My little helper..

Yes, Carson is bed headed and in his pj's.. been on this computer most of the A.M. and finally went to start on dishes and Carson usually helps me when doing dishes but this past week, he started counting stuff as he empties out the dishwasher with me.. Had to catch that on video as its been a long time since I've videotaped him.. :S thought i'd share!! Make sure your volume is on.. He's counting!! Enjoy!!

quick post..

Today wasn't as productive as yesterday. Folded 2 loads of laundry, unloaded and loaded dishwasher, went thru a box.. Time goes by fast when you keep yourself busy. This afternoon I was really tired! I started dozing off around 5ish or so.. whenever Alex got home and then he had to leave and had to force myself awake.. I HATE it when I have that on the days Alex has to do something else after work.. So yea, there were times i was dozing off and Carson would come and tap on me and show me something or want something... which I was glad he was doing that or else I'd be asleep and not know what he's doing.. I really hate it when I do that, hate how i have to force myself to do something to stay awake.. I read in one of my book that a pregnant women body is doing as much work or more as a person climbing a mountain, which explains why I get all of a sudden tired even if i didn't do much work that day.. Sounds like we will be painting sometime this month.. So looking forward to that!! My sister said that her and her boyfriend will help us.. that'll be fun! We actually like this boyfriend of Cori's and I'm praying that they continue to keep a good relationship... I'm soo thankful she got rid of the one she was with on and off for 4-5 years.. It was def. not healthy for all of us.. I was always worrying about her.. I'm sure my mom and dad were the same way! Anyway, I'm going to bed now!

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. ~ 1 Corinthians 1:10

Preparing this house before July..

I mentioned that i was working on garage sale stuff today, I'm very happy with what i accomplished today! Still have the attic to go thru and see what i can get rid of and need to clean the garage but I'll wait on that till next week as it doesn't take much for it to get dirty/messy. I really didn't plan on doing a garage sale at all this year b/c i didn't want to deal with all the work(last year wasn't even worth my time or work) but with my money issue, i feel that it would be a good idea.. This year, i have a lot of nicer stuff than i have had in the past so I'm praying that will be a success. I cleaned the closet out here in what i call the "C" room.. C= Carson's future room, Computer room, Clutter room.. :) I am working on this room to as well as I'm reorganizing everything and finding places to put stuff or to put in the garage sale.. I have neat ideas for this room when we get it painted in here.. All the toys will be in here and have a cool bullentin board covered in fabric(whatever Carson will like at the moment) and put his art work on there.. Use that as decoration.. and get rid of the rain gutter bookshelf that we nailed up on the wall and get a bookshelf for all the books.. I told Alex that I want a bookshelf made by him for Mother's Day that we can pass down to the family.. I'm praying for that!! My once LONG to-do list is almost all scratched off.. thats NOT including the diapers, windows, and ceiling fans.. I will have to do that whenever i'm in the mood for that.. not going to let that stress me out more by writing it on my to-do list.. I also have a few "crafty" projects to work on before July.. That is.. Carson's baby book(scrapbooking), Carson's cross-stitching project, update Carson's picture album and do the wedding album.. I could do that as a "hobby" instead of looking at it as "work" to do.. Oh yeah, cant forget the diapers on top of that..I'm hoping Alex will do a few things around the house too as well before we have visitors in July.. Men's job stuff that is.. Theres already a list for that.. lol But today has been a good, productive day.. Didn't really feel overwhelmed, just during the times i was going thru stuff and carson would get his hands on it and drag it to the other room or start playing with whatever i was working on.. But I cant complain too much b/c overall he was being great today! He helped me some and would get distracted by the tv often.. Whatever makes him happy makes me happy.. (except for getting into the sink and play with water.. ) Pray for a productive Tuesday!!

