Potty Training

We've been working on potty training Hope. She has times when she wants to put it's been pretty much no go but then Friday she just decided she wanted to wear panties and she's been going potty every since! She's had a few accidents of course but she's doing pretty good. I can't believe my baby is growing up....too fast :(........ Go big girl!!

My turn!

Well everyone else has had it so it was my turn apparently. Tuesday night we had our Mom's CLUB, which went great. We had a new mom who just adopted a baby and she wants to come back yeah! We did our devotion and then we did manicures. Towards the end I started feeling really hot, which is not like me at all. I'm usually cold natured. Then my belly started feeling queasy. I hadn't eaten dinner so I thought that might be it. Well the ride home was horrible. 45 minutes of praying I make it home before I toss my cookies. I literally made it in the drive way and ran to the bathroom where I stayed most of the night. I threw up until I couldn't throw up anymore. There were times I didn't know which end to put on the toilet....yeah that was fun. Today I have a headache so bad I can't stand it. I'm feeling OK now at least no vomiting for 7 hours. I had to miss work today..I hate missing work. I pray that I didn't give this thing to the new mom and her baby and our other pregnant mom who came or any of the other ladies that were there!!!

Faith starts 1st Grade!

My baby started first grade yesterday. I can't believe she is 7! She wasn't nervous at all. She was more excited about getting to ride the bus to and from school and getting to eat in the cafeteria more than anything. She liked it. The only thing that blew my hat off was the $150 book rental for first grade! That's crazy. On top of the school supplies we had to buy, new shoes, school clothes, lunch money and other fees... oh well.

Brian

If you pass away before you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior do you still get to go to Heaven? This is a question I ponder often. I didn't become a christian until I was 28 and married with one child. If I had died before I got to know Him would I have made it to Heaven? I have a friend who died too young and I often wonder where he is. I hope that he had a chance to meet God and he is in Heaven and I like to think he is. He didn't know God before he died. He wasn't raised in church and he didn't have people ministering to him. Although I don't know what his heart was thinking I know he had some hard times and he was bitter about things. He had been hurt pretty bad in a relationship and he was untrusting. We were friends but there were times I actually broke through his shell and I cared for him very much. We would go out with friends and everytime we heard a certain song we danced. It was "our song". Everytime I hear it I think of Brian. I heard it the other day. I think of him often. He's been gone almost 13 years now. I miss you Bum....

My Devotion

For the youth camp I had to give a nightly devotion for the girls. The whole point of camp was Getting Across. We talked about salvation and what it means and baptism and getting saved, etc. I prayed to God to tell me what He wanted me to talk to these girls about. I got out my Daily Bread devotional and turned to that particularly day I was praying and the title was "My Heart Condemns Me". It talked about feeling guilty about your past and Saul's conversion to Paul. How awesome is it that God used someone like Saul?! He was a murderer, a blasphemer by his own account and he became a disciple to Jesus!! He wrote books in the Bible. He called himself the chief of sinners but he used that to minister to others. I told the girls a little about my past before becoming a christian and I have many things I'm not proud of but I can use those weaknesses to minister to others. If God can use a girl like me He can use anyone!! Once we repent of our sins they are FORGOTTEN in God's eyes. How awesome is that? But I like many still pull those memories up and think how can I be worthy? When we bring up those old sins that are forgotten to Him He says "I don't know what you are talking about" BUT satan says "I do" and he adds fuel to the fire. Don't let him. Confession to God always brings His cleansing. God can use anyone and don't ever let anyone tell you otherwise. When you feel like you can't handle things just turn the Book of Truth, turn to God in prayer or to a friend to pray with you..........and when you stumble just say I'm sorry for the way I've been living my life. I know I've got to change so from now on tonight...Jesus take the wheel, take it from my hands because I can't do this on my own. I'm letting go so give me one more chance to save me from this road I'm on (from the Carrie Underwood song).

If our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things......1 John 3:20

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointment to his service. Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners-of whom I am the worst. But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would belief on Him and receive eternal life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen....1 Timothy 12-17

Update on Taylor...Thanks for the prayers!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 03, 2007 11:35 PM, CDT
Well, Taylor had a GREAT day today! Finally :) She was up at 11:00 and ready to play.......Trey showed up and we were off to the play room..........she literally did not slow down until 11:00 tonight! Nanny, Mama and Grandad were here and she of course, baked in her easy bake oven.....cinn. rolls, choc. chip cookies and yellow cake...she loves to eat the batter! She played playdough and just enjoyed taking walks around the block to see everyone of our friends up here.
Tonight she started sewing with some of her new crafts and put some puzzles together.
It was a wonderful day............Thank you for your constant prayers for Taylor. They are working. We feel so blessed that all of you are praying for us....that the doctors and nurses are here to support and take care of Taylor and that Jesus is answering our prayers and healing Taylor. Her counts will be up soon and we will be coming home for a bit.
We will keep you posted! Be sure to check out the new picts and the captions I added....... Hope you like the sunflowers too.........They are Taylor's favorite and I just found them searching around this site!
Love,
Brent and Staci