Four Months and New Mommy Syndrome

I'm really into hats for Kendall. She has a funny hairline in the front and because her face is so round, hats just look adorable on her. My mom found got this hat for Kendall off ETSY. It's actually just a pair of tights that are knotted up with a flower pinned on the top. Evan said Kendall looked like she just had panty-hose on her head, but I think it's kinda cute. What about y'all????

I had to throw in these last few pictures for fun. Kendall is always sucking on something. She will take a pacifier, but prefers her thumb, hands, or even her arm. Her latest thing is to take her pacifier out of her mouth, hold it, and suck her other thumb. It's so funny!

Here is Kendall sucking her thumb....

and her arm...

(Honestly, she does this ALL the time! Do you see how she's holding her arm up to her mouth???Isn't that funny?)

This is Kendall saying, "Mom, I've had enough of the camera!!!"
We took Kendall for her 4 month check-up yesterday, and let's just say that my "new mommy syndrome" has kicked into an even higher gear. Kendall weighed 11 pounds, 9 ounces and was 24 inches, which puts her in the 10th percentile for weight and the 50th percentile for height.

(Before I go on, if you are male, you may want to stop reading because I'm going to write about some nursing issues. Just thought I'd warn you!)

I'll be honest and say that I have actually always been a little concerned about Kendall's weight and it's mainly because people are ALWAYS commenting on how tiny she is. As a nursing mother, I have no idea how much she eats on a regular basis, all I know is that I feed her until SHE stops eating and she always seems happy and satisfied. Kendall is not fussy by nature, and I truly think if she were hungry, she'd be fussing and would probably be waking up in the middle of the night and she doesn't. When I am tutoring in the afternoon, I pump and Evan gives Kendall a bottle. I can pump anywhere from 3.5 oz.-6.5 oz; it just depends on what time of day it is. Most of the time, when Evan gives Kendall a bottle, the amount ranges from 4 oz. to 7 oz. and Evan says that she always takes all of the bottle, but rarely acts like she needs anymore. He's maybe had a time or two in the last three months that he's given her more.

With all that being said, the NP was a little concerned that her weight was so low. The past two dr. visits Kendall's weight was never an issue. We were told that if she's gaining weight, she's growing and she's fine; it doesn't matter how much the weight is gained. Well, this time, it was completely different! The NP started talking about how it might have to do with my milk supply and I needed to do everything I could to make sure my milk supply was okay. Her words were, "This week, you should focus on you. Let your house get as messy as you can, let the laundry pile up and you focus on you. Make sure you are taking in an extra 500 calories. I want you to eat while you are nursing and eat while you are pumping."

I was on the verge of tears in the drs. office, but was able to hold back until I got home. It is not in my nature to let everything in my house go...I've already let things go long enough; until today, our floors haven't been vacuumed since the end of December! AND we are having a our neighbor over for dinner tonight!!! Not to mention that I was to "eat while nursing AND eat when I'm pumping????" Evan even started laughing yesterday as I am holding Kendall trying to feed her and eat a sandwich at the same time. Later on last night as I was pumping, I was thinking, "Seriously, the only way you can eat and pump at the same time is if you either have someone feeding you or you get down on your face and eat like a dog." (Can y'all tell I'm fired up about this????)

I ended up having a break-down about it and have finally started to process the whole thing. First of all, I think I was intending on going to her appointment and the NP telling me to go ahead and start her on rice cereal. Although that did not happen, I know that Kendall is old enough for cereal and ultimately, we can make the decision to go ahead and give her cereal to help beef her up a bit. Evan and I have also decided that while we should probably push Kendall to eat a little more and that I should be a little more aware of my caloric intake, there is no need for me to stress myself out over all of it or to make sure I'm constantly eating something all the time. After all, me being stressed about this whole thing could have an even bigger effect on my supply! And really, I don't think there is anything wrong with my supply at all. Sure, maybe it's dropped a bit, but if there were something wrong, Kendall would be losing weight, not gaining it.

