Lily's Dedication

On Sunday Jacob and I publicly dedicated our precious daughter to the Lord.

We sang Take My Life And Let It Be. I love that song, especially these two verses:

Take my will and make it Thine,

It shall be no longer mine;

Take my heart, it is Thine own,

It shall be Thy royal throne.

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   Take my love, my Lord, I pour
   At Thy feet its treasure store;
   Take myself and I will be
   Ever, only, all for Thee.

My Dad did the dedication, and we had the rest of our parents stand up with us and our grandparents sat on the front pew. It is very important to us to have the support and prayers of our family as we seek to bring Lily up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Jacob's grandfather prayed the sweetest prayer for us and Lily. He mentioned how we like Hannah prayed for a child and how we were now dedicating her to the Lord as Hannah did with Samuel.

I know this picture is kinda blurry, but it was a precious moment that I couldn't leave out!

After the service we went outside and Jacob's brother took these pictures for us.

I know this is not the best of me since my hair is all in my face, but I thought it's sweet.

I love this one! There is nothing like sweet baby toes!

My sweet Mom smocked this beautiful dress for Lily to wear! It is absolutely gorgeous!

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child in the way {she} should go: and when {she} is old, {she} will not depart from it.

Food Fails

It's so hard to believe it's Friday again! The weeks seem to be flying by so fast. Lily is already 7 weeks old! Wow. 
This week I had a couple food fails:

Notice how the chocolate chips are no longer chips but a melted glob? Um, yes. Well, I accidentally left the bag sitting on top of the range when I had something baking. Oops! Thankfully I was melting some of them for the chocolate hearts in this recipe, but I do still have part of the {now hardened} melted glob sitting in my cabinet!

I planned to make sweet potato fries to go with our supper the other night. But it didn't happen with these shriveled nearly rotten sweet potatoes that might or might not have been sitting in the cabinet for the last 3 months!

And just because I have to post a picture of Lily, here are a couple funny ones.

This "newborn" size hat is ginormous on her! haha.

Ya'll hop on over to My Blessed Life and check out more Friday Fails! I guarantee you'll get some great laughs!

Happy Friday!

Cutie Patootie

I just love my precious baby girl!

I ordered her darling hat from April Accents as soon as I found out I was having a little girl!

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Day At Home

Since Jacob was off for President's Day yesterday we had planned to go to Nashville for the day. Jacob needs to take a violin bow to be repaired at a store there and we were just going to make it a fun day trip. Unfortunately our plans were canceled due to the snow and icy roads. Although we were kind of disappointed at first, we ended up having a really good day!

Jacob got some long overdue projects done around the house, like replacing our back door. Seriously, our back door was horrible. It had no windows in it so we always had to open it to see what the dogs were barking at or whatever. It also didn't fit the door frame completely so there was about half an inch of space between it and the floor where spiders {and other bugs} made their way inside in the summer and the cold air blew in in the winter.

Needless to say, I was overjoyed when Jacob found a good deal on a new door! Now we have a beautiful new back door with 9 panes of glass which let soo much light into our kitchen and there is no cold air blowing in from underneath!

Lily had fun playing on her play mat. She started out like this but before too long she was like this...

Funny girl! She's getting to be an active little girl. The last few days she's been smiling at us when we make goofy faces and smile at her. I haven't gotten any pictures yet, but it's precious.

We went out to Ruby Tuesday for supper. I just love their salad bar...so fresh and delicious! We got there about 5 so they weren't busy at all. It was so funny because all the waiters and waitresses came by and ooed and awwed over Lily. After awhile the two managers came out to see her too because they said everyone was talking about her! ha!

Last night we watched a redbox movie and had a nice quiet evening at home. It was a great day even though our plans were changed!

I posted the recipe for the brownie bites on my recipe blog this morning. Hope ya'll enjoy them! Be sure to check out the other recipes, you might find something else you'd like to try!

Valentine's Weekend

Valentine's Day is a pretty special day, but it's only become really special to me in the last three years. Two years ago Jacob and I had our first date on Valentine's Day, last year was our first V-day as a married couple, and this year was Lily's first V-day! We really don't do a whole lot...just simply show each other a little extra love.

