On The Move

Some of you may have noticed that I haven't been blogging much at all lately. The reason is, the Finicky Frog is on the move. My husband has accepted a position at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and we have been in a rush to get everything situated and packed. Our house is now on the market, and we're praying and hoping for a quick sale.

I am hoping to have some time set aside to keep up to date on all of your wonderful blogs, and to keep you all posted on our progress. We would appreciate all of your continued prayers as this will be quite a change.

We are so excited about this new adventure, and we can't wait to find out what God has planned for us there. We are beginning to see many of our prayers being answered, and we are so thankful for what our Lord has done. This has been a long road and we know that the journey is just beginning.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDIE!

There seem to be a lot of birthdays this week. Several of the blogs that I follow have someone turning a year older and it just wouldn't be right if we didn't follow suite.

A dear longtime friend of mine is expecting her second child in December and she reminded me of all the trouble I had bringing Maddie into the world. If my memory hasn't failed me, I remember approximately 5 months of bed rest with

at home monitoring and a tributaline IV pump that kept me from going into labor. If I laughed too much I would go into labor. If I watched the news I would start contractions. If I drank too much water, sure enough, contractions. Then if I had to pee they would start again. Of all things, this child decided to wait two weeks after my due date to enter this world. But just like Madeleine came out in her own time, she continues to set her own pace.

This pace is usually full force and full throttle. When Maddie puts her mind to something, I know it will get done and done well. You could say she's competitive, but I think it's more how God made her. She's always been that way and I hope she never changes.

For example, when she was about 4 she decided that she wanted to do the splits. Every day she would stretch and practice until she finally did it. It became "her thing". We would be in the store and I'd turn around and there she'd be on the floor. Shwoooop! Down in the splits!

Her sense of humor keeps this family ticking as well. Leave it to Maddie to crack everyone up at the table with some quirky comment. Is that a middle child thing? I don't know.

Mostly I love her tender heart. She really has a compassion for children and you see how much unconditional love she has for them. When she gets around little kids it's like she just lights up.

Sunday her dad had to leave to go down to Muncie where he got a job. (Oh yeah, where we will be moving soon). We didn't have the time for a cake

and dinner, so her one request was her dad's awesome pancakes.

He really makes great pancakes!

As you can see on her face, pure joy for pancakes.

As you see on this face, she realized there was no icing to lick off the candles.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADDIE!

WE L♥VE YOU BUNCHES!