Each One A Unique Blessing

Today is our third daughter's birthday!  Happy 8th Birthday, Mary Faye!  It amazes me that God can make children from the same two parents and they can each be unique!  Being third many times people compare Mary to her other sisters, but Mary has shown from day one that she would fill her own special place in our family!

Aunt Angie holding Mary just a few days old!  Cousin Eric has Sarah and Mamaw Atkins has Hannah.

Missed getting year 2004 picture but here is Mary in 2005 at the age of nearly 3.

Here we are painting a computer dest Daddy made.  Do you see how short Mary's hair is?  She climed up on the desk in the school room to get the scissors and cut her own hair.  Had to shorten it all up!  I am always telling her she needs to channel her love for cutting hair and arranging hair and become a beautician!

This is a video of the girls singing Jesus Loves Me.  Poor quality but soooooo sweet!  (I am not sure why it is on their twice but I am afraid I'll lose both if I try to delete one.)

At Fanning Springs for Mary's birthday celebration in 2007!

Here is Mary posing with a present at her party in 2008!

Again we were very busy in 2009 but here she is riding her bike in 2010!

In October 2010 we vacationed in Florida with our church family and dear Sonia gave the girls a special surprise!  Mary has always loved horses so she was so thrilled this day!

Here Mary was given the camera to take some pictures.  You can see she has learned from Hannah and is taking some creative poses!

Say Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

More silliness!

These girls are big buddies, current roommates and happy playmates!

Dear Mary, we love you so much and are so thankful God gave us another girl!  We pray that you will have your new heart from Jesus very soon!  Love, Mommy and Daddy

Happy 4th Birthday, Lydia!

My Baby Girl is growing up too fast!!! I cannot believe Lydia is turning 4 today! It seems just the other day she was signing for the bottle and climbing up on the changing table for her diaper change. Yes, my earliest memories for this one are a bit different since she came to us at nearly one year old. However Alpheus did hold her the day she was born and I also took this picture and held her on day two. We never dreamed at that time that this precious little baby was going to be ours one day!

We were able to see Lydia nearly every week of her first year when she came to church with Memaw Rose. They would come to our house after church and visit and relax until time for evening church. We held and rocked and fed and played with the precious baby girl! Then one day the Lord opened the hearts and doors for her to be ours. What a privelege to have another daughter! The big girls were so excited!




This one is at about 9 months.  She was crawling and walking everywhere and we were just beginning to sense what God might have in store for us!
 

After her 1st birthday she was already anxious to be like the big girls and "do school."

Lydia has always loved to cuddle with a doll or stuffed animal.  I saw this one night and just had to get a picture of it!

Here we are at one of our favorite parks in Gainesville, FL.  They didn't have baby swings so Daddy provided a safe spot to ride! :)

 Lydia loved the bright colors of our flowers in Florida!

This girl is a ball of energy and loved the trampoline.  Now that she is big enough to really hurt herself, I am afraid to let our little FEARLESS ball of energy near one!

So you may wonder how she managed to be allowed on this trampoline with no net!!!!  Mommy was sick and Daddy was supervising.  Lydia LOVED it!

Mommy's choice of exercise for the girls!  Lydia and Hannah at the pool taking a break.

It has been wonderful seeing her grow up!  We are praying for you and love you so dearly!

Love, Mommy And Daddy