Just Another Sunday

*Worship was especially good this morning. Pastor Lee continued on week 3 in his series "Becoming a Compassionate Congregation".

*I have never been sports oriented, didn't matter what it is, I have no desire to watch any sports on TV, and yes, that includes the SuperBowl. So while there was no SuperBowl party here, we did have dinner here again with Susan, Tom and Matthew as well as Uncle Roy. I must admit I am enjoying these Sunday afternoon dinners and I am becoming much more domestic down here than I ever was in Canton. Oh, I cooked and occasionally baked but lately rarely a day goes by without my baking something. Wm. takes his lunch to work since we have been down here, something he never did before, so I do like to make little treats for his lunch. I have to make more than a little or he never gets any himself.

* Matthew was six months old on Friday. I find it very hard to believe that he is the same 5# baby who came home from the hospital. He is sitting in the high chair now (and loving it) . He likes cereal and he loves vegetables, but not fruit. He will not eat any fruit unless you mix it with his cereal. He is gumming away on his arrowroot cookies with the biggest grin you ever saw. I guess no one would be surprised that he is now 18#.

* We did not even attempt to go north this weekend. The weather reports, even yesterday. were for lake effect snow and having lived in Pulaski for seven years, we know how bad it can get and decided it was better not to take the chance of having to drive through it. I find myself missing the girls more than I thought possible. We do call and talk to them but it is still not the same as holding and kissing them. Oh, I miss that!

*Yes, I do hold and kiss Matty all day long and now he even kisses me back. OK, I know he doesn't really kiss me but when I say "Matty, give your old fat Gramma a kiss"; he puts his open mouth on my cheek and then he giggles.

*Speaking of giggles, you would not believe how he giggles when he jumps in the bouncer. His legs are so long that we have had to raise it up twice. He jumps and giggles and giggles and jumps. I love it.

* I got a talking photo album in the mail yesterday from Donna. It has pictures of Morrigan's life since she was born and a little recorded "I love you" message from Morrigan. Did I mention that Jon and Donna do not want us to miss Morrigan's 4th birthday and have offered to buy us airline tickets to come for the weekend of her birthday? I was sure we would miss it for the first time since she was born. What a blessing!

* Hopefully, the weather will be better in a week or two and we can make the trek north. I do miss it and all of you much more than I expected. There are advantages to living down here but the single most drawback is that the girls are still up there.