Friday, April 20, 2012

The Pearl Event

I cannot believe I am almost a month behind on blogging!!!

( I forgot my camera )
I had the tiny digital cam, but it is not the same.

Pearls.
Precious pearls formed inside an oyster.

This is the example dear Sibi uses to illustrate the lords love for us.

He takes a grain of sand, they come a dime a dozen and Encloses it, Covers it, Forms it into something so precious and beautiful.

Such an incredible illustration!


This image is via Cha Cha from the Heartfelt Home.

The Pearl Event, The Double Strand!!

The Magnolia Ballroom was simply magnificent.

Sibi has such an incredible ability to indulge all the senses.

The stunning room.

The most fragrant candles.

Elegant bouquets distributed throughout the room.
(click on any of these images to be taken to this post on Sibi's blog)
These are ALL her photo's

And the perfect intermingling of tea lights everywhere.

I tell ya! It was a sight.
Here is the pearl girl herself at work.

The lord has an incredible way of using this precious woman to speak to women, to Minister to women.

I am so thankful for the lord allowing me to be spoken to through her words and allowed the opportunity to call her friend!
Her sweet husband snapped a quick picture of us before the event started!

Here is a group shot of all the speakers.

I think it must have been hormones but the lord really really spoke to me through Sarah. 

She bravely shared her story of losing her twin boys back in the fall.
As her story unfolded, she shared of the things she went through while pregnant with them.
In several ways we had similar occurances.
If I remember correctly one of the boys had fluid on their brain while in utero. 
(as did my sweet Connor) 
Trust me, as she shared pictures of her with her belly I went from tears streaming down my face to almost weeping. 
Then she shared her boys were to be born on Connor's due date.

This was the point where I really felt the lord saying "See Jenny Beth, I protected your baby, you feared and I removed the fluid, the chance of Downs was there and I allowed it to be corrected while I was still forming him."

I felt so unworthy to be able to hold my sweet boy and I longed for Sarah to be able to hold her sweet angels. Had Connor been with me I would have brought him to Sarah while at the conference, tears streaming down my face and said "Hold him, trust me I know the healing power of holding a newborn!"

Then she shared a picture.

The one that forever changed me.

After her c-section to deliver the babies she got to hold them. They were so tiny, so perfect, and they had lived the life the lord had planned for them.

As the lump welled up in everyone's throats you could see Sarah's peace. 

Her boys had gone to meet their savior and lord. They felt no more pain.

She portrayed such a beautiful living example of a mother's love and giving her children back to her savior.

Jesus is using this experience for the glory of christ!!

I am so in awe of her!!!

I was able to listen to Jane or "mother prayer" as they called her. 
That lady has a lifeline to Jesus!! She is a professional prayer on a radio station out of Nashville.

Talk about being able to learn alot from someone!!

I ended up having to leave after our lunch break from the conference. My mom had gone with me to keep the baby while I was there and he needed to be fed and actually had a small fever.

I made the decision to get my baby home and get him well.

I wish sooooo badly I could have heard all of the women speak. 

But you know what this means?? 

I will go again!! And I hope to invite Sibi to come and speak where I live sometime very very soon!!
All of the women had such powerful things to share and I know the lord had called them to share their experiences for his kingdom. 

I cant begin to imagine how hard it was for Edie to live through the burning of her home.

And though I don't know Sibi's story her experiences have been so rich, she just exudes the love of Christ!

I am so thankful the lord allowed various things to work out so I could attend and really speak to me. 

Trust me, I hug on and love on my sweet Connor with more thanksgiving knowing he was "healed" and he came into this world so easily!

Thank you Jesus!!

Jehovah Jireh









Thursday, April 19, 2012

Three whole months

This little fella turned 3 months old on Sunday!!!
We have previously had issues with this little guy adding on some "chunk" as I like to call it. He is just now 11 lbs 6 oz and 26.5" long. He is soooo long and lean!!

He has been truely sleeping through the night for quite some time now and has become obsessed with his activity mat!!

He is such an incredible baby and he makes me want to have 10 more!!

Monday, April 9, 2012

Easter Recap

We had a wonderful Easter!
Started out kind of hectic but was well worth it!
Before everyone woke up I snapped a few final shots of other Easter decor and the baskets.
My golden eggs!!
(found them in the dollar bins at target!)
A birds nest and a cute bunny plate.


If you cant tell AC has started sleeping in daddy's undershirts. She LOVES them and it makes me laugh to see her twirl around in his undershirts.
(time to invest in nightgowns)
C wasnt quite as thrilled to be woken up. haha 
He did like us reading pat the bunny to him though!
someone was way too excited to showoff her new swimsuit! haha

We went to church and LOVED the worship and message!
For lunch we went to my mom and dad's and mom really outdid herself with a delicious feast.
Happy Resurrection Day all!!



