our little bean

As the picture clearly shows...baby Wood #3 is on her/his way! We are very excited and are expecting her/him around December 29th...hopefully closer to that date, than the 25th (Christmas). But baby is doing great...with a healthy heartbeat and the size of a small bean...right on schedule. I'm nauseous and tired but otherwise doing well. Ethan is very excited and asked if we get to keep this one. So we had to explain that foster babies are different than our very own babies...yes, we are definitely keeping this one.

arts and crafts

Since Jude has had a yucky stomach bug all weekend, Ethan has kept himself entertained on his own. He loves anything that has to do with paint or glue. I'm not sure where he got the idea of garden vegetable markers but while I was gone for the women's brunch on Saturday, Ethan filled my herb garden with about 20 of them. Jason said he didn't help him with any of it. Ethan had the idea and glued it and drew his pictures. I must say I am one proud mama of my little artist.

journaling

We had a women's brunch at our church yesterday and Sally Gleason was our speaker. I really enjoyed what she had to say. Part of her talk was on the Foundations of a Biblical Women's Ministry (which can also be applied to the Foundations for a Church)...the Gospel, the Truth, Sound Doctrine, Discipleship and the Covenant. What a beautiful picture of what the church was meant to be. It's about a community of God's people pointing and directing each other to Christ...not one of those things is centered on ME, MYSELF or I. We are called to preach the Gospel, tell and point each other to the Truth even if it doesn't make everyone feel warm and fuzzy, teach Sound Doctrine from Scripture, Disciple and (young/old men, women, mothers, fathers, grandparents, teenagers, children) deepen their knowledge and understanding through the Word of God, and to understand the Covenant that was fulfilled and carried on by Christ (which has nothing to do with what we do).

I pray this for our church. That we would see what we are called to do as a church. I know and am comforted that God is greater than all the mess and chaos that we sinners create, and it is all in his control...PRAISE GOD!

do you have a popular name?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 221 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

And statistically the 78th most popular last name. Kind of fun. Thanks Krista for the fun blog idea!

funny kid

Ethan after lunch today: "Mom can I have dessert?" (a child after my own heart...dessert after every meal except breakfast)

Me: "I don't think we have any dessert."

Ethan, after he checked the frig: "Look mom!"

Me: "You want applesauce for dessert?"

Ethan: "YEAH!"

This is the kid who said he wanted "peas" for a snack one day. Not that he doesn't have a sweet tooth (like his mommy and daddy) but I'm glad he does have this healthy side to him. Funny kid!

bear

Another bear on the way....with my official tag around it's neck. Tab, I hope your friend loves her Aloha Bear.

James Sire

Today Jason and I went to listen to James Sire speak. He is author of the books The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog, Habits of the Mind: Intellectual Life as a Christian Calling and Learning to Pray Through the Psalms...to name a few. He mainly spoke on the topic of his book Learning to Pray Through the Psalms. It not only was nice to get away and be challenged but also just to spend some time with my honey...sans the kids. I love my chidren but I do enjoy uninterrupted conversation with Jason too.