oh, hello.

i think that this week has gone by way to quickly,
& much to slow at the same time.
ever have those weeks?


my pearl girl turned 7 months old this week.
{how the heck did that happen?!}
i'll be posting her little update soon.


tomorrow is fathers day, & i had a whole bunch of things planned.
but then some things happened so i am scrambling to rearrange these plans. 
{dont ya hate when that happens?}


it was so nice & beautiful here in seattle yesterday.
almost felt like summer.
almost.
& today it is raining. big surprise. 
{lets hope tomorrow is better..}


i painted my nails a minty green color. 
& i love it.
i also cut around 4 inches {or more..} of my hair off.
i didnt know how bad it needed to be cut until i did it. 


i have some really great posts coming up...
i hope you will stick around & come back to read what i have to say. 

alright, i am off to go snuggle my lady baby who is waking up next to me. {we are having sleep issues.... a g a i n...}
anyone have any ideas on how to get your 7 month old to actually take a nap? or sleep until later than 5am?  we are not a fan of the 'cry it out' method, but any other ideas would be amazing!


i love you, & i am thankful for you all. 

a sunny sunday.

last night miss maggie decided not to sleep. we were awake alot in the night. nick was so great and stayed up for 3 hours with a whiny baby. its so frustrating when she constantly whines and we dont know why. she wouldnt sleep, she was annoyed being awake. so around 7 we switched shifts and he went to sleep. i got to hold and rock our baby to sleep while watching the sun pour into our apartment. it was such a gift from the LORD because i really needed something to be great full for and he provided right in that moment something to make me see his goodness. nick's favorite singer/songwriter was leading worship at the MHC ballard campus so we decided to go there for church this morning. it was really cool to see a person who's music you listen to and who you have seen in concert sing and raise his hands to worship Jesus. nick was able to go and talk to him after service and meet his sweet little daughter. we are very excited about Easter this year, because he is leading worship then as well. the sermon was exactly what i needed to hear regarding repentance. i dont even mind that we will hear it again next week at our campus, it was that good. 

 while we were at church the little lady started snuggling hardcore with me. when i looked down at her, i could see her nose was full of snot, and other yucky unladylike things. she started coughing and drooling nasty sick drool. she slept the entire time and i soon realized what all the whining was about earlier. our sweet lady baby caught some kind of cold. again. i feel so bad for her. so we decided against going to the market even though it was so beautiful and went out to lunch with friends instead. 

it was a really refreshing day, at least for us. maggie is just super whiny and feeling icky. i have a feeling its going to be another really long night, but i can rejoice in knowing that the LORD will be with us the entire time.

xoxo:: 

a

6 hours.

i have been completely overwhelmed by the LORDS goodness and grace! today i woke up after 6 straight hours of sleeping(!?) a inbox full of emails expressing encouragement and understanding, prayers, and offers for help from so many wonderful women, a playful daughter who was giggling and laughing, sunshine(!?)and i am eating breakfast while blogging and not hearing any screaming. this is amazing. Jesus is SO good. thank you for all your prayers. i feel more encouraged, more like a mama, and less alone than i have in weeks. the body of Christ is amazing. seriously 100% amazing. thank you!!

xoxo::

a