Peace that passes understanding

Last night I had dinner with women from the new bible study I just started this week.  I only met a few of them and some of them I met last night for the first time. One woman in particular struck me and made me think about life after death. She is in her late 20's and has three boys under 3 years old. (I thought I had it hard) There is no comparison. Recently her 30 year old husband passed away unexpectedly. She was actually in the bible study at the time when she got the call. Last night she told us that it looks like his heart got out of rhythm and just stopped beating. For everything that you might think that is going wrong in your life.. now it all looks so small in comparison. She was the sweetest and most positive and beautiful woman I have seen. I had heard about her story from my neighbor, but nothing really clicked until meeting her face to face.

Craig and I are going through the book, "You and Me Forever." This book relates to her story in so many ways. Francis Chan talks about being right with God as the first step to a healthy marriage. In the end this life is so short. This man was 30 years old! That means if I have the same fate that I would be gone soon. I know where I am going and am so happy about it, but I don't live it out daily like I should. I have read a lot of things about this young man and all the lives he touched before leaving this world. I wondered if I died tomorrow, would people talk about me the same way? He was such a man of God and was even leading a bible study for young men. The night before he passed he was telling some men who he was discipling that if God wanted him right now... he was ready. Did you just get chills? I did. No one can understand why he was taken at such a young age, but his story has even impacted my life. I don't think I would have ever known that much about him if he wasn't taken early.  Last night I cried on my way home praying for this young woman left widowed with three babies. She was driving home ...just like me, except her husband wouldn't be there when she got back. It really hits you hard when you meet her. She knows it was all God's plan and is such a trooper. Life is precious...family is put on such a high pedestal and for a good reason. It's so hard to put God first in your life. This man loved his family dearly...but now is with God. His family is still here and seems to be doing well despite the situation. If he poured everything into his family without including God...where would he be right now? It's such a calming reassurance to know he is sitting with the Lord.


For some reason the verse from Philippians 4:7 kept coming to my mind.  "And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
How can we ever understand it all? We don't have too. The peace comes because of Christ. 
I hope that one day if something this tragic happens to me... I can be at peace.  



Listen to her story. Maybe it will make you think about talking to God right now, instead of putting it off later. Because if you met him tonight or tomorrow...would you be ready?
https://youtu.be/nCu4h7-BUFU



Love you all

Music class

This morning I registered for Teeny Tykes and Tunes at my church. A friend told me about it last night. I can't believe M and I will be busy EVERY week tues-Thursday. This makes me so happy. I'm so excited to do a class WITH him.  It's a music class!! 20 bucks for 8 weeks. Totally worth it. I feel bad that I leave him so much but I think he really enjoys his time with other kids. And now Thursdays will be our fun time together!!.

This morning I told him to show his teeth!!

This is him doing his happy dance. I am so grateful he is finally feeling better and it shows through his attitude 

Spinach

This morning we are chilling out because we have been so busy the last few days ... Micah is destroying the couch and having fun.

Micah has always been an amazing eater and still is. Yes ...sometimes he is picky. I just realized I have to keep offering everything. If he turns it away one day the next day he will love it. So Craig bought a whole bunch of spinach and I really wanted to try and get M to have some. I looked up a recipe on pinterest and found a super easy one that he really enjoyed. It was 1 frozen banana, 1 cup of milk, tablespoon of almond butter (or peanut butter) and a handful of spinach. I took it to him and he started drinking it down. I was so excited.

Looks like Liam and Riley got the stomach bug. They were both throwing up last night. I just think this last two months have gotten worse and worse for my sister's. They don't have a break from sickness over there. Praying for them constantly.

Made some blueberry muffins yesterday. Ever since my mom was over and we made healthy muffins I have been inspired to keep making more for Micahs breakfast. Its nice to switch it up every now and then.

