Oh Happy Day!

I just got done praying with my sweet, four year old, first-born. Alivia prayed and asked God to forgive her of her sins and asked to be with Him in heaven one day! OH HAPPY DAY!! Now, I realize she is four and she may not completely understand what faith in God means, but this mom is happy, happy, happy! She has recognized that there is a need for a Savior and that she doesn't want to be in hell one day, but with Jesus in heaven! LOVE.THIS. I am documenting this in my blog so that I may never forget this day. I want her to know that I will remember it's importance.

The verse I needed to hear...

That's right people, I'm blogging again. I have actually been thinking about this weekly, sometimes daily, and I haven't had the chance to sit down and come up with what I wanted to say EXACTLY. BUT, that's the joy of blogging. I can write something and then go back and read it and think "what in the world" and that is ok! I don't have to write the perfect post every time. Aaron and I are getting ready to welcome our THIRD girl! Wow! Amazing how God has blessed our lives and I never would have imagined I would be the mom to three precious girls. But soon it will all be reality. I have a little over 5 weeks to go and I am hoping that I only have 3 left. Wishful thinking, I'm sure! :) The beauty of this pregnancy has made me realize how wonderful it is to feel the movement inside of you and knowing that a foot is just stretching out and feeling so wonderfully secure inside. With that comes my anxieties and worries all over again. Yesterday I heard the verse, Proverbs 31:25 "She is clothed in dignity and strength. She can laugh at the days to come." I have probably heard that verse a hundred times and yet yesterday I HEARD it for the first time. I WANT to be that Proverbs 31 woman. The one that trusts God with all her heart and never worries about the future. Once my children entered the picture, the idea of "never worry" seemed impossible. One minute I feel like I can relinguish all control to God and the next I feel as if I will never be able to give Him everything. At Sunday School our teacher mentioned how amazing it is that God is in control. No matter what, even in the worst situations, God has His hand on it all. He knows that number of days we will be here, he knew what decision I would make before I even knew of the situation. Knowing that, we can find comfort that even in the hurt, fear, frustration, man's sinful nature that causes a situation...GOD IS GOD and has brought that instance into existence to bring glory to Him. We may never know why but we can find comfort in knowing that He has a bigger picture than our small minds can fathom. AND isn't it wonderful that he has control of the situation and not man?

Marshmallow Faye Wood

So, Alivia is big into telling us our full names.  I ask her what mommy's full name is and she says, "Lindsay Faye Wood."   I ask her what her full name is and she says, "Alivia Faye Wood."  I then ask her what daddy's full name is and she says, "Marshmallow Faye Wood!"  Well, his middle name is Marshall and so she calls him Marshmallow and apparently since Alivia and I share the same middle name she thinks everyone's middle name is Faye.  Ha ha!

Yes Ma'am!

Alivia has been saying the funniest things lately.  I need to put them somewhere so I never forget them...

Today was the first day of MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) and I had to be there at 8:30 this morning.  I was running around and Alivia was finishing up breakfast when I said, "Alivia!  Hurry up, we need to go pretty soon!" Alivia replied to me in a soft voice, stern eyes and a finger pointed in my direction, "That's not your job to tell me that.  You say, yes ma'am."  With wide eyes I looked at Aaron to see if he heard the same thing and sure enough he did!  It was so hard not to just burst out laughing at that point!  She hears this from me because usually she is telling Atley no during the day and I have to remind her that it is not her job to tell her that and that it is mommy's job and then I tell her to tell me Yes Ma'am.  I guess she pays attention, huh?

He's Here, He's Here!!

On Thursday, March 10th my nephew Mack Jordan Hickel was born!  He weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 1/2" inches long.  That is exactly what I weighed when I was born which is so cool we share that!  Mommy and baby are doing good and I know my brother is on cloud nine!  He has sent me numerous pictures on my phone and I am so thankful because I cannot be there and I want to see everything!  I cannot tell you how excited I am that he has finally arrived and I want to kiss on his sweet little cheeks so badly!  I am planning on taking the girls with me to Kansas the first week of April to go meet this little cutie and I am counting down the days.  I am a bit nervous traveling 10 hours with both girls by myself but I think I can do it!  I think the biggest challenge will be that I will have to stop and nurse every 3-4 hours and also stop even more frequent for Alivia to go potty.  I love that my daughter is potty trained but why does it have to be such a pain when we take trips!?  I guess I shouldn't complain though because last week I was so thankful that she was potty trained. That is because last week she had the flu and it was coming out on both ends...not so fun!  I was so thankful when she would say, "Mommy I have to poopy," because I saw what came out and I would not want to change that in a diaper! 
I have no idea how I got from my nephew being born to Alivia's poop but oh well!  I guess that is what being a mom is like...highs and lows all the time.  I do know that one thing is for sure, I have more and more highs everyday with my family. 

Twins???

Alivia Faye - 1 Month

Atley Mae - 1 Month

They look so much alike it is scary! 

Date Night

My husband is the most amazing husband in the world!  Wanna know why?  Well, it all started this past week where every day he would give me a hint at a "surprise" that would take place.  On Thursday I received a phone call from our hairdresser and the message said that I will be receiving a cut and wax on Friday.  Normally, I would think "Oh great, he thinks I look like crap!" but most of these days with two kids I know I do so I took no offense! ha ha!  Thursday night when Aaron got home from work he brought me into our bedroom and gave me a letter he had typed.  The beginning of it was about how much he loved me and how he wanted to something special for me since I am stuck at home all the time.  Below that was a hour by hour itinerary for all day Friday.  Things such as "pump at this time to make a bottle for Atley," "get dressed at this hour, " and "get the kid's clothes together" were all one there.  This man is a very detailed man!  It also indicated what type of attire I should wear for the evening.  Of course right after I read this I immediately said I have no idea what I am going to wear!  He then told me to close my eyes and proceeded to place in front of me a new dress, new top and new jeans that he had went and bought me and thought I would like to decide to wear!  HOW AMAZING IS THIS MAN?!? 
We dropped the kiddos off with a wonderful family from our church and then we headed downtown and he took me to Duck City Restaurant.  It was amazing!  We had so much fun talking and being giddy!  After dinner we went to the Adler Theater where the Broadway Show "All Shook Up" was playing!  Now I know that he did that for me because I know he would never want to do something like that but he knows I love doing things like that!  It was so much fun!!  We didn't do the most amazing things in the world but just knowing all the details that went into the night and every little thing he did (yes, buying me clothes sealed the deal!) just amazed me and definitely made me cry!  I am so blessed to have this man in my life!  He knows me so well and knows just what I need at just the right time!  Love him!