:: Milestones Cont'... ::

:: Now this may not be a milestone in your books, but it is in ours…We finally got a new COMPUTER!!!! We have had our old computer probably for 10 years (at least) as Paul had it way before I was ever in the picture. Over the years Paul’s Dad (much more handy on computers than both of us put together) has updated our memory and programs. But it just wasn’t cutting it anymore. So when Paul’s folks asked us what we wanted for Christmas we knew that a computer was it! And now we have it! It is a “E-Machine” by HP – it is a 2006 model so we got it for a killer price from Costco with a 2 year warranty. It is super speedy and we can’t even hear if it is on or not! It is such a blessing. Jordan came over the other day and set it all up for us and transferred all of our files {thanks again Jord} and so we are up and running! You can’t get something new and not make it a nice home so today I cleaned up the office and re-arranged everything to accommodate our newest member of the family! ::

:: Office Before - Can you see the 2 computers on the desk :) ::
:: Office After ::

:: That is it for now...We are taking care of Faith & Haden tonight so it may be a pizza night out our house...too bad I can't have any! ::

:: Ps. I was down 1.2 lbs last week - I won't be weighing in until Thursday this week, so I'll update then ~ Wish me luck! ::

:: Milestones ::

:: We have had a few milestones in the last week or so ::

:: First we (as in Jacob) is trying to break his top teeth through, but instead of just two coming it looks like he is actually trying to break through four of his top teeth! This has lead to middle of the night feedings to comfort his poor aching mouth ::

:: Great Papa’s 84th Birthday ~ On Sunday we celebrated Paul’s Papa’s birthday with the family. We had a great time seeing Jacob play with his second cousins and visiting with everyone. What a great reason to get together as a family! ::

:: Happy Birthday Papa! :: :: Jacob enjoying the party ::
:: After long persistence from Grammie, Jacob has finally learned to play { patty-cake }! This started at the end of last week…I have to say he thinks he’s a pretty smart boy when he does this, because the whole rooms stops to watch him { patty-cake } ::
:: More milestones in my next post...blogger doesn't like me today ::

:: Still hanging on... ::

:: As usual, we have been busy ~ With what, you say….well a little bit of everything! ::

:: Jacob and I came down with a really bad chest cold that knocked us off our feet for a few days last week. Yet during that time we got the “bee in our bonnet” to look into getting a new house. This leads to talking to the bank and having long conversations about money (yuk). ::

:: At the end of last week, I was helping out set up for a couples date night at church so on Friday for most of the day Lisa. B & I were setting up in church. We got home just in time to grab something to eat, get ready, pack the kid up and send him off with Grammie and then head back to the church to finish the last minute things. The night was a great success and we had a ton of fun…it was a lot of work but tons of fun!!! ::

:: A couple weeks ago we had Madelyne for the evening and so we took a few pics of her and Jacob enjoying bath-time and then Madelyne with her curlers in for church :: :: Our friends Kevin & Steph, who we have gotten to know through Paul’s work, lent us the most fabulous ‘baby-jail’ for Jacob….It is such a blessing ~ we can just plunk him in there and he plays, bounces and watches his favourite shows ~ Thanks again K & S ::
:: Here is a picture of our cutie-pie on his 8 month birthday ::
:: More to come... ::

:: A few pictures ::

:: We were visiting with Matt & Lisa the other night and the kids were being so cute I couldn't resist but take their picture :) ::

:: Cute Couple Eh!?!!? ::

:: Mommy, Me & Lamby ::
:: Me & my two friends Lamby & Jacob ::
:: When Daddy Got home - Jacob went crazy trying to get to him and then turned around to ensure that I was also going to greet Daddy ::

:: ...to my eyeballs ::

I am here - I'm just in the office doing office things. Since we are going away in the first part of March and March is when taxes are due; I am busy preparing all of our statements for our accountant - Ugh, not a fun task. But it must be done so that we get some sort of return from the government!

So here I am, up to my eyeballs in paper, reciepts and government forms! Wish me luck :)

:: Devotions ::

Look in the scroll of the Lord and read.

~ Isaiah 34:16

I once heard a preacher say,

"Your children may not be reading their Bibles regularly, but you can bet they are reading you."

Ugh! I sure hope they weren't reading me the other day when that lady took my parking spot at Wal-Mart.

Just an interesting tid-bit from my daily devotional:

Daily Wisdom for Mothers

by Michelle Medlock Adams

:: Down ::

- 2.2

:: Our sweet little {big} boy ::

:: Here are some snap-shots I took of Jacob just before we headed out to the store the other day ~ I just can't believe that my little boy is begining to become such a {BIG} boy - We love you Jacob ::

:: Bounc-e-Bounc-e-Bounce ::

:: Thanks to Kristin for letting us borrow her jolly jumper - Jacob is now a professional "bouncy-boy" ~ He wasn't too sure of it at first, but now it can entertain him for hours (P.T.L)! ::

:: More of the US of A ::

:: I took this picture as we were zooming through the area between Lynden & Bellingham ~ It was such a beautiful day! ::

:: Detour through Blaine ::

:: On our way home the sun was setting and it looked amazing ~ So we took a detour and headed to the shoreline to see if I could catch the last little bit of the sun,

here are the pictures to prove it :) ::