Hannah's scared of the dentist. This was her third visit, and I was hoping it would be "the charm," but that wasn't the case. She was doing pretty well staying calm until it was time to get in the chair and then she panicked. She started crying (loud) and the hygienist went to get the dentist. Dr. Mary (our pediatric dentist) came and pulled Hannah in her lap and talked to her in the most calm, patient voice. They talked about each item on the tray and if it was "scary" or "safe." They put everything in the safe pile and Hannah felt so much better. She was talking to Hannah for at least 15 or 20 minutes and you would have thought she didn't have anything else in the world that she needed to be doing. After their talk Hannah got in the chair and let Dr. Mary check her teeth and then let the hygienist clean them. She was still a little nervous, but 1000 percent better than she was. I SO appreciated Dr. Mary taking the time to calm my baby down and talk her through the visit.
I usually have my quiet time (spend time reading the Bible, praying, journaling and/or doing a Bible study) during Abby's first nap while Claire watches "Daniel Tiger." On this particular day Claire wasn't in the mood for Daniel and wanted to be right beside me. Sometimes I really love my peace and quiet, but I also know I'll miss these "interruptions".
Our church had a movie and craft night for the kids a couple week ago so that the parents could go out on date nights, Christmas shop, etc. Our girls LOVED it and I so appreciate all the hard work that the children's ministry team put into the event! We loved this cute picture of Hannah that one of the volunteers took there...
The morning after we had put lights on the tree Bert took this picture of Claire just staring at it in awe.
My dad's birthday is December 16th, which just so happens to fall at a busy time of year, but THIS year we got to have dinner with him on his actual day, which we loved!! Mom and dad drove over to Greenville and we all went to Red Lobster to celebrate Papa Stan. We're so thankful for you, Daddy!!
Our friends Keri and Patrick and their family came for a visit last weekend. They kept the kids on Saturday night while we went to a Christmas party and then we kept their youngest, Kathryn Grace, on Sunday afternoon while they went to a wedding. We loved getting to catch up with them in between events, having them at church with us on Sunday morning, and taking them to our favorite meat and three restaurant Sunday afternoon.
6 of the 7 kids
The whole crew!
Kayley's in 2nd grade, Em's in 1st, Jackson's in Kindergarten, Hannah's in K4, Claire's almost 3, Kathryn Grace will be 2 in May, and Abby will be 1 in March.
The Harmon's were 3 for 3 on smiles, and we were 2 for 4. Hannah was upset in the picture below because she wanted to hold Abs.
I let Hannah hold her, which pleased her, but everyone else had had enough picture taking.
Katherine, Jacob and Ressie came over on Monday and had an all-day play date with us! It was busy and fun!!
I made sugar cookies with E, H and C this week. I couldn't find any Christmas cookie cutters so we used Valentine's cookie cutters, but they couldn't have cared less. They were just happy to be making cookies.
Claire manages to get messy with almost every single thing she eats.
Bert and I celebrated 9 years on the 15th! We went on our anniversary trip in October, but had fun on a date night to the Peddler Steakhouse on the actual day! I'm so thankful for our marriage! Being married to this man just keeps getting better.
December has been great so far! We only have 3 days till Christmas now, and 2017 is going to be here before we can blink!
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