I spent my first weekend away from Jackson and soaked up every minute of SLEEP! I went to a scrapbook retreat with my friend Kim and enjoyed the gorgeous weather, beautiful view from our cabin, hours of scrap booking and hours of uninterrupted sleep in a fluffy king sized bed! Pure bliss! Here's a few photos from my weekend....Most of the time I stay in the cabin with a bunch of other girls and we stay up until the wee hours of the morning. This year my hubby splurged and got me a hotel room Continue Reading

Guess who's 4 months old today? Jackson Henry! He's so much fun these days....less crying and much more giggling, squealing and smiling. Here's a few things he accomplished this month: He began to roll from his back to his tummy. He can now roll like a mad man and often times he escapes his blanket and ends up on the wood floor when I'm not looking.He has started to growl when he gets upset. Especially when we aren't getting his bottle to him fast enough.He is sleeping all night (most nights!)He Continue Reading

For years I've wanted to attend a Christian Writing Conference hosted by Proverbs 31 Ministries and this July I am going to be there! Woot Woot! When I stumbled across the website a few weeks ago I thought there was no way I could go - I had just quit my job to stay home with Jackson and the conference wasn't cheap. But I really felt like I was supposed to go since I want to complete my book about our adoption journey. I started praying and it dawned on me that I could invite the lady whose book Continue Reading

We missed church on Easter! Jackson had a super weird night last night and when my alarm went off at 6 a.m. to get ready for sunrise service I didn't dare wake my sleeping Little Man. We were up every 30 minutes to an hour with him. I was totally bummed that we missed church, yet I know that Jesus is in my heart and it didn't matter where I was. I could celebrate this day! He is alive! He has risen! In Him we have HOPE!Besides, on Good Friday, Jackson and I had church in our kitchen. We listened Continue Reading

My mom has been dragging me to look at bluebonnets for as long as I can remember. We tease her because she takes so many pictures of them each year and they all look the same. :) Jackson couldn't escape a few photos in the Texas bluebonnets. It's a Texas Thang! He smiled big!  Sweet Smiling Boy! This was John's first picture in the bluebonnets too. It wasn't my first rodeo ;)Pop and Lolli with Little Man Continue Reading