Haircuts, The ZZZs, and a Thought...

I don't have one specific thing to write about but a few things have been going on so I thought I would encompass them all.

Yesterday, Jackson and I went to get haircuts. I was going to take a picture this morning to post but 6:15am is just a wee bit early to whip out the camera and flash! So, maybe another day. Anyway, the last several times we have been to get Jackson's hair cut, he has screamed bloody murder. The girl that cuts our hair is 7 months pregnant, so I told Jackson that he didn't need to get upset when we went to see Mrs Dana because she doesn't like it when he cries and it is not good for her baby when she is upset. He said okay, but I am sure he had no clue of what I was talking about.

He started out okay and sat really still for her to use the scissors on top but we like for her to cut the sides really short with the clippers. Once she turned that on, he started screaming. I am not sure what the deal is with that. I think the lady that used to do it hurt him (by accident) one time and he hasn't gotten over it yet. Wayne finally put the death grip on him for a second and he was okay after he released. I think he was more willing to sit still and cry a little bit that scream and wiggle and have to be held by Wayne. We tried to make him understand that it doesn't hurt when he is still. He still said that it did. I just think he doesn't like it. After about 7 minutes of tourture, he was done. I will say, he did better that the last time we went, so maybe we are on an upswing and his appointment in March will be even better? We'll see.

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Well, the sleepy-ness of the first trimester has kicked in. It hits me at about 9 in the morning and I can hardly keep my head up. The past couple of mornings, I have had 2 or 3 small peices of chocolate to help wake me up a bit. I'd rather do that than get a whole 20 oz caffinated drink. I am trying so hard to drink all the water I can (that is one thing I didn't do well while I was pregnant with Jackson) and the drink will just counter-act all the water I am drinking. I also get up and go to the bathroom and fill my water bottle again. So the walking gets me stirred. I guess I will just have to take my mom's advise and go take a nap on my lunch break. I might just have to move my lunch break to 9am...

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And... just a thought... after I uploaded my post from yesterday, I realized something. I announced my pregnancy on the blog here for this baby on the same day Jackson was due 4 years ago.

Here we go again...

"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there."  1 Samuel 1:27-28

A new chapter in our lives has begun. We found out this past week that we are expecting a new little baby. It was definitely hard to keep this secret in. So, out with the announcement at just under 5 weeks. So many emotions have encircled us - shock, a little bit of fear, joy, excitement, and most of all love. 

At first, we were going to wait to tell Jackson. I wasn't sure that he would understand and I didn't want the never ending question of "Is the baby coming yet?". Wayne wanted to go ahead and tell him though. At first, he told us he didn't want a brother or sister, but after a little more talking about it and letting him know that he was going to be a special big brother that could share his toys with the baby, he got more excited. Now, he tells us we are having a boy AND a girl. They say the sibling's instinct is correct, but I am praying we just have one! :) Only God knows His plan though. He knows what we can handle.

Our due date is October 7th. Before we found out our due date, I knew of two people that had October birthdays... now? They come out of the woodwork. All you have to do is tell some one when a baby is due and all of a sudden, the due date is close to or on their birthday and the baby has to come on that day! Whew. Maybe someone will be special enough to share a birthday with our new little one.

Just continue to keep us in your prayers as the next few weeks are the most important in the life of "Butterbean". Pray that he/she will grow and develop strong and healthy and that all of his/her very important organs (i.e. the brain and the heart) will grow as they should. This week, the chambers of the heart are forming and Butterbean is only the size of a sesame seed. Oh, such a miracle!

Giving Thanks

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 107:1


This is the memory verse that Jackson has to learn for the month of November. As I sit here thinking of the words of the verse, several thoughts of thanks and being truly blessed come to mind.

Each day of November, I have started noting on Facebook one thing that I am thankful for. Reading back though them, even though it has only been 11 days, has really shed some light on how great God is and how much he loves me to bless me so much. I have a wonderful family, a lovely home, a good job, and a pantry full of food. I also have a loving Savior, a wonderful church family, and great friends. What more could a girl want?

Oh, there lies the question that could get us all into trouble. I often have to remind myself that in all things, give thanks. I also have to practice contentment sometimes. The Lord will provide everything I need. Sometimes I think some of my wants are needs, but God and I may not see eye to eye on these things that I, uh, “need”. He knows what is good for me at every second of every day of every week of every year of my life. I just have to remember to trust that He knows what is best and praise him either way.

I am not worthy of anything He provides me or blesses me with. The absolute least I could do is thank Him and provide adoration and praise to Him for all those things that he provides.

My Birsday

Jackson has really been excited about Christmas and his "birsday" coming up. We talk about it all the time. I thought I would fill you in on a little converstion that was held tonight. It was between me (M), Wayne (D), Jackson (J), and Uncle Ben (B).

