Heart of Worship music service

this is the close of will's "singing" at church last sunday night. it was his first time doing anything like this. as you can see he sat down in the middle of it. but, i thought he did wonderful!!! and i know God was pleased.

God is Love

Wellspring Upscale Resale

okay, i love shopping for little girl clothes!!!! here are some clothes i picked up for phoebe at the local Wellspring consignment store. it is in duluth next to the publix at old peachtree and buford hwy. i think i paid $5 total. they were super cute, in great condition and the money goes to benefit a girls home and a women's recovery home here in georgia for victims of sexual abuse, forced prostitution, and human trafficking.

here is more info on Wellspring.

PLEASE NOTE - THEY MOVED LOCATIONS TO ACROSS THE STREET (BUFORD HWY) AND NO LONGER SELL BABY CLOTHING. SAD! BUT STILL A GREAT STORE! JANUARY 2011

baby's growing up

i was looking through a lot of old pics last night. this one was taken exactly a year ago. made me cry! he was such a little baby then. i'm finally realizing they do grow up fast.

tractor bye bye video

will at 27 months

will is a talker! he talks in sentences more now. but, here are some of the cute things he says:

wash disher - dishwasher
wes her - yes sir
wes mant - yes ma'am
my welcome - your welcome
aint, are you? - train, where are you?
my wuv you - i love you
hee ya - see ya
have ood day - have a good day!
baby phoebe - baby evie
woorm - room
bottom - bottut
acket and ill - jack and jill
bite a one - vitamin


he also sings a lot - loves his Bible songs and nursery rhymes. he loves Bible school (church) and small group (my Bible study time at a different church). he loves going to the library for toddler time. i can take him in certain stores now without the stroller or buggy and he does okay - not great, but okay.
he is almost obsessed with his counting floor puzzle - he has to do it almost everyday and is needing less guidance with each try. the other toy he loves right now is his dump truck from uncle ben that makes noises and runs automatically. he loves his books and can "read" some of them like ten, nine, eight, goodnight moon, moo, baa, lalala, and his abc book. oh, and of course his nursery rhyme books - he knows some of those that he tries to recite. he also loves riding down the hill below our house on his "bike". he loves picking up sticks and pine cones and putting them in his wheelbarrow. he sits on the potty almost every night and sometimes a little pee comes out. he has all his teeth except the top molars in the way back. he weighs 30 lbs and is about 35 inches tall. he doesn't always take a nap - he just started getting out of his bed in the afternoon and playing in his room occasionally instead of taking a nap - but, hey, at least we still have our "alone" time. he sleeps 10-11 hours at night and takes a 2 hour nap 50% of the time. eating is not a problem if i do my part with planning mostly healthy meals. he doesn't always like to get dressed to go somewhere. he often runs away when it's time to brush teeth or change a diaper or get dressed.

what else, lee?

i think we both agree - he's a keeper. :0)

homemade cards

i've had the urge to be crafty lately. these are some cards i made using recycled greeting cards, magazine clippings, and stickers. oh, and some embellishments a friend gave me 3 years ago. finally sitting down and putting some stuff together, even though my house is not clean.

21 weeks in the womb

it's a GIRL!!!!

heartbeat!

phoebe

asheville vacation babymoon

how could anyone resist that???

or this??
on the way up, we stopped in saluda, sc. i love this restaurant there called The Purple Onion. we ate there on our honeymoon also. they had the most amazing salad, i had to take a picture.

lee and i had a wonderful 2 day getaway to asheville, nc this past weekend. it was the first time i have ever left will overnight or really been away from him for more than half a day. the report from my parents was that he never even mentioned our names.

we stayed at the sweet biscuit inn. it is a beautiful and laidback B&B. i would love to stay there again. next time, i think we would pay a little more and get a room with a shower and not the handheld shower. breakfast was wonderful each day and the innkeepers were very helpful with maps and places to go.

some of our favorite places - blue ridge parkway, chevron bead store, tupelo honey cafe. okay, maybe they are my favorite places, but lee does love driving on the parkway. they had a cool drum circle going at one of the city parks across from tupelo honey on friday night. and really lots of musicians playing on the streets. i didn't get a picture, but there was also a flying nun. when we got out of our cars for the first time going downtown there was a guy riding a very tall bicycle wearing a nun costume.

it was so nice to get away. will has started to talk a lot so the quietness was wonderful. at the same time, i missed will A LOT. he's my buddy, and i missed seeing his sweet little face.

quotes to remember - "asheville - full of hippies, hillbillies, and hikers" and me when i almost backed out on buying a vintage looking hat "i think i've been in middle class suburbia way too long".