I took some time off...Here's why

It's been quite some time since I posted last. I know I have a history of being sporadic but this time I actually had a reason. I took some time off blogging on purpose.

I have only in recent years discovered the beauty in participating in the season of Lent. Every year I have participated, I have been beyond blessed to have experienced Christ more deeply. Lent is a time of praying more, fasting and sacrifice, but its always so much more than that. It is a time to think. I mean really sit and reflect on your life. It always sobers me

Half a Year

Its hard to believe that we have made it halfway through Stella's first year of life after birth. Six months ago she was just learning how to nurse and hold her head up. Besides that, all she could do was sleep...and cry. :)
Today she can eat oatmeal, roll over, basically stay seated by herself, smile, laugh, make all kinds of noises, fall asleep on her own (my personal favorite achievement), put her paci in her mouth by herself and play alone for a short period of time.

I believe in the power of my nothingness united to his omnipotence

No cute pictures of Stella today (although I will be posting some soon), and no baby updates. Today, all I bring are a few of my thoughts and reflections. For Christmas, I was given two books. One was a 365 prayer journal from my dear old mum, and the other, from my sister and brother-in-law, is called a "Christ-centered Resource for Personal Prayer." I'm not going to lie and say I've been reading them everyday. It has been my goal to do so, but I have not attained such a goal.

Christmas on the Road, of Course

Well, we've been home for a couple weeks now but, phew... The holidays for my little family were absolutely crazy!! (Shocker, right?) Danny had two weeks off work, which was nice, so what did we do? We hit the road again. We made plans to visit four different cities and see as many people as possible... sadly, there were still so many we failed to see but there are only so many hours in a day and days in a week. Total drive time was 21 hours. 

Busy Bees

Life, for my little family has been crazy busy this fall/winter. Since fall, we have traveled to Texas to visit my sister and brother-in-law, Minnesota for Grandpa O'Neill's funeral, Memphis TN for a wedding, Cincinnati OH for a baby shower and Knoxville TN two different times... and all while still adjusting to life with a baby! Phew! At times, I thought I wasn't going to make it back out on the road to our next adventure, but God gave me a patient and strong husband to keep me sane. :)

"The Life" ... Just some thoughts

"You've got the life," Danny said to me yesterday. "I wish I didn't have to work and got to hold the baby all day long". He said it in a condescending tone but he was joking. "OH. MY. GOSH," was all I could get our at first. "You know what?! I wish I didn't have to work either! Instead my work is all hours of the day - I am always working!" I finally replied. We joke often about how different our daily obligations are so I wasn't shocked or offended, but it got me thinking.

One month, two month... Red fish, blue fish?

My sweet girl is 2 months, already! Sometimes, I think time is flying by - other times it seems as if sweet baby girl has been with us all along. Well, it may be hard to believe but before Stella was 2 months old she was only one month old. lol. I am clearly still adjusting to motherhood! Last month I had semi-prepared a post for her one month but I, then, ended up saving it as a draft and forgetting about it before finishing it. :-/ Oops! So today is really