Catching Up...

Well, it's been awhile since I have updated Lindy's blog, so I'm going to try to update from Dec - now and keep it short and sweet.

Christmas 09 in Atlanta...Lindy loved having

her family here.

... especially her Brookie!We flew to WV on Christmas day and spent time with our families in WV and NY. I think Lindy's highlight was seeing all her cousins.

We also have seen a lot of snow this year. Lindy and I were at my mom's in Feb. when she got over 2 ft of snow at her house. Lindy went slide riding with Grammy and we made tunnels in the snow. She loved every second of it. Then, we were lucky enough to have snow a couple times in Atlanta this year...we even made a snowman!

We were lucky enough to spend some time at a beautiful cabin up in the mountains with great friends. Both the adults and the kids had a blast!



Lindy loves this $1 Easter hat that we got at Target. She wore it around the house for days.

Lindy finally got to wear her new leotard to gymnastics last week. Here she is with her BFF at gymnastics...they love each other!

Lastly, is the reason I got behind on my blogging. In November my step-father was diagnosed with lung cancer. By the time they found the cancer, it was all through him and he passed away less than 4 weeks later - the day before Thanksgiving. He loved Lindy to death and she loved him so much. Lindy talks about "Pappy Jake" a lot, but today was the first day she asked "Where has Pappy been?". I didn't really answer her, but she knows that talking about him makes me sad because every time she says his name she looks at me and asks if I'm going to cry a little. One of my biggest fears is that she will not have any memories of her Pappy. Hopefully, by showing her pictures and telling her stories about him, she will always remember him.

This is the card that Pappy Jake sent to Lindy for her birthday last year. They always told each other that they loved each other to the moon and the sun and the stars and...whatever else they could think of. We miss him so much.