The Blakeman's Visit

Friends. One of life's greatest blessings.

This past weekend some good friends of ours came to visit, to meet Baby Elizabeth, and to celebrate Baby Dedication with us.

The kiddos love, love, love being together.

The Blakeman's have a bunch of boys.

And of course we have a bunch of girls.


Which makes for a lot of fun!!

(This picture is missing the youngest Blakeman and the youngest Minor.)

I wish we had taken a group picture of both families, but as you might imagine we were a little busy. Oh well, maybe next time!!

Baby Dedication

We dedicated Baby Elizabeth to the Lord in a special dedication service at our church last Sunday. I feel so incredibly blessed to be a Mommy. To be her Mommy. To be a Mommy to 5 on Earth + 3 who are with Jesus.

Dear Baby Elizabeth,

It's our desire to raise you in the nurture and admonition of the Lord according to scripture.

We Love You So Very Much!!! BUT, the Lord loves you more. So much more. He gave His Son for you.


We pray that you will Love God and Love Others!!

November 21, 2010

We pray that you will accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior at the earliest age possible, and that you will never have a spirit of rebellion or unbelief. We pray that you will serve Him and glorify Him all the days of your life.

Elizabeth, you are a gift from God.

Did I mention that I'm blessed to be your Mommy?

BTW, Elizabeth is wearing a beautiful white smocked gown and an even more beautiful hand knit sweater and bonnet. Thank you, Grandma!! We will cherish it forever!!

Tried to upload some amazing pictures from baby dedication, but it didn't work. I'll try again another time. :(

Check It Out

My good friend, Julie has a giveaway going on. Hurry over to her blog and check it out! But, hurry it ends today at 2 PM!!

The New Me

Well the "new me" that now gets up early, got a new look today!! Kind of a post baby make-over.

Here's the old me:

(This picture was taken on Elizabeth's first Sunday to attend church.)

And now the new me:



So what do you think?

The glasses are a big change! Wesley loves them, but I'm still getting use to them. I've got 60 days to change my mind, no questions asked, and get a new pair.

I LOVE my hair, I just hope I can make it look as good on my own. You know, it never looks as good when you leave the salon, get home, and do it yourself. I've had it cut like this in the past and really like it, so maybe. Thanks, Hillery!! (Hillery at Dominion Salon 270-9291) Hillery is almost halfway through her first pregnancy and gets to find out what she is having very soon. I'm sure it's a girl, but guess we will all find out soon!

OK, so please tell me what you think! I really want to know!! Now the new me had better get to bed so that I can still be the new me tomorrow! :)

I think I can...

Well, I'm up. And it's H-A-R-D!!!!!!!! Elizabeth helped. She woke up at a few minutes after 5 AM. Coincidence? I think not. BTW, I moved her bedtime up last night from 10 PM to 9 PM. She slept last night from 9 PM to 5 AM this morning!!! AWESOME!!

OK, now let's see if I can be productive this early. :)

If at first you don't succeed...

Last night we got together with friends for dinner. Getting together with family and friends is one of my favorite things to do!! This particular friend is always such an encourager to me. She always inspires me to be a better me. I love how as believers, we can have that kind of effect on each other. So today, I was a better me with the Lord's help of course. And tonight I'm going to attempt to turn over a new leaf. I'm a night person and rarely go to bed before 1 or 2 AM. Naturally that leads to a pretty hard start of the day. I've always wanted to be up before the family preparing for our day, but when I stay up that late it's almost impossible. Typically I get up when my early bird, Luke, comes and wakes me up. Then I let the kiddos watch a couple of cartoons while I get awake. I've tried unsuccessfully several times to get up earlier. Well after spending time with my good friend, Melody, last night I'm going to give it another try. So as much as I would love to catch up on my blog as well as read some other blogs, I'm currently preparing for bed. I'm planning/hoping/praying to be up at 5:00 AM in the morning. So, please pray for me as I try, try again. And, please feel free to check in and see how it goes! :)