Have you ever seen a cuter baseball player?

Will's team had their first game tonight and Will got 2 hits! Pretty good for his first time ever. They did a good job for being pretty clueless. And they looked cute in their uniforms!

Big Boy Bed

Ryan loves his "big boy" bed. He IS almost three, so I guess it's about time! I am not getting emotional about this, I promise! He is being so funny about it- he is convinced the tooth fairy is going to visit him in the middle of night when he sleeps in this bed. Hysterical, I tell you! I have tried to explain that, no, the tooth fairy only came because Will actually LOST A TOOTH! It's not sinking in...

I hope the next time I see that white sleigh crib is in about 25 years when we drag it down for a grandbaby (which had better be a girl!)

"Big School"

Yesterday was kind of a big day for me.

As some of you know, Will attends a state-certified Kindergarten at the school that is associated with our church. It is a pre-school, pre-K, and Kindergaten. Since we were in the process of moving, combined with his late July birthday, this was the perfect choice for us this year. Will has thrived in this small, loving environment.

But, next year he will go to our local neighborhood (public) school. (gasping, choking, wheezing...) Most of the other kids in his class will go on to the same private school. A few will go on to other public schools, but no one is going to ours. It makes me sad that he will not know anyone next year.

Yesterday was registration. I felt like I was going to vomit. Seriously. I filled out every form wrong. I put the year as '08 instead of '09. Apparently it was obvious because quite a few people asked me if this was "my first." Soon it became a joke and the secretary was telling me stories of other parents that have bawled like babies during registration. Everyone I met was wonderful. Everyone spoke to me and was very welcoming. By the time I left they had basically signed me up to work the welcome desk next year! I left with a great feeling!

I know for a fact that this school is consistently ranked #1 or #2 every year in our county. This is the whole reason we bent over backwards to buy the house we bought. We could've bought a cheaper house in another neighborhood, but we would not have been pleased with the school and I'm sure we would've ended up paying for private school anyway. I was reminding myself of all of these facts yesterday. I know it is going to be great, Will is going to make new friends easily, and we will love the school. But, he is still my baby, and a huge part of me does not want him to go. I am already dreading the day I have to go up there and register Ryan. I probably really will cry that day.

Zoo and St. Patrick's Day

The boys are on Spring Break this week, so we are trying to do some fun things around town.
Today we went to the Zoo with my good friend Jenni and her 3 kids.

Jenni holding Ryan Grace, Bennett, Will, Bailey, Ryan, me
I know it looks like I am wearing a 4-H t-shirt, but really it is a shamrock!

Ryan, Bennett, Bailey, Ryan Grace, and Will inside the reptile house

Ryan riding a zebra on the carousel

Will rode a snake on the carousel.

Other big news-- Will lost his first tooth yesterday! Ironically, it was in the car on the way home from the dentist!! How funny is that? You can kind of see the gap on the bottom here in this picture. It was very exciting!

Baby Miller

I was blessed to present at another birth today! One of my best friends, Stacey, had her 3rd baby. Miller ? King (they aren't sure of a middle name yet) was born at 1:10 p.m. and weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce. Stacey looked and felt great and was asking for a cheeseburger and coke from Rotiers just minutes after he was born. You Nashville people know that is good stuff! Despite the sleet and snow outside, it was so good to see Miller finally here safe and sound.

Stacey in her baby glory!
Baby Miller is a beautiful newborn. His skin was perfect and he was very alert.

The girls

Kate brought this adorable duckie to hang on the door at the hospital

A Brand New Day

Moving on from Christian fiction to Christian music.

I must admit, I have never been a huge fan of contemporary Christian music. I mean, I guess I was a fan of Amy Grant in the 80's. What good little Southern Christian girl wasn't? But, I have never gotten into the whole wide world of contemporary Christian music. I don't know why- I live in the mecca of the contemporary Christian music world. My church holds Point of Grace concerts and the church down the road from my house holds Selah concerts. It is at my fingertips, literally. I guess I just never gave it a chance.

One day recently as I was flipping the radio stations it landed on 94.1 the fish (a Christian station.) A song came on the radio titled "Brand New Day" by a group called "Fireflight." I left it there and listened to every word. It was great. I loved the song, the words, the music, and I even love the name "Fireflight." I guess on that day, it spoke to me. It reminded me of the verse in Lamentations 2 : 22 Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him."

I love that God gives us a "brand new day," every day! Doesn't matter how much we screwed up today, there is always tomorrow to start anew!

Click this link to hear the song "Brand New Day."

Recent Read

I have never been big into Christian fiction. I guess the only ones I ever tried reading were just not interesting to me or the writing was unbearable. Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is different. I am so glad I listened to my friend Jennifer and gave it a try! This book captured my attention from the first page and was a page-turner-- all 480 pages. About half-way through the book I got really irritated with the main female character, but stuck with it because I wanted to know how it all ended. I will definitely be reading more Francine Rivers.