My Heart sings....

"He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the Lord." Psalm 40:3

This sweet sweet spirit of this little girl lightens up any day! I have been feeling the need to share the gospel more with strangers... but where is my courage? Where does my voice disappear to when I open my mouth? I know the need is great ... but I am small. So I have prayed and prayed that something might move me to get beyond my own self and become bold for the name of Jesus. well God answers prayers using sometimes the very small to do big things! This little girl of mine God is using... not only to open my eyes but the eyes of others. We will be in the grocery store or target or anywhere and all the sudden out of such a small little girl comes this sweet voice of both innocence and courage singing (very loud) Jesus loves me all three verses! or Jesus loves the little chilren of the world.... or what hits me This little light of mine I GONNA LET IT SHINE... won't let satan blow it out or hide it under a bushel, NO I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine till Jesus comes! There is no hiding, there is no shame... I pray she never loses this, I now understand what Christ meant when He said to have a childlike Faith... Wow. I am encouraged now every time I step foot out the door with my little singing angel by my side. Thank you God for renewing my spirit... may I use it for your Glory.

You put a song in my soul and wanna let it out
Your Spirit in my life well it makes me want to shout
I'm moved to sing with every beat of my heart
You put a song in my soul when you made me

People think I'm crazy when I'm praising your name
Well, I get so excited 'cause there's nothing quite the same
The smile on my face comes from the smile in my heart
You put a song in my soul when you made me

I will still be singing 'til the day that I die
And Lord I heard you promise a home up in the sky
My joy is in your Spirit, and song in your name
You put a song in my soul when you made me! (C'mon)

Song in my soul, I will lift my voice to you
Song in my soul, And I'll give the praise to you
Song in my soul, I will give my life to you
Song in my soul!
Song in my soul, I will lift my voice to you
Song in my soul, And I'll give the praise to you
Song in my soul, I will give my life to you
Song in my soul!

Everybody needs to know that your love endures forever (love endures forever)
Everybody praise His name, lift your voice in worship to the Father (worship the Lord)

I love you my sweet sweet little girl... may God continue to use you for His glory!

Love,

L1

These two absolutely ADORE each other! I love it!

For the last couple of weeks M has been cooing and smiling... he is such a handsome little man ( okay I may be a bit bias but it his pretty stinkin' cute!) I think he looks like the mini version of daddy with a hint of asian flare! :-D

As M gets older I am seeing that he is one patient little dude. He is almost always happy in any situation even when his cousins and sister smoother him with love!

Last tuesday we had a house full as Gma L and Gpa J came out and stopped in for dinner... we had to celebrate the big 70 with her! And Bless L & A &boys for coming up under a 4hr notice! We love you guys and are so thankful we can have you up here on a whim!

Cheers to Gma L!

I feel so blest and as the 1yr anniversary of living up her rolls around... I continue to thank God for the family and friends he has blest us with... no matter the distance, we cherish them and every moment we are able to spend with them!

Here comes Fall! Enjoy!

Love,

L1

An amazing Big sister!

L2 is loving our little man and will read to him, sing to him, cuddle him, hold him, kiss him and etc etc! She is such a help to mommy and informs mommy when it's time for "mommy/daddy hold it"... if he makes a peep.

This is pretty routine at our house... L2 wakes up from her nap and wants to snuggle baby M. So sweet! Every time I look at these two I am overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness and Praise God everyday for His continued faithfulness!

Love,

L1

I'm a BIG sister now! We are SOOO happy!

2 days before we had our little boy ... we went to the 4-H fair for the morning... it was nice to know I wasn't the biggest thing moving around there:-) These horses are insanely HUGE!

L2 loved the petting zoo... a baby miniature pony.

