Let's play Catch Up...

What a fast and furious past month we've had here! 

 My computer has been in the shop since Dec. 3rd. Thankfully, I got it back recently and I'm ready to play catch up!

We had a very eventful December! Maisie was in her first pageant on December 4th.  She was beautiful.  Her dress was one we just had hanging in the closet and it looked great on her! We're going to have to work on her confidence and walk before July.  She was crowned Miss Delta Pre Teen Holiday.  Several of the youth from our church came, my parents, niece, and nephew came, and Robert's mama, sister, and nephew also came to cheer her on!

The state pageant is in July in Vicksburg. She will be competing for Little Miss Magnolia State. 

She also had her first school program on December 5th.  I know she was involved in Christmas programs at the different Childrens' Homes she was in, but this was her first real school program.  She was one of the nine ladies dancing from "The 12 Days of Christmas".  She looked adorable (as usual). 

Our Christmas was pretty relaxed. Maisie went to my parent's house on the Thursday before Christmas Eve. It gave her some time to spend with Nanny & Pappy.  She helped make candy for Christmas Eve. Robert and I went down on Christmas Eve around lunch.  We had a great time. 

Christmas Day was exciting. Maisie was concerned that she wasn't going to get what she really wanted......a cell phone.  We tricked her by wrapping it in a little box which was inside a bigger box, which was inside a bigger box.  You could definitely see her becoming more irritated until she got to the final one! It was nice to surprise her!

We also made a quick trip to Gatlinburg with some of our youth for XTreme Winter.  We were worried that Maisie would be irritable during the conference because it is mostly loud music and a few speakers.  She did very well though! She slept through almost all of the concerts.  I'm not sure how she does it, but she manages to block out the noise and snooze away! It's amazing really.  There were only 7 of us that went, so we had a great time just hanging out all together. 

So far, 2012 has been pretty uneventful.  I've been having trouble with a constant headache since Wednesday.  I went to the doctor on Friday and had a CT Scan.  He is concerned because I'm not showing signs of a sinus infection or any other viral infection.  We'll know the results this coming Friday.  Praying it's nothing serious.

With the new year, I try to make some sort of "resolution".  This year, my goals are to lose some weight (I'm sure I'm not alone on this one), spend more time with Maisie doing meaningful things, and to listen and OBEY God a lot more than in years past.