1.  Yesterday was Jack's 2nd birthday. I wrote this letter to him, and I hope he reads it one day.  We didn't do anything in particular to celebrate, but we (along with many others) wished him a happy birthday over and over. We sang to him several times throughout the day, which he enjoyed, and we tried teaching him how to hold up two fingers. It's a work in progress.  2.  Today, we met my parents at DQ, and they treated us to lunch to have a little birthday celebration. He had his very first ice cream cone, and I'd say it was a hit :) 3. Another first for him today? His first TV show. I pulled up a great old VeggieTales video on Netflix, and he got to watch Junior Asparagus learn that God is bigger than any fear we may have. He enjoyed it and danced along to the music (Mommy sang along, of course!) in his chair while he snacked on grapes and milk. I chose VeggieTales because he has several books about them (and a great CD of their songs), and I knew h...

Oh, Friends, Some of you know that the 23rd has special meaning to The Husband and me. We started officially dating on January 23rd. We got married a year and a half later on July 23rd (our three-year anniversary is coming up next month!). Hadley's due date was on August 23rd. And, today, this 23rd day of June, has now been added to that list of memories. We closed on a new-to-us house!  We are homeowners. We fell in love with it and wanted to make it our home the moment we took a look inside a little over a month ago, and it's been an up and down journey since then.  God answered prayer after prayer (in His timing, of course), and we were forced to be patient and to not lose hope.  Neither of us were awesome at those things, but our God was faithful and surprised us last Wednesday when we got the call that we were going to be able to close this afternoon. This house, our home, has so many things that the two of us always wanted in a house but never though...

Well, this was originally a "Five Facts Friday" post, but since I haven't gotten around to finishing it until just now, I don't think I can treat it as such, haha.  I've got a few neat things to share first, and then I'll end with a prayer request.  The last week has been filled with so many new things.  Jack started cutting a tooth early last week.  A few fun-filled days later, and he's the proud owner of three teeth. The new one is the top left one. I always thought they made their entrance in pairs. Haha, he's looking a little funny (but so cute!) with two on the bottom and a lone tooth on the top :) Near the end of last week, our boy finally began pulling himself up on chairs and the coffee table and the play pen and in bed! And is he ever proud of himself?! We're pretty pleased, too! Then, just this afternoon, he began crawling! He's been scooting in circles and backwards for a few weeks, but today he began m...