3 Yr Old Princess (REDO)

For Whatever reason, these pics didn't come up the first time I posted. So here we go again!

Happy 3rd Birthday to beautiful Princess Josie!

Beware of the Sleepover!

While Jeff and I were camping...Lilian stayed one night with her Aunt Stacy and cousins Josie and Nathaniel. The kids had these glasses and it is rather hilarious..




Josie is enjoying time with baby Lilian.

New Friends

On the weekend of Columbus Day, Jeff and I, and some friends from church went camping. We did not see fit to take a 3 month old on a camping trip, so we left her with relatives. More on that later. But it just so happened that my longest standing and one of my very dearest friends was here from out of town. I really missed seeing Jill and her wonderful family. Especially her new baby, Kate, that was born 7 weeks after Lilian. Jill and I had, long ago, dreamed of growing up, getting married, and living next door to each other so that our kids could play together. And, as you may have figured, that's not how life has worked out. While we were camping, my mom took Lilian to church where she got to meet Kate. You can see them together in these pictures. Although Kate wasn't entirely in the mood for pictures. I'm glad I sent my camera so I could at least see the 2 girls together! I hope we can create some memories for these 2 kinda like we had great memories. Love ya!

Before the foundation of the world

Ephesians 1:4 says "...He chose us in Him (Christ) before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him..."

Now these thoughts are not absolutely correct with the context of this verse, but my mind has used it to go off in another direction....here goes.

It hit me in Sunday school this last week that God chose us before the foundation of the world. It certainly applies to say that God knew/knows who will accept Jesus and who won't. But I began thinking that it is simply amazing that God knew us before the foundation of the world! Before He spoke the universe as we know it into existence God knew us! Wrap your brain around that one for a minute!

When I look into Lilian's beautiful blue eyes, I realize that God knew her before the foundation of the world. And untimately knows everything her life will hold. Her personality, her friends, her bumps and bruises, her fears, her dreams, her first love, her husband, her own children and her own grandchildren. Whoa!!!! And He knew all this before the foundation of the world.

And if God knew all this before the foundation of the world then He certainly knew at Creation, what His own Son, Jesus, would have to endure to redeem this race. Again, all I can say is wow, what an awesome God, Lord, Savior!

Here's some great pictures of His creation...in the form of Lilian ;)

3 Months

It's really hard to believe that 3 months have already passed. It's a terrific experience watching Lilian grow. I've already got one plastic tub full of outgrown clothes. It brings a sheer delight unlike any other to see her smile and look into her beautiful blue eyes. She is almost laughing. She has yet to just all out laugh, but she does kind of giggle.

Right after she slept all night, she got a cold. this was her first illness. It wasn't too bad. We put her in her bouncy seat to sleep so that she wouldn't choke on sinus drainage. It worked, she still only got up once at night. She is better, now, and we are looking forward to her sleeping all night...hopefully developing a habit!

Here's some pics from Oct. 3 when Lilian turned 3 months old.

Is she going to be a ham? Or are we just lucky to get shots like this?