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Thursday, June 2, 2011

will-i-am

i'm not sure where i even begin in talking about our newest bundle...
i'm equally unsure and greatly overwhelmed {in the best sense} of the outpouring
of love, talents, sacrificial time, gifts, essentials, dinners, phone calls, messages,
visitors, prayers-you- i guess what my deepest expression of gratefulness is to thank you for being you! for giving in the amazing way that you do. each of you gave so uniquely with such unabandoned love. we continue to feel your support and are humbled and exited to have you join with us in welcoming will into our family.

speaking of will-i-am...oh my goodness..was he made of complete sugar- or what??

okay- i'm pretty sure i'm allowed to brag about him because
he is the most amazing gift from God and from our incredible birth mom.
he was chosen for us...for this place and time and we get to use words like,
both and kids and ours when referring to our family.

and then there is my husband, this 6 ft. amazing man who swaddles up our little 6 pounder and holds him for hours-speaking more words like,
let's watch the game tonight...
wait until i show you how to throw a football,
and then its about basketball, soccer-
and, his favorite word to whisper to will-SCHOLARSHIP. :)
he's dreamy isn't he and i am so in love with this man.

and then, there is big sister...
who uses these phrases,
mommy, WE'RE finally parents!
and, has your baby met my baby?
and, how do i answer people when they ask me how i feel about my new baby brother?

my response- i know- i wonder too olivia...how do we explain how deep and wide our love is for will? it is hard to put words to it. but, i'm sure they already know that you love him so. "yep, i even think i'll pick him over daddy to marry someday!"

wow...that probably says it the best liv. :)

my words for my sweet will are mainly songs...
my fav these days-He's got you and me will in His hands..he's got you and me will in His hands..{and i can't get to the 3rd line of that song because i'm too teary} He's got the whole world in His hands.
and He does-doesn't He?
i'm amazed at those words and i get choked up-because the God of the Universe takes the time to hold will and i in his hands.
what an incredible, intimate, huge God we belong to.

One who calls us His own.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

it's a boy!!!!!!

containing excitement-not happening at my house!!

so, we have 2 weeks to get ready for

this precious life that will change

our lives forever...and we cannot wait!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

home is....

since we have moved out of our amazing, beautiful, spacious home about a year ago...i have tried retrieving some sort of saying or feeling of what home really is. i think one phrase i've tried to cling to is the one about home being where your family is. peace and sparkles to that one.
it was supposed to make me feel better-but it felt so pat-so cliche. **gag*

last sunday...i came up with my new definition of home.
-a little background first.
my rockstar husband left for church early-he had to do a few things beforehand. liv and i headed off to church 10 minutes later- only to discover the booster seat was missing. plan b was in full swing.
{we don't sit still long enough to actually plan plan b...we just moved and plan b took shape.}
we walked ourselves up to a nearby restaurant and ordered some johnny cakes and chocolate milk. it was delightful. our server even joined in on our fun. we got to know her a bit...someone new to this area..she has a daughter the same age as mine. by the end of breakfast, we had talked about church. she asked if i was the type that thought if you weren't in church...you would go to hell type of people. i replied, "well, we are skipping church this morning and i sure don't think i'm going to hell for it." she then asked if we could set up a playdate for our girls and we set up a time to get together.

my conversation with God on the way home..."you really do know what you are doing...don't you?" i'm sure He was laughing with me when that light bulb went off.

so, now..back to my new definition: home is where He leads you. it's that simple for me-and yet it took me a year to see it-to understand it.

when we decided to sell our house-we felt a strong pull to pray that God would place us in an area where He wanted us. that we could just be beautifully honest with people around us about who He is to us. we are so blessed by His stedfastness and pure pursuit of us. how could we not follow where He was leading? **side note-my heels did dig in...i think i had a tantrum a time or two* change is really very hard for me. :)
we are not deserving of this kind of love-yet we are better people because we have tasted it and it has changed us.

it is hard to explain to people why we have moved so much...why we haven't built yet. i even get caught up in questioning it myself. this week it all came together for me. and even though most people may not get it...that is okay. it took me a year to get it. eventually, we will build...we just aren't in this rush because it's what we "should" do. we trust Him and that He led us to trail east (our last home we built) and, we feel confident that He has led us to where we are now. that there are adventures here-lives that hopefully our story will touch and we will be changed for the better by their lives as well.

His plans are for us...His plan is for YOU too.
next week-end is our playdate!
looking forward to making new friends in our new place.