Today a season of my life ends-
and a new season will begin-

For the past year and ten months I've watched a little boy named Brody. I started watching him when he was only two months old, and Ezra was four months old. Today is his last day here. A house with two little boys has definitely had its ups and downs. - regardless- I know Ezra and I will miss that little guy.



Brody's Mom decided it was time for him to venture on to a full on daycare, since I'm taking time off in August with my in-laws coming, and I've got the baby on the way and will need time off then. I was shocked, fearful and worried. All things God does not want us to feel.. but hey, I'm being honest here. I knew when the baby came I didn't want to work full time ... but this was her choice, not mine... and It was scary knowing I wouldn't have my income.

But a new season begins-

God is good and I trust him. I realized my JOB didn't end- my ASSIGNMENT ended . God just has a NEW ASSIGNMENT for me. I had lots of encouragement from my family and friends. Thank God for them! I've got something lined up that I'm pretty excited about. Starting next week I'll be watching children at a local church here.. it's super part time .. like 6 hours a week.. but I'll get to bring my kids and let them socialize with other children, and I'll get to be around other adults. Yay! I know God still has something else for me out there too. I'm trusting him even though I have tons and tons of emotions going through me right now as I'm in a season of transition!

my little artist

This week Ezra did his 1st painting.
He loved it- and concentrated very hard the entire time.

I think his hard work paid off!

(I know I know.. all of the pictures are practically the same. But he's just.so.cute.)

baby baby baby

I found this great swing on Craigslist for only $35.
I'm on the hunt for some other items still-
but waiting until I find something I love at a great price!

Speaking of the baby- I have a cantaloupe sized child growing inside me!

Can you tell?

cowboy

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Just a cute little collage of pictures I took probably close to a year ago!
Just thought I'd share. Have a great Saturday.

What's goin' on?!

* I'm super excited because my Aunt Elaine is beginning to make the baby a quilt! She's making it to match the cowboy room which the boys will share .. and she's even making big brother Ez his very own. Yay! Can't wait to see them!!

* I'm working on opening an etsy shop. Hope to have it ready sometime next week.


* Ezra's been being pretty cute and wanting to play with me and love on me lots more than usual. Guess he knew I needed it!


* I've got lots of sewing projects to do. LOTS. Problem is.. I haven't the SLIGHTEST clue how to sew. SEWWWW I'm going to be calling on my Mama! I'm going to be making curtains.. probably 3 panels.. and then I'm going to take crib bedding I bought and make it magically become bassinet size. SEWWW EXCITING! Haha.. sorry.. gotta do it! It's SEW tempting! ;)

This is the crazy boy spoken of in the previous post.

A two year old and a dinosaur

So.. my son is two. Enough said?! Recent days around here have been a bit more work then fun. So I took this little conversation my son had with his toy dinosaur as a little tiny treasure in my crazy day.

Ezra- "What doin' dino?"
Dino- silence
Ezra- "Good? Doin' good? Bein' good?"
Dino- silence
Ezra- "Good."

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YUM. Ali and Zach had us over for spaghetti and meatballs. YUM YUM YUM. We had a great time and then us girls decided to get crafty (crossing 'quick baking project' off of my list). Ali, Jenna and I got our little selves in the kitchen and made these bad boys... chocolate covered pretzels with sprinkles. We got super creative and made some with peanut butter, peanuts, and marshmallow topping. Can you say sweet treat!! Ezra sure loved it!

To Do:

I normally wouldn't try to DO much on a Saturday- but Tony's at work today.. so why not!?

To Do:

Trip to the grocery store (CHECK)
Stumble upon something wonderful to buy the baby (FOUND NOTHING GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY BABY)
Clean (CHECK)
Quick baking project (CHECK)
Clean under the kitchen sink
Write some thank you notes (CHECK)
Toss dead rose plants :( (CHECK AND WEEDED)
Touch up paint around the house (CHECK)

Now lets not get crazy.. I am pregnant and rather tired.. so we shall see how MUCH of this gets done.. and I didn't give any dead line by the way. ;)

Have a happy week end!!!

We're having a BOY!!!

We're super excited that Ezra will have a little brother just under 2 1/2 years apart! I hope they'll be the best of friends!! I'm due exactly 5 months from today! Wow. I can't believe I'll be the Mom to TWO BOYS!

I can't believe TOMORROW we find out what we're having!!!

Will I be buying this..

or this..

Stay tuned to find out if baby Mann is a boy or girl!!!

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:19.


If you don't know of Creflo Dollar you should. He's a great preacher.. always with an uplifting and challenging word. I was desperate to hear something from him so I watched his message called 'Overcoming the Fear of Recession' on his web SITE.

The verse above spoke to me--
He said the Greek definition for the word 'need' is 'request or demand'. God will give us all that we need, as long as we present him with the 'demand slip' as Creflo called it. We have to do our part in the matter.. present our order to God and expect that it will be filled. He also said a ton of other great things that I really needed to hear.

I'm making my request and I know God is waiting to meet it!!