So, the NP wanted me to bring Kendall in for a weight check next Monday and I've decided that I will just have her weighed at the Seminary Clinic when we take her for shots that day, instead of taking her back to the Pediatricians office and having to pay for ANOTHER office visit. I am going to call and tell the NP what I've decided to do AND I think I'm going to let her know how much that visit stressed me out yesterday. Not in an ugly way, but just so she'll know. It was just one of those appointments that I didn't feel like as a mother, I was heard. Anyone been there?!?!?!

I better go. We are having our downstairs neighbor over for dinner tonight and I need to get some things going on that.

Oh, I will close with a funny about Kendall. When I picked her up from the nursery Sunday morning, the nursery workers were talking about how sweet she is and how she just smiled and laughed all the time. Then one of them said, "She's definitely the most talkative baby of all...she just made all kinds of noise this morning!" I just wanted to give her a very sarcastic, "NOOOO!!!" I wonder where she gets that motor-mouth from, her daddy maybe??? (HA!!!)

Loving God with all of my mind

Well, Leah's been on my case lately about how long it's been since I posted anything on here. Honestly, my lack of posting hasn't really been intentional. I just know she does such a good job of keeping everyone up to date with what's going on with us that I don't have to worry about it.

Anyway, here's a few thoughts on school.

I'm taking nine hours again this semester, Ancient Near Eastern History, Personal Evangelism and New Testament Survey II. The classes are all pretty enjoyable, but Ancient Near Eastern History and Personal Evangelism are definitely my favorites. Our Sunday School teacher, Dr. Betts, teaches the ANEH class, so I was really looking forward to that one. I didn't know anything about the other two professors (Dr. Randy Smith in Personal Evangelism, and Dr. Dave Deklavan in NT Survey II), but I have come to really appreciate both of them as well.

In fact, the professors have probably been the most pleasant surprise about Boyce. Before starting school, I was sort of skeptical about how they might be. For some reason, I had this preconceived idea that the professors were all going to be arrogant scholars who were more interested in proving how smart they were, than on the loving Jesus and other people. But that isn't what I've found at all. All six of the professors I've had so far have been some of the most humble, godly, men I have been around. That's not to say they aren't extremely smart or serious about academics, because they definitely make us work hard and place a high emphasis on excellence in the classroom. But they all stress the fact that the reason we strive for excellence in our schoolwork is because doing so glorifies God. After all, the Bible says to "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your MIND and with all your strength." (Mark 12:30, NASB)

For whatever reason, it seems that many Christians have the same attitude I had before coming to school, that its somehow unimportant - or dangerous even - to study the "meatier", more complex aspects of theology. Since coming to Boyce, I have come to reject this idea. I believe God wants us to use our minds to know as much about Him as we possibly can. Having said that, there is a very real danger of falling in love with knowledge for the sake of knowledge, and focusing too much on secondary matters that quite frankly none of us will know the answers to this side of heaven. In my Personal Evangelism class this week, Dr. Smith gave us an example the other day of some theologians who once had a whole debate on how many angels could stand on the head of a pin.

I was reading in 1 Timothy last night, and I think this is exactly the sort of thing Paul addresses in the first chapter when he instructs Timothy to stay on in Ephesus to correct some bad teaching that was taking place there. This is what Paul tells Timothy:

"But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussions, wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions." (1 Timothy 1:5-7 NASB).

Unfortunately, I think these verses could apply to a lot of the students here at Boyce and Southern. I seem to hear a lot of confident assertions being made by students about matters that quite frankly I doubt they understand well enough to be making, and are ultimately part of fruitless discussions. On the other hand though, like I said, so far I haven't seen this at all with any of my professors. In fact, I have heard Dr. Betts warn our Sunday school class (which is comprised entirely of students and their spouses) about this exact thing on numerous occasions.

