Abundant Blessings

There are so many things to be thankful for this year! As I sit to reflect on our abundant blessings, here are some things I thank the Lord for...
1. The privilege to be called His child. The blessing of knowing Him and being called by His name. Praise God!
2. An AMAZING husband who loves me and seeks to know and honor the Lord with his life. He's also a man with a servants heart and an INCREDIBLE daddy. He is the answer to many years of prayer! :)
3. A BEAUTIFUL little girl who brings much joy to my life.
4. Family and friends who encourage, love and challenge me.
5. The freedom that comes from living in a country where I can live out my faith without persecution.
6. An AMAZING church family who has loved and served us so much this year. What an amazing place to worship in spirit and truth!

Enjoy more pictures of our little blessing; she's growing up SO fast!

Happy Sitter

Everything goes straight to her mouth!

I LOVE this picture!

Happy Girl!

Well, it's official.. Abigail can sit on her own! :) She's been working on sitting all week and is really getting good! One more "first" to add to the list!

Provision

My #1 Partner in Crime- Jess (also known as my fashion forward friend who helps me avoid the pit falls of fashion as a mom: #1 enemy- MOM JEANS! :)

Sweet, sweet friends!

The title to this post is "provision." As I was looking at the pictures I planned to post with this entry and the many titles it could be given, I decided "provision" was most appropriate.
Yesterday was my 29th birthday! YAHOO! Next year I embark on my 30's- complete with what I hope to be a great 80's party to celebrate; if anyone has a mullet wig they're willing to let Gill borrow please let us know! :)
My sweet friend Jess planned a wonderful dinner with my friends Emily and Dianna. We went to Carrabba's and had a wonderful time. These ladies have been the source of much of the Lord's provision in the last year. Countless conversations have been shared with much advice, tears, laughter and prayers. These women are INCREDIBLE mothers, wives and women of God and I love them dearly!
As I sat to reflect on the last year and all that it has brought in the form of trials and blessings, I began to think about how each of these women; and countless others, have rallied around our family to be the Lord's hands and feet. WOW, what amazing provision! He is good!
Thanks ladies, I love ya'll!!!!

Chubby Cheeks!

I LOVE MY EXERSAUCER!

Visit with Aunt Summer and Wade!

Dress from Aunt Summer complete with tights. Thankfully the tights were not as hard to get on as I imagined!

Best friends. (I think Kiera is trying to get Abigail's sock off, only to put it in her mouth I'm sure!) Both girls just got their first tooth and LOVE to put anything and everything in their mouths to chew on!

Abigail's favoite place to sit. We use this seat everywhere.. it's been a lifesaver!

Abigail has been busy getting over one cold, just in time to get another! Apparently she is "prone to ear infections" according to her pediatrician. Even tough she's not feeling well she is still such a happy baby. I love her to pieces!!!

Here are some recent pictures of Abigail with friends and family.
Abigail and her best buddy Kiera have really been noticing each other during their time together. Recently I had the girls sitting in front of each other playing and as I walked around the corner I watched Abigail spit out her pacifier only to find that Kiera quickly picked it up and put it in her mouth! :) I laughed walked over and Abigail looked at me as if to say, "Mom, she's supposed to be my friend, but she took my Passy!" :) All I could do was chuckle!

Aunt Summer and Wade came to visit this last weekend and we had blast. Much to Summer's frustration Abigail has really taken to Wade :) (Sorry Summer!)

Hope each of you are doing well and are daily recognizing the Lord's provision and goodness as we are! Love you all!

Fun With Abigail

She looks a little mischievous in this one.

Yeah, smiling at the same time, it's a miracle!

Best friends!

Enjoying making black bottom cupcakes, you should have seen the look on her face when she saw the chocolate mixture. She's just like her Mama! :)

The last few weeks have been filled with tons of fun AND Abigail's first cold and ear infection. She's finally coming out of the ear infection and cold and back to her old self. I've learned all about vaporizers, baby vapo rub, antibiotics and vapor baths! That was a fun Wal-Mart run! :)

We've had a few firsts in the past couple of weeks. Abigail has learned how to roll from her back to her tummy and is starting to sit up- only for a few seconds before tumbling over. :) Her rolling over put her half way under the sofa last weekend, which she thought was a lot of fun. She also enjoyed our first mother/daughter baking session. We made black bottom cupcakes for small group, yum! :)

Our first time dressing up for Halloween was a ton of fun; at least for me, she wasn't too thrilled with the head piece. Abigail was a beautiful flower and her friend Kiera was a pea pod... so much fun!!!!! The girls modeled their costumes for the folks at small group and were quite the hit.