Waiting for what?

I am sitting here on the couch, waiting. I am waiting for multiple things.
1. I am waiting for Caleb to get home so I can see how his first day at work went.
2. I am waiting for Donovan to wake up so we can go for a walk.
3. I am waiting on a call from the Realtor because there is a house we would like to look at.
4. I am waiting on myslef to snap out of my spiritual mediocrity.

Numbers 1-3 are very reasonable things to wait for during the day. Number 4 should not be happening in my life. What exactly am I waiting for? I can guarantee that God is not going to write me a message in the sky telling my to get my rear in gear and start reading and studying and learning like I should be. He is not going to come knock on my door and give me a list of addresses of people that could use a visit. He is not going to mail me a letter encouraging me to memorize Scripture and pray more often. So, that leads me back to my question...why am I waiting for that?! I guess I have reached a level of complacency. I am perfectly comfortable with where I am at now which is a very dangerous place to be in. In fact, it is so dangerous that I am saying right now that I am not going to be stuck in this rut any longer. I am going to take proactive steps to enriching my Spiritual life and becoming the Christian that I should be.

I have learned that it is easy to look at everyone else and feed off of them. If nobody else is really pumped about their Spiritual walk, then I am not going to be very pumped about it. But, when thinking about this cycle, I am going to try to make myself the motivator. Hopefully people will be able to feed off of my excitement and motivation for God.

Donovan is waking up, so I need to run, but I encourage you all also to consider your Spiritual walk and no matter where you are, bump it up a bit.

What's on my mind?

I miss my baby girl...terribly.

I love my husband...a lot.

Our son brings sunshine to us when it is storming outside. I love him so much, I can't even explain it.

That's whats on my mind. Off to bed, I need some sleep.

I am thankful that we do not have a Target in our town although I would tell you any day that I want one. I am pretty sure I would go broke! I went to Avon today with friends and we went to the Target there. I saw so many cute little boy clothes! I held back and just got one complete outfit, but if I had lots of money I would have bought the store! There is one outfit there that I am going to go back and buy near Thanksgiving. It was little dress pants and a dress shirt and a sweater vest. So cute!!!

I just gave Donovan a bath and I had a shower. That is probably one thing that has affected me most while being a mother. I just never know at what time I will get a shower! But, I can deal with that because my son is sleeping all night. And by all night, I mean all night. He goes to bed between 8:30 and 9:00 at night and will sleep as long as 8:00-8:30 the next morning. He has been doing this for a couple weeks, but it is officially consistent!

I have a strong desire to make pumpkin pie. Maybe I will make one tomorrow. :) As for right now, I am going to go finish my cup of coffee and enjoy the rest of the evening with my husband!

My son

Have I said lately how much I LOVE my son?

He is  so much fun! He giggles now and smiles all the time.

And he loves his big cousin Gavin. These guys are going to be such good friends!

And of course, Grandma has to get her hands on him every once in a while!

Yeah, I know that one is sideways, but you get the point!

Enjoy this beautiful fall day everyone!

Ramblings

I am sitting here thinking about all that I have to get done and wondering why I am always going. Sometimes I need to remind myself to stop and enjoy the time that I have with Donovan or with Caleb or just with myself. I need to remember to slow down, that I am not guaranteed tomorrow and that  I need to enjoy the time that God has given me. That doesn't mean that I let my house go or that I let the laundry back up or that I never cook a meal, that means that I take an hour and just enjoy. Just play with Donovan, go for a walk with Caleb or really study and spend time in the Word and prayer.

I am looking at the changing leaves outside and realizing that fall is going fast. It is almost November. Wow. I can't believe how fast this year has gone. I can't believe how fast this month has gone for that matter, it seems like October shouldn't even be here yet. I was thinking of how the rest of the year is going to go and how busy it seems, but I want to make sure I take time to enjoy it as it happens.

I am deciding what to do for Christmas presents this year and I think my sister-in-law and I are going to work on some things. We are both tight on money, so we are getting creative. It should be fun just spending time with her too. I think we will do some type of candy/cookie and then a craft of some sort.

I was thinking of taking my blogging to a new height, but I am just not sure. I am thinking one day a week I will talk about what I have learned in my devo's and then one day I would like to do just a picture post. I am trying to get more followers, but I guess I don't know very many people! Oh well!