Jackson brings out a pair of his New Balance tennis shoes wanting me to put them on him.
J: Will you put these on, Mommy?
M: No. You are getting ready to go to bed.
Jackson walks off to play with something.
D: Jackson, what are you going to get me for my birthday?
M: I thought you wanted shoes like Jackson.
D: Not for my birthday, maybe Christmas or something.
Jackson is just watching and listening and playing all at the same time.
B: Jackson, tell Daddy you are going to buy him a gun.
J: Gun. (While looking at Wayne.)
J: POW, POW, POW, POW!
D: Jackson, what are you going to get Mommy for her birsday?
Jackson thought really hard for a minute and looked at me with the straightest face and said... "You like Cinderella?"

I just busted out laughing. I couldn't even answer him I was laughing so hard. This is so hard to portray without you seeing it happen, but I hope you found it as funny as I did!

Wordless Wednesday

In less than a month's time...

Did you expect to see this?

Oh, and this was taken yesterday. So much has changed today. We went after dark so I couldn't take pictures, but our dormers were in place where the open holes in the roof are, all of the OSB board is up around the house, and the outside is completely wrapped to prep for the siding.

We got a call today to set up an appointment to do a walk through with the electrician next week and to go talk to the cabinet man so he can start working on those. Oh, and the windows will be delivered tomorrow!

Boy are we excited. They have taken down all of the "prop" beams in the rooms so we can actually walk through and see the actual sizes of the rooms. They swept up a little inside as well. Starting to feel more like "home".

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In other news, this was on my agenda last Saturday. Boy, was I nervous about it! However, it was great to see and hear reactions. I actually attended the party with Jackson so, I got a taste of this one. I know that I may be a little biased, but I have to say that I thought it tasted great and was probably my favorite! It was chocolate and I don't do those often so it was nice to eat something a little different. "Ethan's" Granny told me that her husband (which I think is Papa to "Ethan") doesn't even like chocolate, but he had two slices! Things like that are always great to hear! 

What a busy day

I always enjoy the weekends that Wayne has off because we definitely are able to get in some wonderful family time! It is even better after he is coming off of his night shift rotation because we hardly ever see him, but in passing, when he works nights. Today just happened to be one of those days. We just spent the day together, enjoying each other's company with Jackson included.

I got up around 7:30 to pick up my mess in the kitchen from baking a cake. I also needed to finish one up before it had to be delivered. Jackson watched some Tom and Jerry cartoons on DVD while I worked. Wayne knew we had to take Jackson to get his hair cut around 10:30 so he got up around 9. I had already finished my cake and the cleaning up. The cake recipeient came to pick it up and all of us got ready to head out.

Our missions today were to: Jackson's hair cut, Lowe's to get some nails to fix our fence that blew over some in the hurricane last weekend, and check on the new house. We did the whole hair cut thing and then headed to Lowe's While we were there, we got Jackson his own tool kit so that he could help Daddy with all the fixin' of the fence. He was so excited. We also wanted him to hold our hand in the store because there were a lot of people there and he is really begining to wander... but, in his resistance to hold hands he said "I want to walk like a big boy!" So, I had to remind him that he could walk like a big boy, but he had to stay with Mommy and Daddy. He had to be reminded a few more times before we left too. He is definitely showing some desire for independence...

After Lowe's, we had lunch and then went to the new house to find this...

Well, I have to say that when we arrived just after lunch, they only had the two front walls up (with the window holes in them). This picture was taken when we went back later in the afternoon (after the workers had left) to see how far they had gotten. They are definitely rollin' now! They had to wait a few days to start again because of all the moisture from the hurricane, but hopefully we will be relatively dry for a little while so they can get a large portion of the framing done.

After the visit to the lot right after lunch, we went back home and started working on fixing the fence. We really had some minor damage, but it did need to be fixed. Jackson was so excited because he could use his new tools with Daddy. The kit came with a hammer, two screw drivers, goggles, and a tape measure. Wayne put the tape measure on Jackson's shorts and Jackson hammered on any and everything he could. :) Wayne also reminded him that this tool kit was for outside and he could play with his Handy Manny tools inside. The new tools could definitely do some damage inside by a two year old!

Wayne started off by trimming down a piece of wood with his hand saw. Jackson didn't like that too much. I guess it made too much noise. He did get better with it after Wayne used it a couple more times. I guess he had to get used to the sounds it made. He is such a skiddish kid! He does take after me on that!

Wayne then started to pull the peice section of fence that blew over back into it's place. Jackson stood with him and watched every move he made. Not only did he watch, he asked questions. And more questions, and even more questions. Wayne asked me several times if I could become the favorite parent again! :) I just laughed at him.

I really enjoyed just watching Jackson today. There were a couple of times that he asked me to hold his hammer and I got a little aggrivated because I was trying to help Wayne and I just didn't have any hands to hold it and he got mad a me because I told him no. Yes, the typical two year old, I guess. 

And after a long afternoon in the heat and playing around at the new house, Jackson was ready for something cold. So, we went and got shaved ice and he had to have a blue one! I told him after he was done that he looked like a smurf. He just said "huh?". He has seen the movie but I guess he doesn't know what they are. Oh, well, I would say this was a good day spent. I sure do love my boys!