Thursday, January 20, 2011

A picture post

So my Aunt took all of these pictures at my friend Amber's wedding and at her daughters birthday get together. She was kind enough to download them for me so I wanted to share a few with you. Her camera rocks so it's way better than most I take. (Please don't mind the sweet potatoes on Lydia's nose on half of them) what can I say, girl likes to eat her some sweet potatoes.

yes she wore a dress to match, she did walk in with me after all  

I love my family

my hubby!

Her "cousin" Ethan loves Baby Lydia or Baby Cutie as he calls her

Told ya she loves her some sweet potatoes. Oh be still my heart this is a darn cute babe!!



Hope you enjoyed these as much as I did as I uploaded them to my computer. Oh I love my Sweet baby girl!!

*Note her headband in the wedding was a custom made Lillypie... check my friend Laura out here! She Rocks!!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Baby's Best Friend


Lydia is adorable and "B-man" (Bentley) our 6 year old Golden is a SAINT! He is her new favorite toy and she will not stop crawling all over his furry 90 lb body and pulling herself up on his red silky fur. They are best friends in the making!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

I need a Recommendation

So.. I need to have a blog button made.... who has someone they would like to refer to me?!?! I always just play around on here by myself and making a button is a little bit too much for me to learn and take in, so suggestions on who to use to create one for me would be EXCELLENT. (someone not too expensive and who is pretty quick, I'm getting antsy here to launch something BIG!!)

THANKS!!

Bottom Blessings:: Changing the World one Bottom at a Time

Hey lovely blog readers. I wanted to take a quick moment and plug something that is becoming more and more near and dear to my heart, the orphan crisis. (Being a mommy really changed me and opened my eyes to this subject, more to come later)

There is a LARGE and REAL NEED to get cloth diapers over to orphanages in Africa. Right now they are being as creative as they can with the resources they have but that is not always enough to keep these bottoms clean and dry.

Many are reusing disposable diapers by rinsing them out and hanging them up to dry, they use plastic bags and put a towel, liner of some sort inside. Like I said, creative with what they have but we can help them diaper these kiddos through sending over cloth diapers.

A new blog friend of mine Christie she is starting a large campaign to get diapers over to agencies in Ethiopia. Her son Zek is adopted from Ethiopia and oh so darn cute!! So she has the hook up and the fire to get these over there. Her husband is also getting ready to go on a mission trip to Africa as well.

WHAT THEY NEED:
- Prefold diapers
- Flat diapers
- Microfiber inserts for some of the pocket diapers they have been able to get donated

She also has a place on her blog where you can donate a kit that will diaper the bottom of an orphan.

So as you can see there are sooo many ways you can help out with this cause. The little bottoms of this world need your help.

Head on over to Christie's blog http://knowingnobounds.blogspot.com/ and check out how you can help. Or you can get in touch with me and we actually happen to live close so I can get them to her.

THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!!!

Monday, January 17, 2011

My baby is Big!


This is what she learned to do yesterday, she didn't want to read any of them, no way! She just wanted to pull them all down off the shelf. (She then proceeded to hit her cheek on said shelf) That was not the first nor will it be the last of this now mobile baby's boo boo's.

Happy Monday Everyone!!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Adoption & Orphan Care

It can be overwhelming, all of the information out there available to us at the click of a mouse. So I thought I would provide you a place to start here are links to organizations/agencies/bloggers that have helped me to learn more about the needs of the orphan, how to help these sweet children and resources that will be available to us once we start our adoption process. Take some time to visit and learn more about how you can help care for the orphan and who knows before you know it maybe adoption will have crept into your heart and taken hold, just like it did mine a little over 2 years ago.

Agencies
All God's Children
America World Adoption
Bethany 

Caring for Orphans and those in the process of adoption

Show Hope
Ordinary Hero
147 Million Orphans
60 Feet
Lifesong for Orphans
Amazima
Visiting Orphans
One Orphan
Operation Christmas Child - Samaritan's Purse

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Stay Tuned

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON :)


Stay Tuned..... If you already know, don't make a peep