Going to work on dinner! I think we are grilling out, I have to get the meat ready.

Change

Since Jeremy has moved out, I have needed a change. So, in light of that, I rearranged my front room. I think I like it, but I am not totally sure yet. It is more functional to watch tv and is more centered around the fireplace. I think I will leave it like this for a few days and see how I like it through the ins and outs of everyday life. There is a bit more floor space for Donovan and his various floor activities. And in the future months I have a corner for a toy box and perhaps another corner for a Christmas Tree. We will see how it works out.

That's all I had to say right now, I need to go do some laundry while D is sleeping.

I suppose now is as good as time as ever to update. Donovan fell asleep on our bed as I was getting ready for the day, so I just let him sleep! There has been quite a few things happen since I last updated.

-Jeremy is completely moved out.
-Donovan is officially in 3-6 month clothes, but I don't think he will be for long! That boy is growing like a weed!
-Caleb had a job interview
-Caleb got offered the job
-Caleb ACCEPTED the job!!!!
-Caleb put in his two weeks notice at Kroger...and we all rejoiced!

He will be working for a super-sweet family here in Waynetown as a butcher. Like a total butcher. Like the come in moo-ing and leave in packages! He is so excited and I am so excited. He will have Saturdays and Sundays off. He will get off by 4 every day. They are very flexible with his schedule if there is an appointment of something going on. It is just going to be great. :)

Today, it is raining. I am not a big fan of the rain, especially when it is cold too. I might be going with my mother down to Lake Holiday to see my grandma today...she has yet to see Donovan and he is 3 1/2 months old! Yesterday was my nephew's 2nd birthday...he is so adorable! I guess I don't have anything to exciting to say, I just thought I would talk about Caleb's new job. Hope everyone has a great Wednesday and gets the opportunity to go to church this evening!

Something new?

When the possibility of something new, something great, something that we have been praying for appears, I can't help but get excited/anxious. I then remembered Philippians 4:6 "be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." I am learning at this time to slow down and pray. I am learning that God's will is ultimately what we want no matter how good something looks. I am learning to be patient and let things happen in God's time. I am learning that when you pray about something that God always answers, but it might not be in the way we had planned.

All this to say, please pray about something with me. There is a potential opportunity opening up for Caleb and I, please pray that if it is God's will that everything will work out with it. Please pray that I would be patient and understanding if this is not God's will also.

Thanks. I will update more and possibly give more details when I have some!

Pictures of my man,,,

Here are some updated pictures of my little man. Oh how I love him. I am so thankful for him.

Donovan is sleeping so I am taking this opportunity to sit down for a few minutes and breathe. Although the air that I am breathing is about 50below it feels like! I think I am going to ask Caleb to start the pilot light on the fireplace. I am not ready to turn the heat on yet, but it is so chilly in our house, I think the fireplace would take the chill off!

Today has been somewhat productive. I have gotten things picked up and laundry done and folded. I am battling an attitude issue right now though. Jeremy closed on his house yesterday and is making no effort to come get his stuff out of our house. I am just so in the mood to clean that room and re-organize the closet and move furniture around in our house. I guess I need to continue being patient. I hope he doesn't come get clothes just when he needs them though. I am ready to have that room back so I can clear out our other rooms. :)

I am working on getting Donovan to sleep through the night. He is laying down around 9:00 every night and sleeping until around 3ish. He gets up, eats about 2 ounces and falls back to sleep. Then he pretty much wakes up for good between 7 and 8. If I could knock out that 3 o'clock feeding, I would love it. Then he and I are both getting solid sleep and I would be awake at 7-8 and able to stay awake. So, I read a book about it and we are going to test a couple things out.

Hunting season starts today, so Caleb is very excited. He is looking forward to his days off next week so he can go hunting. I hope he gets a big one this year, we could definitely use the meat! I may go a time or two also, but I don't think I will be near as active at it as he is. We will see though!

I have learned that Donovan loves Veggie Tales. I put him in his little highchair and stick it near the tv and for 30 minutes he will just sit there and watch it. It is a good opportunity for me to get some things done while he is awake. I think it is so cute though how much he enjoys it.

I guess that is really all I have to say. I just thought I would update a bit about our life.