Some fav pix over the last month!

Will and Daddy opening a PINK bedskirt! Love it!

Will was very sick in this picture but still managed to build a highway with Daddy.

All of us and a motorcycle of course!

Making Christmas cookies with neighborhood friends.

Eating Christmas cookies with neighborhood friends! Even better!

Will loves it when Pa flips him over!!!

Will got a hoodie just like the big boys at the company Christmas party.

Will and Daddy playing with Mack off of Cars. Mack, Mater, and Lightnin McQueen have become some of Will's best friends. (and ours too!)

Me and Big Bro!

Mid January already!!!!

I think this past holiday season was my favorite! Will was so much fun to watch. While passing out presents at my parent's house he would say, "Is it my's" or "Is it for me?" He loved ripping through all the pretty paper and holding his new found treasure for all of us to see.
Tony and I enjoyed every minute of it. We felt so privileged to be parents.
There are 350 pictures on my camera that I need to download. I will post some of them soon.

One thing that I really enjoyed over Christmas: seeing so many sweet friends and happy babies! God has blessed me so richly with kind friends who are so carying and I LOVE seeing each of you love on your babies!!!!! It brings such joy to my heart!!!!!!!

Tony and I decided to come back to our home church. We missed the love that is so evident there. We have always wondered what it would be like to attend elsewhere. We grew from this experience and for that I'm so thankful. I also got to see what it is like to be a visitor and a new member at a different church. I have many different perspectives that I can draw upon now.

While I was shopping at Target yesterday, a lady in the checkout line asked me if I was carrying a girl. In my 8 month pregnancy state, I don't know if that question infers such things as "MY, my, my. . .you are huge!" Or, "Wow, Your face sure is round, you must be having a little girl." Luckily, she just commented how she is low and round. Who knows???? I do feel like she is much lower than Will was. My neighbor who is due two weeks before me (with her fourth girl) told me it is because I'm already stretched out. Cool stuff.

We saw Juno on our 6th anniversary. Great movie by the way. She described her pregnant self as a planet. I'm Saturn!

Sometimes I don't really know how to end my blog thoughts so I will end it on a verse that is probably one of your favorites too:

Psalms 139:13-14
For you created my inmost being: you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made: your works are wonderful. I know that full well.

I love this verse because it makes me feel known by God. Also, it makes me feel purposeful and special. I'm glad he knitted each of you! His works ARE wonderful!

2 year old thoughts

Will is thinking about "helping" daddy by handing him a screwdriver.

Will is thinking why his mommy's stomach is so large. (This was 3 weeks ago!)

Will is thinking about Santa and the yogurt pretzels he gets for smiling.

Will is thinking that this school thing isn't as cool as playing

with Mater and Lightning McQueen.

Will is thinking that he actually is the Prince of Darkness.

Will is thinking about running away from the goofy camera.

Will is thinking he plays football like Tony Romo. Seriously!

This will give you goosebumps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_4iDM-M7xA

This is a short video of ol' school Acapella singing Criminal on the Cross.
Their soulful performance is so moving! So glad I'm saved like the criminal on the cross!

Wish I knew how to directly put the video on my blog!

Rockefeller Puzzle

Tony and I have been having tons of fun putting together jigsaw puzzles after Willster goes to beddy bye. We picked this one out last week. I loved putting together the New York taxis and the gorgeous Christmas Tree!

Almost 30!

Guess what! I'm excited about turning 30! 20's were fun and very interesting. College, marriage, career, and motherhood were such a transitional learning experience for me.
Sure, you never start learning and growing. I just feel like I'm embarking a time in my life when I can feel more confident and comfortable. I'm also more thankful too. I'm happier. I know how much God is working and I'm excited about the plans He has for the future. It's weird, but I feel like I'm 18 again about to embrace a new world. BEING 30!!!!!

My parents cashed in some of their hotel points and hooked me and my sweetie up for a 3 day trip to NYC! We will be spending my 30th in New York! So so so excited! I can't wait to see the Rockefeller Christmas tree, Bloomingdales, a Broadway show, The Met, and lots of pizza. I look forward to this time with my hubby. I think it will be a trip to remember. Tony went to NYC with one of his brothers a year before we got married. He loved it and is very excited to go back. Any suggestions or recommendations????