New House: Playroom

Our new house has a home for all the toys, so this week I have been working on getting it organized. This space will also serve as a guest room when family comes in town. We have decided not to put an actual bed in here like we originally planned.

Still to come is new wall color and fun wall art/magnet boards.

Here is what we have so far:

Claire: Just Days from 14 Months

On January 4th, Claire will be 14 months. It's been awhile since posting about my sweet girl, so I decided early is better then never.

Claire's personality has developed/came out in the last couple of months. She laughs and smiles all the time now when at one time it was a rare moment. She is clapping and jabbering (in a sweet whisper) constantly. She also has this adorable head nod she does when you are talking to her or even near her like she is agreement with you. So cute!

She is like a ninja crawling, so quite. Also, she is pulling up/walking furniture, etc. but she is not trying to walk independently at all yet. Playing with toys and her brother is also new. It is so sweet to hear them laugh and play and wrestle together.

She sleeps a good 12+hours at night and takes two maps a day. And eats more then Cole! It's quite the difference from a few months ago when she would only take milk.

Overall, Claire is my precious, sweet, raspy voice little girl and I love her!

Merry Christmas ALL!

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Our Abba Father

Yesterday, Cole and I were reading his new book about creation that his teachers at Tallowood gave him. He had lots of "why" questions for me, which was good but also tough to explain some of the more complex concepts.

The illustrations in the book are awesome and detailed, so when we arrived at the part about Adam and Eve in the garden and how they sinned or for him, disobeyed, it showed God crying.

Why? Cole said. Why is he sad?

So I began to explain that we are God's children, He is our father. Just like you (cole) are to obey and listen to your daddy, we are to listen and obey our Heavenly Daddy.

Cole's response (with confused look): My daddy has a red truck.

We will get there. :)

Asking God to "Fix-it"

Last time I posted about moving, it looked like we were moving forward greatly and possibly closing early. Then Friday, everything blew up. There were road blocks with our loan. Apparently, there are strict rules for buying a flipped property with a FHA loan. It looked like we were going to no longer close early, probably late on the new house. We were thinking through where we would go with all our stuff and ourselves, etc. I know many have been praying for a miracle to happen because that was the only way this was going to work out on time and for us not to more twice. Today, I was talking to my friend Staci about other things and then she asked about when we were moving. I told her it was a mess. She said lets pray.

"Lord, you are not a God of confusion and mess but of structure and order. In the words of Gretchen, please fix it Lord."

A couple hours later, He fixed it! To God be the glory!!

We do not have an official date yet but soon!

I <3 Pinterest

Tonight I started my first craft project found on Pinterest. I have made a few desserts but no crafts. I pin like a maniac but no major projects have been attempted. Finally, I started one and I am so excited! I love canvas art, photos, etc. But they are so expensive, especially photos. But with Pinterest, I found a way to make them myself. I am making 6 total for this project. The first two are in process now but not complete just yet.

I will post the results and how to once complete.