this will be short....

this is a short post.... 

but... 

I have been thinking about how blessed as a mom i am....  and as a child of God...

i am such an imperfect mom... but i am so thankful to have a perfect father.... who helps me with my children on those rough days... you know, the ones that are messy, and loud, and just plain crazy!... the ones where, you SOOOO just messed the whole day up.... 

God can fix it...

 i have learned in recent days, to ask my lord to help me BE with my children. there are days that i have literally said... "i so messed this up, Lord please fix this," or "i have no clue what to do, so, please let this be the right thing that i am doing... " 

i have found that these days are less and less, as i learn to give everything to God. 

it is the days that follow that bless me... seeing my children learn to love God, and seeing my husband encouraged to be what God wants him to be. 

i guess all im saying is..... im glad i have such a perfect father.. and im so glad i can run to him every day....

because i need him... EVERY day. 

3 years!

It is such a blessing to have had my James for 3 years now! he has made life interesting, fun, and i could not imaging my life without him.

Through all of the mess, and training... he has blossomed into one of my favorite people to be around...
He is such a gentle, caring boy... (when hes not destroying my house and screaming like a dinosaur)

Some of his likes and loves are:
Books, he loves books... he always grabs daddy's theology books and sits with them pretending to read them. he has bible story books, and these are his favorite... he grabs them saying "BIBLE, you read?!"  i think he will love to read. he gives me a reason to sit and read.

He also loves his brother, (from a small distance at times). he does not like when Jonathan is hurt, or crying.
it's funny, he reminds me of being a kid some times.... he hates when Jonathan picks on him ,or get up in his business... but if Jon is hurt or being "trained"  James is a puddle of tears, saying "im sorry!"  or, "its ok"
(this is not because he thinks he is in trouble or because i am a mean mommy... he is just that sensitive)

he likes going on walks with mommy... we walk across to the store often.
he also likes to help me shop, and carry groceries to the house for me.
he is such a great little helper. always cleaning up, or setting things right.


he loves the abc's.... that the only song he will sing...


he loves dinosaurs, and balls, and puzzles, and matching games, and super why! (his only tv show)

he is learning how to communicate a lot better in the last few months... and li love some of the things he says...

after breakfast today it was "um, I dun!"  i said ok...  he walks off to his room, blanket in hand and says "oh good night"  i say, ok i love you baby...  he says "I wub you! good night"


or James: " um, i hab coppie (coffee)" mommy: daddy is making it... James: "oh, i need a cup!"

the potty training has been put off during moving but will pick up easily very soon.

my favorite thing about James right now, is how he always knows just when ineed a hug, and he always says i love you... just when i need it... i love how caring he is.

a sneek peek....

moving has taken a while... but God has perfect timing in it all.... and... i can finally say we have moved in... 

here is a peek at our new home... 

living room before (even before the carpet cleaning)

living room mid way... (we are adding this slowly)

we are excited to get more seating and have people over.... there are many

souls who need the lord, and we pray we can be used here. 

boys room before....

boys room after... 

(we still have to repaint the bed... i had painted it for hadassah's room originally)

our room before.... 

our room after! its like we go on vacation every time we walk in! (and i have already added a few more things since this photo.