As a student on this campus (and probably any seminary campus for that matter), there is a fine line between loving God with all of our minds, and turning aside to fruitless discussions about matters we do not understand well enough to make confident assertions. But fortunately for me, the example of my professors proves that it is a line that can be walked, and that just because there is the danger of the latter is not an excuse to ignore the former.

Busy Weekend (and a few other things!)

I give Evan a hard time about his gift-giving skills and I must say that for our anniversary and Valentine's day this year, he's beginning to redeem himself!!! For our anniversary, he cooked dinner--made homemade spaghetti sauce (that was SO yummy and made enough for leftovers, freezing AND to give away to a neighbor) and I got a homemade card. I don't want to embarrass him, but the card was really sweet AND somewhat out of character for him. He printed it on the computer and even colored the picture on the front with colored pencils! He wrote a poem on the inside that began with "Arkansas is red, Kentucky is blue; I don't care where we end up, as long as I'm with you." I laughed until I had tears running down my face!


Then, on Valentine's Day, Evan treated me to a piece of cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. We were going to eat it at the restaurant, but the wait was anywhere from 25-45 minutes. We said, "no thank-you" and got our cheesecake to go. If you've never had a slice of Cheesecake Factory cheesecake, you are missing out AND must treat yourself! It's to die for! Our slice was white chocolate macadamia nut and was heavenly!


On to the weekend...


On Saturday morning, we attended the new members breakfast for our church. We actually joined the church way back in the fall, but this was the first opportunity we've had to attend the breakfast. A family in the church hosts a new member breakfast usually every other month in their home. Let me just say, this family is GIFTED when it comes to hospitality! I think they said they've hosted the breakfast for about 7 years and it's definitely a well-oiled machine. A lot of help is enlisted to pull off the breakfast and everything about the breakfast is wonderful. ALL of the food is homemade, even down to the syrups for the pancakes!!! One of the guys that helps even cooks omelets to order. We enjoyed the food AND the fellowship with other new members of the church we might not otherwise come in contact.


Saturday evening we enjoyed Gumbo Fest with our SS class. Again, wonderful food and the fellowship wasn't too bad either! :) We are so thankful for this group of people; if it weren't for the friendships we've formed in this class, Evan and I wouldn't know anyone in this area. (Sidenote-if you are living somewhere and you are lonely, FIND A CHURCH!!! It's the best place to meet people and make friends!) We had fun taking some pictures that evening, and I've posted a few to follow!

Kendall being loved on by Miss Kristina. Kristina's husband, Ben, works at night, so she will come over sometimes in the evening just to hang out with us. She's so sweet and I love that she loves Kendall! Miss Kristina is VERY good with babies!!
This is Kristina from the front, instead of just the top of her head!

(And yes, I am VERY aware of how horrible my hair looks in this picture!!! I'm in DESPERATE need of a GOOD haircut. It's just terrible. I wish Joanne could fly to Louisville to cut and color my hair!!!! I haven't had good hair since we've lived here. Why is a good hairdresser so difficult to find??? UGGHHH!!!)
(Yes, Adam, your picture made the blog!!!) The other kids there were having a ball wrestling and playing with all the big boys! This is our good friend, Adam, that all the kids are hanging on. We met Adam and his wife, Holly during orientation. They've become such sweet friends to us. Adam and Holly are having their first baby girl in April. We are excited for them. (Adam is actually over here right now. He and Evan are meeting as accountability partners. They have me shut in the bedroom!!!)
Kendall and daddy playing together!!!

(Oh, cute outfit courtesy of Kendall's Nana!)

Some of the girls!

