The day that gets better and better

Today is one of those days that was soooo good, you want to pinch yourself!

First of all, this round of Addie's reflux seems to be clearing up. She was very happy yesterday, able to sleep good last night, and today is cheery and eating normal. All the normal indicators of reflux have gone away! Yippee!

So this morning, she and I went garage sale-ing and had a great time. We found some fun things, like this Fisher Price A-Z zoo set, and a stuffed Nemo and Dory toy (some nice lady gave her the Dory for free!). Also, Addie did a great job of listening and obeying while we were out, and that was better to me than any bargains found.


After coming home with all our bargain goodies, we had a nice lunch and a great afternoon rest. It was nice to be inside comfortably, since it was 104 degrees in the shade today.
This afternoon we went to the pool with the Kropf and Kaneversky families. Addie did great and we all had a blast!
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When we got home, we discovered that the much-anticipated shipment from Christian Book distributors had arrived! It was like Christmas! Some of these resources we've been wanting to get for quite awhile. Some of the books we've already read, but wanted to own our own because they were so good. Here's a sneak peek into our minds- we got:
-Volume 4 of a set of "Read Aloud Bible Stories" which are FANTASTIC for toddlers.
-Addie's first Bible, the "Jesus Story Book Bible", which is darling
-"Big Truths for Little Kids" which teaches kids the Catachism. It's a bit over Addie's head still, but we can get started. I know it sounds heavy, but it's just a systematic way of teaching Addie about hte truths about God and this world, so it's not so scary.
-Volume 2 of Steve Green's "Hide 'Em In Your Heart" CDs- we are addicted to Volume 1!
-Another CD- "Go the the Ant" which is many of the Proverbs in song form. They are catchy little tunes. We've borrowed the Kropf's CD and loved it, so are excited to have our own!
-The Heart of Anger, which is a WONDERFUL book for parents, teaching how to deal with all types of anger.
-A book called "Seeing with New Eyes" which we just read through in our Sunday School class. It is very, very good.
-"Shepherding a Child's Heart", one of our favorite books ever, and one every Christian parent should read.


The great day continued with Brooke and Grant Kropf as dinner guests for beef gyros and Greek salad with lots of iced tea. The kids played after dinner with the new zoo toy.

Then, after Addie was down, the Murrays stopped by for a chat and brought fresh strawberries.

What a day! And tomorrow is CHURCH! And no one is sick so we get to go!!!
So many things to be thankful for!