Come Spend Time with ME...

This morning started out way later than normal... I heard little Gideon stirring in his crip at 7am. I was still REALLY tired so I went in and got him and brought him back into our bed. While feeding him, I fell asleep. Thankful for the side latch!! haha Gideon then slept until 10. This is huge for him. Usually he is up at 8am no matter what. Apparently we both needed the sleep.
So at 10, I got up and made some coffee and breakfast while Gideon enjoyed some "tummy time." At 10:45 he was getting tired again. I couldn't believe it. I fed him and put him in his bed. He was out in like 2 seconds. I walked out of his room and took one look around my house and thats when it all started...


OUR HOUSE IS A WRECK... haha. Seriously. There is toys and baby things everywhere. The dishes are piled in the sink from the night before. There is a heap of clothes in front of the washer from the million outfits we change into each day because of a lovely thing called acid reflux. I felt like I was going crazy as I looked around our house. So I did what any person would do. I started to clean things up. But something about cleaning just wasn't right. I kept hearing a voice in my head say "Come spend time with me." I suppressed the voice just once and kept folding laundry. But I couldn't deny the voice a second time. I heard it again. "Come spend time in My Word."

I needed to hear God speak those words to me today. I needed to hear how much my Father wanted to spend time with me as I spent time in His Word. So often I go about my day because "I just have stuff to get done" and I don't take time to ask God where He wants to take me for the day. I don't stop and ask Him for guidance for the day. For an extra amount of Grace that He knows I need or the extra patience I will need towards my son or husband for the day. I know I can't function with out the Love of God, without the patience He gives me, without the strength He provides, and without His influence in everything I do each day.

Any moment now....

This is my best friend Kedron. She is currently 41 weeks preggo... hence the any MOMENT now. 

I can't wait to meet this sweet little babe! My phone is by me at all times. At night whenever I get a text, Jared responds with.. "Is it Keje? Is she checking into the hospital?" Gideon wants to know if he has a BFF or a girlfriend... yes, we are talking arranged marriage if it is a girl. =) 


We are so excited for you friend. I love that we get to do this "parent" thing together. You're going to be a great mama! Love you. 

Wednesday nights

I love Wednesday nights. For the timing being, I am nannying on Wednesdays until 7 pm. This is perfect for Gideon's schedule because he usually goes to bed between 7:30 and 8. When we get home, its BATH time. This is a really special time for me. Jared is away at small group so Gideon and I get to share this time together. We love to take a bath together. Giddy is getting to such a fun stage. I ask him if he wants to get in the bath and he gives me a huge smile. It is the cutest thing. I'm pretty sure he just smiles back because he thinks I am silly or something. But when we get in the bath, he is in heaven. He is so calm and smiley. Just last week he started to kick a little and hit his hands in the water.

After we get out of the bath, I put his pajamas on him and we snuggle up in the rocking chair. I read him a story from his Jesus Storybook Bible. This is probably the best thing about Wednesday bath night for me. I just feel like there is no greater pleasure and duty I have as a mom and as a follower of Jesus, to teach my son about Jesus. I pray every day that Gideon will know Jesus' saving grace. I pray that God's will be done in his life. It make the long term seem a little less scary when I trust in the Lord and ask that His will be done in Gideon's life.






"The word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only son, who came from the father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14

I created this MONTHS ago...

So, a few months ago (and by a few I mean almost a year ago) I created this blog. It was right after I found out I was pregnant with our little Gideon. I didn't ever post anything to it 1. because my friend Bonnie and I used to give our husbands so much crap and say things like, "Why don't you just go blog about it." and 2. because I wasn't sure I had the time to figure out the blog world. I am just now creating my first post. I was inspired by my friend Kedron, who is due to have her first kiddo any MOMENT now... I am waiting on pins and needles to get the call that she is in labor. I figure that becoming a mommy is a blogging right of passage. I'm sure my post from here forward will consist of new things that Gideon is learning, all things poop, and the dreaded teething. 


Happy reading friends!