Bountiful Joy

Praise be to you Oh Lord.
You are my God and my Comfort.
I soley trust in You.
You carry me when I can not walk.
You pick me up when I have fallen.
My heart yearns for your love.
My soul graps for you hand.
You are the creator of life.
There is no other that even compares.
I say you are my Father
because in you I find refuge;
in you I find strength.
I rejoice now in your Holy Name!
I rejoice because you have called me Child.
I am yours.
Make my heart yours.
Make my soul yours.
I praise you because you are good.
Lord, take me to a new place.
Let me see a part of you that is strange and unknown to me.
Reveal Your desires.
Give me compassion for the things that You have compassion for.
Help my heart to ache at the sight of someone hurt.
Help my heart to leap when someone needs aid.
Glory be to You
GLORY BE TO YOU!
I praise you because You have made me in your image
I praise You for the life You shed.
Your Son.
I praise you for choosing and believing in me first.
You are my bountiful joy!

Blessed to be...

My topic for today (30 Things...) is Blessed to be.

I am blessed to be...

1. a wife
2. a child of God
3. an aunt of 6 nieces and nephews
4. a mommy in waiting
5. a volleyball player
6. a friend
7. a sister
8. a daughter
9. a grand daughter
10. a cook
11. a servant
12. a Proverbs 31 woman (constantly striving for this one)
13. a blog junky
14. a worshiper
15. a younger sibling
16. given all I have been given
17. alive
18. breathing
19. beautiful
20. a childcare provider
21. loved
22. warm and dry
23. able to tan easily
24. able to walk
25. able to go on vacation
26. able to eat out
27. to have parents that love me
28. able to live by the beach
29. surrounded by so many wonderful people
30. I am blessed just to be me!

New Preggo Blog!

So after talking to a wonderful friend I decided to start a new blog soley dedicated to pregnancy updates. I, of course, will still be blogging on this blog. But the new one is all about me, my preggo body and my rapidly growing boo boo!! So check it out and I'll keep you all updated!!!

itallstartedwithakiss.blogspot.com

30 Things

I was browsing through a friends blog and came across one of her friends blogs and found something that I completely love! 30 Things 30 Days. So I am going to steal it as if it were my very own. :) My topic for today....How my husband blesses me! (In no specific order)

1. The way he finds it hilarious to bug the poop out of me. Just poking and messing with me until he gets a rise out of me.

2. How he does the dishes without having to be asked. (Most of the time)

3. He can fix and build - ANYTHING.

4. He loves Jesus with his whole heart.

5. He forgives me when I mess up.

6. Gay folks freak him out.

7. He talks to our baby in this weird screechy voice. And it makes me smile.

8. He loves Alabama Football....Roll Tide.

9. He loves me.

10. His name is spelled D-E-R-E-K not D-E-R-R-I-C-K. :)

11. He has a "NASCAR wife". (Love you Kim)

12. He makes me laugh so much.

13. He hates meatloaf...and ham...and stuffed bell peppers...just like me!!

14. He cried when he found out we were pregnant.

15. He feeds Maggie and teaches her new tricks.

16. He grew his hair out for me.

17. He works so hard to provide for our family.

18. After all the baby clothes I have bought he still tells me to have fun and buy more.

19. He sat on the super expensive remote and I'm pretty sure I saw a tear in his eye.

20. He listens better than most women.

21. He packs my lunch every morning before work.

22. He prays with me everyday.

23. He smiles when Livi calls him "Uncle"...just "Uncle" not "Uncle Derek"

24. He still mourns "The Bear" and believes he's still alive.

25. The day I met him one of his heros died. And he still considers that the best day of his life.

26. When I get upset at him for getting into bed sweaty some nights I just have to remember it's all because he worked so hard for me that day.

27. He's a country boy from back woods Alabama. And when him and Matt get together they start talking "Redneck"

28. He loves his "Xbox time"

29. He makes sure the grass is fertilized and watered and babies the dead spots.

30. He picked me.

Random...but oh, so true.

Why when I am at a store can't I take the first item on the front of the shelf? Seriously, I will reach back and get the second or third one in line. And it doesn't matter what the item is milk, tuna, crackers, clothes, shoes, it really doesn't make a difference. Am I a freak?

12 weeks 1 day

This morning I woke up SUPER tired (but who doesn't...really?!?). I have little to no patience today. Just irritable I guess. I am wearing maternity clothes already which bums me out. But you gotta do what you gotta do. But to some relief, the weekly pregnancy newsletter I get said that this week I will start to notice my clothes getting tighter.

But praise be to my Lord Jesus for hearing my prayers.


So I'll end with that.