Just some fun Pictures

Family fun on the Four Wheeler :)

Lovin the pool!

Get me out daddy!!!

Someone does NOT like riding in the car

Daddy seriously...

Finally Avery has a nursery

Yum..thanks Nana

Livin it up with the ladies

Kisses from Auntie Pam

Fun times with Pawpaw

Yes...I can drive a Kubota

I am a big boy and I like to hold my own bottle

See how cute I am

Junk in da trunk

Swimming in Auntie Pam's pool

Can I jump off the diving board?

Hair Styles

When you have hair this amazing the sky is the limit when it comes to styling!




The wind blown look



The Spike


The bedhead look


Comb over...


The almost but not quite normal do


The wind tunnel do

The Fohawk

Styled and ready to roll

The academic look

Mail

My little man loves to get the mail...little does he know that going to the mail box is not near as exciting as it used to be (yes I am old enough to remember the days of writing letters and pen pals) and most of the time all you come back with is 3 bills and an envelope that says "must open now" and turns out to be some insurance company trying to get you to switch to their coverage...BORING. However Avery seems to find it fun and exciting (thats because HE doesn't have to pay the bills) and has made it a daily routine with his Nana. Maybe we should start ordering more things online and then it really would be fun :)

Figuring it ALL out

So, Zac and I have been trying to "figure it ALL out"...parenting that is. We have been measured and found wanting. Our latest task has been trying to figure out how to get this sweet little bundle of joy to sleep at night. Avery has been doing very well with nap time, but he seems to have amazing endurance when 8 o'clock hits. We start bedtime routine around 7 by bathing, singing or reading, nursing, and then praying right before we lay him down at 8. For the past 2 weeks he has cried for almost 2 hours every night (with us going in and shush patting him every 5-10 minutes) and finally around 10 I give in and get him up and nurse him to sleep. He also rarely sleeps more than 3-4 hours before waking up (shouldn't he be sleeping the whole night by now?). So if any of you seasoned parents out there have any miracle suggestions we are definitely open to it!

Weeping may last for the night

But JOY comes in the morning!

Avery reading

Because it's fun to READ!

Growing up reading was one of my favorite past times. In fact I even remember making a competition out of it in Elementary school....Accelerated Reader...anyone remember those days!?! I was just ok at a lot of things growing up, but never really the best at anything...except reading (how dorky right). In fact I loved reading so much I was put in a national magazine for top Accelerated Readers (my claim to fame). We started introducing Avery to reading while he was still in mommy's tummy (who knows if he even heard us) and have tried to read to him even in these early months of life. Hopefully he will pick up on my love for books and reading! The short video of Avery listening to The Christian Mother Goose stories is in the next post...I think he likes it :)

While I'm Waiting

"I waited patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry" Psalm 40:1 Amplified

Over and over again the Lord has spoken to Zac and I this week to "Wait on the Lord". We have been seeking direction and guidance the past month and we are eagerly waiting for the Lord to reveal His will and His calling for this family. I admit though the "patiently" has been the hardnest part. I heard a quote by Jentezen Franklin that is so true "We live in a microwave generation but we serve a crockpot God". I find that is the case with Zac and I right now, we feel as if the Lord has given us some sort of direction but no timeline and we are struggling with wanting it to happen NOW. The thing is though that God does not work on our timeline, He is outside of time and one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. That is where the "expectantly" waiting comes into play. If we lose that expectation of what God is doing and preparing while we wait, we will most likely lose the dream and the vision that He has given us. The Lord is forever going before us and preparing the way and if there was no waiting there would be no preparation and we would undoubtly charge right into a disaster. So just remember God is probably doing the most when you feel that He is silent, because He is preparing the way and working things out for your good!