Friendship & Faith & other MOPS stuff

I just wanted to say that I had a FABULOUS time last night. It is so refreshing to be around you girls! I'm so glad that we got together. Those of you that shared did an amazing job. I learn more about myself & you guys every time we get together. We missed those of you that didn't get to come.

I also want to say that my "non-social" husband recently asked me if we only did MOPS & POPS one time a year. I told him, yep, just once. He said that was a shame, he really enjoyed it!! WHAT?? This is the man that will pretend he doesn't remember people from high school in the grocery store so he doesn't have to talk to them!

You guys have definitely been a blessing this past year. Just wanted to share that!
Love Ya! Happy Friday!

Doctors?

Hey, girls? I need to find a Dr. here for me and Chuck. We've been just using our Dr. back home, but I guess it's finally time to get one here :) Any suggestions? Thanks,
Sara

Prayer Posts?

What do you all think about having an ongoing posting of our prayer requests in MOPS? We could keep each other updated and provide one another with support. Praises can be shared and celebrated as well:)

Trish

Need Baby Stuff?

I have a baby bath tub and a battery-powered bouncy seat. Anybody want/need them?

There headin' for goodwill.
Cari

"Game Night"

I had a FABULOUS time at game night. I haven't laughed that hard in a really long time. We all need a good laugh now & then! We missed those of you that didn't make it. Cari, you did a wonderful job hosting & your house is beautiful. Hope we can do it again real soon.

Thou Shalt Not Have Any American Idol

Ok, so I admit, our family got sucked into the fox33 vortex called "American Idol". We even...(gasp)...allowed the children to share in the spectacle. Landen is convinced he could make it. His siblings beg to differ. Anyway, today we were driving home from church. Ardyn was singing her little heart out in the back seat. Then in true "Randy Jackson" form, Ashlin exclaimed, "Welcome to Hollywood, Ardyn!"

Recovering from the crash

A couple weeks ago, our computer crashed. I have been grounded from blogging, banking, and "Blue's Clues- preschool CD-rom". Life was just not the same. But we're back! (Thanks to April's husband and a dell warranty)

Just wanted to say "Hi".
CDJ

Bottles?

Hey, everyone! We're trying to find a bottle that Marley will take, so that I can "occasionally" get a break. Annabelle was 8 months old before she would take one at all, and all she would take was Dr. Brown's. We tried everything with her, and wasted lots of money in the process. So far Marley has tried the Playtex Nurser, the Evenflow Nurser, and Avent. I'm borrowing a Playtex VentAir from Teresa this week so I don't have to buy one. I'm sure I'll end up having to cave in and buy the Dr. Brown's again, but I just wasn't too crazy about them. They have lots of pieces and always leaked out of the ring. I hated them so much that when Annabelle turned 1 I threw them all away and vowed that our next would take something else (that apparently isn't happening so far). :) Anyways, what bottles have worked best for those of you who are breast feeding and bottle feeding together, or those of you who breastfed first and then weaned to the bottle? Thanks!!

Rent Houses

Hey, ladies! Our crazy landlords have raised our rent again (3rd time in 2 years), so if any of you know of anything please let me know. We looked for a couple of months back in the summer and never really found anything. Thanks!!

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By the way, where is everybody lately?

Big Fun at the Garden

Friday night was a lot of fun! Thank you, April, for getting everyone together and finding a big enough table. I missed out on the conversations at the other end of the table. At our end, we discussed bedtime, Chevrolets, deer-hunting, grocery budgets, and American Idol. What topics of conversation did the rest of you cover? Philip had a ball and said we should do it again, sometime. I hope everyone is having a super-dee-duper Saturday.

E-mail?

Does anyone have Jennifer's e-mail address? Thanks!
Sara

Need creative ideas on rewarding good behavior???

The Dilly septuplets were on tv last week and Momma Dilly seems to run a tight ship. All seven earn privileges such as tv time, video games etc by "working their way" up the color coded ladder. They also earn Dilly Dollars that can be traded in for money or special privileges. This inspired me into thinking this might work around here - if she can do it with 7 surely I can handle it with just 2, at least I hope so. Anyway, give me all your creative ideas as I have tired of the traditional way of attempting to tighten this sinking ship.

Captain chaos

Piano moving

Marshall MOPS Meeting Place
Do any of y'all have experience moving a piano. Mine is still is Dallas and I am anxious to move it here. Our current plan is to put it in the back of my husbands truck. Of course this is the ideal way. However I hate to pay someone to move one item, it could be very expensive.
Any ideas or critical reasons we should not put it in our truck?
Know any piano tuners?

Preschool

I want to start Annabelle in preschool this fall (or maybe even this summer). What do ya'll know about each of them? Any advice overall? Thanks!