November?

Hey everyone, I was outside yesterday looking around my yard and was struck with the thought that it's November!  Thanksgiving is 2 weeks away and from the looks of things, you'd never know it.  At least here in Southern Cali.  Anyways, I just thought I'd put a few pics of what is growing around here still even in the middle of November! 

Love ya!

Heather

Jeremiah's 4!!!

Hey all!  Yeah, I know, I'm a little behind on blogging this week.  I dont know why, but for some reason I just never got to it!  So here I go.  Monday was Jeremiah's birthday so after we took David to school we went to Albertsons and picked out his cake.  It was really cute because the ladies behind the counter were talking to him and he was telling them he is 4 and today is his birthday.  He also introduced them to his baby brother Jo Jo.  So she put some extra embellishments on his cake for him and gave him two cookies.  And as were shopping we hear them on the intercom announce a special happy 4th birthday to a special customer Jeremiah who is 4 years old today!  It was soooooo cute to see his face light up when he heard them say his name.  Those kind of moments are priceless and I was so thankful for the ladies for giving him that!

So then after waiting all day for his daddy to get home, he finally gets to open his presents. He was so excited he was literally jumping up and down.  He loved what he got and was super hyper, it was funny.  Then we ate dinner, of his choice, spaghetti and meatballs (Jeremiah's favorite) and had cake and ice cream.  So we had a really fun night.  And not long after he was crashed out the couch.  Still a lot of excitement even for a big 4 year old!

Joseph is 7 weeks old today and growing so fast.  Just about as fast as time seems to be going.  Chris and I weighed him on Tuesday and he was 10 lbs 2 oz.!!! I cant believe it! He's very alert now when he's up and really starting to make some sounds other than crying and he's even trying to smile.  So I"m anxiously awaiting that.  He perfect in every way to me and I stare at him still all the time.  I'm amazed at God's handiwork!

Chris went to do his drug test and sign papers for the background check this morning.  When he gets back were going to pick up the kids from school.  I have a conference with David's teacher and after that we'll head down the hill to pickup the pictures from JC Penny's!  I'm excited I cant wait to see them! 

Anyways here's a few pics of the last few days around here~if you want to view them all just click here and here!

(Jeremiah's birthday cake that he "lubs")

(LOL! that's my miah)

(his "wabber" toy)

(my little man)

(looks a lot like a smile to me....)

Shalom,

Heather

Weekend wrap-up

Oh it's sweet monday, this Monday is sweet because it's my Jeremiah's 4th birthday today, but I need to catch up the weekend first!

Hmmmm...let's see, Saturday was pretty much a lazy day for me and the kids.  We just stayed home and I caught up on some house work while the kids played outside, especially since were still enjoying almost spring like weather here in So Cal!  Yesterday, Sunday, was a busy, busy day.  Since Jeremiah's birthday is on a Monday this year and Chris works and the kids have school we decided to do something on Sunday.  After church, which was great, we went down the hill and ate lunch at Red Robin, then we went to Bass Pro so Jeremiah could see the fishys.  After that we went to toys r us and Jeremiah picked out a toy with his birthday money and then we headed to the park and the kids and Chris played baseball, I even hit a couple times in between feeding Joseph.  So needless to say it was a busy day but a lot of fun family time. 

So today being Jeremiah's offical birthday we are going to have cake and ice cream when Daddy gets home and then Jeremiah can open his presents, so I'll have pics of that tomorrow.  But for now here are some pics of our day yesterday~

(The face of utter joy holding his balloon while they were singing Happy Birthday to him at Red Robin)

(Mmmmmm.....yummy birthday sunday)

(Baby Joe Joe at the park in his stroller)

(daddy coaching David)

(steeee-rike, good try Nathan!)

(Jonathan ready for some action)

(go Miah!!!!)

(good swing David)

Love and Blessings,

Heather

Oh wow its friday, again

I seriously cannot believe another week has just flown by, and I'm still trying to adjust to the time change.  You'd think the extra hour would have helped but when its pitch black outside and it's only 5:00 pm, that's hard to get used to, although I am enjoying the early morning sunshine.  The morning person that I am really loves to wake up to sunshine and not darkness. 

