Catching Up

I know it has been over a week since I have posted anything. I apologize for that, but Emily and I were busy preparing for Daddy's return. We had all these things we wanted to complete before he came home, as a surprise. Here is our list of things, so that you can be as proud of us as daddy was:

* Stained the cabinets in both the Master Bath and the Guest Bathroom

*Painted the front door, and shutters brown

*Took down a set of plaques that Troy despised and replaced it with a frame that is holding 3 5X7 photos of Emily

*Repaired the two shelves in the guest room that my father and Jennifer Brewer broke months ago, and re-hung them. :)

*Made the window seat cushion for her room (FINALLY)

*Shopped for Christmas and wrapped everything

*Had someone come and give us an estimate on some renovations we would like to do

*Purchased beautiful bronze fixtures to replace our dated gold ones, also purchased a light fixture for the guest bath (by the way, I purchased those fixtures at home depot during a one day sale, and received 60% off. I paid 49.00 for fixtures that normally cost over $100!!!)

*Worked a ton on her baby book

*And all the routine stuff (clean the house, work some, feed Emily every three hours, run, workout....) You get the picture.

Here is a picture of the cabinets that I stained. The darker color is the color I stained everything.

Last week we also had to drive to Montgomery for my Board/Staff Christmas lunch. She was so good for the entire event. Here is a picture of her at my office. It was her first day to "work" at Lighthouse with mommy. Although she will not normally be there with me, I had to take a photo of the event:

Friday night, Emily and I attended our Home Group Christmas party. We had such a good time, hanging out with all of our friends. Here are a few pictures from that:

Also at the party, were Molly and Matt Jackson, our worship leader and his wife. He is in a band called The White Oaks, and they are just getting started, so I thought I would put in a plug for him. Here is a picture of Matt and Molly:

Sunday we went to lunch after church, here are some pictures of the Brookin's girls holding her.

We also had the Regions Flight Dept. Christmas party. While we were there, Aunt Cheryl and Uncle Nate kept Emily Bear. We purchased a Bebe Pod for her, and she tried it out that day.