Bluebonnets

I took Emily out the other day for her first pictures in the bluebonnets!

I quickly learned it is very hard to keep an infant from picking the bluebonnets! Daddy says shes already a little criminal (it is illegal to pick bluebonnets)!

Tried to give her different flowers so she would quit picking bluebonnets.

"He loves me! He loves me not!"

Sweet Princess Emily!!

Yay for 1st bluebonnets pictures... even if we did become "criminals" in the process!!

Reflections

Just a few thoughts before bed.....


As I sit here tonight, reflecting on the last year of our life and how much has changed, Im fighting back the tears! Where has time gone? Next month, just 5 weeks away, my little bundle of joy, the same one I brought home "yesterday" from the hospital, will be one years old. I am constantly amazed at what she is learning everyday. Shes repeating words, getting into EVERYthing, and stealing mine and her daddys heart daily.
This time last year I was sitting in my apartment, in Alaska, wondering what my little baby girl would be like, what my life would be like, what childbirth would be like... it feels like yesterday. God has blessed us more than I could have ever imagined.


I have a friend Ive been talking to alot lately who has humbled me more than she knows. She is in a wheelchair, has been pretty much all her life. She texts me alot and tells me whats going on in her life (and I love our conversations) but frequently she is facing some struggle I have taken for granted everyday. When I wake up in the morning, bright and early, to go walk with my friends, I take for granted the fact that I can do so. When I get home, I jump in the shower trying to hurry before the baby wakes up, and again I take for granted the fact that I can shower myself.  I try to remind myself as I start to gripe about all the toys in the floor, the dishes in the sink, the clothes in the hamper, that God blessed me with the money to buy all of these things and the ability to pick them up. How many times a day do we go through our everyday routine, taking God for granted? How many times during the week do we take those that we love the most for granted?


James 4:14 says "whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away." Last night, I was reading an article about a mine where an explosion happened killing many. Those men left that morning thinking they were coming home that evening. I wonder when they kissed their wife goodbye, what she was thinking. She had no idea that was the last time she would kiss him goodbye, the last time she would see expression on his face, the last time she would hear him say "I love you." I pray that I will never really know how she feels. I cant imagine being in that position. The families and friends of these men will be in my prayers. I hope they can find comfort in God, through His word.


Remember as you go through the day today to tell those you love how much they mean to you. Remember not to take for granted your daily activities. Remember God and His blessings! Remember to study your Bible and live by His word alone, for it's all that matters in the end.

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"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble" ~Matt 6:34

Annual March of Dimes

For the last 3years I have raised support for the annual March of Dimes Walk. I love supporting this cause! I am looking forward to walking this year with my little baby girl, last year she kept me from walking (I was 38wks preg)! With everything going on lately I am getting started raising support late! I know times are rough for everyone, but this is a VERY worthy cause and I encourage you to please donate, if you can.

To make a donation, visit my personal Web page at http://www.marchforbabies.org/taracole7205
If you would like to learn more about March for Babies, visit the Web site at marchforbabies.org.
Would you like to see what March for Babies is and why I'm walking?
Click here to see the video.
The March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality.

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