So...I’ve
taken a bit of a break. I can’t exactly tell you why...no, it’s not because I
don’t trust all of you! It’s simply because I don’t really have a reason. I
guess I just got sidetracked.
Life is
fluid. It moves, it evolves, it changes and it is constantly taking us with it
regardless of whether we want it to or are ready for it to. For the past couple
of months, I’ve just been flowing with this wonderful life God has blessed me
with.
You want to
know what has been going on? I suppose I can let you in on a little bid of it.
Only if you promise me you all have been good now!
A few months
ago, Hubby Dearest gave his life over to Christ. This has been the most amazing
and blessed thing to happen in our family this year! I can not express how
proud I am of this unbelievable man and the changes and strides he is making in
his own personal life as well as that of our family! God is unstoppable!
It happened
when our middle brother came through one weekend to attend a men’s ministry
camp he’d gone to the previous year. Hubby Dearest decided he would also attend
the camp. The seed had already been planted and Hubby had gone to a Mighty
Men’s Ministry meeting a few times on Thursday nights before this. I
immediately began praying that this weekend would be a force of change in our
marriage and in our family.
The week
before the camp, Hubby approached me and expressed to me that he felt “a change
of wind” happening in his life and he was ready for it. I was overjoyed. Though
I tried to keep myself reined in around him as to not completely make him think
I’d lost it!
The weekend
came and Hubby was changed. Since then, we’re once again attending church as a
FAMILY, he has continued attending his Thursday night men’s group, we’ve
started a Sunday night Bible study with friends, and the atmosphere in our
family and marriage has completely changed!
Hubby Dearest just before getting baptized! |
Does this
mean we have eliminated all of our problems? Absolutely not. We continue to
face trials...we’re just not alone in it!
Have I
mentioned how proud I am of him?? Okay, well more on this later!
In other
news, LJ has begun crawling! Yep, at 7 months old that little guy was on the
move.
And nothing could stop him! Within the month, he has moved on to pulling
himself into a standing position. He is ready to be chasing after Lil Mister
and I don’t doubt for one second it will take long! Oh! And LJ has started
speaking! Oh my word!
I don’t
actually count their first word until it is a genuine word. For us, Mama and
Papa don’t count. I know and remember clearly that Lil Mister said Papa first
and then car (which is what I say was his first word!) a little while later. It
was quite a ways down the road before he managed Mama. But LJ...well he is
staying to his true fashion of a Mama’s boy. He blurts out Mama every chance he
gets. Following me around the house while I attempt to control the chaos,
“Mama....mama...Maaaaaaammma!” It is absolutely adorable! Yay!
Lil Mister
got his second report from school this previous month! Again....proud Mama! He
is excelling wonderfully and has taken to the school so well. In addition to
his very large vocabulary, he is drawing circles and triangles and knows almost
all his shapes. He is great at colors when he focuses and is eager and ready to
start playing rugby with the ‘big friends.’
Okay, I think we’ll hold off on the rugby for another year or so!
In addition to my wonderful family, we've been so blessed to welcome additions into some of our closest friends families as well!
Okay, I think we’ll hold off on the rugby for another year or so!
In addition to my wonderful family, we've been so blessed to welcome additions into some of our closest friends families as well!
Magda Baby Shower |
Nicolene Baby Shower |
Life has been, well, simple but fluid. We’ve taken many a weekends to just relax and kick a ball around. There have been too many beds made in the living room to count and popcorn and ice cream with a movie is just a perfect Saturday night!
We’ve spent
Sunday afternoons by the river with friends. And Friday nights gathered around
the braai trying to stay warm.
We’ve worked.
We’ve played. We’ve enjoyed every minute of it!
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What have you
been up to while I was away?
XOXxx
Shana Danae..
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