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I have 2 "Thank You's" and a meme to do, so here goes...A few weeks back my dear blogging buddy Early Bird at My Gentle Retreat sponsored a giveaway in honor of Fairy Day, June 24th and my name was drawn as the first place winner!

I've won a beautiful fairy figurine and a handmade fairy door.

Thank you so much, Early Bird! I can't wait for the package to arrive in the mail! You can bet I'll be keeping an eye on the mailman for the next several days until my prize arrives here in Arkansas after its long journey from Ohio.Which leads me to my next "Thank You."

My sweet blogging friend GreenEyes at GreenEyed Girl On Planet Earth had hinted a little while back that I needed to be watching the mail for a package she was sending me. GreenEyes lives in Newfoundland, Canada and the mail service there is notoriously slow so neither of us had any idea when the package would actually arrive here in Arkansas.

Saturday my mailman knocked on my door with a package! After I signed on the dotted line I took possession of that package, and what wondrous things it contained indeed!

Inside the plain brown outer wrappings was a gorgeous baby-themed box.

Jessica loved it and claimed it to use for Emmy keepsakes, GreenEyes. I don't know where you and Pea find such pretty boxes! Must be a Canadian thing. :-)

Oh, but what was inside the box was even prettier! This sweet Teddy bear was the first thing I pulled out of the box, followed by several more things for Emmy.

I love this pink little girly sundress with matching bloomers and hat. I posed them on the Teddy bear just for fun! Emmy should be able to wear this pretty soon as fast as she's growing.

**By the way, I took all these pictures in the middle of the afternoon. I had the curtains and blinds open and the overhead light on but it was so cloudy that the pictures still showed up dark, even with the flash on the camera. I took all the pictures in my bedroom on my bed and the colorful backdrop that you get a glimpse of here and there is a hand-pieced quilt that Lamar's Granny gave us when we got married in 1985.**

GreenEyes also sent a matching set of 3 creepers, or onesies as we call them, with a bib, cap and booties.

These are a bit bigger so I'm thinking Emmy might be able to wear these by late Summer or early Fall, and possibly even again next Summer.

It's so hard to predict clothing sizes for a baby very far into the future, as anybody who's ever tried to buy baby clothes on clearance for later can tell you. It's almost impossible to do with any accuracy, in fact.

I love the fact that all these things coordinate so the bib, hat and booties go with all the onesies.

Jessica and I love all these things, GreenEyes! Emmy will look like a little pink princess in the sundress and the onesy set is cute enough for dressing up or casual enough just for playing with Grandma.

But, imagine my surprise when my mailman knocked on my door again Monday morning. I signed on the dotted line again for a big package from GreenEyes, once again in a plain brown wrapper.

Sue and Cecil and I were eating an early lunch and we could barely finish our meal we were so excited!

We managed to finish stuffing our faces before I opened the package, I assure you. We don't miss too many meals as you can tell by the pictures of us I post on here.

Inside the package this time was this beautiful brushed steel picture frame to which GreenEyes has thoughtfully added various pictures of Emmy and our family. She took the time to print pictures from my blog to place in the frame for me, then carefully packaged the fragile glass fronted frame with plenty of newspaper and some "special padding" to make sure it arrived safely.

By the way, GreenEyes, you also sent me your ink pen if you've missed it! ;-)

And I could hardly believe some of the prices y'all have to pay for groceries, especially meats! I looked at the grocery and Walmart ads in the newspapers you used to cushion the picture frame. Some of the prices are about the same, but good grief, we'd have to become vegetarians most of the time if we had to pay those meat prices all the time! And I thought groceries were expensive here!

GreenEyes, Thank You so much for the beautiful, thoughtful gifts. You have a big heart and you're so sweet to send these adorable baby things. I have to say my favorite is the picture frame, though, and the pictures you chose for it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, sweet friend. I love you. :-)Now for the "5 Things I Dig About Jesus" meme that Dawn at Call Me Grandma Dawn tagged me to do. I've already seen this meme at several of the blogs I read and as they said, it should be really easy to think of 5 things, so let's see:

1. Even though I'm rotten, Jesus loves me so much He died for my sins.

2. No matter how many times I fail Him and disappoint Him, every time I repent and ask for His forgiveness, Jesus grants that forgiveness and keeps on loving me.

3. No matter how rough and stormy my life may be, Jesus is the Master of the Wind and is in control at all times. I know the Master of the Wind.

4. Many things about tomorrow, I don't seem to understand, but I know who holds tomorrow, and I know who holds my hand: Jesus.

5. Jesus is coming soon. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon. I believe that with my whole heart.

I won't tag anybody to do this meme, but if you do choose to do this one, please leave me a comment so I can drop by your blog to read your 5 Things You Dig About Jesus.It's getting very late or very early, according to your perspective, so I'll post this and head for bed. I'll be back to visit and comment more tomorrow.

I wish everyone a wonderful rest of the week.