Very First 7 Quick Takes

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I've enjoyed reading the 7 Quick Takes series on other people's blogs for a while, and today I'm participating in 7 Quick Takes myself for the first time.  Another first that this little blog has experienced this week is its first visitor from Abraham's country!  здрасти!

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We only have a handful of documents that we still need to gather to complete our homestudy--teacher letters for our school-aged kids (we homeschool, so we're using Sunday School teacher letters), and doctor letters for the adults.  We also have one more 2-hour class to take online to complete our education requirements.  The light at the end of the homestudy tunnel is starting to peek out at us!

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I set up my rack at Daff-a-Deals last week and have a few more items to add this week.  I've been experimenting with baby blankets and after a little tweaking, I'm be ready to add those to my rack as well.  So far I've made 8 ruffle scarves, 1 infinity scarf/mobius wrap, 1 summer wrap, 1 knitted scarf, and 1 crocheted scarf.  Another crocheted scarf is in the works, using Clemson colors (orange and purple).  There is ruffle yarn in USC colors (garnet and black) in the mail which should arrive any day now.  Columbia is a city with lots of college sports pride!

Goodies for Daff-a-Deals, tagged and ready to go.

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Paul, who will be Abraham's virtual twin, turned 4 last Saturday, and we had a wonderful time celebrating with family from out of town.  It has been a while since we've had a 4 year old boy in the family.

Then, on Monday, the little guy had a dental appointment to pull a tooth.  See his gap in the picture?  They wanted to pull the matching tooth from the other side.  The dentist said it was "flapping around" and the area was tender, so the tooth had to go.  I don't know how he assessed the tenderness, because Pauly hates anyone fiddling around in his mouth, let alone a dentist, and was crying and trying to escape during his dental exam.  Paul was born with an enamel defect on his four top front teeth, ended up losing one and having another two capped.  He has been the recipient of dental work since he was 13 months old.

As I was brushing his teeth before heading out for our morning appointment, I decided to check to see if the tooth was still loose.  It was a tiny bit loose, but not nearly as loose as it had been at the dental exam.  Also, it didn't seem to be tender at all!  So I canceled his appointment, and that little tooth on his left will live to chomp another meal, at least for now.  We'll be keeping a good eye on it and have an appointment to take him in for a second opinion with another dentist.

He is our one and only child (so far) who was born at home.  We used the Hypnobabies program to prepare for his birth, and it worked beautifully.  I submitted his birth story to the Hypnobabies blog, which can be found here for those who enjoy reading positive, normal birth stories.

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Felix, who will be 1 in a couple of weeks, is starting to walk, Mowgli-style, on hands and feet, with his butt in the air.  He walks normally when we hold both of his hands.  And he cruises well, holding onto walls and furniture.  But there's nothing like the Mowgli walk when he wants to go FAST!  We're just enjoying it while it lasts.

All that Mowgli walking and mad cruising tired him out!
He is modeling a blanket I made with a crocheted border for Daff-a-Deals.

 

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Our car seat giveaway pro-life fundraiser has been a little slower than anticipated.  So far we have a grand total of seven entries spread over three entrants.  We will draw a winner when our Family Sponsorship Program (FSP) grant at Reece's Rainbow reaches $250.  It's at $74.69 right now, as it has been for the last week-plus.  $5 donated to our FSP grant and/or sharing our giveaway (comment or e-mail me to let me know) gets you entered into the giveaway.  The winner gets to choose the crisis pregnancy ministry or pregnancy resource center to which we will gift two new infant-to-toddler car seats!  What really surprises me the most is that only one of the 7 entries so far has been a free entry!  I never expected the paid entries to outnumber the free ones.  What do you have to lose?  Share and help three little ones--our Abraham and two other babies whose moms chose life!

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Last, but definitely not least, we have some prayer requests.

• For Martha, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this week.
• For Mary who is dying.
• For Baby L. who has just been diagnosed with a neurological problem, and for his parents to have peace and to get help with his many medical bills.
• For the peaceful repose of Baby Margaret who tragically passed away on Monday, and for her parents, three older sisters, family and loved ones.
• For a birth family who is discerning the choice of adoption.

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