The Bird's Nest

Man, I've got to get my camera fixed. It's making for POOR blog writing and no motivation to do so. :{ Our point and shoot just doesn't cut it anymore!

Grant caught this great pic of the baby in his work boots on his iPhone though!

  

Aaaand, the only two pictures we took of our thanksgiving trip. Ha. Impressive, no? We really did have a wonderful time in Kansas City with family and friends, despite the lack of proof!     

We were so grateful to see some of our wonderful friends who live in Israel and Grant's best friend of many years and his little ones too. Here's a blurry, but sweet pic of Judah, Naomi, and Eliad! Wish they could all grow up next door to one another!

 And now we're into getting ready for Christmas! Us AND our laser-eyed dog...

  

We put the tree this year on top of our coffee table in hopes to keep it out of Nay's reach and it's working wonderfully! She stands and looks at it but doesn't try and reach up and bother it. At least not yet!         

 So a little story now... during our first year of marriage, Grant and I discovered a bird's nest in our Christmas tree WITH bluebird eggs in it!! We took pictures and the whole deal. A friend told me it was a sign that we'd have lots of kids. Haha. I proceeded to purchase an ornament from Pottery Barn of a bird's nest on a branch so every year we could have one in our tree just for fun. Well, this year, I nonchalantly set the bird's nest in the tree as we were hanging ornaments. Ten minutes later, Grant says, "Are you playing a trick on me?" Long story short, I had no idea, but I set the bird's nest on a branch literally pointing to an actual bird's nest up against the trunk!! 

   We were laughing so hard! And it's quite fitting for the theme of new life to be within our Christmas tree once again, as we had to hang a fourth stocking this year!      

Yep, I'm pregnant! We are so grateful and excited to be expecting our second baby next July. I shared the wonderful news with Grant by fixing him a dinner of baby chicken legs, baby potatoes, baby carrots, baby biscuits, and baby Sprites. He got it the moment he sat down to dinner. :)

 So with a baby on the way, adjusting to a new job, and starting clinicals in March, we look forward to seeing how God is going to provide in this upcoming busy season! It is so wonderful to know that we serve a Lord who meets all of our needs and goes ahead of us to make better plans for us than we could make for ourselves. We love you new little baby! 

  

Shabbat Shalom...

The lack of pictures I have been taking lately sure is motivating me to get our good camera fixed. :( But here are a couple from this week. Sweet girl got into the powdered sugar. This is her saying "ooh ooh" (uh-oh). :)

 And we have a new sippy cup looover in the house. While she's been drinking out of these for a while, ix-naying the bottle entirely this month really vamped up the usage of the cup! Milk in one hand. Water in the other. Cause that's how she rolls...

Have a great weekend getting ready for a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday!

Hilarious...

The other night while I was at work, Naomi got a huge belly laugh going while she played with the dog. Kona cracks me up in this video! She is totally playing a game with the baby and almost seems human! We are so thankful that she's been such a good dog with little ones... (Jump to 1:15 because Grant's fingers were over the speaker during that first minute and the sound is bad.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-ocnhEuYs

ooh-ooh

We think Naomi has started saying Uh-Oh. But it comes out "ooh-ooh." I hope that's how she says it forever...

Life's a changin'...

Well, last week I had orientation for my new job. Yup! I'm going to be working part-time (at night - blech) on a postpartum unit at a nearby hospital. Despite the blech, I'm super grateful for the position and hope it works out well! I'm not the only one who's been hard at work lately... (I have no clue what she's so focused on, but I'm sure it was important!)

 Grant's been hard at work making me feel loved, buying me gorgeous flowers in honor of my new job. Thanks, honey. :)

 Naomi's also been working hard to take off every single bib I ever put on her. We've now reached the sad season where the sweet monogrammed bibs are on hold and the polyester cookie monster and elmo "over the head" bibs are the only thing we use. Ha. She LOVES them.

 And one final demonstration of the blood, sweat and tears that have gone forth at our house this week...

 G polished up our headlights with one of those fancy kits. Wow! That's seriously amazing!

 (He thought these would be great pics to put on the blog. :) Now that you've been enlightened, you can go on with your day!)

Phone Pics?

Will you tolerate that? They're fuzzy, but they're all you're getting.

Somebody LOVES her baths in the new tubby at the new house!

And somebody also got a double ear infection this week. Break my heart. Big thanks to Cookie Monster, who tried to help things out on the way home from the doc.

 But it's amazing what a little Azithromycin will do! Just over 24hrs later... 

Random pic of our new place. Never posted that. We love it!

Anyway. Sorry 'bout the blog. I don't know what's wrong with me. Every day has just been so incredibly packed! Lord, send a vacation!

CRAZINESS.

The last two weeks have been nuts. I mean it. All sorts of milestones and life changes happening around this place!!! Here is the last official picture of that gummy sweet smile, because praise the heavens, our girl GOT A TOOTH!!! Her FIRST tooth at 15-months and 4 days, but who's counting, you know... (I still don't have a picture of it because it's not terribly noticeable, go figure, and what baby likes to have their mouth pried open just for a photo op? Not mine. Yes. I tried.

 Not only does she have a tooth, but she started walking the same week! She didn't quite feel rushed by anyone in particular to accomplish this task - just took her own sweet time, which I loved...

 The great and wonderful MIL came to town to help us move. Yep. That was something else that happened in the last two weeks. Now THAT'S a legit excuse not to blog! We've only had the internet for a couple of days now! Thank you, Pegs, for ALL you did for us while you were here! You're the best!

And finally, remember that sweet baby lamb we had about 12 months ago?

 Well, she grew up. We now have a sheep.

 She loved wearing her sweet costume last night, even though we only went to Wal-mart and two friend's houses in it. Grant asked if we could use it as a jammie so he can see her in it more than once. Lol.

 No, she didn't get to eat that Butterfinger. But she sure looked cute playing in all that candy!

So here's one you didn't learn in Calculus...

A tooth + A new walker + A new home + A sheep = A very tired, but grateful momma!