Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus

I admit it. I have a blog addiction. I reads way too many blogs, way too regularly. However, I don't feel too badly about it. There are many stories out there written by people with some rock solid faith. Stories written by someone who is told several times that their baby will die. Stories by someone whose baby did die, after only hours in her mommy's arms. Stories of a baby who has clung to life after 9 months in the NICU. Stories of a family who fervently serves God and takes in orphans, only to have their home burn down. Yet these people hold firmly to their faith and trust God through all of it. It encourages me and leads to to wonder, how would someone get through something like this without Jesus?? How could someone go through the hard things in like without the hope that God is in control and that he holds us in the palm of his hand?? It must be so....hopeless! Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus. To know that whatever happens, it will all work for the good of those who love him. To know that we don't know what is best for us, but that He does, and to trust that WHATEVER happens, he is still God and things are going to be ok. So, if you need some encouragment, stop on over to www.audreycaroline.blogspot.com or www.mycharmingkids.net (or ask me for a few others) :-) I don't mean to tell you, look...things could be worse! No, I only send you here to be encouraged by these womens faith. Faith that in the midst of the worst circumstances, puts all our own desires aside and says, not my will, but yours. I want a faith like that.

New Fashion Trend

Don't you know the new spring trend? It's all the rage with the under 2 crowd.
The oversized Tshirt and sandles.....
/>

Yeah, my daughter is a trendsetter.

And this one just becasuse it is cute...

New Camera!

I am so excited! I am getting a new camera! I have always been interested in photography, so I am super excited to be getting something that I can practice on! It isn't anything super fancy. I am not quite ready, financially or otherwise, to jump into a dSLR, so I went with something different. It is a step up from a basic point and shoot. Just something that allows me to play with the settings a bit. Compared to my old 2 mega pixels,the 10 this camera has is going to make a big difference! So, hopefully you will be seeing some beautiful pictures on this page soon! That man in the brown suit can't come fast enough!!!

Not me Monday!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


I have decided to take part in Not Me Monday this week! This is a fun way to confess our imperfections! So, without further adieu...not me Monday, because nobody's perfect!

This week, I most certainly did not try and jump over baby gate, only to miss. And I sure don't have a nice bruise to prove it!

Today, I for sure didn't drive around for an HOUR to get Ellie to take a nap. That would be silly.

I most certainly am not sore today because I did several cartwheels yesterday. I know that I am no longer a teenager and should not randomly attempt gymnastics that haven't been attempted in the recent future. Someone could get hurt.

I absolutely am not writing a blog when I should be doing laundry. That would be irresponsible.

There is no way that I had to use spell check to spell absolutely.

I am not currently reading a book on nutrition, only to feed Ellie chicken nuggets for lunch.

When Ellie wanted a ride in the laundry basket this morning, I sure didn't rig up a strap out of a belt so I didn't have to bend over to push her. That would be lazy.

That's all for now! Anyone else want to participate? It is great fun! :-)

March

It is March.
I declare it Spring.
Time for a new blog layout.
Happy Spring :-)

Birthday post con't.

On Ellie's birthday morning I made her blueberry pancakes.


















She loved them!














Next, we went to the library. Ellie loves books, so this was a perfect place to go on her special day. She ran around the library and we read several books. She enjoyed the kangaroo rocking chair and wanted to pet all the stuffed animals. She grabbed part of the Thomas Train set and rain across the library. She had a great time.
It was such an unusually warm day on her birthday, that I decided to take her to the playground for the first time. She LOVED it!! She ran all over. Up and down the ramps and all around.

She rode in a swing for the first time and it made her laugh and laugh.














She loved to slide down the slide.

I can't believe my baby is 1. It seems like just last week she was born. She has blossomed into such an amazing little girl. Every day I am learning something new about her, and getting a glimpse into who she will be. I am sure this has been the fastest year of my life. I'm excited to see what is coming in the next year!

Long overdue birthday post!

It has been a few weeks since Ellie's birthday and I still haven't blogged about it! We had a great couple of days. We had her party the day before her birthday. We had tons of family at her party. She wasn't sure what was going on, but she had a fun time playing with her cousins. When I got her all ready to smear her cake everywhere, I stripped her to her diaper and put on her bib. I gave her her cake, and she wanted nothing to do with it! We gave her a taste,



















But to no avail...



















We even tried a spoon, but she didn't want anything to do with it! Oh well! We enjoyed it! It was sooo good! She did however, eat some later off her grandma's plate:














Ellie loved all of her presents. She has played with them all a lot! Here she is with her new wagon:














Blogger won't let me upload any more pictures so I will have to put her actual birthday on a separate post.