Cheers! Here’s to a perfect summer evening!
Which of course involves copious amounts of ice cream.
Susie says, “Bottoms up!â€
ABOUT US
I'm blessed to be saved by the grace of God, loved by my wonderful husband Jim, and drooled upon by my adorable twin girls, Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy. I started this blog in May 2008 when I was hospitalized for pre-term labor at 24 weeks gestation. I figured a blog would be a good way to answer my friends' and family's inquiries about whether I had delivered yet, and how on earth I was passing the time, day after day, flat on my back in the hospital. The Lord allowed me to keep the girls inside until they were 34 weeks along, and on July 27th, Rebecca made her debut, followed by Susanna, five minutes later, on July 28th. Since then, the blog has been a personal journal of faith and motherhood and the only way I can remember which child did what and when. Thanks for stopping by to share in my Faith and Joy! Feel free to e-mail me at: emily@myfaithandjoy.com.Archives
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- Hairy Matters
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- Angle of Repose
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- Tough to Swallow
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- Big Kids
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- Eye for an Eye
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- All Smiles
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- Happy and Tired
- Some early pics...
- Welcome Rebecca Faith and Susanna Joy!
- Lord Willing, Tonight's the Night!
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- Remembering Pap
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- Say Cheese!
- Rainbow Reflections
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- From a Shower to a Sink
- A post from the soon to be outnumbered one
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#1 by Janet on July 23rd, 2010
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Love it!!
#2 by Brittny on July 23rd, 2010
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I love that icecream has turned into a staple food in the Batterton family and glad that Miss Becky (I think it was her) has grown out of her dairy intollerance! There is nothing better than icecream to “melt” a long day away!!!!
#3 by Emily on July 23rd, 2010
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Brittny, you’re right – ice cream IS a staple food in this house, for better or for worse! And good memory about Becky’s dairy issues. I’m so glad they’re history!