A little bit more..

I know, two posts in the same hour...has the world come to a screeching halt? No, but it did occur to me after I posted below that some of you haven't heard the latest in our crazy life:

Nathan lost his job two and a half weeks ago, rendering us entirely jobless. You know that verse, "Trust in the Lord..."? Well it's tangeable now! :) But you know what? I am not complaining. This is the best place we've been in a long time. Totally at the mercy of a God who is way more than capable of taking care of us than we can ever be. He's already provided a side contracting job for Nathan that has brought in a little bit of money, and we just sold our extra washer/dryer set today! We are blessed....

Also, the countdown has begun to Nathan leaving for Basic for the Army National Guard. He will ship out on Nov 10th... He will get two weeks leave at Christmas, and then be gone again until March-ish. (yeah I made that month up. haha) But the good news on that is that he will receive Active pay, housing allowance and full insurance the whole time he's gone as well. Isn't God good? I'm not looking forward to him being gone, but I have a feeling it will go faster than we think!

Anyway, that's about it for now, seeing as how it's 12:22 am and I desperately need sleep. I will try to do better at updating this thing! Pray for us in this season! I wish you all as blessed a life as we abundantly experience now... Goodnite all!

About a bazillion years ago...

I posted something on here! :) At least that's what it feels like! I stink at remembering to update this thing. I must make ammends ....

I can't believe all the crazy things Christian can do now! He's crawling like a madman, and pulling up on the furniture and "walking" along it.... yep, my days of contentedly sitting in one place for 5 minutes are gone! :)

He absolutely cracks me up on a regular basis, though. This kid has one HUGE personality and I LOVE it. He will grab a toy and sit down on the hardwood floor and spin in a circle lifting it high over his head with an open mouth and a look that says, "WOAH!!! Behold, the TOY!!!!" Seriously, it's like the funniest thing I've ever seen! If laughter is good for the soul, my sweet boy is the cure-all for everything!

Here's a few pics to enjoy:

Simple Joys

There is a simple joy that lives in the curiosity of a child and the smile that slowly edges it's way across that cute little face as he realizes what is going on. One of my favorite expressions on Christian lately, though, is his "hmmm what's going on here?" face. Check out these laundry day photos from a few weeks ago. Too precious...can a heart really hold all the love I have for this little one?


Mom, what's laundry?


Oh, sorry I asked...


I hear water...am I getting a bath?


Seriously, do I get to go in there?


Where are all the clothes going?


Nevermind, this basket is way more interesting!

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Pics from the beach!

Here are just a few shots from our vacation to Emerald Isle, NC!



first walk to the beach...look how excited he is!


First touch of the toes to the sand!


This water is cold!


Whoah...that's a big bath!



He looooved the pool and the blow up turtle!


Our little captain!


Getting all excited about the fish at the maritime museum!




A full day at the beach makes me tired!

Headed to the Beach!

We're leaving today for our FIRST family vacation ever! :) Soooo very excited! I'm going to try to keep everyone updated on here as our week progresses. I can't wait to see what Christian thinks of the water!

until next time, take care!

Life moves too fast...

I can't believe how long it's been since I've updated this blog! Sorry about that! :)

Christian is now 4 months, 2 weeks old, and growing more everyday both physically and in personality. He has recently discovered the sound of his own voice and loves to make screeching noises and gasping noises. He will now giggle if tickled on the side of his belly, and I have to tell you---it's the greatest sound in the world!

He loves playing in his "johnny jump-up" that hangs from the doorway, and rolls over from tummy to back on a regular basis. He has rolled once from back to tummy--however, it was when I was out of the room and I can't get him to do it again!

His four month check up went well, although his growth is still only in the 25% portion of the chart...poor kid, he's a little peanut! His weight as of last week was 13.7 pounds and his length was 24 1/2 inches. He has finally outgrown all of his 0-3 month clothes and is starting to get out of his plain 3 month sizes. On to the 3-6 month sizes!

In other news, we are closing (hopefully) this week on the townhouse we bought. It has so much more space...I can't wait to get the updates done and move in! But oh...life will be crazy until we're done! Someone tell me--does it ever get easier? Sometimes I feel like I'm running in that moment on Raiders of the Last Ark (I think it was that one) where Indy is running from that huge rolling boulder! Oh well, these are the moments that make life so much fun when you look back years later. :)

Well for now, I am going to grab something eat while I have a moment (yay for the jumper!). Here's some pics to enjoy!