Maybe one day I'll catch up!

So, how is everybody? Ha Ha! I know it's been forever and I can't even remember the last time I blogged! I do have a great excuse though! We are currently in Paris now. We moved here about 3 weeks ago! Obviously our house sold A LOT quicker than we had imagined (but then again, God is bigger than our imaginations, huh?)! We literally had a whirlwind of a move. We had a scheduled vacation to Gulf Shores long before we knew about moving, so you know it fell at exactly the same time that we had to move out of our house. I will post pics of the beach on the next blog. Faith hated the sand and the ocean! What? Oh well, better luck next time. She practically despised the sand or ("dirt") in between her toes. But to give her some slack, she was ill for the first two days of the trip running up to 103 degrees of fever. And Jeff and I were stressing about having enough time to finish packing up back home, seeing as how the night we arrived back home would be our last night spent at our house in Texarkana. Yeah, that's what I mean by whirlwind!
We found out we are having a boy, maybe I posted that last time, who knows? His name is officially decided, thank goodness! Luke Ryan Nutt. Tell me what you think? Faith and Luke = both one syllable, easy to say, easy to spell, both are biblical, etc... We like it! This pregnancy has been slightly different. Wouldn't say a bad experience, but not as lovely as Faith's. 3 UTI's, a possible inguinal (groin) hernia, a trip to labor and delivery for a shot of brethine to stop prelabor contractions at 28 weeks...with that said, I am anxious to hold this baby boy in my arms not my belly!:) God has been gracious and we are thankful for his health thus far and expect that great things are in store for him. If you happen to remember, pray for his delivery to be uneventful and close to his due date! I have approximately 2 months to go!
Faith is great! Her vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds! She is a smart little toot! Maybe I'm partial, but I'm amazed at what she remembers and what she says without being taught. She's getting to be a lot of fun! Independent at times, but fun.:) She makes me laugh and she makes me grit my teeth all at the same time. Discipline of some sort has become a part of every single day! Wow, some days I feel like all I say is, "No Faith." or "Faith, you know better than that." or "Babe, that's not very nice; remember we have to obey?". I feel like drill sergeant for goodness sakes! I try hard to pick my battles, but some things you just have to nip in the bud, you know? Like trying to eat a worm, digging in the trash, snatching things (does anybody Else's kid do that, it drives me bonkers), or spanking herself when asked if she wants a spanking and then looking at me and saying, "No No, Mama!" Oh my, sometimes I'm about to fall out laughing and have to turn my head for a second. At the end of the day though, she's wonderful.
Jeff loves his job. And I do mean loves! That's nice to know because if we moved into this rent house and then he decided he hated it, well, we would have to probably be away from one another for a while!:) No seriously, we can already see different reasons as to why we might have been led here. Adjusting to a new town is still something we're working on. I think it will be easier once our new house is built. I think they are pouring the slab on Monday, June 22ND. I'm putting that in there mostly so I can recall when everything occurred later on (you know for scrapbook reasons). OK, well, there are Easter pics, pics of our old house, and pics of our lot on here. I will post the other half of this later. We just got Internet today so, Yay! Talk to you soon!

We're moving...and birthday pics!

Faith is becoming soooo much fun! She understands a lot of what we say and is mimicking what we do and it is so cute to watch. For example, just this morning she spilled a tad of water on the table and immediately ran to her high chair, grabbed her bib, and started to wipe up her mess. Then looked at me and said, "There...K!" Translating she meant, "There that's better.....OK Mama?!" I just cracked up laughing because that was extremely an OCD moment for my child! Which will come directly from her father and I unfortunately!!! She speaks nonstop!!! Some things I get and some things I just nod my head and smile; usually she is sufficed by that gesture! The great outdoors is her favorite past time; which suits me fine. Well, it may not suit me fine when it's August and I'm 9 months pregnant, but we'll deal with that when the time comes!
If you haven't already heard it through the grapevine, Jeff has accepted a new position as vice president/loan officer for Guaranty Bond Bank in Paris. Whew....it's been an extremely tough decision for us. Granted, it's only 1.5 hours away from our home now, but it will be a big move for our family. We have poured prayer into this and numerous late night conversations discussing everything from leaving our church, both of our jobs, our house, how Faith will adjust, new baby coming and how to still keep my obgyn here, our friends, the effect it will have on our families, whether to build in Paris or to buy, losing Target:(.... You get the picture don't you? We feel very blessed to have lived and met and married and built our 1st house and had Faith here in Texarkana. It's kind of like the perfect size for a town; big enough to go to Walmart or out to eat and maybe not see anyone you know, but small enough to not have horrible traffic at rush hour! Being raised my whole life on a farm in a Very small town in Arkansas, I know that little towns have perks too. And Paris is bigger than my hometown, but it will still be an adjustment. Just a lot of "newness"= new baby, new house, new circle of friends, new jobs ( although I am going to stay prn at St. Mich's here and work periodically if only to keep in touch with my friends, and I hate to lose my status with this hospital, and it's easier to keep up with my education hours and certification renewals when you're associated with a hospital), new church home, new, new, new!!! Can you tell that we are a tad bit overwhelmed? And it's not like we're moving to Paris, France!!!!!
On the more spiritual side of things concerning this move, we have seen God's hand move in very obvious ways that has made our decision much more comforting. He has a way of letting you know it's gonna be OK, even though we can't see the fine details and how exactly everything is going to fall into place. He has already worked in our hearts and is prompting us daily to learn to lean wholly on Him. As humans, change is uncomfortable and scary, but He is reminding us that His way and His purpose for our lives is of utmost importance. Obedience is key to a great relationship with our Heavenly Father. No, we are not turning cartwheels over here about having to move, but He has placed an excitement of some sort into our hearts about it, because we know He is going to use us in ways He might not could have here in Texarkana. Pray for us please to keep thinking positively and to anticipate great things in the months ahead. We have no idea when the move will actually take place, or how quickly our home here will sell, but I am pretty sure it will be a few months before we're loading up and heading to our new home! OK, on to the post!
I'll start the intro to the pics out with apologizing to my mom 1st, because her bday was in February, but my camera was out of commission so I missed getting pictures! So, I'll just say, "Happy Birthday NaNa" to all my blog readers and hope that in a small way, it kind of makes up for it! My camera was up and running again for Mrs. Raylene's party in March though, so here are several pics from it. And yes I will make copies of these for you Mrs. Raylene, I promise!

I love this one of Taylor!

They don't look very into the party here despite their outfits!



Many attempts to capture a good pic; not sure I succeeded....




Great job with the cake Georjeana!








Random pics of my babe!

Play time with DaDa is always fun!!

Say a little prayer for my little one; she's running fever today. Other than a snotty nose, I have no idea what she has. It seems like kids catch everything in the first two years of their lives!! I just hate it when she doesn't feel well, you know? Here are some videos of Faith and her dad playing together. She shows off a few of her tricks during a couple of them. It never fails though, when I get out the camera she's not near as open and cooperative as she is without it in her face!




This is for new baby! 13 weeks yesterday!

Faith loves to play on our bed; here is the evidence!