Remember me saying in an older post that one of the couples from Seniors' Game Night took our phone number because they wanted to invite us over? Well, we had lunch with this sweet couple on Sunday. Another couple whom Evan and I were acquainted with came over for lunch as well. We had a nice time and once again, wonderful food, but Kendall was NOT on her best behavior! Kendall is one of those babies that really just doesn't nap well unless she's in her bed. I think it's because she still likes to be swaddled to sleep. (We are working on this by trying to put her down for naps during the day without swaddling.) I think Kendall had a short nap in the nursery at church, but was due for another nap by the time we were ready to eat. We also lost her pacifier at church that morning, and while she doesn't need it all the time, she certainly needed it Sunday afternoon. Evan ended up making a run to Walgreens right before we ate to get a pacifier. She stayed pretty cranky even after that, but we finally got her to nap for a little while. We did have a great time getting to know these two families, AND Kendall got some "grandma-type" loving that afternoon!!!

I guess that's about it. I'm getting excited about our upcoming Arkansas trip. Kendall and I will be flying to Fayetteville on March 8 and will be in Arkansas for a week. I'm a little nervous about flying with her alone, but I'm sure with prayer we will be just fine!

I guess I should also update you guys on my "priorities" post. Things are getting better in this area for me, although we've been a little "off" the last couple of weeks because of sickness and traveling. For the most part, I've been having my quiet time in the morning after Kendall's first feeding. I LOVE starting my day that way and feel like I get so much more accomplished during the day! I am LOVING the Beth Moore bible study I'm participating in and am really learning a lot. I'll have to post about that some other time! Evan is also going to help me work out a system with cleaning our apartment so I can do a little bit every day and not let it pile up and overwhelm me. Anyone have good advice or help in this area????

That's all for now. Hope you guys have a great week!!!

Our Little Snow Angel!

We still have quite a bit of snow on the ground. The sun is shining brightly today, so I'm afraid it's all going to melt soon! Here are some pictures of Kendall and her first snow!

Happy Heart Day!

This is one of my favorite pictures of Evan and me. It's a Polaroid that was taken on our first Valentine's Day together in 2004. It was one of my all-time favorite dates!!! Evan picked me up and tried to surprise me with flowers, except that he almost didn't make it to the florist in time to pick them up, so the florist called my house telling me I had flowers waiting on me. When Evan got to my house, he basically shoved the flowers in my face and said, "I know they called you. I'm so mad. I wanted to surprise you with them." It didn't matter to me...the flowers were beautiful. Evan had chosen my favorite--a mixed arrangement. We then went to eat at The Pesto Cafe in Fayetteville and then drove up to Bella Vista to listen to a "Big Band" play and swing dance. Of course, we were one of the few couples there under 50 and certainly couldn't hold a candle to their swing dancing skills!!! The place was packed out, so we ended up sitting at a table with several sweet older couples and had the best time dancing and laughing with them. This one little lady named Dot became our friend that night and took this picture of us together with her camera. What a special memory this picture makes me remember!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

The Snowy Day!

Before I tell the "snow" story, I would just like to say that sometimes I hate computers. I don't understand why I can change the font, put spaces between paragraphs, etc. when I type, but when I post, it doesn't show up. It kind-of drives me crazy.

ANYWAY....

When we got home from Nashville yesterday morning, our friend Adam called Evan and told us that it was supposed to snow anywhere from 3-9 inches starting at 4:00 yesterday afternoon. Of course, I went into panic mode because we had NO groceries AND I was scheduled to tutor from 3-8 last night! What do we do?!?!?! At that point, it was about 1:00, and I didn't have time to make a run to the grocery store before needing to be at work. Evan and I finally decide that he should drive me to work (being that I don't like to drive in bad weather) which means that we have to load up Kendall, too. I make out a grocery list, thinking that Evan can run to the grocery store (with Kendall) while I am working. Great idea, huh??? (Many of you know that I am a "stickler" about our groceries; I plan menus and do all of our grocery shopping with a MAJORLY organized list. Evan and I used to go to the grocery store together, but everytime he went with me we would end up way over budget because he likes to just throw things in the cart. So, just the thought of him going to the grocery store kind-of makes me spazz a little bit!) So, Evan takes me to work and he and Kendall drive back home.

