Look who is 3!

My my how time has passed!  It seems only yesterday that I woke up at 5 am thinking I needed to use the bathroom, only to figure out I was having contractions!  We have come a long way.

My baby is now a little girl.  

You are so independent!  

So tender hearted and loving.  

You are a social butterfly who loves to see people and who doesn't know a stranger. 

You give the BEST hugs.  I love it how you run into my arms when I come home.  

You are my little book worm.  

You love to dance and sing and dress up in your Aurora dress.  

You love your stuffed Kitty and take her almost everywhere with you. 

Rubia is your "sweetheart" and your buddy, hardly ever are you two separated.  

You are so much more a girl than a baby or toddler.  

I love you!

(This was supposed to be posted on her birthday, but blogger hiccuped or I just did not set it up right.  But better late than never right?)

answered prayer

For those who missed my Christmas post.  Our family will be growing this year.  The same week God answered our prayer for a job, he also answered our prayer for another child!  The new little one is expected to arrive around June 19.  (Although the nice lady who did the sonogram today said the baby was measuring a week earlier than that.)

Oh yes we did have our first Sonogram today.  And we found out we are having a ....

Baby!

Sorry!  We did not find out with Naomi so we are not finding out this time either.  Wanna see?  Of course you do.  So here we go!

Little feet!

Thumbs up!

Face

Hiding

I wonder if this one will be a bit more camera shy than it's big sister...

nature walk in the park

I now interrupt this Trip to Texas to post about a trip to the park. (Mostly because I am behind in trying to get the pictures edited.)

Whenever we go to the park Naomi really does not like to play on the playground. She has always been like this. When she was younger Adam and I would have to coax her to the playground toys. Once there she didn't play much. She would run around a little but she was much more content away from the playground equipment. She enjoyed watching anything or anyone. She is very observant.

Once I figured out it was her personality. I decided to just go with it. God made her in a special way. So I decided to start using her love of watching to start teaching her. One thing I make sure to do is to go to the park near by. It has a large "lake" in the middle of it. So there is some "wild life" around. Mostly ducks, geese, and turtles.

We go the the park at least twice a week (usually more). Here is a recent visit...

First we have the "babies." Anytime we are any where near the park Naomi yells "babies" from the backseat. There are 3 sets of babies at the park. The first thing we do once reaching the park is find all sets of babies.



Then we have the turtles...



There is also the duck (I have not gotten a picture yet). Last fall there were a lot more ducks. Not there is just one or two.

There are many other things to see at the park. So I am sure that I will more to post about later!

Mothers day blessings

A little over 2 years I be came a mom! I was an amazing thing. I am still amazed that I am a mom. I now see my own mom in a whole new light.

t seemed like a long time before I could celebrate mother's day. I so badly wanted to be a mom. I really struggled with it. I would sit in church as the pastor talked about moms and such and just wanted to be one. I longed to be a mom. I knew God had called me to be a mother. But why the wait? There were times it was excurciating for me.
I know my wait was not a long as some. I have a friend who has been waiting for number one for just over 2 years now. I only waited for 18 months.  It was worth to to wait for my blessing. Naomi is amazing! She is a lovely little girl who brought a whole new meaning to my life and my faith.







My mentor mom in MOPS had to wait on her babies too. She reminded me of this: God has His perfect timing. He needs the right person at the right time. I have no idea what things Naomi will do but God made me wait so that his "plan" will work. Wow!

I am truly blessed!

on the mend!

So I think we are finally on the mend. I will be trying Naomi on milk again this afternoon. My finger is starting to feel a bit more normal. Although I am in the process of loosing the nail and it is still senstive to bumps. But I can actulally use it with out cringing or tearing up.

We are gearing up for a busy spring. Next weekend we have a first Birthday to attend. (I will also be making the cakes.) Soon after that Adam and I will be running away to Branson with a bunch of friends for a marriage retreat. We have Easter. Then Naomi's Birthday! And that is just the next month.

For the summer I have 3 graduations, a possible wedding, a trip to TX, publicizing and planing MOPS and VBS. And that is only what I can think of off the top of my head. YIKES!

I hope I can keep track of everything. Now that we are juggling school, youth, church, MOPS, family, and friends we are getting busy!

Here's to spring!

As promised...

We have been sick at our home. I watched and waited as it went through all of our friend's households. At the fist mention of the flu. I finally put the mattress protector on Naomi's bed. It last week it hit every one. Naomi and I had it mostly at night and made for a rough time. By the weekend i thought we were all clear. Then On Sunday Naomi got sick again. We thought it was a "fluke." But then she spent Monday and Tuesday sick. We took her to the doctor on Wednesday. She said she should get better in the next 24 hours. Well last night we were at a friend's house and she got sick again. YUCK! I think her tummy was not quite ready for milk last night. And this morning I woke up sick again. So break out the Clorox wipes and Lysol again. But I had promised some of Naomi's silly stories...

So here is one:

About a week after starting Naomi in her big girl bed we started letting her sleep in it at night. So one night Adam get's home from class. We then hear a large "Thump" from Naomi's room. We listened to see if she would cry because it sounded like a pretty hard fall.

No cry was heard.

We then head upstairs to check on her and get her back in to bed. We figured she must have slept through the fall.

We peek into her room in time to see her crawling back in to bed. But she only get's her top half in the bed. As I reach the bed to help her. I realize that Naomi was asleep. She had sleep crawled back in to bed! Crazy girl!

Me and My Girl!

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Me and a group of friends had a birthday party Jesus Party for your kids!  We had a TON of fun!

I made the cake...

We used instruments and sang Christmas songs, and Happy Birthday to baby Jesus!

We Chowed down on some Pizza and played games.

Finally we opened some Gifts. We had seclected names so each child would "shop" for another child. Naomi received matching tutus for her and Abby (her Doll), and a cradle/ changing table set! Here she is with her tutu on! So cute!

We all had a great time!  Happy Birthday Jesus!

Afterward we put attempted to put the kids down for a nap so we could have some Mommy time.  We watched "Sisters Keeper."  (Personally I am not a big fan of the movie but I thought I would give the book a shot.  Maybe I will post something once I read it).  Anyway, the kids barely napped. Call us mothers of the year! Because we just let them play in their respective areas (while listening for any "real crying")  so we could finish the movie.  After the party I think all the kids went home and took real naps!

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests."

Luke 2:14