Benjamin - 8 Months old!

So I'm a couple days late for Benjamin's monthly review, but here it is! WOW! Do we just love this guy!!!

He is learning and growing so fast! From picking up his own food, to making strides to being  a crawler, Benjamin is always amazing us! He is still pretty flexible, which makes it nice having a very active brother who loves to be on the go! 

Also, Benjamin is starting to do things like lifting his bottom and getting on all fours which make us think he is just around the corner from crawling! Boy will we have our hands VERY full when he eventually gets going! Already, he has such a tight grip and is not very happy when things are taken away from him. I have a feeling he isn't going to like the word "no." But, we'll cross that bridge when we get there (sooner than we think...)!

Benjamin loves to put anything in his mouth and that has proven to be dangerous these days! Our poor little guy contracted a nasty stomach bug this past week. He was the most miserable I have ever seen him, not eating and screaming all the time! We did all we could to make him feel more comfortable. It was definitely a shock to my system as he was waking up 3-4 times a night with dirty diapers. How quickly I forgot what it was like to be up in the middle of the night. God gave me (and my poor husband!) such strength and supernatural energies!  Praise be to God, he is starting to act like himself - cheerful with a HUGE appetite :) Still working on some stomach issues, but he is definitely on the mend! 

We LOVE LOVE LOVE this guy and are so thankful for him! Still can't believe that he's 8 months old!

Here are a couple pictures of our little man!

We call him "BenjiMater"because his two little teeth remind us of Mater from Disney's Cars! LOL!! 

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Facebook and Graduation

Whelp! I've been on quite a hiatus in recent months. In the midst of moving from Louisville, KY to Santa Clarita, CA and preparing to graduate with my Master's in Biblical Counseling, I haven't had big chunks of time to sit down, edit pictures, and write much. I even skipped Benjamin's monthly post as we were smack-dab in the middle of packing and moving.

Also in the midst of not blogging, I decided to remove myself from the Facebook world. After lots of prayer, discussion with faithful friends, and a few helpful blog posts, I realized I was spending too much precious and valuable time browsing photos, writing on walls, and simply "checking facebook" for who knows what! It became somewhat of an addiction. I began to feel comforted by the continual "checking" and browsing. This post really helped me get a better understanding of my own heart when it came to this newfound "love." The author pointed out that we tend to "check" Facebook at our lowest moments and compare our lives with the perfect ones that we see on Facebook. (Who doesn't try to put their best foot forward?) Though I felt like I wasn't necessarily comparing myself with every status and photo I saw, I was wasting a great deal of time essentially becoming a busy body going from profile to profile in search of the latest "news" that my friends and acquaintances had to share (see girltalk blog's post on this here). So as I examined my heart and habits, I came to the conclusion that it just wasn't worth my time investing in this avenue of social media. Since then, Joshua and I have come together to create a family-type facebook page where we can keep in touch with family and friends and post pictures. We think this will be best for our goals as a couple and a family :)

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Since arriving in CA, I managed to graduate with my Masters in Biblical Counseling! Yay! It's been a long time coming and I'm thankful to have this season of studies completed. Now on to continue studying the art of mommy-hood and homemaking for my 3 guys :)

(I have a beautiful life.)

I feel like there is just so much that I could write about since it has been so long. Days are long and busy and it has actually taken me almost a week to get this one post completed so I'll leave with this...God is doing great things in our family. He is proving Himself to be faithful in all circumstances and we are trusting Him! :)

Until next time, may I continue to seek first God's kingdom and will and may I fight harder and harder for the joy that is found in Christ Jesus!

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