news...

this is my baby brother or sister!!

i found out that my dad and step mom were expecting in November, but i didn't really get around to telling anyone... i'm so excited to have a new sibling!

i can't explain how much i love this little guy (who i've affectionately named Ferdinand) even though i've never even met him. it's a weird yet beautiful feeling.

i pray for him a lot.

i pray that he'll be healthy and strong when he finally arrives in July.

i pray that he'll be surrounded by people who love him to death.

i pray that i'll be the best sister i can be and help him though every stage of his life.

and i pray that he'll grow up to know God and come to a point in his life when he can say that he has accepted Christ.


i love this kid.

Lies about homeschoolers...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJHt-m3VX6o

Seven lies about homeschooling.

lol.

valentine...

(:

cripple kid...

this has seriously become my new name at home and church. not that i really mind, but these crutches are getting old!

what happened, you ask?

i could make up a completely "cool" story to tell whenever one asks me , but sorry. it's really quite lame. i was doing a pretty impressive balancing act on an ottoman and it flipped and, well, so did i. the outcome was an extremely sprained ankle. but i came really close to hitting my head on the banister so it could have been much worse than it is. i'm taking painkillers and my foot must be wrapped up and braced for six weeks (it seems faaar to long to me...).

i'm very sure that in a few days i'll be off my crutches (that have been beautifully decorated with blue bows!) and be on my limping way...

Room...

 I never really understood why people posted pictures of all their stuff and posted it on their blogs.

I get it now.

I have spent the past year organizing and decorating the space in our upstairs hall that was once my brothers bedroom, into my own space. I do everything in this room; from my devotions to writing to reading to music. While this is not my actual "bedroom" (the room where my bed is), I spend far more time in here than in there. Over the past week or two I have acquired picture frames and found some really cool printables (thank to Pinterest!) and have finally gotten all of them up and where I want them to be. I love the outcome of all my work to make this little space mine!

 And here we go with the pictures....

my drawers FINALLY organized....

I pray that I may become more like Him, less than me, every day.