Last night I took Emma Kate to RR rehearsal for a little while. She had a blast. I think we both needed to get out of the house. If she could talk, I think she would have said, "Live music rocks, Mama!" She was rocking, bouncing, and waving her hands. She was sitting on the floor behind and to the right of Dave, and one time she pointed right at him and then started waving her right arm around. It was a pretty good imitation of what he was doing at the moment. Cracked me up. The Portabell case and a tire on one of the red carts kept her entertained when she wasn't dancing. What a girl.

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Time for a couple new pictures of the girl-pants. First, a close up from this past weekend.



And tonight, modeling her new haircut. To me, she looks like she's sashaying down the catwalk in this picture.



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I am feeling so emotional lately about Allie. I know I'm not alone - this baby and her parents have captured so many people's hearts. I've stayed up late every night this week just so I could read Jenny's updates. I sit here and reload the page over and over again (I feel guilty about running up their bandwidth) until the update appears. Tonight I noticed that I felt kind of let down after I read the post. I think it's because I feel so helpless. I wish there were something I could do, I wish I could just wave a magic wand and make her all better. I feel like I'm reading between the lines, trying to balance the good with the bad to come up with an assessment of how she's really doing. I think I hope for outstandingly wonderful news with each night's post and I just feel bummed when it's not quite like that.

Allie's a fighter, though - you can tell she's got spirit just by looking at her pictures. I'm going to keep praying and maybe one of these nights we'll get that fantastic update we're all so desperately hoping for.

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Yesterday I got an invite to the Murphy High School Class of 1994 reunion. I've surprised myself by being interested in going, but it's the same day that we've been tentatively planning to have Emma Kate's 1st birthday party. We left Murphy after I finished 10th grade, so I didn't even graduate with those people, but I think my connection to MHS is stronger than my connection to Cave Spring, where I did graduate. I guess it's because we spent 6 years in Murphy, the longest we lived anywhere while I was growing up.

It's funny to think how my life might have been different if we had stayed in Murphy. One thing's almost certain: I probably never would have ended up at William & Mary, which would mean I never would have met Chris, married him, and become Emma Kate's mom.

Anyway, is it acceptable to go to a reunion for a high school you never graduated from? I went to their prom my senior year with Jason... I don't remember much about that night other than being with Jason and some of his/our friends. Chris has been on a drive through Murphy, but we didn't really spend any time there. Hmmm. I can tell I want to go, but I'm just not sure it's feasible/practical/possible given everything else we've got going on right now...

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I just want to take a minute to alert you to a story that has touched me. Baby Allie, in Texas, has AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia). She was born in December of 2003 and was diagnosed in May. Please check out her website, which has daily updates from her parents, and keep Allie in your thoughts and prayers. Thanks.

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