She is 9 months!

My sweet little Opal! 

Shes getting so big!! Time is literally flying by! 

She has 4 teeth now, 2 more coming.

Shes exploring with new foods more and more. 

She is constantly pulling herself up and standing. 

She is dealing with this cold weather really well. 

 Shoveling snow with daddy!

 Sledding with her big sis!

 She now takes a pacifier, which I am very happy about. 

Mamas girl all the way!!

Friday Photo dump~

So I am not trying to copy a fellow blogger who does a Friday photo dump, BUT I was transferring 

all my phone pics and transferring all my pics from my camera so I decided to 

just do a post of pics from the past few months. Snap shots from our life. 

Enjoy!!

This girl loves black olives. 

I dunno. she gets hot alot. and daddy gave her
the job of stirring the veggies.

First time in the cart. And luvin it. 

Reading to herself! 

My hot date! and YUMMY sushi!

I never used to eat at McDonalds, until I had kids.
Is that bad??

Me and my biggest and littlest at the
Nutcracker.

Clothing shopping with my babe.
Kinda hard, kinda fun!

Me and my BEST FRIEND!

Rosey red cheeks from being out in
the snow. 

Noni's very first hair cut. Just a tiny trim. 

sissys!! 

I just love this pic. I wanted Evey to stand
with Nonah and she was being difficult and
this is what she did. 

~A New Year~

 A new day. A new month. A new year. There is something exciting and refreshing about 

starting a new year. You have a clean slate. So much hope and possibilities for the 

year ahead. Opportunity to do things better. Resolutions can be cheesy and 

by the end of the month most people have already given up on them 

BUT there's nothing wrong with trying to improve or grow or change. 

I have a few things I want to do more of. Call them resolutions  

or call them wants/desires, whatever but I have a few.

I want to Pray more. I want to Love more. I want to read more. I want to encourage more.

  I want to be bold. I want to be confident in who God made me. 

I want to be more patient, gentle, understanding with my girls.

I want to two-way journal more. Not just
me writing but me listening to Gods voice.  

I want to spend more time listening to this little chick. 

I want to say yes more to this girly.

I want to savor each and every baby stage Oppy has left! 

I want to embrace my role as mama to these three beauties more than ever before!

A quote from a book I am going through sums up my desires for 2014.
"I can be a mom who thrives and lives and loves the great adventure I've been called to." -Lisa Terkeurst
First of all I want to thrive not just go through the motions.
Second of all I want to love the great adventure. So often I look at motherhood as a job
or a chore or a burden. I let the little frustrations and my own selfishness get
in the way of my perspective. I want to see my role as Stay-At-Home-Mama
as a GREAT ADVENTURE!! How fun does a great adventure sound? Who
wouldn't want to go on a great adventure?

So goodbye 2013. You were good to us. Hello 2014 I am excited for whats to come.
Happy 2014 to all of you and God Bless You!!!!!