Bless You Mommy

A couple of evenings ago I was in the kitchen doing kitchen things.  Jadyn has perfected being under my feet in such a short amount of time.  She loves to be right where the action is. No matter what I am doing, she is somewhere close by.  Because we're coming up on Thanksgiving, things have been particularly busy in the Hood kitchen.

I had my hands full and felt a sneeze coming on.  Loudly, out it came without much warning.  I tried to stifle it, but it was pretty loud and boisterous.

"Bless you Mommy" was Jadyn's response to my sneeze.

 In her sweet, tiny little voice - Jadyn "blessed" me.  I  held back a tear or two and my heart felt very full.  Jadyn responded to my sneeze and I realized among the dishes in the sink and the milk spots on the floor that God has truly blessed me, more that Jadyn will ever understand.    Oh, my sweet child,  I am blessed.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Bless you,

Lions, Tigers and Bears, Oh My!

One Tuesday, the schools were closed for the election so the kids had a day off.  I went in a little early to work so I could skip out a little early and we headed to the Nashville Zoo.

While we did not see lions (except for a mountain lion), tigers (we couldn't find him in his habitat) or bears (don't have any at the Nashville zoo), a good time was still had by all.  Jadyn, Addie, Leslie and I headed out to spend the afternoon seeing the animals.  We had so much fun.  I think Jadyn has been once, but it was last summer and she would have been small.  She enjoyed it so much and ran circles around us.  She must have ran a hundred miles.  Here are a few pictures from the day.

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