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Jesus

Tonight Zoë was tucked into bed after discussing the birth of Jesus and why He came to Earth. She asked me for a drink of water which I left to go get. When I returned she said, "Weddy (ready)" I said, "ready for what?" she replied, "Jesus in my hearts." i said, "Jesus in your heart?" "yes mom." so she prayed to have him in her heart. It was so sweet. I am not sure how much she understands, but it was precious to know she already has a tender heart towards Christ. Thank you Jesus!!

“Press Here” ~ An Action Story!

“Press Here” ~ An Action Story!

chili

Making chili and homemade bread... but, typical Abbie style, I dumped half a jar of crushed, hot red peppers in the chili. :-( boo!! I have been trying to scoop out as much as I can. I think Zoë will be eating something different tonight as the chili will be 'SPICEY!"

:-)

So Zoë said her first full prayer tonight and it started like this... "Dear Jesus, thank you for 'crap-a' " LOL, that is what she calls her Grandpa Steve. :-)

Alli Crafts: Free Pattern: Fishing Game Kid's Toy

Alli Crafts: Free Pattern: Fishing Game Kid's Toy: This was a Christmas present for our little friend Jack. It turned out to be somewhat more involved than I thought it would be, but it tur...

Funny

We entered Sam's Club and Zoë saw a lady carrying a little dog. She looked up at me and in all seriousness said, "Mommy that doggy can't walk, it is too little." I had to laugh, that is what I say about Eliza except I say, "she can't walk because she is too little." :-)

Added Links

So, I thought I would let you know that I added some blog buttons to the side of my blog so that you can use them to gather new fun ideas of things to do with your kids. :-) Enjoy!

Precious Moment

This morning Zoë crawled into bed with me (Abbie) and Eliza. Zoë leaned her head on Eliza and said, "Eliza... my best friend ever!" *tear in my eye!* I hope this love stays forever! :-)

Oh, The Things She Says!

Here is what Zoë says:

~"Mommy, you have your ear carrots in?" (I had my ear plugs in,LOL)

~ When something is really good Zoë will say, "Delicious!" or "Tasty!"

~"Guess what??? ..... I LOVE YOU!!!" (She says this all the time, in a whisper at first and then loudly)

~"See you later, I will miss you!" (Says this whenever she is leaving the room, or leaving the

house.)

~She will say, "Just a minute!" or "Wait a second!" She says this with the hand gestures to wait. :-)

*We are working on, "May I have....please?" she does VERY well with this and uses it to ask for things, she often gets confused though when she wants you to do something for her. Instead of saying, "Will you" she says, "may I" it makes for some funny sentences when she is trying to ask you for something.

*She is memorizing Ephesians 4:32 a little at a time. I say the reference and Zoë says, "Be kind..." we will add a little more each week. :-)

Fun

Fourth of July with Daddy! Zoë was afraid of the fireworks so she wore her ear protectors.
Eliza a few days old looking at her Daddy.
Very newborn Eliza with Daddy and big sis. :-)

Z and E

Zoë always asks to hold Eliza. :-) She finally got to.

Eliza, looking content.

Whether is Go to Church or Not

God in the Dock, C.S. Lewis

Here is Lewis’s answer to whether it is necessary to go to church:

"When I first became a Christian, about fourteen years ago, I thought that I could do it on my own, by retiring to my rooms and reading theology, and wouldn’t go to the churches and Gospel Halls; I disliked very much their hymns which I considered to be fifth-rate poems set to sixth-rate music. But as I went on I saw the merit of it. I came up against different people of quite different outlooks and different education, and then gradually my conceit just began peeling off. I realized that the hymns (which were just sixth-rate music) were, nevertheless, being sung with devotion and benefit by an old saint in elastic-side boots in the opposite pew, and then you realize that you aren’t fit to clean those boots. It gets you out of your solitary conceit."

What She Says

Here are a few things Zoë has said lately:

~While catching a glimpse of Wipeout she over heard something and then said it over and over again, "Shake it, don't break it! Shake it don't break it! Shake it don't break it!" Paul and I couldn't stop laughing.

~While playing Candyland Zoë and I review her colors all the time. Sometimes I add to it what a color is of in the real world so when Zoë chose green I said, "Oh, yes! That is green like the grass is green." On the following plays Zoë would choose a card and then say, "Oh, mommy, it is purple like the grass!" On the next draw, "Oh, mommy! It is orange like the grass!" I think I am going to have to keep reviewing what color the grass really is, LOL.

~Paul was putting together a chair and Zoë was playing with some cardboard pieces and I asked her what she was playing and she said, "Build a word!! Let's build a word!" She started dancing around like it was going to form something. If you watch Word World you will know what she was talking about! LOL

~When asked about her hurt lip Zoë will say, "I got 'itches'!" (she means stitches)LOL

This is Eliza Joy! :-)

Some pics

Zoë and her daddy :-)
Our little peanut.

Tennis anyone? :-)

Eliza Joy is Here!

