Yay for Harper!!

We have been praying for this little girl along with thousands of other people from across the country...we are so glad she is doing well!!

Her Mommy was finally able to hold her today!! God is so good.

She is precious. To God be the glory.

Calling all my Betty Crocker Chicks!!

HELP! Seriously, help me. Can you guys direct me to a place, a book, a person maybe who can help me with my meals? I am so tired of cooking the same old thing.. I need meals I can rotate around from week to week..

Any ideas??

My husband is somewhat picky and really only loves ground beef or chicken of some sort. He's not making my job any easier!!

I'd also love to keep my grocery list as minimal as possible. I hate having to go to the store for all the different spices and parsley and this and that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

UGH.

I picked my son up from the breakfast table when he was finished and gave him a big hug. He smelled like poop. I put him down to go get diapers and wipes and discovered a glop of poop on my arm and hand.

I turn around to discover the poop has exploded out of his diaper up his back, on his shirt and coming out the bottom of his pants.

This is how my day started.

Hoping to return later with a better attitude.

Anybody know where I can find a...

COW?!

Seriously, I just bought one of these yesterday...



We bought a gallon yesterday. And it's already gone!

I'm seriously thinking about buying one of these and milking it myself.



Surely within a few months it would pay for itself! Sheesh.

On a happier note, let's give "snaps" to me for jogging THREE MILES tonight! Ok, I didn't actually jog the entire three miles but I did jog alot of it! If I wasn't jogging I was walking fast!! Yay for me!! Hopefully I can keep at it.

I love the Lord's Day

There is just something about the Lord's Day. I love Sunday. I love the worship time, the gathering of fellow christians to worship, I love to dig into the word and learn. I love the overall feeling of that day.

Today was another great Sunday. I can say that today I felt the Spirit. We've all had those days when Satan has a "hay-day" in our minds and we just didn't quite get out of the message what we should have. Well today was an awesome service! Our pastor has been doing a series on prayer. I am so loving it. It's got me really thinking about my prayer life--or, the lack thereof. I often times feel so overwhelmed by my prayers. It's kind of like a long to-do list at the end of the day. Tonight I really learned that prayer shouldn't be a to-do list. I should throw all my requests at God at the same time. I need to take the time to get away in my prayer closet, in the quiet, and really and truly realize who God is. I need to relish in the spirit of God.

I think I'm going to try and focus on that. Really getting to know prayer and how it should be. Today was just an amazing day. The worship service was awesome. God's spirit was there!

Anyhow, maybe another day I can do a post on the verses we learned about prayer.. but tonight I think I'll stick to more simple things.



This is a picture of my friend Amanda and I this morning at church. She is my BFF! We call her my "Jewelry Making Friend" if you remember. Well now I am giving her a new name: My Jewelry Making, Zebra print loving, sista from another mother! So from now on we will know her as that (she and I decided tonight that that would be her new name since we both LOVE zebra and somehow always end up with the same zebra things.. today it was a zebra purse). She is no doubt my sister from another mother.. hah! We joked tonight about how we just can't understand why God didn't give us the same shoe size so that we could share.. I wear a 9 and she wears a 7ish I belive. We both always love each other's shoes yet cannot share..what a pitty. ;)

Here are a few more of Amanda and I and also my husband and my handsome little boy!






I think the men in my life are so gorgeous!

And one more picture of my husband "sporting" a Jack and Cole Designs diaper bag!!



Oh and last but not least, I had to show my cute leopard resale shop shoes that I got for $10!!



Also please keep praying for little Abby Grace. They are going to do a sleep study on her as soon as they can get her in. Amanda in the pictures above is her mom. She's dealing with alot right now and prayers would be so appreciated!! Thank you.

Blessings!
Rachel

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GOTCHA!!!!
No I am not pregnant!! Oh that was fun.. had you all thinking I had a bun on the oven huh? No no it isn't me. But I am so super excited because my sweet dear childhood sister Annie is pregnant! I've been wanting to tell for weeks but I couldn't because her family didn't know yet. She is my life-long best friend. I have 4 girlfriends that I would call my BFF's and she is definately one of them. We met in 9th grade. And have been so close ever since. She was my maid of honor in my wedding. She's thrown all my showers and I am so excited to throw her a baby shower!!! I can go to her for anything--and she can go to me. It is so precious to have a friend like that.

I knew they were trying so the anticipation was high! She called me one night and said she had taken a test and wasn't sure if it was right. I laughed so hard because she told me there was only a "faint line." I told her that it didn't matter how faint the line..she was prego! She wasn't convinced. I think the excitement was too much. She had to E-MAIL ME THE PICTURE OF THE TEST! I was cracking up I almost wet my pants. I saw the picture while on the phone with her and I just started crying.. this child will be my neice/nephew! That is how close we are.

We have celebrated all of life's greatest and saddest moments together. We will always be there for one another.

So, as a celebration, I took Annie to lunch last week and we went baby boutique shopping!! I know.. I have a boutique but I'm still a boutique junkie and wanted to show her the best of the best! She was so excited! I picked her up and gave her a gift--a card, the infamous "what to expect when you're expecting" book and a pregnancy journal!! Here is a picture of her reading her card..




We stopped into one of my favorite maternity boutiques to buy some cute tops for her.. we found this cute little one that said, "Not plump, with bump." LOL. So cute.. I need one that says the opposite! ;) Here is a picture of her mini-bump and then one of her wearing the "fake bump" so she could see what she will look like..




Could there really be a cuter prego girl?!

We had such a great time going from shop to shop.. we bought some cute unisex things for baby! We can't wait to know what you will be little one! Auntie Rachel is going to go crazy buying you things!! We ended our day with a wonderful, delicious lunch at Carabas. If you have never been there, YOU MUST GO. It is my favorite restaurant. It will blow Olive Garden out of the water!



I have another friend who is expecting but hasn't yet gone public so her name will not be mentioned. Please be in prayer for these precious little ones who are not yet born. We can't wait to meet them!
Ann, I love you dearly and know you will be an amazing mother! God is good..

What does your money say??

Today I was sitting with this handsome man...



Listening to this awesome man..



...cracking up and having a blast! If you don't know this man above, you NEED to know him!! This is Dave Ramsey! I seriously encourage you to visit his website to learn more about him. He is a godly, christian man who has spent a great deal of his life helping others understand their money from a biblical standpoint. I'll be the first to say that I did not want to attend his class because I was afraid I'd be told I couldn't shop anymore, or go out to eat anymore..boy was I wrong! It was the best thing we've ever done!!

We attended his 13 week class back in the summer called Financial Peace University. It. was. amazing. Totally life-changing. I learned so much about money and what God has to say about His money that He gives us. Please, please consider taking one of his classes. Go HERE to his website, type in your zip code and they will show you the nearest place for one of his classes. GO TO THIS CLASS!!

Anyhow, he came to town so we could hear him speak LIVE. He was a self-made millionaire who lost it all and built it back up.

I've read his book and I highly recommend it!



Go to his website, check out his class...give it a chance! His class isn't just meant to help people get out of debt. He teaches so many great things. Retirement, Roth IRA's, mortgages, Investing and much more!