Aunt LaLa

January 2015 February 2015 This has been such a different year! Our first year as parents and being a family of three! There have been so many memories and first. There have been some difficult times but there has been a difference in me and J. I have felt I know God in a different way. My walk with God has a different closeness... I have a better understanding of who God is. This year has been a personal journey of growth. Maybe not so much of an outward change but a change on the inside. Fell asleep with Gr-grandma March 2015 I've learned that I can be stretched more than I ever have emotionally, physically, and mentally as a parent, wife, and woman.  This year can be summed up as being a learning year. Yeah, a learning year.. learning. Here is just a recap 1. Parenting can be tough  2. You really can go on very little sleep 3. Nothing is more frustrating then not knowing how to help your baby when they cry and can not tell you why. 4...

Becoming a mom has only showed me more the role in a woman's life. Ladies we have a big job. A big job. Yes, dads-husbands-men have major roles too, but as I get older I see more and more how the mom-wife-woman are the glue.  This post is really written to the wives... just some thoughts When I was younger when someone  mentioned the traditional role of a wife I would cringe. Me? "Submit" to a man? I had a very narrow view of what a traditional life was. As a modern woman that is independent and was raised to know my own mind, not only know and respect myself but that it was okay to voice it. Then I got married. As the years have passed I've learned that my role as a wife, now a mother is SO much more than I could see through my "Ms. Independent" eyes. And the LORD God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper meet for him." ( Genesis 2:18 ) … man was not created for the sake of the woman, but woman ...

First off, I know that almost every post (OK all of them) is about Baby Ethan... but I can't really say I'm sorry. I had so many plans and wants about this blog. I really did. I also thought I would have cute little updates and write all this great stuff now that I'm not in school. But seriously, time has RACED by... and I'm left here dumbfounded that I'm now officially in my third trimester (28 weeks today)! How did that even happen? Ethan is our miracle people. I will continue to brag and glorify God! Because we are having a son! God has stepped in so many times to comfort, give strength, and even intervene. He has protected and preserved the life of our baby boy. Whom we are already in-love with! Seriously I spend probably almost an hour everyday watching my stomach move from kicks. This is definitely a new season for me. There are so many transitions that I have faced this year. First I'm no longer a student. I want desperately to return to get my ...