GOD is wonderful, awesome and all powerful.

I don't know about you, but I can't imagine my life without God. So many wonderful and scary things have happened in the last 6 months and I can clearly see God's hand in all of it. I won't go in detail about the last 6 months today, but I promise I will write that story. It's a God filled, life changing, awe inspiring, joyful story. Today, I am going to talk about my children.


Mattie is my loving, outgoing, imaginative four year old. She is so smart and quick on her toes. She says great stuff like "mom that's brilliant" and "mom did you know God made everything, isn't that amazing." She is so much fun to hang out with, you never know what she will come up with and say. I remember praying to God for her. The verse I clung to before she was born and after is James 1:17 "Every good and perfect thing is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." My daughter is so much like me it's scary. We have our days when both of our hardheaded, stubborn temperament comes out to play but she is my Mattie and most of the time I end up laughing because of what she comes up with. She is asking so many great questions about God and blows my socks of with her interpretation of the stories. For example her version of Exodus is as follows: "Moses told Pharaoh that God said "Let my people go!" and Pharaoh says "no, no, no" and Moses says "Than have some bugs." I find her interpretation awe inspiring. James and I pray that she will grow up to be a God following, God honoring and God loving young lady.


Wyatt is my sweet, lovable, rough and tumble little boy. It took 6 months on fertility to conceive Wyatt. When I finally conceived all I could think was 1 Samuel 1:27 " For this child I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him." As James and I daily pray for guidance with Wyatt and his sensory delays the next verse comes to mind. 1 Samuel 1:28 "So I have also dedicated him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the Lord." The Lord knew Wyatt before he was ever given to us. He knew what his struggles would be as well as his triumphs. I dedicate my child to the Lord. James and I do not ask for healing, God made Wyatt like this, God will heal Wyatt in His timing and God gave us Wyatt to bring us closer together and closer to God. I dedicate my child to the Lord. James and I will do whatever we have to for Wyatt for we both know that God has it all planned. One of my favorite things about Wyatt is that he will look at me, opens his arms as wide as they can go, run to me yelling momma and wrap his arms around me. It makes me smile and cry and melts my heart. He is just so lovable and cuddly you could eat him up. His favorite things are the movie Cars, any animal, specially fish and ducks and his big sister.


To finish up I asked for a group of friends to pray for my little guy. I was sent many verses to draw to for strength and guidance. I am going to share those with you, maybe you will find comfort in them as well.

"The Lord bless you, and keep you; The Lord make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; The Lord will lift up His countenance on you, and give you peace."
Numbers 6:24-26
"For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me."
Psalm 31:3
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."
2 Timothy 1:7
"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you when you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, nor will the flame burn you. For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;"
Isaiah 43: 1-3

"When I am overwhelmed, you alone know the way I should turn."

Psalm 142:3

"You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you!"

Isaiah 26:3

"For nothing is impossible with God."

Luke 1:37

We have a dog....again....maybe

Many, many months back I decided my kids needed a dog. We looked and looked and finally found Cecil the weenie dog. He is super cute and super hyper. He really is a great dog. However, he has a few issues. At our old house he wouldn't stay out of the pool, wouldn't stay off the table, and wouldn't stop chewing the kids toys. The last issue had a bonus side affect, I was able to get rid of a lot of toys that my kids didn't need. It finally got to a point with his issues that my husband didn't want to see the dog. A great friend of mine loved the dog and took him. Cecil loved their house, loved their dog and most (still gets on the table) issues were gone. Skip ahead many months and my sweet friend can no longer keep the dog. It seems Cecil is like a younger sibling and annoys the tar out of the other dog. The other dog is a little older and gotten a little moody. Like an older sibling he puts up with it and puts up with it until he can't stand it any longer and snaps. Literally the dog snaps at Cecil. Since my friend has a young, sweet, precious baby snapping dogs do not work. So we were offered our dog back before they tried to find another home. This weekend we are "babysitting" Cecil. We have called it this so if he doesn't work out Mattie will not be heartbroken, again. We have had Cecil since Thursday afternoon and so far so good. He loves the big back yard (with no pool) and has loved playing with the kids. I however feel like I have three kids instead of two. I always wanted three kids so really, its a blessing. Wyatt and Cecil played in the backyard long enough today for me to clean the kitchen and sort laundry. Plus, they played so hard the both came inside and took a two hour nap. I'm thinking the dog is a keeper this time. I'll keep you posted on the outcome of the dog "babysitting."

I have succumbed to peer pressure...again.

I said I wouldn't do it, I was going to continue life as a non-blogger. I was happy about it. I was told it's fun, its harmless, you'll love it. I suddenly felt like I was in high school again, one little sip won't hurt you. I could hear my grandmother saying if your friends jumped off the side of a mountain would you. Yes Mimi, I jumped.

So here I am with a blog. What do I write? What will my friends want to read? I really don't know but here I go.

Background: It's 11pm and my almost two year old is crawling over me like I am his personal jungle gym while I'm trying to type. The fun of motherhood never stops. It's my fault he is still up and will probably be up until 2 or 3. Oh joy, other night of maybe, if I'm lucky, 3 hours sleep.

My son was recently diagnosed (I guess this is the right word) with having Sensory Integration Dysfunction. The medical/scientific definition for that is "the inefficient neurological processing of information received through the senses, causing problems with learning, development and behavior." In mommy talk he has indigestion of the brain. I am still learning about all of this stuff, some days its very overwhelming but I know the Lord is with me every step of the way and will be there to catch me when I stumble.

So back to the reason he is still awake at now 11:33pm. He was having a very needy yet calm and low key day. He fell asleep at 4:30 (which I should have woken him up immediately) and woke at 6:45. We then went and jumped on the trampoline. For him, that is like a double dose of chocolate while pms'ing for us. Basically really great therapy. We had friends over and he got way over stimulated and now he is attached at the hip and wired up like he just had a double shot of espresso. Fun, fun!

Here my blog will end. I will write again another day. Maybe a story about my daughter who today told me that my booty was way, way bigger than daddy's. I remind myself daily that I prayed to God for her. God has a great sense of humor.