simply grateful

We can hardly believe our little Makayla is 3 years old today. She is such a tremendous blessing to our family. She is so loving, funny, a party girl, and a bit of a diva. Her favorite color is pink. Her favorite song is "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". Her favorite food is cake. Her favorite game is "Ring Around the Rosie". She loves helping, church, laughing, praying, playing, and tackling her brother. Makayla constantly keeps us laughing with her observations and comments. What a dear gift she is!

My amazing husband had his birthday yesterday! I meant to post, but with trying to do things around the house and take care of the three amigos, I dropped the ball here. But I really am so blessed to have David for a husband and I could gush on and on...but instead I will just do the "Ten Things I Love About David" thing. 1. David's relationship with the Lord...I'm envious and long to know God like David knows God. It is such a blessing to our family that David follows God so closely. 2. He is a romantic. :) He never fails to let me know that he loves me and always puts me first...he gives of himself extravagantly. He is an amazing husband!(He is also a tough guy...which leads me to number 10.) 3. He loves being a father. David is so good with the kids.... He gets involved in the fun, the sweet, the hard, the messy...without hesitation. 4. David is an impeccable communicator...especially of God's word. He is my favorite preacher and writer. I love just ...

Can you believe it? Here are the toddlers going into their "new" room with their big kid beds.

Our little Elijah is growing up! Last night he moved to a toddler bed and he was WAY excited. We also moved Makayla and Elijah into the same room...they are thrilled...and Makayla thinks it is her idea. :) All went well...until the toddler party! They were really having a good time going "night night". They woke Karissa up twice. (mama was NOT happy) Daddy saved the day and got them calmed down...until apparently they woke up at 2:30 am!! They partied for quite awhile and daddy did not get much sleep.

Our church(Northside Baptist) continues to be such a blessing to us! They are such good friends and adopted family. We give God all the credit for such precious people who share their lives with us. Anytime we have a need, like a child in the hospital, they are so quick to help with childcare, meals, cleaning, treats, encouraging words, and powerful prayers. What a blessing church is! Here is a picture of one of Elijah's good friends named Edison. They are two peas in a pod! Eddison's mommy got two of these shirts in the same size and shared one with us. (isn't she sweet!) The boys wore them on the same Sunday so that we could snap a pic BEFORE they outgrow them...I don't think the nursery workers had a chance keeping their names straight after we did this. This pregnancy we had the unique experience of being pregnant at the same time as two sweet friends. We were due within a week of each other. We started out as friends from church...but after the time of such shared ...