Girl!

Thank you all for your prayers for this little girl of ours! Our last ultrasound showed us a beautifully HEALTHY GIRL! No signs of any abdomen abnormality.

God is so good!

We're now over the halfway mark and I'm feeling more myself--upbeat and energetic.

Dress for Shabby Apple Dare to Design contest!

Here is a guest post by my lil sis, Catherine! She has great aspirations of bringing trendy modest fashions to the mainstream. So cool! When stylish modest options aren't readily available, I know too well how easy it is to either lean toward frumpiness or immodesty.





Adelle Dress design for Shabby Apple dresses!

The dress is made of a light twill that has a large houndstooth print of a creamy olive green and slightly off-white. An off-white ribbon comes across just above the bust. It is a fitted sheath dress that hits at the knee.

The inspiration for this dress is loosely from a Jane Austen story. I see Adelle walking through knee-high grass reading her favorite romantic novel.

AMDG

Henry!

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No more mullet!

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For health and peace

Today we began a novena asking our Blessed Mother to intercede for baby's health and peace for our family in whatever outcome the anatomy ultrasound reveals. The nine days of prayer will end next Wednesday (Aug 26,) the day of the ultrasound.

We would be so grateful if you would again join your prayers with ours for this petition.

Holy Mary, you learned compassion as you witnessed with grief-stricken soul the suffering and death of your divine Son. And your compassion for us your children in our sickness and sufferings has earned for you the loving title of Health of the Sick.

Compassionate Mother, I turn to you now and beg you to pray with me for the welfare of my child. Your intercession is boundless before the throne of our Father in heaven: whatever you ask, He will grant. So speak to Him now with me on behalf of my child, who is your child too. Ask Him in His loving mercy to grant a restoration of health.

And, through the goodness of your intercession and in recognition of blessings received, may both my child and I be drawn closer to you in filial affection and trust and give ourselves in all things to a greater dedication in service to God our Father. From Fathers' Manual 1969

In case you were wondering...

A Magic Eraser will remove dry-erase marker from your piano keys when elbow grease doesn't cut it.

grrrrrr.

I'll let you know how effective it is on the walls.

I do not think it means what you think it means...

Last week, Henry and his Nana took a walk and came upon the remains of an old playhouse in the backyard (just the roof, really.)

He stopped and studied the view before saying very solemnly, "The house. fell. on the naked witch."

Nana bit her tongue until they returned to the house and we've been howling all week since. Gotta love him.

PS Any idea where he watched The Wizard of Oz???