Check out my babies

Thank you, Jana! Click here to see the beautiful pictures my friend Jana took on Monday.

Where has the time gone?

Well, it's been 4 quick months since my last post. I have been very busy buying and selling a new home, moving, and having a baby. I stole a quick minute to publish some pics of my precious children. Lucas loves his sister! He is an amazing big brother, and she is a very good baby. I am very blessed.

Congested???

Try rubbing Vic's Vapor Rub on the bottoms of your feet and then put socks on. I slept like a baby last night, after being up the previous night not being able to breathe. Thanks, Jenny, for the tip. Do you think it's safe for kids??

Christmas Parade

Tonight we took Lucas downtown to see the Christmas parade...what a lousy parade! We had fun though. Matt summed it up by saying there were 4 marching bands and 20 politicians. Lucas liked the lights and music and there were a lot of dogs...we had a great time as a family, and we got to share the fun with our friends Chad and Lauren.

The Grinch

Lucas has a new favorite movie...Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original). He loves hearing those Whos sing. Here he is watching that classic Christmas cartoon.

A Clear Conscience

Who knew that the day after our bible study addressing having a clear conscience, I would be tested...and FAIL!
Let me start by painting a picture of my ordeal at Target this morning...While shopping with Lucas and having a buggy full of merchandise, my little guy poops. I have no diapers or wipes in my bag (a result of my laid-back mommyness that so often bites me in the butt). No problem, though, because I'm at Target and near the baby aisle. So I pick up a box of diapers and a small bag of wipes (to purchase) and proceed to the dressing room to change my little man. I ask the lady at the counter if I could change him in the family room, and she says "have you purchased that?" "No, but I will after I change his diaper and finish shopping." "No you can't do that until you buy it first." "Mam, I have no diapers in my purse, and he has pooped, please may I change him now." She says fine, but while I am changing Lucas, she calls her manager to the back. When I'm finished she makes me wait to be escorted to the front to make my purchase. I said "This is ridiculous, I'm not even finished shopping." At this point I felt like a thief and didn't hide how angry I was. When the manager finally came back five minutes later, so takes the diapers to escort me to the front. I explained that I wasn't finished shopping and didn't want to make 2 purchases. I had to convinced her to take them to the front for me while I finished shopping. I am still very upset with the way the situation was handled. I truly felt like they thought I was a sneaky thief trying to get away with something...
HOWEVER, the point of my story is to say that regardless of the situation I should not have treated the dressing room lady so rudely. She was just doing her job (although I wish she were more sympathetic to a mom with no diapers). So after carrying a guilty conscience all afternoon, I followed the advice of Nancy Leigh and more importantly of God's word, and I called the lady and apologized for being so rude to her. She was grateful and we ended our conversation in a friendly way. I do feel better having apologized...thank you bible study girls for helping me to know that I needed to seek forgiveness and keep my conscience clear.

And Sadie was her Name-O

While in Orlando, Matt and I named our new baby girl. Sadie (we're still deciding on her middle name). We named her while we were shopping in Downtown Disney. As soon as we decided that Sadie would be her name, Matt ran off to the store and bought her her first stuffed animal...a pink Disney Princess bear. So sweet! I have finally started to feel her move, and it's the most amazing feeling. Lucas knows his baby sister is in my belly. He'll even kiss my belly to kiss his sister :) Sadie is one lucky girl to have such a great big brother! Let me know what yall think of her name...