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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

HIT IT!!!!

We had a wonderful time at my in-laws this weekend. I got an amazing porch swing which I will be sure to post pictures of once I get it put up! It is the perfect present, because I love love love to sing. It will be heavenly this summer while reading a good book. We had the opportunity to see a lot of family. And I must confess that I ate to my hearts desire. Anything that could be bad for me I ate lots of; cookies, bagel bites, ice cream, Alfredo pasta... I love food what can I say! I am actually already hungry for lunch and it is only 7:57. While we were in Springfield Eli actually rolled over multiple times!!! This mommy is so proud! Good job buddy! He also was trying to pull up on stuff. He is just going to take off before I know it, I better go clean the house.

So on our way home yesterday we were tootling down a four lane highway when our worst fear occurred. The car's headlights on the other side of the highway were no longer parallel to ours. They were coming at us. The car came flying over the median and out of the ditch. When it reached our side of the high way it started spinning in circles. Andy hit the breaks as hard as possible and we just started sliding. Strangely I was not scared. I just did not know what was going to happen. We had slowed down long enough that I was hoping if we did hit the car it would not be to hard. Fortunately the car completely crossed our side of the road into the ditch. Before we drive we always pray for safety. So often I accredit things to being luck. My God is not a God of luck. Everything is so intentional and apparently the Lord still has a plan for my family, because had we been seconds sooner our whole family could be gone today. God answers prayer.

To conclude my story we immediately stopped the car and called 911, because we did not know if the other person was okay. Thankfully he was, but the reason he had come over the median, was because he was trying to swerve and miss a raccoon. Do NOT ever swerve to miss an animal and put my family or anyone elses lives in danger. Also the guy informed the cop that the reason he was going so fast was because it had not crossed his mind to apply the breaks before swerving. So the moral of this story is apply your breaks and hit the animal.... my mother-in-law will attest that even a horse won't kill ya!

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

7 months

Dear Mr. Eli....

You are the light of your family's life! We love you to the moon and back and then some! You are the funniest cutest boy I have ever met. I love to give you a squeeze and you have even started squeezing me back!!!! You change my world every day. When I saw you in May I knew I had to change careers to spend more time with you. Now I teach and we had the opportunity to stay together all of Christmas break! In the last couple of weeks you have decided to become mobile!!! I am so proud, but I am nervous as well. It is so exciting to watch you scoot yourself around and see where you can go. You have taken great interest in your toys. Yesterday you had your animal train upside down and your dad and I decided maybe you wanted to be a mechanic. You love the doggies and they even share their bones with you. However I would prefer that they would not, because that is kinda nasty for you to chew on them as well. Also you do not need the baby bath tub to take a bath anymore. I put some water in the tub and you splash around. You think it is fantastic and we love to watch and laugh with you! You have been participating in reading the Bible with us I hope that you learn to love God's word and have a desire to follow after Him. God may not always be what is popular, but it is definitely the best choice you can ever make in life. I hope that your dad and I can be a great example for you to follow the Lord. Your cousin preached the other day and said some awesome things that I hope I will always remember to tell you throughout life. Son, I love you to the Moon and back. I am so proud of you and it is an awesome privilege to be your mother. And lastly I think you have the ability to be a great man.

I love you!

Mommy

Happy Late New Year!

Our holiday was amazing. We hope next year that Andy will have a longer break with us, but we sure did have some fun. We enjoyed meeting baby Cael and we always love being with the family! Eli's first Christmas was great, he got more than he could ever dream of let me tell ya.


Welcome to the new year of 2009... I have already been corrected once today:)

What a fun year to look forward to...

In 2008 we....

bought our first house!!!

painted every square inch of it!

had an amazing baby boy!

have been to a lot of baseball games!!! We love to go to the baseball games!

visited Springfield many times.

made new friends!

got a new doggie... Annabelle!

went to school to get my masters.

started an actual teaching job! I love it!

and so many other amazing things!


I can't wait to see what 2009 brings. This year our family goal is to read the Bible in a year. We have been doing okay so far. Pray for us that we can make it all the way through. Also we would like to work more on our house... we are going to finish the attic. And finally we would like to lose weight, maybe I should stop eating fudge... who knows. Also this year I would like to blog a bit more. There are so many fun memories that I need to write down!