I thought I would title this post "breathing room" after our Sunday school class at church has been studying Andy Stanley's Breathing Room mini series. It fits perfect with our life right now, as Charlie and I agree we barely have any breathing room from working full time, taking care of Margaret, and all the other responsibilities that come along with being a wife, husband, mother and father. (Hence a long hiatus from my sweet little blog)
It's the most wonderful gift, but boy have we had barely any breathing room. That's why I haven't shared some of our photos in a while. I am finally almost finished with Margaret's photo album, it only took me eight months to start, but it helps getting up at 5:00am some mornings to get a few things accomplished off my to -do list.
Margaret is officially a crawler, however, she still prefers the army crawling method over any method of getting around. She is starting to pull up, and it's the cutest thing watching her little chubby legs push with all their might.
At school they have been studying apples and pumpkins. She can point to all her pumpkins in the house, as we have at least 7, and she can say "apppp" when I say apple to her. They studied apples for two weeks at school, sang songs about them and did an activity with applesauce.
Our adventures over the past three weeks have taken us to Mooresville for a family reunion, Players birthday party in Bishopville and the SC State Fair.
My little muffin is getting so big, and her "reddish" hair is growing rapidly!
The pictures below contain many many words I often cannot express, and the last few weekends summarize our delight visiting with our closest friends and family.
Margaret continues to bring joy to my life in so many new ways. She is babbling when I ask her questions. She points to her pumpkins when I say "where is your pumpkin?" I ask her "where her ball is, where are the cars, where is Mama, where is Dada," and she points and giggles.
She loves her class at Eastminster, and I love her teachers! They are so genuine, and I can tell they truly love being around children. LaLa and BaBa both have seen Margaret a lot the past few weeks, and she has enjoyed having special visitors.
Margaret, Charlie and I enjoyed a weekend in Isle of Palms with my best friends a few weeks ago. Everyone brought their children, and I can honestly say we had a lovely time. The weather was perfect, everyone was on their own schedule, and mass confusion didn't exist. The children were so well behaved and loved playing with one another. Lizzie's two children, Emerson and Caroline, loved holding Margaret and playing with her. It was the sweetest.
Charlie and I also enjoyed a weekend away to Clemson, to witness the victory of Clemson beating Louisville. We gathered again, just the besties this time, no babies on Lake Hartwell.
And in between, we've attended the Greek Festival, happy hours with friends, visiting family and play dates.
I hope our Margaret sure knows how much she's loved.
