that.

Enjoy the photos and video!

Enjoy the update, 2 in one day!

Kaleb's 3rd Birthday Party!

Here are some random images from McKaleb's birthday party this weekend. I would like to give big thank you's to the following people:

• The Burnett's for allowing us to use the club house and pool in their subdivision for the party.
• Rachel for helping to order the cake during my busy week.
• Mom for buying and preparing the side dishes and getting the paper products from Party City.
  
• Papaw for cooking the hot dogs.
• Papaw Biscuits and Darlene for getting the ice and balloons for the party.
• PeePaw for bringing the ice cream.

Thanks to everyone who came to the party. Kaleb had a great time. He has thanked us many times since the party was over for having his party and coming to his party. It was a huge success!

Enjoy the photos!




My Spiderman Bike!



Having some fun in the pool!



Katie stops for a smile!



Elizabeth hamming it up!



Anna, Cathy and Erin watching Kaleb open his presents. Cathy is getting her baby fix!



The other kids watching Kaleb open his presents. They are so excited about it. Wait....Is that an adult that snuck in to watch with the kids?



My cake!!!



I love that icing! Green is my new favorite color!




Hamming it up for mom!



Getting my swim on!

Happy Birthday Kaleb!!

My little one is a baby no more. Today he turns 3! In his honor, I have put a few of my favorite memories of the past 3 years here for you to enjoy!




Just a few minutes old! I was born at 11:04 pm on July 14th weighing 6 lbs 13 oz.




Going home from the hospital. I look so cute and tiny.




My first adventure at Market Square ice skating. I am too cute.




My new car seat. I am finally old enough to face forward!!




My 2 year old pictures. I have a sweet smile, but I am very mischevious.




See my potato head, mom!



Here is that mischievous smile.




Getting me some love!




Having fun at swim lessons.




Playing the Happy Birthday game with Nanny. We light a candle and sing as softly as possible and I blow out the candle. So much fun.

Happy Birthday little man. You are a wonderful blessing in my life. I hope to help you celebrate many more birthdays.

Love,
McksMom

The Clock is Ticking...... Rhonda

So according to Rhonda, the clock is ticking. Ticking you say, on what? Well, apparently I don't post quick enough. But being a single mom, sometimes it is hard to find the time, as well as something interesting to blog about. The past couple of weeks have been a blur. We finished one round of swim lessons and had a wonderful week of rest. That was the week of the 4th. On the 6th, we started our second round of swim lessons. I don't have any pics of this round, but maybe I will get some this week.

I have also applied to grad school at UTM for their online counseling program. Maybe one day I will start a grad program and then finish a grad program. They are just lacking one letter of recommendation as of today. My reference will be sending it tomorrow. Yipee! I will have all the documentation in, and will just be waiting on the acceptance letter.

Kaleb will be 3 tomorrow. My baby is now considered a big boy. Wah!!!!! I guess we will have to start potty training in earnest now. He can do it, I have just been too lazy to deal with it. Diapers can be so much easier than trying to remember to take a little one to the bathroom. Kenzie just goes when she has to go, so trying to remember to take him is hard. I have got to get a little discipline.

Kaleb wants to go to Shoney's for his birthday. He loves it there. He likes it beacause he can get "the bar." When we went on vacation, he ordered the bar everywhere we went, but we didn't go to any restaurants that had a bar. It was so funny!

So there is my update for today. I have another post forming in my head, so I my find the time to write it tomorrow, or not. Now that the clock has started over I have lots of time........

Graduation Day Photos, Finally!

I finally got Graduation Photos from Dad and from Luke. Here are a few. Enjoy!

Swimming Lessons

Creta took some pictures of the swimming lessons. After some technical difficulties in getting the photos to load, I give you my little water bugs.



I think this one of Kenzie and the kickboard is my favorite!



There are fewer photos of Kaleb on here because I am in all of them. As you can see he gets great joy once class is over. By the end of the lessons he was doing so much better.

Kenzie progressed to the next level. She was the only one in her class swimming on her own by the end of the 2 weeks of lessons. On to level 2!