productive day

So far it doesn't look like its been a productive day but FEELS like it, thats what matters right? Thought of new ideas for this house but Alex is having mixed feelings about selling his entertainment center that him and Ben made, i would like for him to sell it so we can have a whole wall built in system to hold books, wicker baskets with stuff in it, photo albums, decorative items and tv in the middle.. Cool idea to me...*i don't like how Alex is VERY picky about how furniture can only be arranged in certain spots, its all based on how/where tv is.. I've dealt with the same arrangements for the past 2 years, can i have a say for some DIFFERENT furnitures(entertainment center) but have it based on where tv will be located? Its a give and take relationship* Sounds like we'll be buying paint soon.. I'm excited about that!! I'm also working on gathering stuff up for a garage sale that i may have on the 2nd weekend of May.. dates may change but we'll see.. Doing it to make $$ and buy new items for the house with it.. AND to put some money in my credit cards to get that paid off.. hopefully that'll be paid off completely soon but i doubt it, we are still paying off some wedding stuff.. I also would like to get a mini-van these days.. we talked about getting a 2nd vehicle but Alex is almost way too set on getting one of those butt ugly electric cars(whats up with him and ugly cars? LOL).. I'm praying for a mini-van instead of that! Yes, it'll have be cheap enough but its possible to find those out there.. I've been looking at rebuilders and hoping we find a van that we like with easy fix its... My first car and Escape is both a rebuilder car.. I think its a good deal as long as you know you are going to keep it til it falls apart.. Thats what I'm doing with the Escape.. :) But Alex can drive that back and forth to work..
ok off to clean the closet in this room...

Lord, teach my child to resolve misunderstandings according to Your Word. And if any division has already begun, if any relationship is strained or severed. Lord, I pray that You will drive out the wedge of division and bring healing. Give him/her a heart of forgiveness and reconciliation.

bottled up.....

today was such an overwhelming day and i couldn't even tell you why!? I've got tons of diapers to sew/cut, don't know what to do with everything here, want stuff up on my walls and nicely decorated but want colors on the walls first... Maybe i just need to take my B6 vitamins.. I ended up taking a nap today when Alex got home from work, feeling overwhelmed and not know what to do made me kinda feeling down and a nap sounded nice.. I miss my family and friends, things aren't the same anymore, but guess thats what happens when you give up time for your friends when you become a mom ... I wish there was a mommy's group i could attend on a weekly basis.. preferably young mom's group, but I'm picky! Some moms are sooo immature that i could seriously get pissed off at them, so it would have to be a mom's group with *qualifications*.. lol! I have friends that i grew up with that have a lil boy(they all happened to have a BOY... :)) now but we don't talk these days, only if we see run into each other somewhere, we always talk about going on a walk with the boys or do something but i always know that it wont happen.. what is up with that!? But yea, wish i had someone i can talk to, but i understand everyone is busy these days as i am a busy mom too as well, these jobs i do around here is never-ending.. talked to my mom on the phone today but it always makes me feel down when getting off the phone with her since we don't see her much and other reasons I wont share on here.. I could say other things about my relationships with others but i know this particular person reads this so it'd be best to keep it off this.. Thought about asking Alex to spoil Carson a day of fun at the park, feed the ducks, go on a walk or whatever sounds fun to them and let me be home by myself and catch up with the things I need time for myself with.. or do things i could enjoy.. I feel like this will make me a better mom if i do a hobby for a few hours and complete my list-to-do before baby arrives.. Its not going to be much longer when i have a baby that will depend on me 24/7 since I'm going to be a nursing mama again, so right now is the time to enjoy time on my own.. Night time, I'm usually too tired to do anything but relax, use the computer or watch tv.. I don't feel like I'm being a bad mom, its just... some days i feel overwhelmed that I'm influencing Carson in a way.. i know that doesn't make sense but yea.. just shake your head and smile...

God tells of all the wonderful things that will happen when we fast and pray. He says, "You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach" (Isaiah 58:12). God wants us to restore unity, to maintain the family bonds in the Lord, and to leave a spiritual inheritance of solidarity that can last for generations.

Spring is here!!

today was today.... Woke up in am had our breakfast, nothing fancy, Carson had grapes and strawberries(thats what he wanted) and i had "pop-art" as Carson calls it.. Saw that the disposable diapers were running low so thought i should do some sewing and i did but only got ONE diaper with elastic sewed on.. was just doing the 2nd diaper but sewing machine is making me very frustrated and not making things go smoothly.. probably could have had 4 done by now.. For some reason the machine keeps breaking the thread.. this is thread that i always use... All purpose thread that you would buy from anywhere that sells thread, i've had enough of that! After lunch, Carson and I went on a walk to Smokey Row and got a yummy malt from there.. It was kinda a long walk for these old pregnant hips.. Met Alex at work and picked up the car from there, since Musco is right there by Smokey Row.. We had a good time, saw lots of birds, squirrels, trees... stuff that Carson likes to see.. Carson slept through supper.. Been sleeping since... maybe.. 6:30 and its 11:25 right now.. thinking about waking him up so we can take a quick shower.. his feet is dirty from wearing sandles today and walked through the dirty leaves.. I don't like going to bed dirty and same for Carson.. I know some people don't care about that, but i sure do! Gotta keep the bed clean and have a good night sleep feeling clean!! :)