At about 4:15, it started snowing. Anita, the lady that owns Huntington, decided to shut everything down at 6:00 because the streets were starting to get bad. I called Evan around 5:00 to tell him he needed to come and get me. He loads up Kendall and hits the road. On a normal day in 5:00 traffic, I have to give myself AT LEAST 45 minutes to get to work, so I knew it would probably take Evan over an hour to get to me. Guess what time he finally rolled into the parking lot???? 7:40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It took him 2 hours and 40 minutes to come pick me up!!! Sweet Miss Anita sat with me the whole time until Evan arrived! (We watched silly YouTube videos and looked at Photography websites. She is the NICEST lady I've ever met!!!)

Thankfully, Kendall slept the entire time. She was due to eat again around 7:30, but stayed asleep. I was so thankful because I just envisioned Evan driving in all that snow with a screaming baby in the back seat. I'm telling you...that was just God watching over them and keeping them safe! It only took us about 40 minutes to get home, since most of the traffic was cleared by then, and Kendall woke up about 5 minutes from our apartment.

We still didn't have any groceries, and of course, Evan and I were both starving. All I had to eat that day was a muffin, a handfull of Wheat Thins, some raisins, and a piece of ham!!! I was starting to get the shakes! We pull in McDonalds and order our food, only to realize that both of us left our wallets at the apartment. Evan was LIVID!!! He ended up dropping Kendall and me off at the apartment and running back out to Rallys to get burgers. What a night!

Evan's classes are cancelled today and as we speak, he is at the grocery store. (YIKES!!!) He is making spaghetti with homemade sauce for our "frugal" annivearsary dinner!!! I'm sure it will be yummy! I really want to put Kendall in her bunting and take her picture with her first snow, but it is raining right now. Maybe when she wakes up from her nap it won't be raining anymore and we can go out long enough for a few pictures!!!

I took these from our apartment window this morning. Even though last night was wild, the snow sure is pretty!!!

As I finish typing this post, I'm thinking about how last Tuesday we were sitting in our hallway because the tornado sirens were going off and this week we have snow! I thought that kind of weather was only in Arkansas?!?!?!?!

Our Anniversary!

Happy 3 years, Evan!!!

I Love You!

Leah

Road Trip!

(WARNING...MY SPELLCHECK IS NOT WORKING!!! IGNORE TYPOS!!)

Evan, Kendall and I "road tripped" to Nashville this weekend to hang out with my mom.

Her doctor's appointment was today, so it worked out well for us to spend the weekend together.

Before I go on about the weekend, let me just say that I LOVE MY MOM!!! She really is the best! She was definitely one of those moms that everyone loved in high school, probably because she let us get away with stuff we shouldn't have at all!! (Well, Mrs. Ann was probably top on the list, but my mom was up there, too!) She was always involved in whatever my sister and I had going on, and for the most part, we didn't mind having her around. My mom and I have a lot in common and have always had this "brutally honest" type relationship. I distinctly remember one time when I came home from college for Christmas and we had just spent WAY too much time together. We were standing in the kitchen at my Mimi's house, and finally I just looked at her and said, "You know what, you are really getting on my nerves!" She looks back at me and says, "Not as bad as you are getting on mine!" It was pretty funny! I do LOVE my mom and am so thankful for the relationship I have with her! She's the best. (Oh, and don't be mad at me for posting this picture!)

On to the weekend....

We were supposed to drive down to Nashville on Friday night to hang out with the Mike, Tricia, Hannah and Joshua, but Mike got sick with the flu, so we drove down early Saturday afternoon instead. Kendall was a great passenger. She slept for some of the drive, but stayed awake and looked around for part of it, too. One thing Evan and I have learned in our 3 years of marriage is that he DOES NOT do well driving in unfamiliar places, especially big cities, so I offered to drive about 30 minutes outside of Nashville. Evan delightfully took me up on this offer! I think Evan thought he would get some reading finished, but of course Kendall got hungry about the time we switched places and he had to crawl in the backseat and give her a bottle. While he was crawling in the backseat, he stepped on a wedding gift I made and broke it! Oh, well. My mom was taking it home anyway, so she said she would re-do it for me and give it to the happy couple! I'm only two months late with the gift already! :)

We have become notorious for missing exits and turns in all our traveling experiences together, so this trip was no exception. Even with me driving and Evan navigating, we still somehow miss the exit to the hotel the first time around!!! We didn't get too far out of the way, thankfully, and were able to turn around and find our way pretty quickly!