OK, so another big thing that happened of course was that we had Eliza Joy! :-) Yay! She was a planned c-section for Monday the 27th of June. She arrived that morning at 11:55 a.m. at 8#'s 4oz and 21.5 inches long. :-) We are very glad that we decided to go with a c-section as we found out that Eliza had a prolapsed umbilical cord and would have had an emergency C-section anyway.

A cut lip

Well, a lot has happened in the past few weeks. I thought I would start by telling you about Zoë's lip. We were leaving my last OB appointment on June 22nd when Zoë tripped exiting the doctor's office. :-( Poor peanut slammed face first into the metal door, splitting her lip wide open. We had to then go from one doctor to another as we rushed her to the ER to get stitches. We think in all she ended up with 5 or 6 stitches on her lip. It was NOT a fun experience. The doctors were great, I however could not stay in the room while they stitched her up. Paul had to be the one to comfort Zoë, while I stayed in a little room and waited until everything was done. When everything was done Zoë kept saying, "Wasn't so bad, mommy" , " It will heal", and "Doctor's help Mommy", "Got stitches". She says these things while bobbing her head up and down with a concerned look on her face.

Baby Girl a'comin'!!

Here she comes! Well, we know that baby girl #2 will be here on or before June 27th. We have a c-section scheduled for the 27th. We cannot believe that it is only 2 weeks away! CRAZY!! We have a lot we are working on and getting ready for. (Especially trying to prepare Zoë!) We went through the hospital today and got everything ready fro checking in. It is a VERY nice hospital. We are thankful. People have asked us where we are registered so here are the two places:

The natural baby company (this is where a majority of stuff is, as we use cloth diapers)
Target (we don't have a ton on here, and when I checked it last time, there ended up being a lot that was online and I didn't mean it to be that way! Sorry!)

We also LOVE Aden and Anais blankets and Naartjie clothes and noodle and boo baby lotions and shampoos. :-)

Anyway, that is all for today! I am busy with cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning! Baby is coming soon!

WORMS!

Zoë LOVES being outside. She is not afraid of any bug, but she does not enjoy getting really dirty. She surprised me though when we came outside and I moved Hunter's water dish and there were a whole bunch of worms. She decided to "save" the worms and picked them up by the hand full and threw them into the soil. I have to laugh. I was grossed out, but she LOVED it! :-)

Toilet Trouble

So, Zoë LOVES helping me around the house with cleaning. She is actually quite a big help. She puts her clothes away, is learning to fold clothes and LOVES to help "sweep and dust". It has been fun allowing her to help out. Well, as we finished putting laundry away together and cleaning the kitchen, we headed to the bathroom to do a little light cleaning. (I was just washing down the mirrors and wiping up the sink area quickly.) Zoë was pretending to wipe up the cupboards and then I heard her say, "yucky, hands dirty!" I turned quickly and much to my HORROR I saw her dip both of her hands into the toilet and begin to "wash" her hands. I FREAKED! I grabbed her quickly and helped her wash her hands in the sink, trying to tell her why we do not wash our hands in the toilet and that it was not a clean thing to do. Poor peanut cried and cried because she thought her hands would stay dirty. I held her and smiled at her innocence. I was also wondering how many times she might have done this without my knowledge. LOL.

World On Fire

Zoë's Sunday School First

So, Zoë has moved into the 2 year old sunday school class. :-) Today was here first day even though her birthday is next week. It was PRECIOUS! She is a hoot! She walked right in and said, " Bye, mommy, see you later!" and went to take a seat by some other kids. She then told the teacher, " I am hungry!" (SHE HAD JUST ATE!! LOL) I guess she knows that there are crackers for snacks and/or I don't feed her enough breakfast, LOL. When I came to pick her up she had a picture that she had made. I was surprised to see how much she had learned in one class. She had made a picture of the moon and the stars and there was a verse from Genesis attached to her picture. She proceeded to tell me that Jesus had made the world, the sun and the moon. I could have cried. My precious baby is beginning to form her foundation of faith. Thank you to ALL of you who volunteer your time/energy/money etc. in being a teacher, a leader, a mentor etc. in the church. You ARE needed and valued. Praise the Lord that people use their spiritual gifts to impact the lives of children, teens, young adults, adults and seniors... for Christ and His kingdom. I am so GRATEFUL and am seeing part of the impact in my daughter's life! Thank you!!

Locked Out!

So, I guess I should have wrote about this as well as the chocolate bunny story. We were invited over to a friends house for Easter dinner and Paul would not be able to join Zoë and I until much later. So, I was getting ready to go and put Hunter in his kennel while we were gone, I placed him in and headed to the back door... realizing, too late, that the door was LOCKED and Zoë was inside! I FREAKED! I knocked on the window and could see Zoë diving into her Easter basket to eat jelly beans. She waddled over to the window and said, "Hi momma!" I told her to wait right there while I ran to find a way in. I looked all around the house for any way to get in and finally I decided that I needed help. I ran to our neighbor's house, I have to laugh because I don't even know them yet. I introduced myself and they let me use their phones to try to contact Paul. Paul was in church and did not get any messages. I was thankful that the neighbor came over with me and had a key and was able to open up the house. PTL! I was SOOOO grateful! Zoë was precious and had stayed right where I told her. :-) It was nice to get in with her!!

