Dad's little man

Cakes!

Ever since I made Henry's birthday cake, I have been wanting to do more! So...I have decided to start! I started a new blog for my cakes (I don't have many pics up yet..) and wanted to share it! I know most of you live out of town, but I would love to help if ever possible!! Let me know what you think!

www.spiceupyourparty.blogspot.com

Childrens Museum & Our new Baby!!

I know, its really early but if you look really close you can see our little baby who is shaped like a jelly bean :) This was taken last week at only 5 weeks and 1 day, but never the less, its our new

little one!

My mom and sister came down to spend a few days with us and so we took Henry to the Childrens Museum in Waco! He had so much fun!

Henry started saying Maw Maw on this trip!!

Thank you for coming to see us!!!

We love and miss you!

Good Morning!

Just wanted to post a cute pic of Henry I took this morning before church :) He is getting so big!

Big Changes!

Henry got his first "big" hair cut! He has had it trimmed before, but never cut! He looks like such a big boy, which is a good thing because he is going to be a big brother soon!

We are so excited to be having another little baby, and only 5 days after Henry's birthday! I guess we are just meant to have November babies!! :)

Dinner & The Zoo!

Brian came home Friday night after a month in Houston!! Yay!! So good to have him home! We missed him way too much! They had a conference all weekend and a dinner Friday night, so we were able to go out (with the help of the Cromwells who watched Henry for us!)

While Brian was at his conference, Henry and I, and our friends all went to the Waco zoo.

They loved it! What a fun bunch!

Henry decided he wanted to ride with his friend Harper-

I think he has a crush :)

p.s. Henry had his 15 month check-up last week and he is 33lbs and 32 1/2 inches long!

Still the 95% ! Such a big boy! He is talking up a storm- I will try to post video soon!

Sacred Marriage- Week 2

I know many of you have told me you have bought this book and are going through it! But,I will continue to post for those of you who don't have it! I am using words straight out of his book so you are getting an exact summary!

A Prayer To Remember

Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Ephesians 5:1-2

"Where is the bridge that leads a woman to stop defining a man by what he is and start defining him by what he is not?"

The author of this book attends many seminars and does post and pre-marrital counseling. He finds it amazing that when he asks a woman before she is married to tell him about her future husband she boasts about how wonderful he is and how great he is about so many things. Then, when he asks a woman who has been married for a while the same question, he gets a much different response: he doesn't do this, he never does that, etc....

What changes things is marriage. We pour all our hopes and dreams into a REAL relationship that is not a cartoon. Each day brings new disappointment because we all married sinners. We soon stop seeing what attracted us, and start seeing what disappoints us.

Every day millions of couples wake up and ask themselves "Am I happier today than I was yesterday?" But there is something much greater we should be focused on: "We are called to love our spouses like nobody else ever will. We are called to be the one person so devoted to their overall good that we are committed to be there on their behalf, regardless of any disappointments or faults, so that on the day we die, while our spouse may well remember the bad habits we had, they will also say my husband/wife loved me like I've never been loved and I can't imagine ever being loved like that again. Thats when you know you have true success in your relationships.

So instead of waking up and asking yourself "Am I happier today than yesterday" how about praying "Lord, how can I love my spouse today like he/she has never been or ever will be loved?" This is a prayer God loves to answer! He delights in loving his children and he searches the earth to find people who are willing to fill this quest. Just imagine how your marriage might change if eveyday before your spouse returned from work you prayed "Lord, how can I love them today like they have never been loved?" The answer may be very practical: take over a chore, speak a word of encouragement...

When we focus on what we can do, it's amazing how little time we have left to become consumed by our disappointments.