5 Months Old!

Where, oh where does the time go? Our baby is 5 months old today! She has really progressed in her cereal eating...she loves it now! She will grab my hand and "help" me get it to her mouth. She is starting to get excited when she sees me getting it ready for her. It is too cute! Grandma made a new highchair cover for us that Tirzah had to check out...

She really likes it! Thank you grandma!

More Easter Pics

The kids did a great job decorating their eggs. I was quite pleased at some crosses that Isaac and Keziah drew on their eggs! We decorated them Saturday and hunted them indoors on Sunday (it was a cold, rainy day outside).
Then we had to get silly...

the silliness continues...

Saturday the kids also helped make and decorate cupcakes. Josiah really took his time.

YUMMY!

We did so many activities this weekend that I think the kids are getting a little bit bored today!

Easter Weekend

We have had such a great weekend together as a family, celebrating Jesus' resurrection! I don't want to overload our blog, or you, so I will share them in spurts :)

It is a little challenging (to say the least) to get 5 young children to be still long enough...all at the same time...to get a decent picture. This one is about the best we got of all 5...

I'm glad the Lord gave me the idea to take separate pictures of the boys and girls! They sure turned out cute!

The girls; Tirzah & Keziah...

and the boys; (l-r-f) Josiah, Isaac & Titus.

We also had our family picture taken at church...not such a nice background, but oh well!

"But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed." --Isaiah 53:5

Wow! Are we so grateful for that! The reason for this whole weekend in the first place!

More to come...

Camping, Scrapbooking and More

This has been such an exhausting week! I'm praying Tirzah will go back to her old schedule of sleeping through the night! Wow, does it make a huge difference!

Thankfully Titus is feeling a little better. He will be done with his "spicy" medicine tomorrow (which we will all be thankful for!) but will still be taking his antibiotics and breathing treatments. The bug has continued to make its round through our family, unfortunately :( In spite of it all...

we set up the tent (yes, indoors!) and the kids have been having a blast!
Keziah has been working on her scrapbook, which is more than I can say about mine! She really enjoys crafting, so this is such a fun project for her.

Here is a rare moment in our house these days...Tirzah sleeping! It's bad enough that she hasn't been sleeping at night, but she hasn't been sleeping during the day either!

And now for some prayers from the tent tonight...

"Dear Jesus, would you help us have a good Easter celebrating you? Amen." --Isaac (5)

"Dear Jesus, would you help me love you more than candy and anything else in the whole wide world? Amen." --Josiah (4)

These are our prayers for you as well!

A Busy Week

Aahh! It feels so good to be able to sit down (even if it is in front of my computer)! We've already had a crazy week. Yesterday I took Titus & Tirzah to the doctor. Both have been miserable since Friday afternoon. Tirzah is fine, but she sure doesn't feel fine! She has a bad cold. Titus, on the other hand, has an ear infection and bronchiolitis. His blood oxygen level was low enough yesterday that the doctor wanted me to bring him back today to have it checked again. Praise God it is better! He's on two kinds of medication plus his breathing treatments he needs every 4 hours (around the clock for the next few days). We are glad to be home after all of our running around!

On our way to Kearney we enjoyed seeing the cranes again! We will sure miss them when they move on!

"Can I pray for you?"

What sweet words; even more-so when they come from a child! Titus spiked a fever this evening and has really been feeling miserable. I got him tucked into bed and Isaac went to tell him good-night too. He said, "I hope you feel better tomorrow! Can I pray for you?" And he knelt down by his little brother's bed and prayed that God would help him to feel better. I stood there with tears in my eyes...so thankful that God put such a precious thought in little Isaac's mind! (Keziah came down later and also prayed for Titus!)

I have thoroughly enjoyed my day! I enjoyed a visit with Deb on the phone this morning...always fun to talk with my sisters (Happy Birthday, Deb!)! This afternoon my good friend Lisa called (with her beautiful English accent). I haven't talked to her since we left Illinois last May, so it was wonderful to visit with her again (miss you bunches, dear friend!)! I also enjoyed hearing Keziah actually reading books to her little brothers and this evening hearing the older three kids enjoying each others company over a root beer float...absolutely precious...and priceless!

Thank you, Lord, for entrusting such precious gifts into my hands. They truly are a blessing!

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'!

Tuesday Tirzah finally mastered the art of rolling over! She goes from her back to her tummy with great ease! The only problem now is, she's not sure what to do when she gets to her tummy! It's been a week for other "firsts" as well...

...first time in the johnny jump-up...as you can tell, she thought it was great fun!

...first taste of baby rice...though we're just playing with it now. She's not as interested as I though she would be, so I guess we'll wait a few more weeks.

We are so thankful to God for helping her to accomplish these "firsts"!