Favorite iPhone Pics

I have been going through my cell phone trying to delete some of the hundreds of pictures I have---but while doing that I came across some of my favorites. A lot of them you have probably seen if you are my friend on Facebook or Instagram but I couldn't help post them again. And there are a few that were just too funny not to share!

Have you ever seen such three cuties?!

Colt, Gentry and Rett in their outfits I got them for Christmas

First real date after Hensley was to Martina and George!

 Martina---she was AMAZING! And gorgeous!! Love, love her!

Do these even need captions?! Seriously, it's George Strait!

Josh and I let each other have one celeb crush---wanna guess who my pick is?! :)

Chillin' in the bumbo

One of my all-time favorites.

Great-grands. First giggle. Lots of wonderful memories

HAHA--Josh insisting that bangs are "in". 

My little valentine

HILARIOUS--I sent this to Mom & Dad showing them that Hensley was not too happy GK got a spot on the back of their Christmas card and she got left out!

Another all-time favorite (stolen from my sister)

Lance told the boys to go put on something "special" for Valentine's Dinner.

He went and put on a jacket and cowboy hat. 

Rett puts on a super hero cape.

Colt puts on his cow costume.

Seriously still makes me laugh out loud. 

I love to see what they consider "special"

Baby girl after her bath---look at that curl!!!

This picture just cracks me up---looks like she is posing.

Ok--we are cruel parents....She fell asleep on the way home one day and slept in her carseat for a while. When she woke up she was a little disoriented. Josh and I couldn't quit laughing.

Cousins facetiming! 

I see a lot of this in the future.

Not happy about the pig tail I tried to put in her hair!

Getting to see my two best friends from high school a few weekends ago!

SO MUCH FUN!

Wish I could blow this picture up and frame it. I put her in bed with Josh one morning and snapped this photo. Melts my heart.

Another one stolen from my sister: This was just a few days ago...she had left the Ovaltine mix on the counter so she could make Rett some when he got up and went to get dressed. When she returned, someone had been helping himself to the Ovaltine...by the spoonful. Best part is, he thought he got away with it. :) Love this kid. 

From yesterday---my little baby doll

:) Love her

Just a FEW of my favorites off the phone! 

5 Months

Well that month went rather quickly!! She is continuing to grow and change daily it seems! She is eating cereal and green veggies now and LOVING them!! She belly laughed for the first time--while we were shopping for carpet. Of course, Josh and I stopped everything and pulled out the phone to video it :) I'm sure everyone in there was wondering what the heck was going on! Here are a few pictures from this morning:

Finally got a little smile

5 month board with a birthday shout-out to Aunt Brittany!

Um...look how cute we are all matching. 

I PROMISE I did not plan this--but you can bet I made Josh take a few pictures once I realized we did coordinate!

At five months old, she is:

- LOVING her hands and always has them in her mouth

- starting to really like holding toys and playing with them

- eating cereal and has tried green beans and avocado

- starting to really rub her eyes when she is tired (cutest thing EVER!)

- found her feet

- finally wearing 6 month clothes

- wearing size 2 diapers

- still loving her bumbo chair and play mat 

- still not really too fond of tummy time

- belly laughing now!! Melts my heart! 

- eating about 6 ounces every 3-4 hours

Little Things, BIG Impact

Two weekends ago, I was in my hometown attending a birthday party for one of my high school friend's little girl who was turning one. While I was there, a dear older man who I have known for many years came up to me. He took my hand and said he had a few questions for me. I smiled knowing what was coming. He then proceeded to ask, "Has anyone told you you're pretty today?" (waits for your response) "I think your pretty" "Has anyone told you you are precious today?" (waits for your response) "I think you're precious." "Do you know what agape means?" (waits for your response) "Has anyone told you they loved you today?" (waits for your response) "I love you."

I stood there with tears almost in my eyes soaking in each question and response. I know that he does this to almost everyone he meets but he still makes you feel like you are the most beautiful, precious person he knows. And I truly believe that he means everything he says. It was so powerful to me--I don't know how many times I have heard him say it---but the impact was still huge.

Then, the next morning in church the sermon series was "Toxic". This sermon in particular was on toxic words and how powerful our words are. Here is a quick summary of the sermon--

There are two types of words: 1) The Words We Hear
                                                       2) The Words We Say

The key-thought under the Words We Say was "Speak life-giving words to others". He followed up with this verse from Ephesians 4:29-"Do not let any wholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." (I could go on about how powerful I think our words are but I will save it for another blog and stay on my original thought :) )

The preacher went on to say that his rule of thumb is always "If you think of something good, say it." It doesn't matter what it is or who it is too---say it. Whether it be the clerk at the checkout stand, some stranger on the street, your spouse, sibling, etc--everyone needs to hear kind things.