I'm sore today from my workout yesterday. I need to do some exercises to keep up this feeling. I've never worked so hard on a workout class. It pushes me like no other. I got a girls number from class yesterday....I love friend dating. Haha

Love you all

Just dance

At Hannah's on Sunday the kids showed us their favorite dance moves to a song called, "Calling all the Monsters." My sisters both know all the moves too. It was so cute watching them all perform for us. 

Here they are again!

Please keep my mom in your prayers. She is not doing well. We are not sure what is wrong with her but she is very weak and is having a lot of pain. It's a very depressing situation because she wanted to come here and help us all out a bit and it's been really hard on her. We need to figure out what's wrong and start getting some answers. I am praying for her and hoping she will hold strong until she gets home.

Love you all

back to normal

I just dropped off my Mom on Sunday over at Hannah's house and today we are back to our regular Monday routine. Trying to clean up and mostly do laundry. I didn't clean or do anything while my mom was here so I feel really behind. Craig got a box in the mail from AT&T congratulated him on his graduation from the LDP program. Micah really liked the hat and the balloon and wore it around the house. 

He seems to be having a hard time sleeping the past few nights. Especially last night. He was up most of the night and Craig and I had to switch off rocking him. That was the weirdest part. We never rock him. Maybe he just gets scared now that he understands more. It's sad because he was doing so well and sleeping great and now I feel like we are starting all over. He is having a hard time not being able to communicate. He wants to tell us things and gets upset when we don't know what he wants. It was really hard when he was sick because I just wanted to know what was wrong. How I could help him. He woke up fine this morning. No fever, no sickness. Doing great today. Running around and really happy. I don't get it....and I know I never will. 

My mom and I got to go out for a bit on Saturday. It was so cold and snowy I didn't think we would leave the house. We went to CVS and the mall. Then grabbed a pizza from Costco. My mom wasn't feeling the greatest and the weather didn't help the situation. 

Micah had fun at the mall riding the little cars/trains there. It's great that he can sit in them and have fun without even putting a quarter in. Soon he will realize what he's missing and I will need quarters on hand more.

Sunday morning we had an unexpected visit with some friends from Texas. Our life group leaders were stuck in Atlanta after their flight was delayed. It worked out well for us because we went to the hotel and got to talk to them and catch up. I miss them so very much. They were such a blessing to us when we had Micah. Even watching him the first time so we could celebrate our anniversary. I love them and hope Craig and I can be like them one day. They are off to Africa on a missions trip fro the next 10 days.

Micah and Craig look like twins here. They are both wearing their big sweaters.

Before we go to Hannah's we stopped at Panera and had some of Micah's favorite...Mac and Cheese. HE loves that stuff. Nana and him were having fun with all that cheese!!

We have a busy week this week. Tomorrow is bible study and then workout wednesday and Marriage study... Then Thursday I might hang out with some girls from the bible study. Saturday is a neighborhood wine party. woohoo.

Also, I had my HSG procedure to make sure my tube was open and the preliminary report looked good. He said the tube was open and the dye was able to flow through easily. Now I feel at ease with trying for our next little one! I know God has the perfect time for Micah to have a little bro or sis!

Love you all

Nana time

First of all my little baby got his first haircut and I am so proud of him. He did so good and now he looks even MORE like his dad. I was nervous how he would react, but he sat in the car(seat) thing and took it like a man. haha

Here it is all spikey, like his dad!

The last couple days have been busy. Picked up my mom on Tuesday and we got to go out to lunch and had a good time. On Wednesday I went to my workout class at church and mom came with. She really liked the church and she got to read the book, "You and Me Forever" while I was in class. It's the book Craig and I are reading together as a couple for our bible study. It's a great marriage book. After that we went and met Rachel for lunch at Chilis. What happened to that place? It used to be good. It's just not the same anymore. First it was Applebees and now Chili's. They all suck now (in my opinion). It's been nice having mom here while Craig is out of town for work. We didn't even plan it this way, but it happened to work out really well!!

Nana reading to M. 