Let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another. ~Romans 14:19

.sigh.

ok sorry.. that was too much venting for a blog posted yesterday.. I think yesterday was the beginning of feeling sick as last night my throat started hurting and feeling stuffy with a tight chest/lungs.. Carson's nose has been runny for a few days and randomly had a lil nose bleed yesterday.. WEIRD! He's a brave kid tho. When he feel sick, he is still on the go.. last time i remember him being sick.. flu-like, he seemed to do BETTER when he was playing around and then whenever he sat and rest, he'd throw up again..
But i don't plan on doing much today.. just rest on the couch and watch some tv with Carson.. maybe do some sewing since its all set up in the living room.. We'll see! Woke up not feeling refreshed at all...
On a better note, hip does not hurt as much as yesterday... I'd say i did sleep better than the night before as i had carson in his OWN bed and he managed to STAY in his bed too.. must have been pretty tired! Ok, that's all for today folks!

Lord, I pray for my child and his/her relationship with all family members. Protect and preserve them from any resolved or permanent breach. Fill his/her heart with Your love and give him/her an abundance of compassion and forgiveness that will overflow to each member of the family.

rough afternoon....

Well.. how do i start this off.. well first... my left hip has been hurting all day again.. woke up feeling pain there... I tried not letting it bother me, slowly did some housework, not much though.. Decided to start sewing some diapers and that was throwing some curve balls at me as I'm confused on how to layer(3 layers to work with) it and flip it inside out to be in the right order... confusing i know! So i was wrecking my brain trying to think how to get it right.. I never did quite figure it out.. moved on to what i could sew for now.. sewing the absorbers/flaps on.. while i was doing that.. accidentally got other parts of fabric caught/sewed in with the flaps, so back to ripping up more thread... Sewed over a needle which caused the needle that holds the thread part broke and fling right at my eye... thankfully it was during a blink when it hit my eye.. I'm starting to think that God was telling me to take my son outside as the sun was out and so i could take a deep breath... i ignored that message for about 10 mins till the thread slipped itself out of the needle so i was sewing with no thread.. ok, i clearly got God's message!! Outside we went and noticed it was cloudy so i thought perfect timing to get the camera out and take pictures of Carson as i wanted to practice some photography skills.. Camera is working and then....... boom... WHITE pictures i'm taking... SOOO irritating! And camera was going out on me too.. I'm about to make Alex call Samsung and have them give me a BRAND NEW one if the batteries is not the problem.. This will be the THIRD time in a 1 1/2 month time span taking it back to Samsung if it has to go back there.. UGH! Noticed Carson had wet spots on the back of his jeans so had him to come to me and i checked him.. he had pooped... 3rd time today! Usually its just one time a day.. sometimes 2 times.. but not 3! *no i'm not concerned just tired of changing poopy diapers* Anyway, we got in the house to clean up his messy bum, washed our hands and got what Carson calls.. "pop-art" to snack on for both of us and off to the computer to type this blog up.. ALSO alex was on MSN at the time and said the extractor got lost at some point today.. wrong truck? So that was a bummer.. the only good news out of that is if they don't find it by TODAY.. they will pay for shipping... :)
Ok I hope everyone is having a better afternoon than me! Please pray that my hip will "magically" get better and pain stays away for the rest of the pregnancy!

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! ~Psalm 133:1

outdoor sunday..

We spent most of our afternoon outside and in the garage cleaning and running a few errands. A few months ago, I started getting into the routine of recycling stuff and whenever the old laundry basket gets full, we'll go to recycling center and sort our stuff.. I'm doing this.. well for a few reasons.. one is to set a good example for my children and to help save the trees in the long run.. I didn't get my todays list to do stuff done but its ok.. I can always do more this week.. I noticed that Carson's toys needs cleaned so thats something Carson and i can do together.. HATE how stuff collects dust and get stuck in cracks/grooves/tight spots.. So that means... getting the Q-tips/old toothbrush/toothpicks out to do some toy detailing this week.. I had to use the term "toy detailing" since i know Alex will read this.. :) Alex=car detailing.. Carson and I=toy/house detailing.. And my goal was to clean the car out today but that didn't happen either.. again.. theres evening times this week that Alex can help me with that.. I can still say that today was somewhat a productive day.. better than a lazy day doing nothing and feeling guilty by the end of the day.. I also need to start sewing diapers this week.. all i did last week was the cutting part.. not all cutting is done either but better than never starting at all.. I'm not buying disposable diapers anymore for Carson.. mainly so we can save the $$ and to work his way into potty training.. So that means my snaps for the diapers better come in within the next few days!!
ok, if you read this, let me read YOUR blog(s)... :P I'm always looking for something to do on the computer when I'm bored... just pray that i don't get TOOO addicted to the computer one of these days.. its already bad enough for me.. :)

