this is jakes new face he does to try to get us to laugh...it always works! it's like he's snorting like a pig and wrinkling his nose.

my little daredevil

my first mothers day

this is the result of jake and daddy's gift making for me!

yes...that is jakes butt print! :)
jakes 8 month pic from the picture people

I will try to write about this mother's day without getting too teary-eyed! This was my first mother's day that I got to actually hold my sweet baby.I have been pregnant the last 2 mother's days. Most of you all know that we lost our first baby right after mother's day 2005. I was pregnant last year with jake so that is why this mothers day is SO special this year! I am so very overwhelmed with thankfulness to God for my little jake! he has been such a joy to us and mommyhood has been way more rewarding than I ever dreamed possible!

James made me french toast, 2 eggs over easy, bacon and coffee...and cleaned it all up for me! this was all before church! he got up really early to start. he also gave me a card from jake that they had made the night before with paint. jakes hands,feet and..butt prints! he helped jake write a letter to me too! its was such a blessing! james totally tops me on creativity. he know exactly how to make me feel appreciated and loved! I had such a wonderful day with my 2 men!

All day long I felt a special prompting to be in prayer for all of the women who are struggling to get pregnant,particularly one dear friend. I know somewhat what its like to have mothers day roll around and be even more so aware of your intense desire for a child. It was such a temptation to be discontent or question God's plan for my life when mothers day came every year. I pray that God encouraged you all on sunday and used that day to draw you even closer to him.I hope that you find comfort in knowing that he is in control over every detail of our lives. you all are continually in my prayers!

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updates

Hey everyone! sorry we have been MIA lately. first off we just wanted to thank everyone for their prayers and well wishes for all of Austin's family over the last few weeks.

We just got back from our little family vacation to myrtle beach on monday. we have not been able to go anywhere as a family due to school for james, so in between his last test we were incredibly blessed by james sister lalena in letting us borrow her beach house for a few days of what we thought would be a relaxing, sun-filled time! :)
Sooooo, it was raining and/or overcast and cold the WHOLE time! bummer...i didn't get a tan...still pasty! my dreams of frolicking in the sun and sand with my family where kinda squashed. so we hung out a lot on the deck at the house and watched the ocean from afar! okay so not that big of a deal..i can deal with the weather.......but then on friday......we got into a car accident!!!! it was pretty bad. everyone is okay, so very thankful for that. someone hit our car on the passenger side where jake and i sit at 50 miles an hour. we were crossing lanes at a stoplight to go into a mcdonalds and a truck driver motioned us over and i guess didn't see the car coming in the turn lane. so bam!!!our car almost flipped over but a van that was going out the entrance saved us from totally flipping onto the roof! anyhow...I'm hurting a little and james is fine . jake is okay too. but that was the worst thing i have ever experienced as a mom was to hear my little baby screaming and not knowing if he was okay. he was just scared. the car seat was secured firmly so that it didn't move that much. we walked away thanking God of his protection on all of us and knowing it could have been much worse. It was really neat to see so much evidences of grace in james and my life that in the past we would have been tempted to ask God ''why us?'' but as we walked away all okay we just were very aware of Gods immense grace and mercy on us!!!

soooo, james made the decision to stick with the vacation and stay and not go home. I'm so glad he did because we got in some very good conversations and caught up with each other during these last 9 months. i loved just being with him for 5 days without meetings, phone calls,and school! it was neat to see jake and james have unlimited time to ''roughhouse''. on the last day we took the golf cart out and ran out of power, so james had to push the golf cart all the way home with us in it ! what a servant!!!! It was actually quite funny(to me anyhow :)

so this vacation didn't go quite how i dreamed it was going to be, but i am learning that maby i should be more flexible with my plans versus God's plans, besides, we got to be a family and spend a lot of time together, not to mention some pretty interesting/exciting memories to look back on!

maby next time we will try charleston!!!!!!!

here are some pics and, oh yeah...jake has two teeth!!!!