Stop the complaining.

Of course I miss the second day of November blogging. 

Maybe it was because I spent over 8 hours straight on accounting homework. 

Eek!

Guess why it is important to graduate college before having a family. 

This weekend was the first weekend in a LONG time that we had no plans.

Yes, zero plans! 

It felt wonderful. 

Waking up on a chilly Saturday morning lounging around the house, drinking coffee, and spending quality family time was honestly on of the best mornings in a while. 

For the record, I'm not really a coffee drinker, but ever since I spent money on a Keurig, I love the Cafe Mocha coffee, drowned with almond milk and french vanilla sweetener.

soo yummy! 

Needless to say I drink coffee on average about once a week. Growing up I always thought coffee was for mommy's so I guess I have hit that stage. 

Anyways, spent the early afternoon with my sister, Lauren, running errands. It's always nice to sneak out of the house for a few hours of girl time. My sister is the most loving, encouraging, God seeking woman I have ever met. She's so positive and you can always see the light of Christ shining through her. She's in her first year of teaching which makes "girl time" a little more difficult, but we seem to cherish every little bit we get. 

After we got back the dreaded accounting homework started. It was pure torture. 

God bless accountants.

I don't think I will fully understand these problems. 

That evening we got to go visit my in-laws, and my husbands grandparent's who were in town from Ohio. 

Which meant we got a very delicious italian homemade spaghetti dinner! 

Unfortunately I had to continue homework over there, but Sophia got to have play time with her cousin Lawson. 

(He is a month younger than Sophia.)

We got home last night and enjoyed the night relaxing.

It was so nice. 

Time changed last night so they say you should get an extra hour asleep, but for some reason our child didn't get that memo of the EXTRA hour of sleep, so she was up at 7 am. Her normal time is 8 am anyways. So I am wondering does it take babies some time to adjust to this time change?! 

Ehh I hope not! 

We were able to get up and enjoy the morning before church. 

It was nice. No rushing this morning, guess we were up in plenty of time. 

I think I have mentioned before my husband and I assist in Children's Church; therefore, we have to be there early to get everything ready. 

This morning we learned about complaining and I thought of how many times we as adults complain for our children to see. I wonder if we stopped complaining so much, how our children would react? 

"Do everything without complaining or arguing." 

-Philippians 2:14 

Just a little food for thought. 

After a wonderful service, we got to go to lunch with my best friend and her friend. 

It's always good to spend time together. 

Thank God for the friendship we have. 

We also got to visit at my parents house today for a little while and eat dinner. Really enjoy being close by my parents and in-laws. 

This time change is really affecting me. I don't like the whole getting dark at 6 o'clock thing. 

So when it got dark I took a 30 minute nap. 

I think it confused Sophia too, since she took an hour nap. 

First of all, she never naps, and secondly especially at 6 PM.

Hopefully, she sleeps well tonight. 

I have a busy week ahead with school. 

3 more weeks. 3 more weeks. 3 more weeks.

I think I can... I think I can... I think I can...

Onto my thankful days. 

Which I am SO glad that I chose to do this. Not only do I just write about this, but I pray for these people a little more. This posting has made me sit back and cherish these moments, and realize how blessed I am to have them in my life. 

November 2nd: My husband.

Thankful for my husband. God has truly blessed me with a man who I don't even deserve! I am thankful for his love for our family. He's encouraging when I am feeling discouraged. He's positive when I am negative. He continues to let the love of Christ pour through him! And he is by far the best father ever!

November 3rd: Our daughter, Sophia.

I am thankful for our little girl, Sophia. I am thankful that God chose us to be her parents. She's such a beautiful, healthy, blue eyed, crazy haired girl! I never knew that such a little baby could bring so much joy and happiness! I'm thankful for all the smiles, laughter, and cuddles that she brings us! She is definitely our world and not a day goes by that I don't thank God for her!

The Thankful Month

It's hard to believe that yesterday our little girl dressed up for her 1st Halloween! Time has flown by! It was such a busy 10 month, but October was DEFINITELY filled with tons of fun. I thank God for His many blessings!

This past month both Austin and I have really learned the value of family. With both of us working full time jobs, being full time students, full time children church assistants, and best of all full time parents, the struggle has been real. Some days it's harder to stay positive more than others, but together we make it happen. I definitely think I've married the most encouraging man I've ever met. When we don't understand life, he says, "Let's Pray." It's wonderful! I'm SO incredibly blessed that I get to spend the rest of my life with a man that is selfless, like Christ. He is a man who ALWAYS focuses on the Father then his wife and family. Love my husband SO much!

Okay, enough of the sappy post.

 

Throughout this past month, we managed to find time for family and friends every weekend! We enjoyed watching UGA vs. Tenn game with some wonderful church friends.

(Our house is divided. My husband is UGA and I am for Tennessee, so it's always fun!)

Sophia turned 9 months old!

My wonderful SIL and her husband flew in from California for her gender reveal and baby shower. We had such a great time! Couldn't ask to have married into a better family!

We found out we will be having another nephew come December of this year!

That will make 5 boys and 2  girls for nephews and nieces!

We conquered the horrible midterms.

Spent a weekend in Elijay at the Apple Festival with my parents, sister, best friend, and her mom!

Made our way to Dawsonville to Burt's Pumpkin Patch.
Sophia absolutely LOVED the pumpkins!

Lastly, we celebrated Halloween last night.

 

 

Burt's Pumpkin Patch

 

 

Sophia's 1st Halloween

 

 

Trick 'or Treating at Grandma Bowers and Papa's House

 

 

Cutest Little Pumpkin Ever!

 

 

 

Love my family!

 

It's November 1st. The countdown has now begun. It's the countdown to Thanksgiving, Christmas shopping, holiday baking, family gatherings, and to Christmas. It's the beginning of, "The Thankful Month." It's the month we cunt our blessings that we tend to pass by on the other 11 months. This month I am going to challenge myself to concentrate on writing something I am thankful for each day at the end of each post.
Let's see how it goes!

 

We are looking forward to Sophia's 1st Thanksgiving.

Unfortunately my husband has to work on Thanksgiving, but thankful he will be off for Christmas.

Guess hospitals can't really close on holidays.

 

One thing I am most excited about is getting to cook Thanksgiving dinner.

Last year was my first year cooking it and I loved it.

Something about family coming together to celebrate our blessings!
It's a God thing.

 

November 1: Thankful for the love of Christ.

He loves me unconditionally, more than I deserve, more than I can comprehend, and more than I could ever return. "Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end." -John 13:1 We are "His own" We are his family. He loved us from the beginning. He loved us before He left us. The extent of his love was SO deep that He couldn't be separated from us, so instead by him dying on the cross, he enabled us to spend forever with him. We always want our friends to show unconditional love to us; however, we say that most people aren't there when we need them the most. Christ love is constant, he loved us when it was painful, he loves us unconditionally. As humans we long to be loved deeply, passionately, and radically, and I thank Christ for showing me this love.