We had another wonderful weekend in PA with our family and loved the opportunity to meet with some dear friends. I didn’t have the camera out much but I was able to capture this sweet moment of Noa with her Grammy:
In honor of the NFL draft yesterday and Saturday, Noa donned her Eagles attire in true team spirit. E-A-G-L-E-S… Go Birds!!!
here we go, a photo of Noa showing off her new teeth.
Noa has been cracking me up these last few days with this face. She makes it pretty much whenever someone is talking to her. I’ve realized that I have been making it at her when I feed her or when something funny or loud happens so I guess she’s just mimicking me. It’s so funny, though, to see her do it so much.
Well, I have found there are some advantages to being a “brown thumb.” I haven’t been able to keep many plants alive, but I’m learning that’s not such a bad thing. I had two pretty ferns in hanging baskets outside our front door last summer but they died sometime between when Noa was born and the winter. I never got around to taking them down (it was too cold to be outside long enough to do it) and so they are still hanging out there, all brown and dead. Recently, everytime we come to the front door a bird would fly out of one of the baskets so I had a hunch that maybe a nest was being built. Sure enough, last week there were itty bitty little eggs in that dead fern and this week there are 5 baby birds! They are sooo little and in the photo below its hard to tell where one stops and the other starts. Anyway, I just thought it was cool to think that the Lord used my laziness and failure to care for my plants to care for his little creations. And its exciting to me to hear their little chirps outside my door and be reminded that the Lord who cares for these seemingly insignificant baby birds cares for me and loves me.
I love how the Lord is so sovereign! We like to do the McCheyns’s Bible reading schedule and I just love it how the Psalm for today was so appropriate considering events of yesterday. Here is what David wrote:
“The Lord is my light and my Salvation – whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?
When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh,
when my enemies and my foes attack me,
they will stumble and fall.
Though an army besiege me, MY HEART WILL NOT FEAR;
though war break out against me, EVEN THEN WILL I BE CONFIDENT.
One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life
to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his tabernacle
and set me high upon a rock…
… I am still confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.”
What a precious promise to those who are the Lord’s: that we have NOTHING TO FEAR!
How I pray that He would draw near to those who are grieving and give comfort and peace.
I’ve put it off long enough. Our dear friends, the Flynns, let us borrow a highchair. The doctor said she had to start two weeks ago. SO, after getting pumped these last few days we made the plunge.
Noa had rice cereal and I think she liked it… at least she loved the experience: the high chair, the spoon, the bowl, and (of course) mom’s cool sound effects. I couldn’t have asked for it to go better and I am just so thankful to God for making that be the case… he knew I was nervous. Enjoy the photos!