Happy Easter!

Chocolate Bunny

Zoë asked for 3 jelly beans this morning from her Easter basket, I told her she could have them and then left the room. When I came back in I caught her throwing something into her basket quickly and looking at me with mischeiveous eyes. She then swung her dress from side to side and said, " I WUV you mommy, I do!" I then said, "Zoë, did you eat your chocolate bunny?" "mmm, hmm, Mommy, I did!" "Well," I said, "No more candy for today." I giggled quietly as I put her Easter basket up on top of the fridge. What a stinker! :-) LOL

Hello! We are back!

Here is an update, we are now in our new home and still unpacking and trying to purge our stuff. It is amazing what you can accumulate. Tomorrow Paul will be painting and getting pictures up on the walls. It is SO nice to finally be all together as a family. Easter was a blast. Zoë is at such a fun age and LOVED looking for Easter eggs. We brought Hunter to the dog park today and Zoë enjoyed seeing all the dogs, BUT Hunter wanted to fight all the dogs so we had to leave, :-(. Oh well, maybe we will try again later. Today I did meet our neighbors when I locked myself out of the house and Zoë was locked in. It was scary and I am thankful that Zoë is a good listener and stayed where I told her to.

Some funny sayings that Zoë says are:

"Hold you, Mommy!" (she says this when she wants you to hold her.)

" I ate a WHOLE orange!" (She says this while lifting her head up and putting it down fast while saying the phrase.)

While staying at a hotel Zoë saw two women smoking she yelled, "WANT ONE!! SUCKER!!" We laughed so hard at this one.

She really enjoys cleaning. She wants to help all around the house with whatever it is I may be doing.

Hope you are all well! I will start writing more. :-)

Coke Zero NCAA KU commercial

Sorry! Had to post this! We are JAYHAWK fans!! :-)

What to give up.

Check out this challenging blog post. Loved it!

Thought you might enjoy this.

7 Billion: Are You Typical? — National Geographic Magazine @ Yahoo! Video

Sometimes I forget there is a much larger world out there! Not everyone is like me! LOL

pics of our 2nd little girl :-)

It is a GIRL!

:-) YAY! We had a great ultrasound yesterday and found out that we are indeed having a little girl! :-) (Unless of course God changes His mind, LOL and the technology is wrong.) We are SO very excited and we hope to get the ultrasound pics up ASAP.

Zoë touched my tummy and said, " mommy, tummy, baby... Come out baby!!" she then looked up at me with a confused look and then said, " mommy, baby hiding!" I couldn't stop laughing after that!

BIG week!

Well, it's been months since i've written on here... seems like i let it become more of abbie dot com rather than paulandabbie . com

It has been a very interesting, crazy, challenging, stretching, growing few months and this week in particular has been a BIG week. On monday we officially sold our house in Billings that i've had since even before Abbie and I started dating. Today we bought our first home TOGETHER as a family! We are super excited for April 15 ... I am renaming it from tax day to MOVE IN day! Finally after what will have been over 6 months of our family living in limbo, out of boxes and bags, and other peoples houses, we will finally be back living in our own home together. We are thankful for the generosity of so many friends and family over these past few months in particular. The journey has not been one I or we would have chosen, but we are grateful for where we are and the journey that lies ahead.

It would have been an even bigger week as we were supposed to have an ultrasound on Tuesday to find out if our little one on the way is a boy or girl, but I guess God decided that was a little too much excitement for one week (and the doctors office postponed Abbie's appointment), so we get to go find out this coming Tuesday instead!

Powerful Verse

Revelation 5:9-10 And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation. 10 You have made them to be a kingdom and preists to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."

I am studying Revelation right now. Chapter 5 made me tear up and feel the gratefulness of what Christ has done. The redemption story is so very powerful. Sometimes in my daily life it gets lost. I challenge you today to take in the redemption story from beginning to end and thank God. Praise Him!

Soon to Be Ours :-)

Basement Room #5
Backyard deck, playhouse , garage
Deck
Basement room #4
Basement office space :-)
Basement bathroom #2
Basement toy area/play space
Basement living room space
Basement living room space
Upstairs bathroom
Upstairs room #3
Upstairs room #2
Master bedroom #1
Kitchen
Kitchen
Upstairs living room, entrance

Found a House!

Yep, we made an offer on a house and it was accepted! We are so excited that God has all things in control! I am going to see if I can find some pictures to post. Praise the Lord!

And the Journey Continues!

Here is a quick update... 

10. Paul is now the pastor of missions and outreach at Harvest Springs Church in Great Falls.

9. Paul is now living in Great Falls

9. I am living with my parents at the moment until I can move up to Great Falls.

8. We bought a car by trading in our Honda.

7. We bought a  second car in Bozeman on 1/10/11

6. We sold our house on 1/10/11

5. We finished our will on 1/11/11

4. Praying that baby is continuing to grow in my belly and be healthy! 

3. Zoë is talking ALL the time, and has such a vibrant personality!

2. Beginning to pack things away, if you have any extra boxes send them our way!

1. God has a plan in ALL things! :-)