First things first... we had to see baby's "ears".... Everyone who knows us really well knows that L2 LOVES ears! She is loving baby and is adjusting quite well... the first night was hard... but baby and L2 are getting back into a groove ... hoping for smooth sailing from here on out:-)

Micaiah James 7.27.11

@2:30pm

8lbs 4oz. and 21inches long

I have to say... this labor and delivery was insanely a breeze! went for a 40wk doc appt. and an hour (10am) before I thought, man these contractions are getting pretty tight... should probably have someone drive me just in case this is "real" labor. So C's mom drives me and L2 up to the appt. I wait in the waiting room for 1/2 hr because my midwife was delivering another babe... Girls in background can't believe I can sleep sitting up and guessing it's a boy by how I was carrying. Finally get into the back and tell the nurse I'm almost positive I'm in "early" labor. Was brushed off alittle because I wasn't really consistent in the timing and I was still cheerful and happy. Meet midwife at 11:45am Hoping to discuss being induce somehow in the next few days and hoping to have made some progress to at least a 4cm... She checks... her reaction "WHOA you're a whopping 7-8cm with head right there ...!" So needless to say I did make some progress:-D Still not sure what was going to happen they ship me off to the LBD ward and get me registered all the while my mom-in-law is calling C to get his behind up here because there's a baby on it's way SOON! I still couldn't believe what was happening because I wasn't in pain and felt like I've felt every other day... So still hoping to have this baby that day the nurses settled me into a room finally around 1pm and I'm still thinking... "this is crazy". After changing they broke my water @ about 2pm... climb into a nice warm bath and things start heating up a hair more... and literally... I feel as though I blinked and he was here in my arms @ 2:30pm!

God is so good! we are doing well and healthy and hoping to get used to a new normal:-)

Thabks for all the prayers! God bless your day!

love,

L1 and family

Baby it's HOT outside!

While we are STILL waiting... We are enjoying the blessing of AIR CONDITIONING! It was hilarious... L2 and Lola came in after being outside a while and both just laid down and chilled under the dining table... Hmm must be a good place to relax:-) L2 has been pretty opinionated on which bows she wears... so notice 3 in her hair!

This little guy is so ADORABLE! LOVE it!

Sunday we were invited to ride ponies at our friend's house ... Must say, it doesn't matter how hot or humid it is... you say pony or horsey and the kids are ALL about it! It was so cute!

Don't know if you notice but L2 is barefooted... takes after her daddy in that regard. He normally rides bareback and bare footed when we're at his grandparents house... so funny!

Okay this is what the temp read in our car on the way to my doc's appt. yesterday! 112 degrees! + what feels like 110% humidity. Never thought I'd see these numbers here in the good ole' midwest!

This mama is desperate to try anything... a few laps on the pony (which yes... held a 39 1/2 wk prego woman just fine and I didn't need any assistance getting on up there, though I had many willing young gentlemen waiting to assist and hoping my pants didn't burst a seam! haha) and still... baby is content just hanging out inside mama. I guess I should be thankful to feel so good and to have a happy baby... I am blest!

I am hoping one of these days I will be able to post our newest little addition! Due Monday.

Enjoy the sun and have fun creating ways to keep cool! Gazpacho soup with grilled sandwiches are a great meal to beat the heat and eat!

Love,

L1

While we wait...

Waiting... waiting... and waiting... I can't WAIT to see meet our little baby! I'm starting to go batty! But while we wait... we are enjoying the last days of just the 3 of us squirrels...

Caught L2 with a book singing Jesus loves me... SO sweet!

Where our sweet new baby will sleep...

(Thanks Gma L for letting me use the family heirloom crib... SO Excited to be able to use it soon:-)

L2 cheesing it up... She was so proud to have put on a headband by herself... what a cutie!

Have a great day!

Hoping next post will be introducing our new one... Or I feel I may stay 9mo prego forEVER!

I know... JUST........ NEEED......... PATIENCE!

Love,

L1

It's July... Yay! The month I should be popping this little bean out! We had a great time with family this past week at the Lakes... can't believe how old my niece and nephews are... my eldest nephew is 15 and 5'10! I actually have to look UP at him... makes me feel like a little old lady!

It's been fun to pick the "fruits of Caleb's labor" :-D We ( I mean he) actually planted a few things in our garden this year and they grew! L2 loves to help me pick/eat "broc-ee" and today she lifted basil out of the basket and said "daddy... look basil!" .... My girl knows what basil is! So fun!

Papa her favorite pal this past week...

Snacking with Daddy...

Love the look on L2's face...

Hope ya'll had a great 4th!

Love,

L1