BECKY

Take 2

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:01:06 -0500

Ok, so I got SOME sleep and am more in the mindset to blog. The past few months have been crazy, and I have done an awful job on keeping you up to date with what is new. First things first, my precious boy is now 9 months old and the most fun, adorable child on this earth...hope I don’t offend anyone by saying that but it’s true:) I am having the biggest blast being a mom. Hunter and I just can’t get enough of our boy. To those who have kids, you totally understand what I am saying and to those who don’t yet have children, just wait. You are in for the best surprise of your life! We are living in Plano, TX where Hunter is employed at Hunters Glen Baptist Church. Carson and I are having a lot of fun making new friends, at the park, church and else where. Beans is just happy wherever he is...as long as there are toys for him to play with and someone to toss the toy every now and then for him.

We are still waiting for the foundation work on our house to be done. We are looking forward to all of that being done and over with by May 22. At that point we will be putting our house back on the market and hoping to lease it out for the next couple of years. If ANYONE is interested please let us know. I will keep you posted on what is going on with all that.

For now, I am going to end and do a bit of cleaning and folding clothes before my man gets home from work.

A New Season of blogging

Wed, 8 Apr 2009 00:04:37 -0500

I must say that I am SO sorry for not being more on top of blogging. I am committed to keeping you up to date on what is going on with us, BUT for tonight I must not say too much because I am exhausted and morning comes soon! Tomorrow I shall write more...I guess that would be later on today considering it is midnight. Talk to you soon.

First Thanksgiving

Wed, 3 Dec 2008 14:37:39 -0600

What a blessing to have our baby boy with us for this Thanksgiving. No doubt, Hunt and I were most thankful for the birth of our son this past year. Little did we know that he was going to come 5.5 weeks early, but the Lord allowed it and answered our prayers of allowing him to be strong and healthy from the moment he came out. It’s amazing to watch him grow each and every day. He is now 5 months (22 weeks) old and is weighing in at 15 lbs...no one would EVER know he had been a premie. Actually people ask me if he is big for his age and I get so excited. When a woman is breast feeding her child and is that sole provider of food, there is great pride that comes when your child is growing SO much. Carson is a greedy eater...I LOVE it. He likes to take his time with each meal--no man likes to be rushed:). On average he eats for about 35-40 for each meal. Those times throughout my day are the greatest moments. I LOVE feeding my little man. So I guess this blog is supposed to be able Thanksgiving so onto that. We spend Thanksgiving with Hunter’s side of the family this year. We went over to their friends house and ate a HUGE meal with quite a few people over there. Carson dressed in an adorable flannel shirt--as is shown in the photo album on the photo page. We all tried to dress appropriate for taking a Christmas picture. And Christmas pictures are exactly what we did when the wonderful meal was done being eaten and Car had woken up from his nap. We got some great family shots. We are excited about sending out our Christmas cards this year. This year will be our first time to do that--SO FUN! I am SO thankful for another wonderful year of life that the Lord has brought us through. I am thankful for all the miracles that I saw happen over this past year--more than I could ever adequately thank the Lord for, but that is why it is so great that He sees our hearts and knows our every thought--even before we think it. May the Lord abound more and more in each of us this year. I am SO thankful for the privilege of being a Mommy and pray for wisdom each day that the Lord would guide Hunter and I as we do the best we know to of first of all LOVING OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, LOVING our baby, RAISING him to love Jesus with all of his heart and LIVING out lives in front of him that model that. All of those things only can be accomplished by the amazing grace that our Lord gives. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving celebration.

Not To Little To Start Teething

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:08:35 -0500

My Baby is now almost 17 weeks old and I CAN NOT believe how time has flown by. Hunter and I are obsessed with our little man. Not only does he bring such joy to our lives, but he is just the sweetest most amazing boy that God blessed us with. There is no love like a love that a mother has for her child. I can not begin to put words to it, but those of you moms who are reading this can just understand what I mean.
About 2 weeks ago, Car started being a little drool monster. As time progressed and his hands started being continuously in his mouth if his “binky” was not we began to realize that he was teething. Not only are 2 bottom teeth trying to come on up, but 4 are. I have researched teething so much now and no all signs of teething. Carson has pretty much all the signs that there are--a rash under his neck, wanting to constantly gnaw on something, hard time sleeping, etc. My baby is SO mature:). I just love when he wakes up in the night though even though it would be best for him to sleep all night, cause it gives me more time to cuddle him. I hate seeing him hurt though--it makes me very sad.
My life will never be the same again. I am in love with this precious boy and pray that the Lord continues to prepare me to be the godly mom that he desires me to be. I know that this is not the last time that he is going to be hurting and for sure not the worst that he will ever hurt, but the Lord is already teaching me to take everything about my baby to Him and leave it in his hands.
Hunter and I are still living with his parents. We are praying that our home will sell quickly, but are thankful for the hospitality that has been shown to us by his family. Our foundation as some of you know is severely cracked and has been the cause so far of our home not selling. But just recently we got word that our entire foundation as well as the cracks in our home will be repaired completely within the next couple of months. We are SO thankful for God’s sovereign hand that caused the home warranty company to see our home’s cracks as a legit claim. So for anyone looking to buy an adorable little home in Dallas, know that ours will be in perfect condition within a couple of months--we would love for you to take a look--www.6136lakevista.com.
Happy Fall and don’t dress too scary on Halloween!

My boys and changes

Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:11:46 -0500

WOW--all i have to say is it has been WAY too long since I have posted a new blog. I have been pretty good about keeping our pics up to date, but I will be better about writing as well. My boys--the most amazing joys in my life--we have been having a blast together. From July 14 through September 30 Hunter worked from home doing freelance design work for different people. This time was so sweet to spend together. What a blessing for Hunter to be able to spend some quality time with our boy before he had to go back to work every day. As of October 1 though, Hunter is now the director of Worship Arts at Hunters Glen Baptist Church in Plano, TX. We are staying with Hunt’s parents for a couple of months while we wait for our house to sell. After our house down in Grand Prairie sells, we will begin looking to buy another house in McKinney, TX--more than likely.
Carson, the most amazing little boy in this world, is growing bigger each day. I told him the other day that he was already growing up too fast. He is SO much fun. He and I sing, play, laugh, smile, talk, clean, run errands etc every day. I have never known the joys of being a mother could be SO great. I never want to put him down, I never want to be away from him just because I enjoy every minute with my baby. Don’t get me wrong, I do put him down --he sleeps in his bed and spends some time swinging, but I do hold him and cuddle him a whole lot too!!! I am SO thankful to the Lord and to Hunter for providing so that I have the greatest privilege I could think of to stay home with Car Bear (AKA Carson). He turned 3 months old this past Tuesday--we celebrated by singing “Happy Birthday” all day and Mommy got a Starbuck’s. Carson started sleeping through the night at 12 weeks old. He would go down at 9 and sleep until 6:30am. Poor buddy is now in a new place and unsure of his surroundings still so he is waking up often through the night, but he just needs a little adjustment time and I am sure he will be back to his regular sleep patterns. Of course I don’t mind him needing to cuddle during the night--i LOVE it!!!
Well I will be better about keeping you’ll up to date on what is happening in our lives. My prayer recently has been that the Lord would grow me more like him self each and every day regardless of circumstances and that our joy would be made full and complete because of Him. I hope that you find your joy satisfied in Him as well.