When you cover your family relationships in prayer, whether it be with children, parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, husband, or wife, there will be a far fewer instances of strained or severed relationships.

movie night again...

I'm sitting here blogging as Alex is laying down with Carson.. We are going to watch Juno once Carson is asleep.. Alex and i watched "Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox story" last night.. Good movie! *WARNING, contains nudity, even a guys thingy :0* We went to Des Moines today and bought some clothes for Alex and Carson. I got myself some scrap booking paper for Carson's baby book. I hope to get that done before baby arrives. I've never scrapbook before so this will be an interesting project for me.. Alex was getting tired of shopping.. *of course, he's a guy* and bummed after not being able to find jeans that fits him right.. i have that problem all the time when we go clothes shopping... Those mirrors in the dressing room DON'T lie! Those things always have to remind me how dimply my legs are and how flabby my belly is.. YUCK! Always a depressing thing for me when i go shopping and not finding clothes that fits right on top of that.. I have a weird fit.. Maurices is the only store so far that I have found that has the right fit for my legs/hips/waist... BUT after the baby arrives.. I'm hoping i can shed the pounds off quick like i did with Carson and gradually lost weight without even trying! Nursing will do that.. :) It was nice!! I'm sure i will be able to lose SOME pounds with a toddler that keeps me on my feet a lot.. I think thats why my feet hurts more with this pregnancy.. I'm on my feet A LOT more with this one than i was with Carson in my belly, just b/c I've became a MUCH more mature person.. I have a family to cook for, a house to keep up with,etc! Alex and i were living in Ankeny when i was pregnant with Carson and we ate out a lot, watched movies a lot, sat around a lot... LAZY!!
Alright.. on a different note... Alex and I talked about going on a vacation somewhere before baby comes.. and yes, we will be bringing Carson with us too... I want this to be a fun family time together and our way of spoiling Carson as the only child before baby arrives.. Anyone know of anywhere fun? I'd like to take Carson to a zoo or something like that that'd he enjoy.. He'd have a blast swimming, so we'll definitely go swimming.. I don't really have a place in mind right now.. We want to go somewhere where we've never been to.. I'll look around online sometime.. But thats our plan.. We have free hotel points that will be given to us... :D Thanks Dad!!
We are getting the carpet extractor on Monday or Tuesday... maybe Wed.... whenever the Musco shipping department gets it to Osky, but we are looking forward to trying that out and getting the stains out of our carpet.. Juice stains that is..... Expect that when you have toddlers!! And we'll be praying that Alex gets business with the extractor.. :) *an extension to Doak's Detailing business* Ok.. I'm thinking I should log off before this gets way too long, boring and pointless........ *it might already be... :)*

My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother; For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck. Proverbs 1:8-9

Friday

I ended up not going to bed til about 2am this early morning.. Decided to clean the bathroom before I shower.. I HATE cleaning the bathroom and its something i do BEFORE i take a shower, so night time is best for me since Carson is asleep and I don't have to worry about him being around me doing a dirty job or getting interrupted. Its 8:40am right now and praying to start the day productive.. I'll start that by letting the dishwasher run and start a load of laundry.. *Everyday stuff*.. I hope to get some junk out of the computer room except my problem is that i have no clue where to put it!! Any one in need for folders/papers/trappers??? If so, you can have some! Also have this pillow thing for the 4-wheeler i want to make today.. So guess i will get my sewing machine out.. I had attempted to do that yesterday but somehow got sidetracked with other things. Got as far as setting up the card table in the living room yesterday.. SOO today should be better! Still a gloomy looking day out but I wont let that bother me! I'll use it as an excuse to stay in the house and get stuff done! I cant believe today is the 18th of April.. July is going to be here before i know it!! 27 weeks tomorrow!!! :D We're also going to DSM tomorrow.. I'll be glad to get out of the house.. Hopefully Carson will be in a good mood.. He usually is except he just likes to be OUT of the cart and sometimes run a little to far ahead of me... He's getting better at listening to me!! I think its that age thing too..