On Friday night we went to a Valentine's banquet that was hosted by another church but my Dad was the speaker. The church invited the couples in our church to come too. It was at a restaurant that used to be a train station so it had a cool atmosphere...and two trains even went through during the evening! ha! We had a really nice time!

My sweet hubby found a good deal on flowers through a flower company that ships you the flowers. His kind efforts though turned out to be quite a fiasco! I got these flowers {pictured above} on Thursday afternoon. They looked ok {but not great} when we opened them. But on Friday morning they were so wilted! Jacob called the flower company {which will remain nameless. ha!} and they promised to send a new order which would arrive at our house on Saturday.

At 9 or 10 on Saturday morning Jacob got an email saying that they had been delivered...but we had not gotten them. Later in the afternoon after checking our front porch multiple times, Jacob got on the delivery service's website {which will also remain nameless} and it too said that the flowers had been delivered at our front door. It was slightly frustrating.

Jacob was headed out to play a gig that evening and decided to drive down our street and see if the flowers had been delivered to the wrong house. Sure enough, at a house 1/2 a mile down our street, he saw a lime green box on the porch. He went up and looked at the box and of course it had my name and our correct address on it. Thankfully no one was around to see him take the box off the porch, or they might have called the police!

Anyway, after all that I now have three vases of beautiful roses {since not all of them were wilted in the first order}! I love them!

Lily seems to have gotten so much more alert just over the weekend! She's smiling a lot and cooing and looking around so much!

I got her the sweetest Valentine's card to give Jacob. I cried when I picked it out.

To Daddy from Your Little Girl {front}

My very favoritest place in the whole wide world is right inside your hug! {inside}

I made these cute little treats for our families! I totally made them up, so I was really happy they turned out so well. Sometimes my ideas don't turn out how I picture them in my mind! ha. Anyway, they were really pretty easy and also a big hit with everyone! I'll post the recipe soon.

It was such a great weekend! Today Jacob is off work because of President's Day, so we're thinking about doing some fun stuff. We got a little bit of snow last night, it's pretty, but thankfully the roads are still clear!

Have a great Monday!

Life: Handle With Care

My cousin's husband was killed in a car accident on Wednesday night. He was only 29 years old. My heart is broken for my cousin and her two young boys as they grieve this sudden tragic loss. Please pray for them. The visitation is tonight and the funeral is tomorrow. 

This accident has really shaken me and made me realize {once again} how fragile life is. It could have been my husband. Oh how my heart hurts when I think of that. My heart's deepest desire is that my husband and my family know how very much I love them. 

I want to live each day as if it was my {or their} last. 

I want to have no unforgiveness harbored in my heart.

No words I wish I'd said. 

No deeds I wish I'd done.

No unresolved problems. 

No regrets.

Just abundant love.

Love, True Love!

This is a fun little thing fill out around Valentine's Day. I did it last year and thought I'd do it again this year. 

February 2008 - during the 2 weeks we were dating

1. When was your "engagement" anniversary: February 23, 2008

2. When is your "marriage" anniversary: June 21, 2008

3. How long have you known your spouse: around 15 years

4. How long did you date/court before you were engaged: haha...well, 2 weeks

5. Where did you meet your spouse for the first time: Don't remember exactly, but I think it was at 4-H

6. What is your spouses name: Jacob

7. Do you have any children yet: 6 wk old Lily Grace

8. How many: Just 1 for now

9. Do you have any house pets: yes, 2 chocolate labs- one is named Roo and the other is nameless

10. Do you own a house or rent: Own

11. Do you live in the country or town/city: town/city

12. What is one of your favorite activities together: cooking or watching a movie

13. Do you have a favorite vacation spot: Not really, yet. Anywhere we go together

14. How many siblings (including in-laws): 9

15. What church do you attend: Trinity Presbyterian Church

16. Is this the church you were married in: yes  

17. What is your favorite restaurant to eat at together: Outback

18. Do you work or stay at home: Stay home with my little girl & work from home as well.

19. Where did you honeymoon: Charleston, SC

20. Leave a piece of marriage advice: 1.Give your all and expect nothing in return! 2.Love covers all sins.

January 2010 - our latest family picture

This post is linked to Just for the Joy of It.