So Abundantly Blessed

I'm Going to Raise a Dork

2011-05-15T22:33:00.005-05:00

There's lots of things you hope and wish for for your child. I've thought alot about this. But the most important things in this life are matters of the heart. I hope and pray that one day my child will come to know Jesus as her Savior. That she will make Him her first love early in her life. That she will make a difference in this world and have a kingdom heart. I've wondered what she will be, a doctor, a mother, a missionary even. I heard somewhere that having a child is like having your heart running around outside your body. Which is SO true. I never knew I could love someone so much until I had a child. Then I think about how much Christ loves me. And it's humbling. He gave his Son up for me. That's how much He loves me. Mind boggling, isn't it? Jonathan sent me a link the other day to a blog post. It was so good I thought I would share. It's about how we want to shelter our children as much as can, but we know they grow up so fast and you can only do this for so long. But while they're young, keep them young. They may be dorky, but I'm okay with that. You can fast forward childhood, but you sure can't rewind it. Enjoy. http://www.jonacuff.com/stuffchristianslike/2009/09/629-raising-dorks-2/

Catching Up

2011-05-15T22:08:00.003-05:00

A new post?? What? I have been horrible about documenting important moments in my daughter's now 3 years of life. Yes, I have things written in her baby book, but there's certain things I want to remember like what she's into now, the funny things she says, pictures I don't have to dig through to find her at a certain age. It's a lot easier to document it on here than it would be to write it down on paper that may or may not get lost. So here is attempt number 157635 to remember our lives at this time. In the last year, Rhyan:

gave up the paci right before she turned 2. Easy as pie! I think I was more nervous about it than she was. She had only had her paci at nap and bedtime for about a year. But she had to have 2, one in her mouth and one to hold. So I just started cutting a little bit off every 2 days or so and in about 3 weeks, we were done with it!
moved to a toddler bed at 2, then a big girl bed right before she turned 3. She never even tried to crawl out of her crib, she was just every where and I knew it was time to give her some more room. I started out telling her that if she got out of her bed at naptime, (I didn't want her up and playing) she would get a spanking. After a couple times, she got the point and it was no problem.
got REALLY into Disney princesses and still is. We love them all and every time we go to Target, we have to go by the princess display and sing all the songs. She LOVES them.
She has started to become very picky about what she wears. Every day she tells me she wants to wear a dress. Which I'm okay with until all her play dresses have been worn, and all that's left are her good church dresses which I won't let her wear to Mrs. Ellie's. Then the tears start flowing. I was told I was alot like this.
pretty much potty trained! She wears panties all day and I still put a pull up on her at nap and bedtime, but most of the time she wakes up dry.

I'll stop there for now, but these are the big milestones this past year. Maybe I'll post again before next year. :)

Little Blessings

2010-03-24T20:16:00.004-05:00

Something I want to remember:

Rhyan and I were driving around town the other day. About a year ago, we bought a DVD player for the car, (best purchase we ever made might I add) so Rhyan is usually enthralled by Dora or Yo Gabba Gabba. Well, we drive by our church and Rhyan says, "church, Mama, church!" And I was really impressed that she recognized it, much less took her eyes off the TV for a second. Then my heart just melted when next she said, "Jesus, God." And I said "Yes, Rhyan! That's where we learn about Jesus and God!" What a blessing to my heart that was! Every Sunday when I get Rhyan ready for church I tell her we're going to church to learn about Jesus and God. And she's getting it. Thank You Lord, for little blessings.

Many Things...

2010-03-24T20:12:00.002-05:00

Wow. Blogging seems to take time, something I don't have a lot of. Lots of things happen daily and I think to myself, 'I need to write this down so I'll remember it'. But nothing gets written down. Maybe I can get into a routine of blogging so I'll have these memories. Maybe.

My Own DIY Project

2009-09-10T21:13:00.004-05:00

This is Rhyan's new bookshelf: It used to look like this:

And the total cost: $10!

Because I Had To...

2009-06-29T14:24:00.003-05:00

Swimming!

2009-06-23T10:12:00.007-05:00

I thought that when school got out, I would have all this free time to catch up on things I didn't have time to do while I was working, but that hasn't been the case. So, before it started being 107 degrees outside every day, Rhyan went swimming a couple of weeks ago. I've been meaning to post these pictures but like I said, it hasn't happened. Rhyan LOVES water. I wish I had as much fun as she does taking a bath! I figured she would love being in a swimming pool, and she did. We had a lot of fun. We're going on vacation in a few weeks, so I'm excited to see how she'll like a "real" swimming pool.

Me and My Girl

2009-06-01T21:18:00.003-05:00

Here's a picture of me and my little girl. We're so ready for summer! Things have been busy busy wrapping up the school year. I'm ready to be at home and enjoy Rhyan for a couple of months!

Wanna Watch a Movie??

2009-04-28T21:23:00.003-05:00

This is a daily occurence at our house!

The Park

2009-04-09T20:37:00.003-05:00

This past weekend, we went to visit my parents in Texarkana. It was such a pretty day that we took Rhyan to the park. She loved it! We fed the ducks, she swang , and slid down the slides. She also loves to people watch. Spring Lake Park is such a good park, it's too bad Conway doesn't have a better one.

Rhyan's 1 Year PIctures

2009-03-28T16:17:00.002-05:00

Check out some of Rhyan's one year pics at Lindsey's blog! She did a great job! www.lfphotog.blogspot.com

Say Cheese!

2009-03-11T22:01:00.004-05:00

Ever since Rhyan has been a month old, I've taken her picture in the same chair with the same animal every month. I always want to remember her first year because they grow so fast! Well, the first few months were easy. Prop her up in the chair and snap away. Now, no way Jose! It's a good picture if she just looks at the camera, much less smile. This is a look at what our "photo sessions" are like:

This is as good as it's gonna get!

Should I keep going after a year?? :)

Suppertime

2009-02-14T10:29:00.004-06:00

This is our new face we're making these days :)

Adventures in "Babysitting"

2008-12-17T17:19:00.007-06:00

Jonathan and I have both been home the past two days due to the bad weather and he had a day off. We've had lots of fun being able to play with Rhyan all day. She has started to pull up to standing now. And she's even been brave enough to "cruise" along the couch or other furniture she holds on to. I guess we better watch out! I thought we were exhausted enough trying to keep up with her crawling everywhere! Here are a few pics of our play days.

Back to the grind tomorrow! Only two more days though. :)

Winter Weather, Crazy Hair

2008-12-15T17:04:00.002-06:00

I read blogs from time to time, but have never really gotten into the whole "blogger world", and Jonathan tells me all the time to go to our blog page, so here I am. I had some extra time on my hands since we got out of school early today and I thought I would post my first blog! We got to spend the afternoon at home together which rarely happens except for weekends, so after Rhyan got up from her nap, she had the craziest hair! Take a look

Raising Up A Child Correctly

2008-12-09T15:37:00.001-06:00

Rhyan at 1 month. Yes you are seeing your screen correctly. Although we live in Arkansas, we are training Rhyan correctly. She will NEVER wear anything with a hog on it or a longhorn for that matter.

8 months going on 18 years

2008-12-09T09:20:00.000-06:00

Pickles

2008-11-21T10:42:00.001-06:00