Happy 2nd birthday Caleb

My sweet, rough and tough little man is now 2!! It is so weird that I don't have a baby anymore because he is a big boy! We are having a joint party for him and Blevin in November- but we tried to make his day special. It started off with candles in blueberry muffins and he got several phone calls and every time someone started singing to him- he sang along!! Then he got to pick where he wanted to eat dinner and it was CiCi's (the boys favorite) and then we finished with cupcakes (in the shape of a "2") and more candles to blow out!! It was fun and I can't believe he is already two and talking to me in complete sentences- but thankfully he still needs me sometimes to cuddle!! so- happy birthday caleb and thanks for all the smiles and laughs you give me!

mmmm- he ate the icing off of one and asked for another and of course I gave it to him- cause it is only your birthday once a year!!

being with good friends

This past weekend I got to go spend the weekend with a great friend, Catherine, and go to another friend's (Ginny) wedding and see so many old friends from college! It was so refreshing and refueling to see so many faces I have not seen in so long and think about the good 'ol college days!! Seth and the boys had "man-time" here at home- and it is always good for me to get a little break from being a full-time mommy- so I am thankful for my husband letting me go and thankful for great friends- old memories and new memories in the making!!!

my sweet friends- angie-amanda-ginny-catherine-me-jenny-mary martha

(don't worry katie- you were missed dearly)

a new addition to our family

My little brother Elliott and his wife Sarah had their baby on Sunday at 5:52 pm. Collier Martin was 6 lbs 6oz and 19 inches long. Sarah was not due til the 24th, but he decided to come a little early and it worked out great for us because we were already in Birmingham and got to see him 2 hours after he was born!! Caleb was so sweet- he kind of had a terrified look on his face initially when my mom had Collier and then he started singing Jesus loves me in his sweet, innocent voice- I almost cried!! Here are some pictures of this little bundle of joy!!

Things here at west georiga are continuing to go great and very busy!! We have not had the phi mu bible study in the last few weeks because of fall break and homecoming but I had a group of 5 girls over for dinner tonight and have a dinner group coming over every wednesday night for the next few weeks! So- I am excited about this and getting to know the girls better! Thanks for you prayers! Please keep praying for God to save these women and men!!

The Zoo

We took a family trip to Zoo Atlanta on Friday to check out all the fun animals and just doing something different with the boys! The boys favorite part was the gorillas getting in a fight. Blevin saw the last of the fight, but the rest of us were too late- even though we ran to the exhibit when we heard the monkey screams- a momma was protecting her baby's food! We played on the playground, and of course- rode the "choo choo" Here are some pictures from our fun day:

Our little joeys

going to pet the sleeping pig- he did not mind- just kept sleeping

checking out the orangutans (spelling?) or monkeys - that is what every species is to us!!

looking at these nasty naked mole rats- they looked like hairless mice with big teeth-they were gross, but of course Blevin loved them!

check out that rhino!!

we finally rode the choo choo- it was the finale to our fun, tiring day after a juice break on the lions- of course!

cold mornings

this morning made me really grateful to be a stay at home mom and have a flexible schedule and feel the chill in the air. thanks to eastern time- when the boys get up at 7 it is still dark outside. so this morning caleb woke up and like usual just screamed my name and waited for me to come get him. it woke blevin up (because if you have ever been around caleb you know how loud the scream is!) and we all got in caleb's twin bed and cuddled and then caleb started kissing blevin with his "papi" (paci) in his mouth and blevin did the cackle laught that you can only laugh with! so... i just laughed too and thanked the Lord for his goodness and joy in life!

thanks

Some of the Phi Mu ladies - the ones that came tonight!

Thanks for all who have been so faithfully praying! There were 24 or 25 girls at the Bible Study!!!!!! I am so excited!! We talked about one of the misconceptions of Christianity and there was some good conversation!! There were several there that were not Christians and we talked a lot about a relationship with Christ and one girl asked me about helping her with a Bible study! So...thanks for praying and being part of this with me!

and..who doesn't like breakfast in bed? The boys got in my bed this morning and were watching a cartoon and I decided it would be fun for them to eat it in my bed. They got really excited and I was glad I had already decided I needed to change the sheets before Caleb spit out a whole mouthful of food, so then I did not get mad- but laughed!! But..probably won't do it any time soon again- atleast til I need to watch the sheets again!!

Trying to fit in his big brother's shoes...

Excited, yet overwhelmed!!

I am so excited about what the Lord is doing here at West Georgia- but a little overwhelmed because I want to help so much with these women that want to grow and learn more about Christ! I am trying to follow up with several girls from the 1st big meeting of girls that said they were interested in spiritual things- so pray I can get time with them and I am helping a few of the girls start a Phi Mu bible study on Wednesday night at 9- we are doing it on the misconceptions of christianity. I feel like there is a lot of spiritual interest in this group of girls just from several conversations I have had and ones that people have told me about- So all that to say- please pray!!! I will let you know how it all goes! It really helps me knowing that all my sweet friends are praying with me!!