Someday I'll make a video of Reese doing her little hand motions to this song... but it'll have to wait until she can sing it herself. There will be no recording of my singing voice, thank you very much. I only sing to her because she doesn't know any better yet ;)

It's my prayer that these words will become seared into Reese's heart. I want her to know and BELIEVE that there is NOTHING MY GOD CANNOT DO!!! When she is feeling hopeless, I want her to cling to the idea that God is bigger than whatever it is she's dealing with. He will take care of her. I want her to have the faith to stand up for truth, to fight for truth, knowing God is on her side... knowing that God will win whether we see it here on earth or not. My prayer is that she finds comfort in His strength, that she relies on His might.

My prayer is that she will KNOW God is working. How amazing is the story of Esther??? When it feels like God is silent.. uncaring... far off... we can turn to the scriptures and KNOW that He is always with us. He is fighting with us in the trenches, He is holding us in His arms when we weep, He is rejoicing in our triumphs. He knows our hearts... our desires, our fears, our strengths, our weaknesses. He knows what is too much for us to handle and He knows what is just enough to keep us going. He knows and He CARES. When we are brokenhearted, heavy laden with care... feeling too weak to fight, He will pick us up and carry us.

I want her to know that God's ways are not our ways, that He works things out in His own time and in His own way. When we don't understand it, that is when our faith really comes into play... TRUSTING that God is in control.

My God is so BIG, so STRONG and so MIGHTY! There's nothing my God cannot do.

Some recent other user posts on pleo have made me a little nervous about having public entries regarding Reese. I originally made the first prayer request private and then changed it to public in order to reach as many prayer warriors as possible.. it worked!! We are sooo thankful for all the prayers offered on our behalf and praise Him for answering those prayers!!

If you aren't on my friends list (you should still be able to see the entries about Reese if you are) and would like to be added, just let me know!!

Melissa is not in any hurry for Abigial to get here... she's really enjoying her sleep :) Its ME who is anxious!! I can't wait :)

Mars is giving away free chocolate every Friday through September :)


Read about it here:

Real Chocolate Relief Act


All I have to do now is wait 6 weeks for my coupon to get here... I think I'll get one for "Brandon" too ;)

REGISTER HERE

you can get one per email per week.. and up to four per household for the entire offer period.

watch "the boy in the striped pajamas"

This video made me laugh...

Be Grateful

Its AMAZING how quickly we forget how things "use to be". Granted (is it granted, or grant it?), I'm only 28... but the things that have changed just in my lifetime have been HUGE!!! And I totally take it for granted.

I'm sitting here on my couch, typing on my laptop... on the internet... which goes MUCH to slow for my liking at times ;) ... and I'm inches away from my cell phone and my tv remote. I'm also watching my daughter sleep in her room through my hand-held day/night vision video monitor. Just a couple of days ago, my parents watched Reese crawling in real time via web cam.

Laptops, pay at the pump, cell phones, text messages, instant messenging, web cams, digital high-def television, pleonast, facebook, google (the internet sites could go on and on)... Wii games, digital cameras, debit cards, wireless everything... ok this list could go on and on.. and these are things that have been fairly recent!! How soon do we forget that it hasn't always been like this? Can you remember life without email?! I was 14 when I got my first email address. I was 20 when I got my very own cell phone. How did I survive before then?! ;)

I remember being so amazed when new things would come out... like caller ID ;) And now, things are changing so fast and technology is improving so much that I think we just expect it... like its owed to us. We don't even notice some things anymore, except when somethings not working properly.. and then we get all bent out of shape... or at least I do.

I'm blown away with how much has changed and then I think about how my 95 year old Grandma must feel... Can you imagine the things she has seen since her birth in 1913???

I thought that video was so funny... because its so true!! I hope I will make a better effort of being GRATEFUL for how easy we have it.