My thoughts couldn't help but immediately go to the man the day before. He will probably never know the impact his words had on me, or many other ladies. But it doesn't matter. He spoke those life-giving words to me. He thought something good, and he said it. He for those few minutes made me feel like the most special person in the room. Then I couldn't help but wonder---"How often do I make someone feel like that?" or "How many opportunities have I missed making someone feel like that?"

I just wanted to share these thoughts and challenge you and myself to speak those life-giving words to those we come in contact with. We never know what little things we do that make a BIG impact.

Wow--who knew I had more to talk about then my precious daughter :)

Finally--I got a picture!

I was looking through pictures the other day to order some for her baby book--when it came time for the mommy page I seriously only had TWO pictures that I liked of her and I. Sad, sad day! So while I was home this past weekend visiting my family I got my sister to take a couple before we left for church! YAY!!! 

Catching Up!

A few weeks ago, my mom and grandma stopped by and spent the night on their way to see some relatives! We had the best time and loved every minute of them being here. Here are some cute pictures of their short visit!

Love these of Hens and MeMe

Haha--Priceless

Mom and Hensley

Lol--Hensley was getting a little attitude and KayKay was appalled!

4 generations

Did I know we were going to take a picture? No..therefore I do not have an ounce of makeup on and my hair is filthy! :(

Hensley has also found her tongue, which I may have already mentioned, but it makes us laugh all the time! 

In case you were wondering who she looks like, I think you might  be able to tell in this picture :)

She brings so much joy to our lives and I'm not just real sure what we did without her!

First Bites

Hensley got to start cereal when she was 4 months old. Her 4 month birthday was on a Friday so she didn't actually get it until Saturday. It took a little getting used to not sucking on a bottle but she did great and loved it!

After her 4 month check-up Dr. G said she could start on her green veggies! I have been a little behind but last night she finally got to try green beans for the first time! She LOVED them! She ate all her green beans, cereal and then part of her bottle! She was too funny! Love this sweet, sweet girl!

Quite possibly my favorite picture EVER :)

4 Month Checkup

We finally got to go back to the doctor for Hensley's 4 month checkup. Since her appointment was mid-morning my boss didn't make me come to work.

 

 

So after I fed her and got her ready I laid her down on her playmat to play a while so I could get a few things done around the house. I handed her this little ball---they are seriously the best things ever because they are really light and they can actually hold on to them. I couldn't quit laughing at her trying to lick it!

 

 

She started to get a little fussy like she was getting sleepy so I went it there and turned the light off, went and put up some dishes and came back to this:

 

I'm gonna miss this when she starts crawling!

 

 

Finally made it to the doctor to find out we are a whopping 13 lbs 3 oz and 24 inches long!

We have gone from the 30th percentile to the 50th percentile. She is a growing girl!

 

She did have to get a few shots--which I always hate, especially when Josh has to work and it's just me--but I took the picture below to send to him that night to tell him that shots don't get her down. She was still all smiles :)

 

So thankful for this sweet little girl. She is the biggest blessing to Josh and me!

Love you, Hensley Sue.



Silver Lining?

Sooooo...I came home on Wednesday to the sound of rushing water. Not the best feeling. Especially when your husband is not there. Our icemaker part had busted on our refrigerator and was spewing water EVERYWHERE! Our kitchen/dining room and part of our living room was covered in water.

A few hours later, after using a shop vac and carpet cleaner to get as much of it sucked up as we could--here is what our living room looks like:

It made it all the way to the entry and into the hallway leading to Hensley's room

 

This was yesterday when I got home, after the cleaning people had been working on it:

 

 

 

Dining room floor is for sure toast

 

 

 This morning with all the fans set up:

 

So confused about the title of the post yet?!

Welll---it just so happened that Josh and I have been thinking about updating our kitchen. We were going to focus mainly on painting the cabinets and redoing the lovely blue countertops. We had tossed around the idea of going ahead and knocking out part of the wall that seperates the entry from the dining room and then redoing the floors. Our kitchen and dining room have different floors which we always thought looked a little funny. So we were debating on whether or not we should just go ahead and do it all at once. I told Josh, God just knew how indecisive we both are so He was helping us along with the decision :)

Who knows what will really come of it? We should know more after the weekend of noisy fans in the house! But I'm trying to look at the positive side!