4 Months!

My little Jackson is 4 months now and such a JOY!

He smiles all the time! Today he chuckled at me several times and I wish I could have stopped time and done that all day long!

In between smiles...he spits up...what must be gallons of milk! Anyone else have babies that did this? I am not kidding, I can't take 5 steps without having a burp cloth handy...it's amazing he's so fat.

Ok, so maybe he doesn't smile all the time....he cries between 2-7 on and off (and 30 minute cat naps here and there) and I am so ready to get him on a nap schedule. He naps great if we are in the car, in the stroller, or doing anything but in the house trying to take a nap! I'm not sure what's up with that...but he sleeps from 7-7 at night so I can't complain too much.

We had a little photo session in the front yard while our azaleas are in bloom...it's much easier to take pics of him than a 2 yr old, that's for sure.

Here's big brother and a few other random pics from the last week

Clothes Battle

what mommy likes to dress Ryder in.....What Ryder likes to dress Ryder in....
it's a losing battle I'm afraid.....

That was Quick

God has been so gracious to give me some quick direction in my seeking our "normal". At first I thought it might be something like dropping an orphan on our doorstep or getting a call from some ministry asking us to move to Africa. Or maybe our house was going to catch on fire and then we would move to downtown Bham and live among the poor. But, guess what He's told me?

Seek Me.

Slow down. Rest. Find ME more and more beautiful through prayer and My Word.

"My Sheep know My voice and follow me wherever I lead." Jn 10:27

Think of yourself less. and ME more. And others more.

" The Bible says that human beings were made in God's image. That means, among other things, that we were created to worship and live for God's glory, not our own. We were made to serve God and others. That means paradoxically that if we try to put our own happiness ahead of obedience to God, we violate our own nature and become, ultimately, miserable. Jesus restates the principle when he says, "Whoever wants to save his life shall lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it." Mt 16:25" Tim Keller, The Meaning of Marriage

"I need you Jesus to come to my rescue, where else can I go? There's no other name by which I am saved oh capture me with GRACE! I will follow you!......this world has nothing for me"

(from the song Rescue- by Newsong)

So tonight I am thankful for the Gospel. I'm thankful for Truth. I'm thankful I don't have to figure it all out. I'm thankful for His work in my heart- a heart that desperately needs a Savior.