My dad was unable to make this trip, so Aunt Judy and Faith came with my mom. They had just arrived at the hotel when we got there, so we spent part of Saturday afternoon just hanging out. Mom, Aunt Judy, and Faith had not seen Kendall since Thanksgiving, so they (Mom especially) were DYING to get their hands on Kendall. Kendall didn't know what to think at first. She spent a few minutes looking at mom, trying to figure out who she was, and then she made her pitiful pouty face and started crying. Thankfully, it didn't take her too long to warm up and start being her normal self. (She's done the pouty face a couple of times when I've left her in the nursery at church. I'm kind-of surprised she's that aware of who is holding her already!)

We didn't do a whole lot over the weekend...we shopped around a little bit, ate a lot of good food (managed to get some Ben&Jerrys along the way!), and mainly just hung out in the hotel. I am now, thanks to my mom, hooked on the John and Kate Plus 8 TV show on TLC. (Although I can't stand the way the wife talks to the husband!!!) We tried to eat at the Pancake Pantry (a local place in Nashville where a lot of famous people like to eat) but the line was outside the door and around the corner. We ended up at Panera, where I randomly ran into one of my Chi-O sorority sisters. How funny is that?!?!?! Of course, Evan, Kendall, and I were spoiled to no end all weekend by my mom. We sure loved getting to see her (and Aunt Judy and Faith) and enjoyed our weekend away from home.

My mom "babysat" Kendall so Evan and I could enjoy an evening out together on Sunday night, since our anniversary is tomorrow. Of course, we drove around for 30 minutes (missed some turns along the way) before we finally decided that we were both craving "good" pizza (not like Pizza Hut) and settled on a little Italian place called Caesars. The ambiance was great in the restaurant; there was a little keyboard/guitar duo playing music and singing. It was a great little place to eat!

I love that my mom has big wet spots on her shirt from Kendall drooling all over her! While we were out shopping, mom bought Kendall a special "drool" bib. It has a name, but I forget what it's called. It looks like a little polka-dotted bandana. We laughed because when we were putting it on her, the bib would get around her eyes and it looked like she was robbing a bank!

Faith took this picture of Evan and me Saturday night. I'm not sure why Evan thinks he has to put on his "gangsta lean" in every picture!!!







Isn't Faith a cutie pie???? I just love her!!! I was 15 when she was born, and was at the hospital the day she arrived! I remember how excited I was to have a new cousin!! She is a sweetie!!! Faith has the best laugh and gives the greatest hugs ever!
Mom got Kendall this red hat a while back. Isn't it so adorable?!?!?!?
Oh, and Evan got a new present this weekend. I guess we'll call it his anniversary gift. He's been wanting some kind of carrier to "wear" Kendall. We have learned that while the stroller is WONDERFUL for many places, it's not always the most convenient when you are just running in-and-out of a somewhere. (I offered him my cute striped sling, but he didn't like that option!) :)

Thanks again, Mom, for such a wonderful weekend! As always, you did way too much for us!! We love you bunches and can't wait to see you again!!! Thanks, too, Aunt Judy and Faith for coming with my mom!!! We enjoyed our time with you, too!!!

If Kendall could talk...

She would say...

Love,

Your Little Cheerleader!

(that is her diaper cover!) :)

We hope you have a great day!

A God Who Provides...

When I was in college, I had the opportunity to teach a Sunday School class for junior high girls. I built some great relationships with some of the families in the church that I still keep in contact on a regular basis. I always had so much fun with these girls! I even had a slumber party at my apartment for all of them at Christmas one year that was SO much fun!