Lord, make my child uncomfortable with sin. Help him/her to know the beauty and simplicity of walking with a sweet and humble spirit in obedience and submission to You.

Another raining day.....

which caused me to be lazy and relaxed most of the day.. Didnt do any laundry.. well i folded a load.. made lunch and loaded the dishwasher.. usually i do more than that although it may not appear that i do..
We went to an open house last week, the guy that was proud of his crappy work.. :) but anyway, since it was an open house, Alex filled out a guest list, I didnt know it was for a drawing but Alex ended up winning the drawing.. and that was.... $50 in OskyCash.. can use it at any store that is in the Oskaloosa Chamber group.. I was excited about that! Perfect timing for when you don't have money. I used $25 towards Smokey Row so i can not worry about needing cash for whatever I order on my bible study nights.. Highlight of the day!!
I just ordered snaps for the diapers.. I cant wait to get sewing on that!! Got more flannel so I should have enough to do all 30 size Large for now.. Mediums will be the next thing to do.. and theres MORE baby preparing to do as the time gets closer.. Guess I'll have to make Alex get in the attic and get all the baby clothes/summer maternity clothes/baby supplies out and ready to go by July.. Hard not knowing what I'm carrying so I don't want to get ALL the boys newborn clothes out and washed and it comes out a girl... SOOO for right now, i will get the clothes that can be for a boy and girl.. (yellows/greens/whites).. I actually have a few girls outfit too as well since the majority of my family thought I was going to have a girl when I was pregnant with Carson so they went ahead and bought me girls clothes... :) Not a good idea to do that... right??? Ok i should hit the shower and go to bed earlier and have a productive Friday!

Remember, your battle is not with your son or daughter. "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places" (Ephesians 6:12). Your battle is with the Enemy. The good news is that Jesus has given you authority "over all the power of the enemy" (Luke 10:19). Dont be afraid to take advantage of that.

diaper making....

Taking a break from diaper cutting right now.. I actually enjoy doing that.. THANK GOD FOR ROTARY CUTTERS!! Makes the job sooooo much easier.. i tried it with scissors and its more of a pain in the butt!! thats advice for you future diaper makers.. I'm looking forward for all the pieces to become a diaper.. Need to buy more flannel... Too bad Alex is stuck paying my credit cards now.. All the diaper supplies goes on the credit card since i carry NO money these days.. Thank God for working fathers.. He has been keeping himself very busy.. He enjoys helping his brother, Ben, in the EARLY a.m. before going to work at 8am and gets off around 5pm and SOME nights he has a detail to do.. Bless his heart! Although, yes, it does feel like I'm a single mom, usually when he gets home, he goes to bed with Carson.. so we haven't really had much time together lately.. just lunch/supper time.. It'll get better.. (i hope).. Tonight Alex and Carson went grocery shopping while I took a nap.. that was nice! Carson seemed to enjoy it too, came home in a good mood and hyper on top of that.. Some days i just all of a sudden get tired that I want/need a nap.. Kinda hard to do these days when Carson doesn't even take a nap unless he falls asleep in the car..
So.. I've been thinking what kind of jobs i could do around home.. NONE of that network marketing level crap.. just maybe something like.. making something for people, doing some paperwork for local businesses, maybe teach a sign language class here in town 1-2 nights a week, maybe bake pies,cookies,etc.. I've been thinking of options.. Just not sure what to do! Traci, sister-in-law, has been helping me think of ideas and some are good but not sure if I'd be good enough at it.. For example, tonight she mentioned maybe being a doula... I'm not sure how much business around here you could get AND i don't know if I'd be nice enough to do that.. sometimes i tend to try to take control of things.. *it really depends on the situation*.. so yea... not sure if I'd be the best person to do that.. LOL SO i guess I'm talking about this b/c i want to see if anyone has any ideas?? please tell me!! :) No, i don't think i'll be patient or creative enough to do cakes.. lol Alex's carpet extractor should be in sometime this week so hopefully Alex can start doing more cars with that and houses on top of that.. carpet/upholstery cleaning.. I'm looking forward to getting our carpet done and the couch/chaise... Ok I'm done blogging for now..

