Busy Busy Busy

The past two weeks have been crazy busy for us! So much has been going on. Lily's birthday party was two  Saturdays ago, and it was so much fun! I'm pretty sure she rode the pony at her party at least ten times. :) We've also had what feels like a million doctor and dentist appts (I think its only been five though). Lily has also managed to get every sickness going around in a matter of a week- a cough, a cold, a stomach virus, and an ear infection! I am glad we are coming to the end of that junk! Hopefully, the yuck cough I picked up from her will be gone super soon too.
     With only about nine weeks left til Baby Bennett gets here, I am starting to get a little crazed. So much to do and so little time. I'm not really stressed- I feel like my mind is just working on overdrive, and since this is my favorite time of the year, it goes by fast to me anyway. I keep thinking in matters of short term- I know I have to do all my Tykes Tots and Teens Consignment Sale stuff this week and drop off next week. I also have like five quizzes and a test due next week in the one math class I am taking this semester. I wish math was easy for me- it wouldn't worry me so much. I am going to go to lunch and hang out with my grandparents and aunt tomorrow, since I don't think I will have another Thursday free for at least three weeks. Did I mention Bennett will be here in nine weeks? AUGGGH!!! :)
      Busy as I am, I still make sure to love on my Lord, and my sweet Lily and Steven. I am also trying to plan some fun fall outings for us so that the season doesn't fly by without us getting to truly savor it. We will most definitely be visiting a corn maze and a pumpkin patch! :)

1 Peter

      1 Peter... oh what to say. Every time I read it, I am overwhelmed! It truly rocks my world. Reading it this morning, this is what warmed my heart-

•        By His wounds we are healed (I know- its been said a million times but before it gets to this awesome part it says, "When they hurled their insults at Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats. Instead, He entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly. He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness."  1 Peter 2:23-24 - so awesome that He loved us SO much!)
•       Love one another deeply, from the heart ( 1 Peter 1:22)
•       A gentle and quiet spirit is of great worth to God (1 Peter 3:4)
•       Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. (1 Peter 3:15)
•       Above all love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins, offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. (1 Peter 4:8-10) 

      Those are just my favorite parts- this book is full of gooood stuff! 
  

Restart

     I started this blog about a year ago, but my posts were random and rare, so I decided to start fresh! So here is where we are in life right now....
     Steven and I have been married for five years. We have a beautiful little girl, Lily, who will be four years old in three weeks, and we are also expecting a little boy at the beginning of December. We just started back attending Trinity Praise Center, and absolutely believe it is where God wants us. Lily is darling and precocious and extremely smart. She attends preschool at First Presbyterian three days a week, and is soooo excited about her birthday coming up. Normally, I would have almost every detail of her party already planned out at this point, but due to pregnancy indecisiveness, I am just now getting started! Pregnancy is not fun. I'm very blessed and thankful for our sweet bundle of joy on the way, but I am not a happy pregnancy camper. That's all I will say about that, or my blog will quickly turn into a long list of whiny complaints. I'll save that for Steven.
     I am working on being more transparent and real. I tend to want to be a perfectionist, and am working on accepting that things are not always perfect, everything cannot be in my control (and its best that way!), and God has a much better plan for my life than I could ever come up with on my own. I want to figure everything out and know every little detail, and am coming to the realization that I can't. It has been sweet surrender to trust God with all of that- knowing that when I do my best, and trust in Him, He will work out all the rest!
     I intended this to be longer, but Lily is begging me to come help her find one of the socks that I JUST handed her to put on. How does that happen???