Don't Wake the Baby!!!

Hi everyone! I, first, want to extend a huge THANK YOU for your birthday wishes for Brittany! I can't tell you how much they all mean! You really are such a thoughtful group of blogging friends and I treasure each of you. Hope you know that! Writing the post about her was a very hard thing for me to do because of all the emotions involved. When I published it yesterday morning, I told her that I'd like for her to read it. A few minutes later, she came over to me with tears falling down her face. Yep, I took one look at her and I completely lost it! She hugged my neck real tight and said, "Mom, that was so sweet! Thank you for doing that for me...I love you!" Let me tell you, we stood there, held onto each other, and had a major boo-hoo session for about 10 minutes or so. Boy, did I ever need to get that out of my system...it had been building up for days!

Brittany's had a good birthday, so far. She went shopping yesterday with one of her best friends, so that was a lot of fun! We, of course, went to church this morning and when we got home, Abby and I got busy making her birthday cake. We'll treat her to dinner out tonight at one of her favorite restaurants, Macaroni Grill. We're all really looking forward to "eating large"! We opted just to keep things low key this year since we gave her a "Sweet 16" birthday party last year.

I do want to share a funny story with you that Chris reminded me of when we were leaving church. Well, after I had Brittany, I made the decision that first night that I wanted her to stay in the same room with me, rather than have her go to the nursery. She was a bit on the fussy side and I tried for the longest time to get her settled down. Finally, she fell sound asleep and I placed her gently in the bassinet so not to wake her. I made my way, ever so carefully, to the bathroom. While I was in there, I kept hearing like a sound like a motor running. It just kept going and going. Chris was in the room with Brittany, so I felt certain he heard it, too, and would attempt to do something about it so she wouldn't waken.

Well, after several minutes, I opened the bathroom door to find my dear husband on the hospital bed with it jacked up about 5 feet in the air!!! I could not believe my eyes!!! I was not too pleased (that's an understatement!), and I asked him what in the world was he doing? He told me that he was trying to see how high the bed would go! Was he not using noggin?

I was sore, tired, and very cranky...he didn't know who he was messing with! I told him to get down off that bed ASAP because if he woke Brittany up from her slumber, he was going to be DEAD MEAT!!! Believe me, at that very moment, I meant every single word of it! We had a good laugh about it this morning, but it sure wasn't too funny then! Did I mention that he is such a stinker??? :)

As I'm sure all of you know...tonight is the Super Bowl. Well, so often, we hear stories about big name athletes who haven't chosen to follow the straight and narrow path in life by getting involved with drugs, illegal activities, etc. I came across this video that shows several athletes from the Steelers and the Cardinals talking about their faith...be inspired!



It's so refreshing to hear these athletes talking openly about their faith in God. Actually, that's what our sermon in church today was about...how it's our mission as Christians to bring others to Christ. The greatest thing you can do for another person is to share with them what God has done for you. So, today, I encourage you to take that leap of faith and share the good news!

Have a blessed Sunday...hugs to you all!♥