Well yesterday we went down the hill to JC Penny's and had Joseph, Jeremiah and David's pictures taken.  We got some really cute ones and I am so excited to see how they all turned out.  We pick them up next week so I'll definately post my faves. 

Joseph was 6 weeks old yesterday! I cannot believe that!  His little life is flying by already and I wish it would slow down a bit.  He's grown out of clothes already and that's a hard thing to face.  I dont want to pack cloths up for him already.  Although he's starting to respond socially and make other noises aside from crying, I'm still waiting for my smile though.  I'm sure its coming because he's really focusing on our faces and follows the direction of my voice, so it'll be soon.

Other than that, everything is pretty much quiet around here, thankfully.  Have a happy friday everyone!

Love and Blessings,

Heather

The new me, or should I say the natural me!

Hey everyone, I decided to go natural.  On Sunday, I dyed my hair back to my natural color! 

(Sorry about the quality of the pic, its an upload from my phone.)

So funny that almost didn't remember how dark my hair really is.  It's dark blonde, but seems soooooo much darker compared to how light I was doing it.  But there's something about going back to the way God created me.  It's a nice change, and Chris loves and that's always nice.  He kept telling me yesterday, you look so pretty with your hair like that.  It was the first thing he said when he woke up.  Oh that man can be so sweet sometimes. I'm very lucky to have a hubby that says things like to me!

Have a great day everyone, I'm on my way to the store!

Love and Blessings!

Heather

Halleluia Party

Okay guys, I cant believe I'm already uploading pics from last nights Halleluia party but maybe that extra hour of sleep is helping me out!  It was so nice to wake up at 6:30 am and have the sun up already.  It sure makes for an easier start to my day. 

Well we went to the Halleluia Party last night at Calvary.  The kids and I got there right when it started and Chris met us there. (He had to work until 5:00).  They had alot of games and face painting, even free popcorn and cotton candy. They also had hot dogs, nachos and drinks for .50 cents.  The weather was great too, not too cold at all, we stayed almost the whole time and then got some dinner and were home by 8:00 pm.  Very thankful that we all had a great time and got there and back safely.

Well as usual I took tons of pictures, here are a few, but if you'd like to see them all just click here!

Love and Blessings!

Heather

Happy Harvest Day!!!

Hey there party people!  I first of all want to wish all of you a happy and safe night tonight.  I hope everyone has a fun and safe night with your familes!  We are heading out to church tonight to the halleluia party.  The kids are excited to play games and get their candy, along with learning more about Jesus!  A perfect combo!  I remember last year we went and Jeremiah slept through all of it, so this year were excited for him to get to play and experience the fun too! 

I am currently uploading some pics on picasa, you can click here if you'd like to see them.  I'm trying to get caught up on those before the halleluia pics and Jeremiah's birthday coming up. I'm sure I'll be taking tons of pics then.  Were taking Joseph and Jeremiah on thursday to have their pictures taken. I'm excited for that and hoping the Joseph is full and cooperative for that appointment!  I cant wait to see how they turn out.  Jeremiah is so overdue of pictures so that works out perfect because it'll be just a few days before his 4th birthday.  Hopefully since he's older he'll be cooperative as well.  He wasnt for our family portrait and that was quite an adventure trying to get that one done.  Which we now need to redue because Joe-joe is missing from it! :-)

Anyway I also would like to tell you about a book I just finished reading a few days ago.  It's called Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers.  If you haven't read it yet, I highly recommend it.  Its a beautiful retelling of the book of Hosea in the form of  love story.  It was so well written and really captures the love that God has for us, no matter how far we stray from Him.  Even into the ugliest forms of sin we willingly walk into and away from Him, He's waits patiently for us to return to Him, or even sometimes rescues us from it.  Read it if you haven't yet, I guarantee you'll love it!  This was first book of hers I've read and I'm looking forward to reading others. 

Well  I hope you all have a wonderful night tonight and dont forget to fall back (clocks back one hour tonight).  And we change our calendars to November tomorrow!  Can you believe it!  I'd ask were did October go, but where did 2009 go!  Time is going by so fast, lets all stop and enjoy the small stuff before its gone!

Love and Blessings everyone!

Heather