Photos!

I am SO excited! I haven't been posting that many pictures because I am leary about people steeling them. I haven't been able to find a good program (that's free) that let's you add a watermark. Well, today I was signing into Picasa and noticed it was updating. Lo and behold they have a new watermark program! Sweet!

Here's is the first of (hopefully) many pictures of us, especially Little Man.

Last week Little Man and I were goofing around. He would run out of my and Daddy's room and then run up to the camera and I would take a picture. Well this one time he ran out of our room and forgot to turn and this is the picture I took. Check out the look on his face as he crashed into the wall. Don't worry. He's OK.

Blessings

I was given the book, Multiple Blessings by Jon and Kate Gosselin (of Jon and Kate + 8) by our first group of Secret Santa's/Angels. In the book Kate talks about her fears, frustrations and most importantly her faith and trust in God. In the book she talked about how Jon didn't have a job during her pregnancy with the sextuplets and then after their birth. She talked how they wondered (and prayed) everyday to make ends meet. And each day God provided with volunteers, donations, gifts, and the love of everyone around them (even people they didn't know).

Towards the end of the book Kate was telling the story about a family her sister was telling her about that were going through some tough times. Kate really wanted to help but didn't know how even with them being so strapped for cash. She heard God calling to her to give a little. So she wrote out a check and put it in the mailbox. When she opened the mailbox there was a card in there for them. She opened it up and it was a gift card for the exact amount of money she wrote out to the family.

Isn't it amazing how God provides just when we need it?

Onto my point, Daddy brought in the mail yesterday and I saw our energy bill came. I opened it up and noticed it doubled. DOUBLED! Winter is here alright. Even though we haven't used more heat. After the shock wore off I realized something. I only used one of the gift cards to Cub this week and it took off HALF of our bill. The EXACT amount that was added to our heating bill. God does provide!

I am just in awe at how he does provide just when we need it. With the Christmas season over and the New Year here we pray that phone calls and emails start coming in with possible interviews and job offers. We continue to trust that God will provide for us. We know he will.

By the way, I highly recommend the book. I know alot of us don't have twins AND sextuplets but we sure do have hard times in our lives and to see how God provided for the Gosselins it opened my eyes to see how he provides for us.

I got new socks today!

Well...they aren't really new...

You'd think after being in this house for almost 8 years Daddy would know how to use the dryer. Yep he shrunk his socks. I'm SO glad he did a load of his work stuff and didn't have anything in there of mine or Little Man's.

This is why I keep telling him I'll do the laundry. We can't afford to buy any new clothes. Sigh.

Happy New Year!

Wow it's 2009. A whole year is passed and gone and a new one is upon us.

Daddy and I had his 2 cousins over yesterday. We ate a ton for supper and then stayed up until almost 1am playing board games. It was a lot of fun. Although today I am having a very hard time keeping my eyes open. I'm thinking after I'm done writing this I'm going to take a nap.

I pray 2009 is a blessed and prosperous year for all of you. I also pray Daddy gets a job offer soon. That would be great! I also pray all my waiting friends don't have to wait anymore and are finally mommies.

Sorry so short my brain just shut off. Here's to another great year.

I love the holidays but...

Are they over yet?? We need some news on the job front. I know a few places wanted to wait until after the new year to consider anyone. Is it 2009 yet? I'm not worried just frustrated when Daddy seems to be looking at the same jobs over and over.

Next week he's only working 2 days at Cabela's. So...what are we going to do next week? I just have this feeling that there's a reason he's only working 2 days. I'm not sure why. Is it because he'll get offered a job out of state and we'd need to coordinate moving? Or he'll be offered a job in state and need to start right away and not need the extra stress of the 2nd job.

Whatever it is we'll just wait and see and pray God continues to bless us.

I have eyes

Little Man was sitting on my lap while we were watching The Sound of Music. I needed to wipe my glasses off on my shirt (bad Mommy!) and Little Man started talking about my glasses.

Well while he as talking about my glasses I asked him if he has glasses. He said 'No, I have eyes'.

I wonder if he thinks my eyes are like Scooter's from the Muppets. When I take my glasses off my eyes come with.

Now excuse me while I go add this to his baby book. :)

Wow

I was planning our weekly suppers for the week so we could do our weekly grocery shopping. All we need is; milk, bread, and orange juice. I am very thankful for our Secret Santas. Whoever they are. To provide us with so much food, clothes, and toys for Little Man. We are so blessed and pray God blesses all of them as much as he has blessed us.

I also got a call yesterday from a friend of ours at church who use to watch Little Man (when he was an infant) when we had choir and handbell practice. Her daughters son just had a growth spurt and she had a bunch of 3T clothes and was wondering if we'd like them. We'll take them!

I am just in awe at how God has been there for us. In this post I wrote about Daddy losing his job and how we will get through this and God will provide. Even though I had/have faith that God will get us through this I am still in awe at how he gives us what we need when we need it.

People always comment to me on how strong my faith is. My faith is strong because my God is strong. I have seen his work in my life. When I was sick, when Daddy was sick and in the hospital, during our miscarriages and with him blessing us with Little Man. How can I not trust him? I know he will get us through this. He is getting us through it with all the wonderful friends (and a few people we don't know) giving so generously from the bottom of their hearts. I hope to someday, when we are better financially, to be able to do the same for another family.

To everyone reading this I pray that whatever is going on in your lives that God will get you through it and if you want to help others and can't do it financially do it with your actions. Open a door for that mom holding a screaming baby, help that elderly man carry his groceries to his car. When walking past a stranger say Good morning/evening, it may be the best words they've heard all day.