Prayer Requests

This is what happens when I just want to get a picture of my girls. ha! 

These two blessings are why my heart is so thankful for what I have and why I yearn to pray for others. I have received so many prayer requests lately. I'm sorry that I'm not always quick to post them or to answer emails. Taking care of those two busy bodies above along with our home and church things and keeping up with two blogs - I just can't find any time to answer emails. I hope one day I can finally get caught up. 

I think what I'm going to do today is open it up - and if you have any requests we can pray for - please feel free to list them here.

Will you join me in praying? And if you can't click on every link (which I'm sure none of us can) - please just blanket them in prayers. God knows the needs.  Thank you!

Forty

Eighteen months from this week I will turn 40.

FORTY!!!!

I know it's just a number and I know I'm lucky to have lived this long and be healthy and I am super grateful for every day on this earth. And if I die tonight I know I'll be in heaven with my Saviour and I won't regret anything (except maybe some unfortunate hair dos and outfits from the 80's/90's). 

But for some reason I'm really having a hard time realizing I'm going to be FORTY! That just seems so old. I'm also watching my high school and college friends turn 40 and that's a little freaky too. They are frozen in my memory as 19 year olds with young bodies and bigger hair and now they are moms and dads of teenagers and I have a hard time wrapping my mind around it. 

I see a lot of people doing a list of 30 things they want to do before they are 30.

Well - that ship has sailed.

So I kind of want to make a list of 40 things to do before I am 40.

I'm not adventurous so there won't be any "climb Mount Kilamajaro" or "sky dive" or "fly a plane" on my list. And I have small children so it won't involve a lot of travel. And there will be no tatoos or piercings. ha! 

So I'm not sure what to put on my list.

I have a few ........I just need to come up with 30 more and then I want to start crossing things off:

1. I want to lose 30 pounds before I turn 40

2. I want to be in better shape - feel good about myself.

3. I want to read the Bible word for word completely through by the time I am 40 and use a new Bible so I can underline and write special notes in it. 

4. I want to celebrate my 10th anniversary in Hawaii (or somewhere tropical) - and that is a month before I turn 40. 

5. I want to celebrate a national championship with the Hogs (no pressure Arkansas) - could be any sport!

6. I want to have two children completely out of diapers before I turn 40. (Most 40 year olds probably wouldn't have that on their list. ha!) 

7. I want to take a fun girls trip

8. I want to take my girls to the zoo
9. I want to be stylish but not TOO stylish. I know my limits and I don't want to be that 40 year old wearing things made for 18 year olds. But I don't want to resort to mom jeans and a mom hairdo. (You know what I'm talking about.) 
10. I want everyone in my house to sleep through the night by the time I'm 40 (this may be the most important one!)

What would be on your list??????

15 Months Old

Hollis - yesterday you turned 15 months! Wow! 

I'm not sure what you weigh but you wear 18 months clothes and a size 4 shoe. You wear a size 5 diaper.

You are a great eater and will pretty much eat anything. You still love vegetables but you like pizza too. You love everything from hummus to raspberries. You are a big lover of all fruit. 

 Check out those curls!!!

You are a busy, busy, busy girl! You are running all around the house and I have a hard time keeping up. You are in the into everything stage. We have had to re-baby proof the house. Your favorite thing of course is getting into anything possible you shouldn't. 

I feel like your vocabulary has just started taking off in the last week. You are saying several new things suddenly.  You say "momma, dada, sister, Dawson, mine (I'm fairly certain you learned that from Harper), No NO! (which you hear from me approximately 3267 times a day), shoes, juice and uh-oh." I feel like there are a few more things you have said that I've forgotten.

You are sleeping a little better these days - only getting up maybe once at night. And most days you will still take two good naps. I hope that lasts a little longer!

You have a pretty funny personality of your own! You smile so big all the time with that big dimple of yours and you make us laugh a lot. You just started MDO and you have done SOOO well. Better than I dreamed you would do.  You have always been very easy going about going to church or a nursery which is a huge relief. I think you just love to play and be around other kids.

Harper and Hollis around the same age in the same outfit. This is hands down my favorite outfit y'all have ever worn. I just love the color and think it's so precious. And I adore those little chubby legs that have come out of it both times! I have two sweet kissable babies!

Harper and Hollis both at 15 months in the same sweet adorable dress. People tell me so often that they think y'all look alike and I don't think you do at all.  You can see in these pictures that y'all have your own looks. You have similar noses and cheeks but you are both beauties in your own ways. You also have your own personalities and I'm loving watching those develop.

You are growing so fast my sweet baby girl! I love you so much!