It's been over 4 months since my last post.. sorry to all of you who try to keep track of us via this blog! Parenthood is a great craziness... and you make lots of mental to-dos that never make it into a to-done.. for lack of better phrasing...
New stuff for us:
Michael - is now the Men's Leader for the Bethel Association, is registered for a mission trip to Mexico, yes, the swine-flu country, and will become the one and only technology director this summer for the school system. Newsletters are at 425 per month and he's got a few speaking gigs coming up at local churches
Hayley - turned 9 months yesterday, has crawling mastered, is pulling up and prop-walking every which a way, is no longer nursing, and is eating the fool out of some baby food... 5-6 containers a day! She's got 4 teeth, two bottom center and two top center and teething hasn't turned her into a whiny baby so praise God for that! She hasn't grown into her baby dedication dress yet so we're still waiting on that.. I'm planning a special ceremony for that, we're going non-traditional, more details to come. She loved her first easter... especially the eggs, which we are still playing with, although on my mental note is an item to pack up the easter stuff, she's still on the petite side which we hope will not get us in trouble at the pediatrician today.. she's just so active that she burns everything off... good metabolism I think and she's just small framed.
Me - I cut my hair shorter than its been for a while, my car had to have a new battery last week when it died out of no where, I'm still in the HR business and now really understand what that means, I hit my one year anniversary with HACC in February, I turned 24, though michael says 25 is what counts because of insurance..haha, and I really think that's about it
Our house- we finished the painting but we haven't gotten the new floor in, we found what we want a few weeks back but its special order so we want to make sure we've got the right measurements before ordering. Michael has also started a slate rock project in the back yard/ flower beds that I think is going to be cool when its finished, and yes it involves a fish cleaning station
New house - we went in with Michael's parents and bought a place at the lake last month... its just right for all our family, less than 1000 sq. ft, 2 full baths, 3 bedrooms, full kitchen and sitting room, screened in porch, wonderful water views and walking distance from the water! We just stumbled upon it and wah lah!
I had a pretty good revelation into parts of my spiritual unhappiness here of late... I was trying to worship God the way that Michael does and our town does, which is good for them, but rather stifling for me... so I've got to get back in touch with my Wesley roots, and not be afraid to showcase those roots in a town that's never seen much like that before.. which if you don't know Wesley makes it sound taboo and out-there.. but its totally not, its just a whole different approach to worship and relationship than what is most common in Blakely.. there is no God in a box, no Jesus on a shelf, its full out Jesus-freak mode... worship that means something, that moves you so much that you can't stand still, that you can't keep your eyes open because you are so close that you feel God listening to your very heart... and I've got to get back to it.
hearts y'all.. catch me around!
