2012

What a wonderful year! The Lord has blessed us greatly with many things and here are a few:

Bob ~ what a sweetie! We love him so very much!

Joining the Church ~ I am excited to have joined our little body! Even more so since I joined with another Brother and Sister! 

ITP ~ It was a blessing in disguise. We both grew closer to each other and our Lord in that event a few weeks ago. What a great practice in trusting our Sovereign and Omniscient King!

Visiting ~ With my parents and most of our grandparents! It is fun to travel and be visited from those that are far.

New Jobs ~ How thankful we are for Alpha Foundry and the ability to babysit! McDonalds was helpful for its season, too.

New Friends ~ The few families we have met have been so fun! Learning, playing, and just spending time together has been great and profitable!

Our Home ~ The Lord blessed us greatly with a new home to live in and raise our little family!

2012 has been full of blessing, gatherings, and a few trials... growing us in the Lord. May 2013 bring us closer to our God and Savior, and glorifying Him with all of our words and actions!

Robert's Shower

This past Saturday was Robert's baby shower!

The shower was hosted by my mother-in-law and sister-in-law. They were very creative and detailed in the whole thing. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. I had a great time myself! I am very thankful to them both for putting it all together and making it fun for everyone, including the little girls. I'm also thankful to Sarah for helping them, and me, during the shower. It was a wonderful time!

"That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth"
~Psalm 144:12a

Mmm... Fried chicken and watermelon 

Cake and Haystacks

The Picnic Table

The cute place setting

"Cheese!"

All the guest-decorated onesies

Mrs. Cutler also prepared a devotion on child raising concerning the five inputs:

• Prayer
• Daily Bible Reading
• Friends
• Music
• T.v. or Movies

It was very thought provoking on my part, in helping my husband, in raising Robert. I am very thankful that the Lord has blessed me with mothers that love children, and are more than willing to give me creative, practical examples of how to teach Robert about the Lord, while keeping his mind and body busy and focused. 

"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it."

~Proverbs 22:6

Thanksgiving Thursday

Wow! I haven't done a Thanksgiving post in a while...

This week I am very thankful to the Lord for the friends he has given us in the church and family that  so cheerfully willing to give up a Saturday morning to help us.

This past Saturday Bryant and I moved into our new apartment. It was exciting to see this place filling with our things. Our friends; Ryan, Sarah, and Jason; forfeited most of their Saturday and the use of their vehicles to assist us. My parents and younger siblings came up with a couple items of furniture and things for Robert, and helped with the haul. I am extremely grateful to them for their helping us when just the two of us couldn't do it in one day.

The Lord has also blessed us with a son that is now 24 Weeks in the making. We have been given so much for Robert! and are very thankful to those who have gifted them to us.

He should be about a foot long, and weigh a little more than a pound.

I greatly enjoy his movements, especially his kicks and punches that Bryant can feel also.

The pictures are of all our loafers/dock shoes and of my "Bob" belly.

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