Maderville

Landry's Debut

We had a big day today. We went to the doctor for Landry's two week check up. She did great with the exception of her weight. The little booger is having a hard time gaining weight so we are having to increase her supplementing. Bummer for me. I had hoped that she would be completely be nursing by now but we gotta get some weight on that child!

We went to the 5:30 service..late and left early. Sorry Father Tom!! We really wanted to be there for a service this year and she did great. There was so much love for us there. We never felt more at home. While we were waiting to go take communion, Mike and I were deciding who was going to carry her to the alter. For those of you who know what Ultrea and Cursillo is, we talk about our moment closest to Christ during these weekends and gatherings. My closest moment was tonight. Mike looked at me with these misty eyes and said he was thinking about Sophie and wanted to carry his daughter down the aisle. Well, that was all it took to get me crying. For those of you who know or remember, Mike carried little Sophie out of the church when we left to bury her and it was the most heart wrenching moment of my life. Watching him carry Landry in her sweet little Christmas dress with both arms wrapped around her was the one of the happiest moments of my life. Isn't strange how the same event in name can be such polar opposites? We loved being among all of our friends and seeing the joy in their faces because of the joy in ours. Landry made quite the debut on this full mooned Christmas Eve. Happy Birthday Jesus....and thank you so very much for Landry.