Updates

I'M ON SUMMER VACATION!!!!!

(Days like today make me beyond thankful to be a SLP in the school system!! I'll miss my speech/language babies, but a break is much needed!)

Whoooo Hooooooo! 

It's been a while since I gave an update! Life has been a bit hectic/crazy/busy to say the least. Matthew and I have had 3 nights at home together in over 4 weeks, so to say I'm ready for Micah to be here and force some down time would be an understatement! Between the loads of paperwork at the end of the school year, the loads of adoption paperwork, preparing for Micah's arrival, keeping up with the busiest 14 month old alive, church league softball, and Heart of Mississippi missions coming up NEXT week, we have been on the move (well.. I'm moving a little slower these days than the rest of the family)! I still have lots to do with our t-shirt order coming in early next week, catching up on thank you notes, some last minute nesting/cleaning that I don't necessarily want to do but needs to be done, and taking Noah to do some things I have been wanting to do with him before Micah gets here but I haven't had time while I have been working. Another trip to the Children's Museum, lots of park trips and swimming... here we come! I also intend on fitting a few naps in over the next few days :) 

I think we are finally prepared for Micah to be here! 10 days at the longest until he makes his grand arrival! We cannot wait!!! We had a sono on Monday and got to see that he already has a head full of hair :) Matthew keeps saying he doesn't know where our kids get all this hair from. (Not sure if he has looked at their mom lately or not by that comment!) He looks healthy and is already measuring (according to the sonogram on Monday) around 7 lbs! As hard as the last few weeks have been, I am reminding myself how thankful I am that God has blessed me with the ability to carry my babies full term! 

Speaking of healthy babies, our sweet Noah has been growing and learning SO much lately!! It seems he picks up on EVERYTHING we say and do! I feel like he learns a new word every day. It has been so fun watching him grow! I am attaching a few videos to share some of the joy we have been experiencing :) 

Heart of Mississippi missions is a mission week my husband is in charge of next week. Great timing, right? Teenagers are coming from all over the state to be the hands and feet of Jesus at different locations around metro Jackson. He has some great things planned! I know it will bring God glory! Just lots and LOTS and LOTS of planning involved!! 

On the adoption front, since the garage sale, things have been put on somewhat of a pause to take care of myself and the little one growing inside me! I'm excited to finish up our dossier paperwork and work toward finishing up our dossier payment fundraising goal! 

And I almost forgot... I haven't given the update on how the garage sale went!! God is SO SO SO good!! I'm not sure why I had the bright idea to have a massive garage sale at 36 weeks pregnant, but we did it! We could NOT have done it without my parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle, friends, and donors who were ALL seriously irreplaceable! A garage sale is WORK! But...God is faithful. Sometimes things just take work. It was worth it! With 60%-90% chance of rain in the forecast all week, we prayed HARD for no rain! Well..God blessed us with NO RAIN and the PERFECT weather!! He also blessed us by helping us raise almost...$2,500!!!! Can you believe that? From 6AM-2PM, we raised that! Just when we start to be doubtful, God shows us His blessings are greater than our disbelief. 

Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands. --Deutoronomy 7:9