Blue Suede Shoes

Its almost April!?!?
Did March even exist?! Goodness that month FLEW BY!

Few big things happened this month....Jeremy went to Ethiopia with Blue Ridge, and I went on a trip home! Put on my blue suede shoes & I boarded a plane, touched down in the land of the....and on & on it goes :)

I got to see my parents, Sister in law, nieces & nephew, and a few friends. it was a WONDERFUL time! Was so filled up & am now I'm back ready to jump back in!

It was also little Miss Ella's 1st plane ride...and um...it wasn't so hot. Listen to some of the stuff that happened...

The flight out there was a nightmare. I wish I was being dramatic. I'm not. it was horrible. I was supposed to fly out of Lynchburg, after waiting an hour & 1/2 the flight was declared canceled.
So I paid extra money only to have to bust it down to Roanoke to fly out of there...only for that flight to be delayed! So we finally got on that flight, and Ella screamed, not kidding, screamed the whole flight. It was so bad the attendant had to come help me distract her. :( yes, I was "that person" ugh.
she was just so so tired, she had only slept 40 min that day....and she wouldn't' sleep because of all the stuff going on. So we get to Atlanta & only have 50 min to go all the way to the other side of the airport to get to our gate, no time for lunch, got to gate & they were boarding....Ella cried this whole flight too. :(
ugh, at least on this one I could stand up in the back. So then we finally get to Denver, Ella still has not napped....and my ride was an hour late picking us up so we just waited for them...The real kicker to this is that, Ella was in a GREAT mood! haha second wind?? hahah WOW!

Then to top it all off, I got a call from my bank that my debit card had been hacked & $627 worth of xbox charges were coming out of my account.
ugh. Needless to say, it was a rough day. haha

But Wednesday was a new day & the rest of the week was wonderful & just what I needed! Can't wait to go back!! ♥

Up to something

Last night was just what I needed...I was thinking that was the 1st time in 7months that I've really truly been able to worship without distraction. I've been bringing Ella with me to our Wednesday communion service since she was born & last month it was just way too distracting. :) haha Sweet girl would let out the loudest sighs & flip her book around & just coo...I think we lasted a 1/2 hour in there! So this one I found a sitter. It was bitter sweet because I missed her there with us, but it was so what I needed. I felt like that deer Todd talked about that was just panting for the water...I feel full. Still super emotional for some odd reason...and no, not the obvious reasons for emotions...just been in such an odd place lately. There is a ton happening one with Jeremy being in Ethiopia soon...I think that has me more stressed than I like to realize. I like denial. :) But all these things combined have just been pushing me to get in the word more, to stay connected to the vine. Its so important. Still feeling a little heart heavy, but at the end of the day I will say my God is good & worthy of all my praise! ♥

These might just be emotions....

Does anyone ever feel this way...like your standing in a room of a ton of different people who you know & love, and feel the loneliest you've ever felt? It's so odd, and I'm sure some of you reading this are going to think I'm crazy, but I get like this....more often than I care to admit sometimes. I don't know where it comes from either, but I'm sure somehow it's connected with the fact that my focus isn't on Christ or that I'm being self centered, or it might just be emotions...either way, it's there. I'm pretty sure a mountain top & my Bible is my only cure though.

A year already

I just looked at the calendar...I've officially worked for B&W (Babcock & Wilcox Company) for a year now! February 8, 2010 was my start date!

Time flies when you love your job!
and have a baby! :)

P.S.
The Superbowl party was great! A guy from the basketball crew showed up with his son, and my friend from work, her husband & daughter came too...with a few of the other guys from basketball & their significant others...we had a great night. One of the guys was relieved to know we weren't there to lock him in a room till he accepted Christ! (only a joke!) But it was great & hopefully I was able to establish even a little small friendship with my coworker! God is good! ♥

SuperBowl 2011

Well so on Sunday Jeremy talked about reaching out toward people who aren't "like" us. To take that uncomfortable step out & invite people, who don't know God, over to your house for dinner or something to get to know them.
Jeremy talked to some of his basketball buddies & decided to throw a Superbowl party at our house, we would invite them & others to join, as a way of putting this into action.

So I was just praying this morning on my way to work...Lord give me opportunities to invite someone to come. Well I invited a couple of my old coworkers from they bank, and they are deciding if they will come or not.

I was thinking ok...who at my job now could I invite, since its a male dominated place of work, I want to careful on who I invite...as to not give the wrong impression. Then a coworker that works at another location that I used to work with emailed some pictures of her daughter to me today.
She had her daughter a month after I had Ella, so through out our pregnancies we'd swap stories & tell each other what stage we were in...as we do now with our girls.

Well..just randomly I was like...hmmmm...maybe invite Aimee & her husband to come on Sunday. Highly doubting she'd even take my offer serious, and not expecting them to come at all...nor want to...she replies with "Sure! we'd love to come!!" hahaha I guess when you invite someone to a party you should at least think they "might" come. hahah I really did not think they would come, but they are! :) How fun is that!

God you are awesome, and when we take that small little step in honoring you, you show up in full force making all of our insecurities & worries about feeling dumb go away. I love you for that! Thank you for this small little gift! Now for Sunday...help us have a great time! I'm nervous! :) haha

Nothing Good to Say

Well the title says it all....sometimes I want to blog, but have nothing good to say....like today. I'm thinking I should write a blog today, or I wish I was one of those people who could do a blog every day. Sounds dumb, your probably thinking...well then do it, write a blog everyday!
Well to me it's not that easy...I feel like I need to have something to say in order to blog. I guess cause I feel like I'm wasting peoples time.

But not a whole lot going on....WAIT!
Just got a text from Jeremy! He sees Ella's teeth poking through!!! My big girl is getting chompers!!!
Now there is something to blog about!!! :)

Have a good day everyone! <3

The real parenthood

So Jeremy have officially had a course in the "real" parenthood. What I mean by the real parenthood is, vomit every where, loads & loads of laundry, diarrhea, laundry, midnight puking, laundry, awake every hour, trying to comfort your hurting baby....needless to say, our sweet Ella has had a stomach bug. :( it is heart breaking to see your six month old baby heaving as the puke comes out :(

I think (knock on wood) we are on the up swing though! It has been 16 hours since she last threw up & has kept everything down so far. So yay!

But man, Ella turns six months & we get a real quick lesson on true parenting!