Today we met Hannah and the clan (Riley, Liam and Caleb) at Catch Air. It was a cute place for kids. I really enjoyed myself and so did all the kiddos.

I have my appointment set up tomorrow for my HSG. It will help determine if my fallopian tube is working properly and see if I need any more tests. I really hope everything goes smooth. I'm so glad I can get it done and put my mind at ease.


Praying for my mother in law this week as she is recovering from surgery. Love you Kim mom and praying you are feeling well.



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Bugs going around

Everyone got sick this weekend. Alright, not everyone. Caleb and Micah both got a stomach bug and I felt awful about it. I know it can happen anywhere but it was when they were with me. I am praying a lot today and hoping no one else gets it at Hannah's house.  I picked up Caleb on Thursday and we all had a great time. I even got the double stroller delivered on Thursday night. It was perfect timing. We got to go to the mall on Friday (where I think they may have contracted the bug) and stroll them both around. They kept saying, "wee."  They were happy to be sitting next to each other.(even though Micah doesn't look like it)

Having two at the park is a constant run...back and forth. Good for the legs!

Also I bought Micah crayons recently and he loves to sit at the table and color. Also he likes to color on the table.. so I gotta be careful.

On Sunday I took this video of Liam singing "Hello" by Adele and his expressions are the best. The problem is YOUTUBE decided that I was violating some copyright law and muted my video. You can watch the sound on FB, but the quality isn't as good. If you want just play the chorus to "Hello" and watch Liam. haha It's not the same, I KNOW> I am upset about it. I should have never put "Hello" in the title of the youtube video...then I tried to upload it again with a different title and it still didn't work. Boo on you YOUTUBE!!

Tomorrow I'm picking up my mom and hope everything goes smoothly. I have cleaned and wiped down as much as I can at this point. Just praying no one else gets sick and we can have an enjoyable time together.

Love you all

Poop in the tub

I'm thinking you guessed it. Yep, it happened last night. Micah and I were having so much fun playing in the bath. Craig even came upstairs and started taking a video because M was belly laughing and we were playing with the little people. I was sitting on the floor and all the sudden he looked at the water and said, "ew." I looking over the tub and poop floating everywhere!! This hasn't happened it such a very long time. I must have laughed the poop right out of him. haha I tried to laugh it off even after that and Craig and I tried to tell Micah he needs to say Poop or "balls" (since that's what he usually says when we change him) when he needs to go. Even though I had to clean up the tub and toys, I wouldn't do it differently. He was so cute.

Today was my first HIIT class and it was challenging. I think I did pretty good keeping up with everyone. There were so many women and moms in there and they were so nice to me. Everyone found out I was knew and the first lady I met was introducing me to everyone. What a different experience from last time!! When I picked up Micah they handed me his craft today. It was the first time I ever got something Micah made. It kinda made my heart melt a little bit. Ok I'm not going to lie... It made me melt a lot. I was so excited. I actually just bought Micah crayons and a coloring book yesterday and so maybe he will finally start to love drawing/coloring.

Then afterwards I met my sister for lunch. We had sushi and Micah had some fried rice. He really enjoyed it. He was doing so well at the restaurant we decided to go visit Rachel's work and see what it looked like. It was a gorgeous building and open spaces and everyone was so welcoming and sweet. I don't think they see many 1 and a half year olds running around the building but everyone was very friendly to him. They had a lot of glass walls and I'm not sure the cleaning people later will be very happy since Micah was touching all of them... LOL.

Tonight is bible study and tomorrow I am picking up Caleb to come stay with us a few days. Life is finally starting to come together here in GA. I'm enjoying myself and the environment. I'm glad Micah is enjoying all the nursery time too. Probably helps us both to not get on each other's nerves. haha.
He is still doing awesome in the nursery. Just walks right in and is ready to play! Happy about that!!


Love you all.