Before I graduated and moved to Fayetteville, two of the girls (Katie and Natalie) and I wanted to have dinner and play putt-putt for one last hoo-rah. We decided we’d go eat at O’Charlys; it had just opened up in Jonesboro and we wanted to check it out. I really wanted to pay for the girls’ food, but I barely had enough money to pay for my own at the time! So, I decided I would pray about it. I told God how badly I wanted to pay for their meal and that if it was meant for me to do so, he would provide the money and clearly show me it was what I needed to do. When we got to the restaurant, another family from our church was finishing up their meal. I didn’t know this family very well, but Katie babysat their two girls on a regular basis. We visited with them and played with the girls while we waited on our table. We finally got seated and the waiter came around to take our order. When he asked how to make the ticket, I replied with, “Just put them both on mine,” still not knowing how in the world I would pay for all of it. The waiter left and we continued to chit-chat while we waited on our food. The next thing I know, the mom from the family we’d been visiting with earlier stops by and drops a twenty dollar bill on the table. I just looked at her and said, “What is that for?” She replied with, “Someday I hope my girls have a Sunday School teacher who will invest in them like you have with these girls” and walks off. (I can barely write that story without tears!)

I’ve been thinking a lot about God’s provision lately. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s because Evan and I are in a season right now where we are truly experiencing His faithfulness, but it makes me think about how I've watched God be faithful throughout my life. I could tell you story after story of things that have happened just since we’ve been in Louisville. It’s amazing! Just like the other night…we had $17 left in our Arvest account that we've been needing to close out and decided we'd treat ourselves to a meal out. Our bill was $16 and some odd change. Coincidence? No way. It’s just God showing how faithful HE is!

Evan and I have no idea about what is in store for our future. We do know that God has been faithful to us this far and certainly won’t leave us. We just have to continually trust in HIM alone…nothing else.

Reminds me of a verse I memorized years ago in Experiencing God…


Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Thank you, Lord, for being so faithful to us and ALWAYS meeting EVERY need!!!

Nurse Mommy!!!

Just because she's such a cutie...

(and because I get in trouble by my mom when I don't post pictures!) :)

As you can see, Kendall is getting really good at holding up her head by herself. She will still do the bobble-head sometimes, but for the most part, she's got great control! We've been working hard this week on rolling over, having a lot of tummy time in the floor.
Kendall was having a big time playing with her daddy before bed one night! In these pictures, you can really see how much she is growing!
Both of my babies don't feel well. Kendall is SUPER congested again and Evan is sick with a sinus infection and has even been running fever! Poor things! I don't think Kendall feels all that bad, she seems to be sleeping just fine and has been her normal happy self for the most part, with a couple of cranky spells here and there. Evan went to Walgreens last night and bought a humidifier and when I went to the grocery store this afternoon, I bought some Vick's Baby Rub. My pharmacist cousin, Laura, (I should probably start paying her since I call her so much for medical advice!) told me to put the Vick's Rub on a washcloth and hang it over the edge of her crib, so I did that this afternoon. She's napping right now, so we'll see if she sounds any better when she wakes up. I cooked chicken and dumplings for dinner (the Bisquick kind) in hopes to comfort the big sick kid!!! (Evan doesn't normally like dumplings, but said that sounded good to him tonight!) I have also disinfected the apartment with Lysol in efforts to keep myself well, AND (being the take charge person I am) :), made the executive decision that we are all staying home from church tomorrow so we don't catch anything else or spread anything around! (Yes, we are one of those families that literally has to be DYING before we stay home from church!) I hate missing church-I feel like my week is all messed up whenever I miss-but in this case I just feel it's necessary! Apparently, there is a lot of sickness going around. Our SS class had a fellowship planned for tonight that was cancelled because the host family's kiddos were sick. Evan and I were secretly glad it got cancelled (sad to hear that the kids were sick, though!) because we knew we would miss out on some really good food!