Lord, Your Word instructs, "Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord" (Colossians 3:20). I pray that You would turn the heart of this child towards his/her parents and enable him/her to honor and obey father and mother so that his/her life will be long and good.

26 weeks and 2 days

I know some ppl check this to see if I've posted a new blog. I have been either too tired to blog or keeping myself busy. This week I'm praying for a productive week as I have lots of diapers to make, but i'm NOT complaining, i'd rather work on diapers than housework.. I get to sit in the living room while cutting AND watch Carson play with his toys or watch him watch tv.. He always moves to a new spot every 5 mins or so and watches tv.. interesting! Some of you guys may be wondering whats new with the housing situation... We've been praying about it lately and asking God to lead us to the direction we should head to... I feel that we should stay here and wait.. *be surprised that i just said that* I am ready for a bigger place but we have lots of memories here in this house over the last 2 years we've lived here, it would be hard to move but I'm always up for new adventures anyway.. SOOO here's what we've been talking about.... Alex has already spent hours on the computer drawing up the addition to this house. So far, we will plan on that unless we find the PERFECT home for us in our price range.. which hasnt happened so far.. Some ppl have no clue what they are doing to "fix" their house up, getting it ready for the market.. In my opinion, that was a waste of their time and a pity for them since they did a crappy job and no one wants to buy a crappy house especially if you want wanting a high price out of it for your "proud" work.. So yea.. NEVER work on your house the cheap way if you don't know what yer doing.. HIRE someone! But with the addition, we'll probably wait til next Spring to do that, i don't feel like having a million things happen at once.. I want to be SETTLED when the baby comes.. Speaking of that, the weeks are going by FAST now.. I'm already getting into the 3rd trimester of the pregnancy, I feel overwhelmed with all the stuff i want to get done before baby arrives, that includes spring cleaning on top of that. I hope that Alex can get the interior walls painted just to bring some "warmth" to the house.. I'm getting tired of this white everywhere in the house.. I've got stuff that needs to go on the walls but waiting til we have colors on the wall.. White gets old.. i'm sure some of you guys already know that if you've experiencing it yourself or have experienced it.. I've NEVER lived in a house that had colors on the wall.. lol... crazy!!
Back to the pregnancy thing, got a million things running thru my head as I blog, sorry i skip around a lot on this thing... thats what blogging is for right?? same as journaling?? ANYWAY, about a month ago, I was having thoughts of this baby with no arms and legs, not dreams, just thoughts that'd randomly popped in my mind, well anyway, I wanted to confirm it to the ones i've mentioned that to, this baby DOES have at least legs or arms.. I feel those kicks/punch and sometimes it feels like its hanging off my right rib.. Does NOT feel good.. Carson's felt the same way, same side too!! I'm already having those uncomfortable sleep nights.. :( I'm sure with Carson being a bed hog on top of that makes it worse. I think that he feels that he HAS to sleep in an angle facing SE and NW AND has always has his feet digging into my side or belly.. You would think the twin size bed up against our bed would HELP?? No, not much at all..BUT I have to "appreciate" it b/c it won't be doing that forever.. lol.. Ok well.. thats the story of my life right now... This is long... sorry! its easy to ramble on and on..

Lord, I pray that You would give my child a heart that desires to obey You. Put into him/her a longing to spend time with You, in Your Word and in prayer, listening for Your voice.

Need Prayers...

Hello to whoever read this.. :)
Alex and I have a meeting tomorrow(Wed. April 2nd) with Alex's bank/banker and we are going to see what we can do with our housing arrangement.. We would LOVE to get a bigger place but we're not sure if we can right now. It is possible to get a bigger house but its the not having 20% down payment towards another house and not knowing if our house will sell like we want to OR even possibly renting it out if we can.. We are going to look at a house that we've been looking at online.. I'm really liking the house, i'll know by Thursday if i'm in "love" with the house or not.. I will keep this posted on what we find out.. Actually, my dream would be to BUILD a house but thats something we will have to wait on.. The number sure add up way too fast and high when doing the math for building a home, but for right now, a bigger home will be nice. Pray that we get GOOD news!! Pray that THIS house will sell in a short matter of time or able to find a tenant if we are able to rent it out. I understand we are at risk if we rent the house out but we'll see!! We need prayers either way! Thank you!!

Lord, I bring my child before You and ask that You would help him/her grow into a deep understanding of who You are. Open his/her heart and bring him/her to a full knowledge of the truth about You.