Nothing riveting or exciting here - just us being us ~ enjoy...
Breakfast Burgers
Fresh ground coffee via our own Sat. morning barista
Feet up @ every chance - taking mental pictures to remember what they look like :)
Celebrating 33 weeks!
(text on shirt, "Ugly Truth", is no reflection of current state of mind - pretty funny, though!)
Enjoying the view :)
Marveling @ our lil' Picasso's color palette - brush, water, color, paper - if only we could get the order down!
Tackling and ultimately defeating Mt. Pile'O'Laundry
(notice all the pink in pile #5 - scored big @ Friday's consignment sale)
Discovering new book nooks
Relaxing in the peace of an at home, altogether kinda weekend
Soaking up the laughter of our lil' man - laughed himself right out of a couple of time outs (how can we be serious amidst all that charm?!)
Beautiful azaleas
Man-time in the bed of Deddy's truck
I stretched out on the floor w.John last night after dinner. Seth, bless his soul, had total clean up b/c vertical was no longer a position I could handle. As I was laying there, playing animals w.John - him often distracted w.his new Ice Age Movie (watched it 23 times this weekend), I found myself rubbing his feet. Specifically, I was running my fingers over the pads of his lil' toes...marveling at the lil' human Seth & I created. His beautiful skin, his 10 lil' toes, his ever-spinning mind...God gave us such a beautfiul, bright-hearted child. In looking at his 10 toes, I smiled to myself thinking of 10 more growing inches away from him in my belly. Pretty soon there will be 40 toes in our house - I couldn't help but wonder...when all is said and done, how many toes will fill our family :) As I'm typing I'm almost shaking my head at the silliness of that thought - but I'm counting the blessings in it too...
After John went to bed last night, found ourselves upstairs on the couch chatting...
I told Seth how I thought a picture on the wall (the big one of me & John - his head in the palm of my hand @ 7 wks old) was leaning left. That or all the pictures were slightly tilted left - he confirmed that it was in fact, only the big one. Good to know :)
That 7 weeks wasn't much older than this:
More importantly, we talked about the # of Saturdays between now & Ella's due date - six to be exact. That number seems so tee-tiny. I talked some about selfish prayers I've been praying...praying that Ella will be a lil' girl - that the ultrasound tech got it right and praying for her health - that she be as healthy as John. Not that a variation in either of those would make me love her any less, but I'm human & those are the thoughts that cross my mind. I do a pretty good job of trusting those things that are out of my hands to God - but I have my moments...I, like any mother, want the best for my children and my family.
Brings me back to the verse that puts it all in perspective:
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Feeling blessed to see my future in the love I have wrapped around John and Ella. Knowing hope b/c I have a heavenly Father that lovingly gives me more Earthly blessings than I deserve. Those "heart be still" moments I find myself in so often - I know they're God's loving arms around me, his whispers of "I Love You".
Hope everyone has a blessed week - Happy almost-September!
Open Heart
He told me one time he forgot himself & his heart opened up like a door with a loose latch & he tried for days to put it all back in proper order but finally he gave up & left it all jumbled up there in a pile & loved everything equally.
~Story People~
Breakfast Burgers
Fresh ground coffee via our own Sat. morning barista
Feet up @ every chance - taking mental pictures to remember what they look like :)
Celebrating 33 weeks!
(text on shirt, "Ugly Truth", is no reflection of current state of mind - pretty funny, though!)
Enjoying the view :)
Marveling @ our lil' Picasso's color palette - brush, water, color, paper - if only we could get the order down!
Tackling and ultimately defeating Mt. Pile'O'Laundry
(notice all the pink in pile #5 - scored big @ Friday's consignment sale)
Discovering new book nooks
Relaxing in the peace of an at home, altogether kinda weekend
Soaking up the laughter of our lil' man - laughed himself right out of a couple of time outs (how can we be serious amidst all that charm?!)
Beautiful azaleas
Man-time in the bed of Deddy's truck
I stretched out on the floor w.John last night after dinner. Seth, bless his soul, had total clean up b/c vertical was no longer a position I could handle. As I was laying there, playing animals w.John - him often distracted w.his new Ice Age Movie (watched it 23 times this weekend), I found myself rubbing his feet. Specifically, I was running my fingers over the pads of his lil' toes...marveling at the lil' human Seth & I created. His beautiful skin, his 10 lil' toes, his ever-spinning mind...God gave us such a beautfiul, bright-hearted child. In looking at his 10 toes, I smiled to myself thinking of 10 more growing inches away from him in my belly. Pretty soon there will be 40 toes in our house - I couldn't help but wonder...when all is said and done, how many toes will fill our family :) As I'm typing I'm almost shaking my head at the silliness of that thought - but I'm counting the blessings in it too...
After John went to bed last night, found ourselves upstairs on the couch chatting...
I told Seth how I thought a picture on the wall (the big one of me & John - his head in the palm of my hand @ 7 wks old) was leaning left. That or all the pictures were slightly tilted left - he confirmed that it was in fact, only the big one. Good to know :)
That 7 weeks wasn't much older than this:
More importantly, we talked about the # of Saturdays between now & Ella's due date - six to be exact. That number seems so tee-tiny. I talked some about selfish prayers I've been praying...praying that Ella will be a lil' girl - that the ultrasound tech got it right and praying for her health - that she be as healthy as John. Not that a variation in either of those would make me love her any less, but I'm human & those are the thoughts that cross my mind. I do a pretty good job of trusting those things that are out of my hands to God - but I have my moments...I, like any mother, want the best for my children and my family.
Brings me back to the verse that puts it all in perspective:
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Feeling blessed to see my future in the love I have wrapped around John and Ella. Knowing hope b/c I have a heavenly Father that lovingly gives me more Earthly blessings than I deserve. Those "heart be still" moments I find myself in so often - I know they're God's loving arms around me, his whispers of "I Love You".
Hope everyone has a blessed week - Happy almost-September!
Open Heart
He told me one time he forgot himself & his heart opened up like a door with a loose latch & he tried for days to put it all back in proper order but finally he gave up & left it all jumbled up there in a pile & loved everything equally.
~Story People~
Beautiful, Beautiful,Beautiful.......that pretty well sums it up. I felt right there in the 'Saturday' morning picture...the relaxing of the back porch and soaking up 'God's Love' all around you....thank you for sharing your 'blessed' weekend, Love, Mama
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