Loving Life! Praise the Lord!

Well, the girls and I made it home (to Birmingham) yesterday...just barely! I have NEVER been so scared in my life!!! Just as we got onto I459 I looked up and there was a pick-up truck on OUR SIDE of the interstate coming right at us!!! I slammed on my breaks and swerved off the road. He only missed us by a couple of INCHES! It was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. All I could see was me and my girls last moments. Praise the LORD that He was with us and protected us! We have an amazing God!!

I took the girls to Chick-fil-a last night for supper. Ella ate 2 whole chicken nuggets, all of the oranges out of the fruit cup, and then ate a grape and a few bites of strawberry. I swear...that girl LOVES food! There isn't anything that I have given her that she hasn't liked. Thank you God! Lily and I are such picky eaters, but Ella on the other hand...not so much! She is more like her daddy everyday. Lily ate pretty good and then she played for a while. Then we stopped at Publix to get some baby food. The girls LOVE going there because they have the buggies that have steering wheels so they can "drive" the buggy! Ella can't even see over the wheel, but she thinks that it is GREAT fun :)

I talked to Dennis this morning. He is doing good, just REALLY tired. He is working EXTREMELY long days and is under a lot of stress right now. Please keep him in your prayers! He will get to come home on the 27th and will be here until May 1st with us. Then we will have to go to Camp Shelby to visit him when we want to see him before he deploys to Iraq.

Anyway, he told me this morning that he had locked his keys in his truck! I've read the e-mail that has went around about putting a phone up to the locked vehicle and on the other end pressing the "unlock" button....WELL....that did NOT work for us. I'd love to hear if anyone has actually had success with that :) SO...I jumped in the shower, got the girls ready, and headed to FedEx to send him his keys. I then braved taking both of the girls into the Galleria (by myself no less...) for lunch. Lily had pasta (that's all she would tell me she wanted to eat) and Ella had some of my nuggets, fries, and Lily's pasta. Then we rode the carousel. Ella found it quite interesting but wasn't quite sure what was going on. Next we stopped at Children's place to get Lily a couple pair of new sunglasses. I have never saw a child who loves sunglasses like she does! She does NOT like for the sun to be in her eyes and will always ask for them. Anyway, she was down to only one pair that fit. Finally...I got them loaded up and we headed home. When I opened the van doors, this is what I saw....

PRECIOUS! HUH?!?! They are now down for naps and I'm about to do the same! Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weekend! Don't forget to leave comments!!!! I LOVE THEM!