Oh! Happy Day!

It just makes me want to sing! Yesterday was such a heart warming moment for our family. The three of us walked to the front of the church and joined our congregation! We joined our first church as a family...what a wonderful feeling!!! I am so excited about all our church has to offer and can't wait to watch Claire sing in the children's choir, play the hand bells, or who knows this may be the place she walks down the aisle!...I know I am getting way ahead of myself. I have so many wonderful childhood memories of my family going to and being involved in church and I am thrilled about making those memories for Claire. My heart is full!!!

Yesterday was also communion at our church, anyone is welcome to take communion at our church. We went and got Claire from the nursery so she would be with us to join the church and of course we carried her up to the altar for communion. I let her take a drink from my little cup...it was tooo cute. She got her own "cookie", ate it and of course wanted another "cookie". So let this be noted as Claire's first communion! Praise the Lord!

Everyday

Everyday Miss Claire.... ....rocks her baby, Mae, and puts Mae "night night", which means Claire covers Mae up with the little polka dot blankie; Claire might not have a blankie but Mae does....

....blows Daddy's duck calls as if she is trying to get all the ducks in the county to our house...

....rides her horsey...backwards...she has to change it up a bit, forward got too boring....

...dumps all the blocks out of the bag to build "Claire's Tower"....

...makes her Momma the proudest and happiest Momma in the world....everyday!

His Answers

HANDY CHART

BELIEVE HIM and the answers He provides

You say: 'It's impossible' God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27)
You say: 'I'm too tired' God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: 'Nobody really loves me' God says: I love you (John 3:1 6 & John 3:34 )
You say: 'I can't go on' God says: My grace is sufficient (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)
You say: 'I can't figure things out' God says: I will direct your steps (Proverbs 3:5- 6)
You say: 'I can't do it' God says: You can do all things ( Philippians 4:13)
You say: 'I'm not able' God says: I am able (II Corinthians 9:8)
You say: 'It's not worth it' God says: It will be worth it (Roman 8:28 )
You say: 'I can't forgive my self' God says: I Forgive you (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)
You say: 'I can't manage' God says: I will supply all your needs ( Philippians 4:19)
You say: 'I'm afraid' God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear (II Timothy 1:7)
You say: 'I'm always worried and frustrated' God says: Cast all your cares on ME (I Peter 5:7)
You say: 'I'm not smart enough' God says: I give you wisdom (I Corinthians 1:30)
You say: 'I feel all alone' God says: I will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)

I just loved this and had to share it...you never know who might need to hear one of these many things!

Blue Eyes....and My Monday

What a joy! Miss Blue Eyes will be 17 months next week and everyday is a new day....she is teaching us new things each day! When it comes to ABC's Claire's version goes like this, A, B, C, A.....we haven't gotten to D yet. Then there is 1 and 2, but no 3 yet. My favorite is colors....Claire is saying yellow, white, gray, brown, pink, red, blue, orange, green, and I love hearing her sweet little voice say purple. What's funny, when you point to a color and ask her what it is the answer is always pink. Claire's Dictionary: dog, puppies, stay, thank you, please, outside, no, eat, bite, me, movie, night night, mae (this is her doll), book, mouth, nose, ear, head, eye, cheese, coat, milk, water, cupcake, phone, tractor, truck, play and the list goes on. Some of my favorites are when she says "let's play"! and when you ask her name "clar car wade". She is such a great communicator and does things you ask her to; putting things up in her closet, putting things in the trash, washing her hands, going to get ready for her bath, cleaning up her toys....truly learning new things each day. Some days I am in awww at what I just saw her do or what she just said.

We have already had to have our first mother daughter talk because Claire has a "boyfriend". Every morning I drop her off at school she runs to find "Ty Ty" and they give each other a big kiss....some mornings they are running so fast towards each other they bounce off each other and hit the ground. He is always there before Claire arrives and he is always waiting for her, if he is not there she looks around the room "Ty Ty" "Ty Ty"....I just can't help but wonder what they are thinking. Must be love "puppy love"!

My Monday ... ...I've always loved this

“If there ever comes a day when we can't be together keep me in your heart,

I'll stay there forever” ~ Winnie the Pooh

My Monday...on Wednesday

I have to read this verse several times a day...the anxiety sets in every time I think about our NWA house. Maybe you need to hear this today too.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with Thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God,

which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts, and your minds

in Christ Jesus."

Phil. 4:6-7

Puppy Love

I promise we let nothing bad happen to the puppy! Claire wanted so badly for the puppy to sit in her chair. She sure did love playing with her:)

Lent

Ash Wednesday has come and Lent has begun! My grandparents are faithful believes in lent and have for every year that I can remember given up their evening adult beverages during this time. Being they are part of the generation that the man arrived home from work at 5:00 on the dot and the "June Cleaver" would have already dropped a couple of ice cubes in the clear drink and added a couple of olives on the little plastic sword just as the front door opened....Awww! the stresses of the day disappeared for a brief second. Olives...don't you have things that trigger memories??...I will forever associate olives with my grandfather, he always let me have one of the olives off of his sword. I am sure you know my grandfather's drink of choice. And when you reintroduce the olives on the sword on Easter Sunday, let's just say we have had some good laughs! (please don't get me wrong I would never classify my grandparents as heavy drinkers) So, back to Lent...this year I have given up the social networking of Facebook, not that I am on it all the time but I just don't even want to be tempted to go sit on the computer when I could be doing things around the house or spending time with the family!! Have a wonderful LENT!!!