Saturday, April 7, 2012

Egg Hunt 2 and Easter Snapshots

Here are a few pictures from the hunt we had last Sunday.

We had a blast getting to hangout with some current neighborhood friends, and meet a few new ones.
A sea of eggs for roughly 12 kiddos between 2-3 yrs old.
Mommies made treats
I made the strawberries dipped in orange colored white chocolate. 
They are supposed to be carrots!

Table of goodies.
Miss priss
Time for the hunt!


some of the kiddos enjoying their treats.
I told Casey, "Quick, grab the camera! I have both babies and neither are crying!!" haha

We also met with our favorite photog and had her snap a few shots of the babes.

We originally planned this session so AC could have her picture made with baby chicks. Turns out she is deathly afraid of small animals, chickens, goats, baby bunnies, even freaked over a frog recently. Who knows with her. haha.
C could have cared less. 


Be back later with basket ideas and an easter tablescape.

Friday, April 6, 2012

Egg Hunt 1

This being our third year doing easter egg hunts we decided to only do 2. 

One hunt is hosted by the city of the suburb my parents live in and the other a friend from school orchestrated in our neighborhood. 

Here are a few pics we took to document the events.
about to leave the house

After arriving the anxiety really set in. I think we have determined my child does not have a competitive bone in her body. The rush of people headed to the eggs drove my sweet 3 yr old to tears. Poor thing :(
I finally convinced her to grab a few and see what was inside


She was way way more excitd about a dandellion than the eggs!




Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Spring and Easter Decor

Hello there!! 
Just wanted to stop in and share some pics of our easter decor around the house.

It was raining today so some of the pictures are a little dark.
Entry area with the Pottery Barn inspired arrangement.
On the ledge is just the cutest baby chick with a vase filled of pastel easter eggs.
The bird candle made his way to my favorite side table!
AND.....
I finally got the chance to try out some accessories on the ottoman in the den!

**sidenote: I have been iphone app-less for the past 2.5 weeks. long story short i dropped the phone, screen cracked, got new phone, and all of my apple id/email went wonky and not until tonight was I able to go to the genius bar and get everything ironed out.

Say a prayer the restore from the backup gets everything back in order. I forgot what life before iphones was like... wahhh wahhh  BORING. #firstworldproblems

Be back later to showcase the rest of our spring decor.



Traditional Meets Modern-client

We have made quite a few strides in a clients dining room.

She already owned the furniture and had already decided on a high gloss navy wall color. 
The color was an Awesome launching point!!

Here is where we are so far.
1. New lighting was key to update the look of this room
2. We "wallpapered" the back of the china cabinet to make the traditional china pop!
3.A modern interpretation of a plate gallery wall. When paired with a traditional gold mirror its a striking contrast
4. A mod cut velvet fabric was used on the seat cushion to incorporate the turqouise color
5. And most importantly a modern print drape.

Here is a look at the other side of the room

What's left?
1. accessorizing above the china cabinet
2. Styling the table and sideboard
3. a rug

And we can call this room done.

Monday, April 2, 2012

2 months old

This baby is growing quicker than I EVER imagined!!!

Since we will be 3 months old next week I figured it was high time to show some 2 month pics.
Sweet boy FINALLY started putting on some weight!
He was born at 7 lb. 11oz, dropped to 7 lb 3oz when we left the hospital and stayed at 8 pounds until close to 6 weeks.
At this six week growth spurt he got up to 10 lb. 3 oz.

Alot of this was due to sleeping for too long at a time and needing more to eat. 
Around a month we started to suppliment with some formula. He got used to eating a good six ounces total, 3 or so nursing and 3 from a bottle. 

The whole supplimenting thing super stressed me out with AC but I was VERY happy to not have put that pressure on myself this time. I am just glad to be offering the majority of my child's nourishment at this time!
(as it warms up I may no longer nurse, we were both sweating profusely at the egg hunt saturday, no fun) TMI?
C was going to sleep around 11 and waking up about 4:45-5:30.

Not happy about his shots :( he only cried for a quick minute which made mommy feel better.
Getting ready to bathe brother in his bathroom!
At 6 weeks on the nose he started smiling (at Mrs. Lisa Danielson while at dinner) He hasn't stopped since and we love hearing his sweet baby cooes.
8 weeks in this picture
already not wanting to take pictures with sister.. oh lordy!










Big Girl Haircut

I cant believe I actually let everyone talk me into this... but.... 
We cut ALOT of baby girl's hair!!
5.5" to be exact!
Here is angel pie first thing that morning.
goober
Poppy (my dad) hard at work!
eek

adding in some final layers
now, ever since we have cut her hair her sweet cheeks look chubbier and those BIG blue eyes!!! she is a complete mess!!!