Easter pics

These are a few pics from Thomas hunting easter eggs on Resurrection Sunday at our family gathering. I do want to say... I am still grieving that we did not take a family picture in our "Sunday Best". If I may be so proud, we were a good looking group! Both the children were in little smocked outfits (who knew I would ever be such a fan? I never would have imagined.) and I was able to buy a new outfit (the first in a while), and Whit had a nice shirt/tie combo with his suit. I know that going to church is not about what you wear, but as I've seen on "What Not To Wear", you feel better about yourself when you look good. Know what I mean? At any rate, Whitney said we could re-create our fashion for that day and take a family picture.

First Foods

So, we have arrived. SA will be 6 months this week, and we're working on foods now. Wow, I never knew it would be such a difficult task with her! Thomas started eating and hasn't stopped. She does not like anything she puts her mouth to (except the mama's milk, of course!). I usually try to introduce veggies first, then fruits... because obviously if you have the sweeter fruits first, who will want a veggie after that? But, she doesn't like either. I really pushed the "baby foods" with Thomas, but now I know that she'll eat when she is ready.

I gave her a piece of zwieback toast last night, and she did great with it. So, we will get there! At least I know for a fact that she is getting all the wonderful benefits of breastfeeding!!

Amazing!

This story absolutely amazes me! I'm so excited to once again realize that God puts the pieces of our lives together in such a greater way than we could ever imagine.

On February 3rd, I had a dream about a dear friend of ours. She was recently engaged at that point, and the next morning I immediately e-mailed her the dream. This is what my e-mail said:

In my dream, it was the day before your wedding and I had come to see you. You had a specific “day before the wedding cake” and it was a blueberry cheesecake, and we were eating it together. Instead of walking down the aisle, you were coming in on a row boat, so we were also decorating the lily pads in the water with candles and pearls. It was a sweet time together, and the cheesecake was amazing!

This morning, I begin my daily routine and checked my e-mail. I saw this friend's name in my inbox, and immediately opened the message. This is what her e-mail said:

I was rereading the dream you had! I would like to invite you for the day before the wedding cheese cake with me and who ever else is around! I am going to have one made and I know my time will be so tight that day before the wedding but if you would like to come to the cove that day and help with all that will be going on I would love to have you around for a few hours! I know that you have two little ones and this may not be a possibility but I will have the cheesecake there and you are welcome! Also I just was thinking about the wedding and yesterday we decided to use the Cove. I took David out to see it! He wasn't crazy about it but He liked it better than the church! So He wanted me to do what I wanted! I chose the Cove! He picked the spot for the ceremony! Just to be honest the spot He picked made no sense to me but I am learning to compromise and not have to have everything my way! This I know you have learned already, I think I have in alot of area's but when it comes to planning the wedding day it is a little tough! But I think this isn't my day it is our day! I say all that to say He picked infront of the Pond next to the Lodge! I really wanted it a different spot but I didn't make a big deal about it! Then a few hours ago I started thinking about your dream and I thought I need to read that again! And when I read it I laughed, I may not do the boat thing but I think the rest of it I will try to live out! I love the PROPHETIC! It was like He picked the right spot, when I read that dream of yours! So let's eat some Blueberry Cheesecake and decorate some things to go in the pond and have a blast! And maybe if I am brave enough I will come in on a boat!!!

Is that not amazing? God is faithful and good! I love love love that he knits us all together in His Holy Spirit. There is always a bigger picture than what we see.

2 year old fun!

I originally feared the age of two years old. We've all heard the old adage "terrible twos". You know, it doesn't have to be true! I'm sure many people experience this for different reasons, but life with our two year old is a blessing and a blast. He melted down (extremely) this past Saturday night for the first time in over 7 months. Praise God! If I had to say now my guess for what he would be when he grows up, I would say engineer without a doubt. Everything he puts his little hands to is a project; he goes to great measure to insure preciseness and creativity. I love it.

Ok, well he and Whitney went to the Home Depot children's workshop for the first time this past Saturday. We heard from a friend in our church about this event every first Saturday of the month, so the anticipation was definitely there. They went to eat breakfast at a small local restaurant, then headed to HD. The project was a flower box, and Thomas did all the hammering himself. What a big boy!

The next thing I wanted to mention was a conversation we had this past Thursday. I was eating an orange, and some juice spilled on me....

me: uh oh, some orange juice spilled on me
him: like apple juice?
me: yeah, but only from an orange
him: oh
me: do you know where apple juice comes from? is it a banana?
him: no, it's the refrigerator

I laughed hysterically! He is so literal, it cracks us up constantly.

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from in. Proverbs 22:6