Fun with Baby Landon

So I am always happy to have my good friend Holly and her little boy Landon over for some fun in my pool and living room. He is fascinated with my curtains and enjoys making lovely noises on with my tupperware. He also is a little fishy and doesn't care that our pool is only 79 degrees and enjoys playing motorboat with his mommy! Try as we do, we can never seem to swim on the super hot summer days; we always seem to get the cloudy ones! It was also a special treat this past week to have Holly's sister Sarah visit. They are both very sweet and came over to encourage me, how nice to have such thoughtful friends!

Waiting Patiently

Many of you have heard that I had my fourth miscarriage last month during an 8 week check up. This time was especially hard as we were more confident that the hormones I was on would be the answer. But God has a different plan for our lives than what we would like. This is the hardest part about life. Waiting on the Lord and trusting Him that His will be done. We don't like to wait, and I most of all do not like to wait for anything. I have been learning to really lean on the Lord in ways I never did before. I have learned to have to thank the Lord for all things as this is His will, 1 Thess., and that has been so much easier said than done. Yet, I do rejoice for these trials as they have taught me much about patience, faith and spending time each day in God's word, but have also brought Dave and I closer together. I am very thankful for that.
The doctor has a few more tests he wants to do in the next months and next time we will be adding heparin to the cocktail of drugs I am on! Please continue to pray for us that we will not be discouraged and will continue to have hope.

4th of July

We kicked off the 4th of July festivities this year with a birthday party for Holly at her house. The next morning, on the 4th, hours before everyone was to arrive, Dave and I ran around to all the home improvement stores shopping for patio furniture! Talk about last minute. We did end up with some great deals, but we definetely exhausted by the late afternoon. And then, another 4th of July party at our house! The weather was perfect, although just a bit cool. This didn't stop Olivia from swimming around the pool. We can always count on her to swim no matter how cool it is! No one else was brave enough to don a suit and jump in. We grilled out, sans chicken thighs!, took a walk around the neighborhood, shared thoughts on the importance of this holiday and then later went downtown and sat on the bridge to watch the fireworks. I made a 4th of July ice cream cake I was very proud of and everyone enjoyed!