When I think of the wisdom and scope of God's plan, I fall to my kneese and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will give you mighty inner strength through his Holy Spirit. And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great ou will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Ephesians 3:14-19

Do you remember what it felt like to fall asleep in the car when your parents were driving when you were a kid? So comforting. No worries. Well...I am glad that I can know that it's okay for me to just rest with the complete knowledge that my Heavenly Daddy is taking care of me and I don't have to worry about where I am going or if I will be safe.

Okay...

It IS a GIRL! Yeah!

One wonderful hubby+1 sweet little boy+1 sweet little girl=1 happy Mrs.Phreedom

Looking for apartments/houses in a city that I have only been to twice in my life...but am going to be moving to soon is so weird. Weird. Scary. Exciting. Scary. Did I say scary? I am looking around my home trying to imagine what it will be like when this place isn't home anymore. So weird. The farthest away place that I have ever lived is only about half an hour away from the place that I grew up. And...why in this world do they call it "Hotlanta?" I would like to know.

So far the only things that I know about Atlanta amount to the following list...
1.Some people don't wear shoes or shirts in gas stations. I found this out on a girl scout trip when I was nine. I also discovered on that trip that the Embassy Suites is a wild party place on Saturday nights.
2.The city is infiltrated with CRAZY drivers. I prayed the whole time that Hubby and I were in the car.
3.There is alot of concrete and asphalt in the city. Oh, yeah, and I think that I saw some red clay.
4.Margaret Mitchell wrote Gone With the Wind there...and she also died on Peachtree Street when she was hit by a crazy Georgia driver.
5.Scarlett's Aunt Pittypat lives there.
6.I found a Jimmy Choo store! And there is some store called IKEA there that alot of people are fond of...but to which I have never frequented.

Such a gorgeous day outside. And...just 6 more days before I know if the pink flowery quilt that I am making will be needed in the nursery.

I would really love to watch "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" or "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" with a nice big veggie pizza. Or a John Wayne western with a nice, toasted hoagie sub. Or "Rear Window" or "Sabrina" with a plate of sushi. I haven't watched a movie in forever.

I was remembering yesterday what it was like to hold a tiny newborn in my arms. And I got so excited! Just 4 months and I will have my sweet little boy on my lap and my tiny, sweet baby in my arms. God has truly blessed me!

I was thinking this morning...At what point do you blindly trust God too much? Can it happen? How many times have I thought that when people say that God is in control that they are just behaving foolishly and using God as an excuse to do so. I mean...think about those people who won't take medicine or go to a doctor. They use the excuse that God will heal them without the medicine. Crazy, right? I'm not saying that God can't do that...Just read the New Testament. But maybe medicine and doctors are part of God's plan to heal people. God gives those people knowledge.
I have been reading Mark lately. And I was impressed by the story of the town that Christ went to where He couldn't perform miracles. He was impressed by their lack of faith. I don't want to be that town. But I don't want to take matters in my own hand and try to control God. Just because He can do something doesn't mean that He will do something. I know that He told us to ask and we will receive, but God is never "at our command." He is God.
So maybe it just all comes down to having alot of faith and listening for God's voice. He can do anything. But we have to be there and willing to hear what He is going to do for us. Without that combination, how many blessings we will miss... So prayer is key. And ...sometimes silence on our parts so that we can hear is also definitely needed. Maybe it is just that we need to remember what we are - dust - and what God is.

Randomness...I'm Bored

This has been a great birthday weekend. And...I have given Peanut the chance to practice blowing out the candles on Mommy's cake so that he will be ready to blow out the candles on his own little cake in just 9 days. Wow! My baby's going to be a year old...soon...How did the year go by so fast?

I finally feel pregnant. I feel heavy. And tired. And so EXCITED! I am going to have two little rugrats to play with in just 4 months. Yeah!

I am reading Jane Eyre again. Such a wonderful book. I love Jane...and Helen Burns...and Adelle...and Mrs.Fairfax...and even Bessie. I wonder if very many people have crazy wives in their attics who eventually burn down their houses? For those of you who haven't read the book - and shame upon you if you haven't - I wouldn't know where I got that idea. Read the book. I promise that I didn't give anything away...well, sort of. Just read it.

As soon as baby has arrived, I am thinking of only doing housework in a pretty dress and high heels...and a frilly apron with pockets and lace. I think that I could get more done that way. Oh...and pearls. And everynight when the babies are sleeping...I will pull out my workbasket and discuss politics with Hubby while I quilt or mend things. And I will serve a congealed salad with dinner at least one night a week...though I would never eat that crap...or let my babies eat that. Yucky! (It has horse's hooves in it.) And my babies will always have brushed hair and matching clothes...not matching to each other, though. And everything will be freshly ironed and starched. Including the handmade crocheted doilies lying around the house. And I will always have a small lamp on a table by an armchair near the window so that our house looks welcoming from the outside on cold, wintry nights. And it will smell like apple pie all year long. When it doesn't smell like freshly squeezed lemons. And people will slip up every once and again and call me "Mrs.Cleaver" or "Mrs. Reed." But only not on the days that me and my little wild Indians go outside and make mudpies or have "Act Like A Pirate Day"...

Now that I know what vanity size inflation is...It makes me mad to hear people talk about the fact that Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14. People! That is really like a size 8 or 10 - maybe - in today's catalog sizing charts. But I know that somewhere someone is going to use that argument to justify eating half a pizza or a huge quarter pounder with cheese and a large fry. Just plain sad.

So I found the cutest retro pattern. A dress with a huge skirt with petticoat underneath and the smartest little cropped jacket. So pretty. That is how I found out about the difference in the standard sizing charts and the catalog sizing charts. I was so worried because they didn't make the pattern small enough to fit my pre-pregnancy size. And I was all thinking that I would have to alter the pattern when I made it...and then I saw the measurements on the sizing chart. So everything works out in the end...and I learned that people will change alot to keep Americans obese...and feeling good about it.

Driving by a letter..."a" says "ahh"...Driving by a letter...

Never get a child's toy's song stuck in your head...It is awful.

I feel a headache coming on...