{"id":662,"date":"2008-12-16T09:12:53","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=662"},"modified":"2008-12-16T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T14:12:53","slug":"the-littlest-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/?p=662","title":{"rendered":"The Littlest Angel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the last minute on Sunday, our youth minister at St. Barts, Ms. Kathy, asked if Mary Clare would dress up for the children&#8217;s choir pre-Christmas nativity program.  (The children performed for the adult Sunday School class.  It was a dress rehearsal for their Christmas Eve performance.)  Mel got these shots on his iphone as I stood near the children, (just in case).<\/p>\n<p>My sweet Mary Clare dressed up (halo and all), walked right up to McCanless and stood in front of the children for the entire performance. She was a complete doll and smiled and even danced a bit.  She was quite the star of the show.   I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised.  Mary Clare&#8217;s favorite thing to do now is dress up.  Like her big sister, she is obsessed with all things pink and glittery.  Every day she chooses a princess dress to wear and refuses to take it off until I hold her down!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-11.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-11.html','popup','width=221,height=166,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC Christmas 2008-1-thumb-200x150.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"MC Christmas 2008-1.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-4.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-4.html','popup','width=124,height=166,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC Christmas 2008-4-thumb-200x267.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" alt=\"MC Christmas 2008-4.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">When Ms. Kathy pulled out the jingle bells for one of the songs, Mary Clare had to get a closer look.  Ms. Kathy allowed Mary Care to hold and jingle the bells for the rest of the performance.  She loved that!<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-21.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-21.html','popup','width=221,height=166,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC Christmas 2008-2-thumb-200x150.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"MC Christmas 2008-2.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-31.html\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC%20Christmas%202008-31.html','popup','width=221,height=166,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babypennington.com\/MC Christmas 2008-3-thumb-200x150.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"MC Christmas 2008-3.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 20px;\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">I couldn&#8217;t help but have a tear in my eye as I remembered just a year ago, December 12, 2007 we were on our way home from MUSC, still uncertain about her future, hoping and praying that her little heart would adjust and heal from her second open-heart surgery.  It has been over one year since her last surgery and my littlest angel is doing exceptionally well.  I am so thankful that she is here with us to help us celebrate a very special Christmas!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the last minute on Sunday, our youth minister at St. Barts, Ms. Kathy, asked if Mary Clare would dress up for the children&#8217;s choir pre-Christmas nativity program. (The children performed for the adult Sunday School class. It was a dress rehearsal for their Christmas Eve performance.) 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