Playing catch up

Wow time flies when you have so much going on. I haven't had a minute to sit at my computer and type out my life. Since our Christmas celebration with the Tierney's and Groenendal's on New Years day it's been hectic. We had a great time over at my house and celebrated with Schaver style Lasagna, bread, salad and everyone at one table. This table is from my my and dad and I love that I can make it big or little. I can't believe we fit everyone. It was so nice to sit and have dinner together.

Opening Presents.

 Afterwards Rachel and the boys stayed the weekend and we had a good time playing all together. On Sunday Rachel and Liam left and I got to keep Caleb for two nights. Micah really enjoyed the company and I even went to Champion kids with both of them and survived!! Caleb had a good time and he listened very well.

Caleb said he wanted to wear these jamamas. (pajamas)

This was on Sunday we took the kids to Moxie Burger. It's so kid friendly. They all loved it.

On Tuesday we had a visit from Leslie and baby Nolan and Caleb was excited to play with a little one. They are so sweet all together.

That night I met Rachel by her work and we all had dinner and then Caleb went home. 

Wednesday I had my first Zumba class at church. It was a lot of fun and I was so excited to go. Micah just walked in the nursery like nothing and didn't even cry. Here's the problem. I got to my classroom and (not to be mean) but there were 5 other women all Asian and they didn't speak English very well. I was the only one having a good time doing the class. I was trying to stay positive and planned on talking to the instructor afterwards about other classes or maybe see if she had kids. She told me this was a small class compared to others and then went on to say she was hoping to get engaged soon (when I asked if she had kids). So then I was feeling let down. I felt like I was so unlucky. How could I chose a class with no moms??? I saw a bunch of moms dropping their kids off. 

So when I picked up Micah I spotted a girl who looked my age with a similar aged little boy. I creeped up on her and stopped her to ask her what class she just took. So she told me it was called HIIT class. Some type of High Intensity Interval Training. She said there was tons of moms and the leader had three young kids of her own. OK>>> so now I knew what I had to do. Even though I would rather do zumba, my main goal was to meet other moms. So this week I will be joining the HIIT class and am really excited because I already know one mom and she was so nice. 

Also, lots going on this week. Tomorrow I am trying out a new bible study another neighbor recommended and then Wednesday night Craig and I signed up for a couples bible study. I am so excited about it because I already have read most of the book. It's called You and Me Forever by Francis Chan. We start this Wednesday night at 6 p.m. Wow.  Lots to look forward to in the new year!!

Here are some more pics of these cute boys playing together. 

Last Wednesday I got to watch Noly while Leslie and Jeremy did some new house meeting. Two days later Noly started crawling!! I can't believe he's on the move now~

 Yes and Micah likes to sit on everyone's lap, even smaller people.

Ok ... I have been all over the place with this post. That's because it's hard to remember everything from 2 weeks. 

An amazing thing happened on Saturday. Craig and I got to see a movie. We haven't been to  a movie since before Micah was born. Leslie offered a date night for us and I decided to grab one before they move. I was so grateful to get out for a bit and we saw the comedy "Daddys Home." Of course it has Will Ferrell in it. We love him. We had some good laughs and I enjoyed myself so much. My neighbors are the best!! 

Sunday we all went to church. Craig has taught M to smile by saying "Show your teeth" so I tried it the other day and got this...

Never mind saying "smile" haha he does it better saying, "show your teeth." Also he is wearing my necklace. haha I don't usually put him in necklaces...just so you know.

Last night we went to Costco and Micah did so great. Sometimes your experiences can be bad or good depending on your toddler. Needless to say it was amazing!! Then we picked up a pizza from their bakery and headed home. They have the best pizza. Seriously. 18 inches for 10 bucks and as many toppings. You really can't beat it. And it's FRESH!! mmmm.. 

Ok well. I have  a lot going on this week and hopefully I can post before another 2 weeks goes by.

Praying for many people in my family this week. Especially my second mom -KIM. I love you so much and am praying for you during this week and for your surgery on Friday. God has great plans in store for you. We love you