Carson's First Tee-ball Game

Carson's first Tee-ball game was tonight and it was pretty fun and amusing. He played center field the first inning and third base the second inning...he had so much fun! On his first time up to bat he hit a home run!! (See the video below) Andrew was his biggest fan and did a fairly good job amusing himself during the game. It was pretty fun to see Dad and Carsy out in the field together! Carson loved chasing down the ball and running to get the runner on his base. We went to Mazzios to celebrate after the game and when I asked him what his favorite part was he told me....the snacks. :) Of course....pretty funny! And so Tee-ball begins....too fun!

Carson's 1st Tee-Ball Game- His First Hit on Video

Click on the Play Button to see Carson at bat for the first time and of course it was a home run! :)

Snow Fun!

Just a little fun in the snow....on the 28th of March! Crazy!

Church Baby Shower

Today a few wonderful friends hosted a shower for Abigail Ruth at the church. When we woke up this morning it was still raining and then shortly after the rain turned into huge flakes of snow and started accumulating quickly. By the time we left for the shower there was probobly already 4" of snow on the ground! The last weekend in March! Crazy! It was a really fun time with those that braved the storm...girl stuff is soo fun! I just loved the little dresses and she got her own little princess set of books and her first princess plate set to dine on...so fancy! I was sorry that the weather did not permit more friends and family to travel to be with us, but we had a wonderful time and cake...there was cake! Yum!

Nesting....lots of nesting

Well I think the nesting has officially started. I have been reorganizing and cleaning most rooms in the house.....clutter is driving me batty. I am running loads of laundry every night just to make sure that we are "caught up". (which is crazy because I have never been caught up everyday with laundry until this last week. I even cleaned the garage today....yes, the garage...and it needed it...why does it feel so wonderful to get things all organized and taken care of? I sold all of my display stuff last night that I used to do all of our Affair of the heart shows...what a relief...it has been driving me crazy sitting in the garage..why? I guess cause I have officially retired from shows and hate to see money just wasting away sitting in the garage when someone else could be using it. I did inventory on all the pieces that I had and listed it on Craigslist on Tuesday....and sold the next day to a lady that owns a children's resale shop in Claremore and was wanting to expand her store ...it worked out perfect! Retired...I like that feeling of knowing that I am no longer going to be doing the shows. The rental...we still have not sold the rental house...doubt is trying to sneak in as I try to hold onto that peace that we have that God has the right buyers for this house. I was really wanting it to be sold before Abigail came...another little closure thing....but maybe it won't be? I keep thinking about how faithful God is and has been to us time and time again....even with selling the gridwall display stuff yesterday...I wondered if I would even be able to get rid of it and recoop some of my cost....and he took care of it in one day. I love that....I guess it is just the expectant waiting that is getting to me today...with the impending arrival of our little girl and the sale of the rental home. Joy. Right now as I am writing this I am enjoying sitting on the front porch watching the boys play with the girls two houses down and enjoying the semi-nice weather....it is cloudy but not too cold..what joy I find as I look at these little boys that God has blessed us with...my how they continue to grow so quickly....bad weather is coming this weekend, they say...snow in March...crazy! Some friends at church are throwing a shower for Abigail on Saturday...I hope and pray that the weather will be nice enough...Carson was sapossed to have his first Tee-ball games this Fri, Sat and Mon but I am afraid that probobly will not happen. He is so excited about Tee-ball. Dust took him to get his baseball pants and cleats yesterday....pure joy....that is all I could see on his face when he tried on his pants and cleats to show me....he is ready to play! One more crazy nesting thing....our vacuum stopped working last week and our new one should be in today....I am so very excited...seriously...to vaccuum today...that seems crazy, huh? Who gets excited about vaccuuming? :) Why is it so satifying to have everything spick and span and completely organized these days?...I guess it is just nesting.

Officially Ready For Abigail...

This week I have been finsihing up the final touches in Abigail's room. We made pillows for her bed and one for her crib. The boys and I went to JoAnn's so that we could all pick out a special button to go on each pillow. As you probobly already guessed, Andrew picked an orange one, Carson picked a green one and I picked a pinkish purple one. They turned out very cute! The boys really thought that was fun stuffing them and putting them on her bed. The crib quilt is finally finished....I did attempt to quilt it together (the front, backing and binding) by myself but quickly found out that it was much too large and difficult a project for me right now so after I ripped out quite a bit of my attempt to quilt it myself, I found a lady here in Tulsa that machine quilted it for me. I took it to her on Tuesday and she told me that it would be about two weeks....she called today (2 days later) and told me that she had it completed...for some reason she felt like it needed to be completed asap....hmmmm, I just laughed!....we are traveling to Enid in a couple of hours and I have Abigail's seat in the car just in case (not really counting on it at all, but it is always good to be prepared)....gotta go pack the boys stuff...that's all for now....well we are officially ready for her to come whenever that may be...exciting!!

Lazy Days..

I love these pics of Andrew...they totally capture this last weekend, lazy days. It was so wonderful to get to just relax and spend time doing really nothing special this past weekend. I seem to be getting more and more uncomfortable as the days go by and feeling alot of pressure. Last night I was actually awoken by a very strong set of contractions that lasted about thirty minutes or so before finally subsiding enough where I could go back and lay down. My official due date is not for another 5 weeks but I wonder really if we will be waiting that long for Abigail's arrival. We went and saw Dr.Ross this morning and he told us that he would be out of town for the week starting tomarrow and then out of town the following weekend as well...this really does not bother me, because I know that wherever we are Dustin can actually deliver her if he needs to. It makes me a little weary of this weekend, however. On thursday, we are traveling to Enid and visiting with Bass Baptist Hospital pretty much all day Friday. Then Friday late afternoon we are driving to OKC for an OKC Thunder Basketball game and back to Tulsa again on Saturday. Visiting with Bass...I am really having to pray that God will help to give me a peace about Enid. The thing that I am not crazy about is the size, it is still 50,000 people or so. I really feel like it would be so easy to get lost in the mix and not really be able to make the impact for Christ in relationships and community medicine like we feel called to do. Schools. I do not have a peace about Enid schools for the boys and the other option would be Chisolm which is super tiny and not really a community school, but at outlying rural school I would say, if that makes sense. The great positive is family close by, Granny lives in Enid and Grandmommie would only be 30 minutes away and Aunt Becky about 45 minutes. In the past couple of months I have just really loved the prospect of the town of Cushing. When we took our little day of adventure and traveled to Cushing....I really can't explain it other than it just felt right. The town is about 10,000 or so and is definately a strong and close community. I would feel very confident sending the boys to the schools there and can see the many opportunities of ministry and medicine working hand in hand together to truly make a difference for Christ in this small town.

Dustin actually talked to the CEO of the Cushing Hospital today and we are very excited about getting to meet with them and talk with them maybe early April....which brings it all back to God's timing with Abigail. When will she come? I am kind of a planner and as I look at our calendar for the next couple of weeks...I wonder of course, when God's perfect timing will be. This weekend we plan on being in OKC and Enid, next weekend (28th) some good friends are throwing us a shower at the church, and the following weekend (4th) our friends at Image are throwing a shower for us. Dustin is planning on possibly meeting with the CEO from Cushing Monday, April 6th.... I wonder how it will all pan out....will she come before that? Maybe? Maybe Not? I kind of like the suspense of not knowing....and then again I think it sure would be nice to know. Oh well, until then I am going to enjoy some lazy days with my boys. Here was my scripture this morning that God used to reassure me yet again with our need to sale the rental house, " For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, who says to you, Fear Not; I will help you! Isaiah 41:13