He Calls Him Moh-Moh

MoMo, that's what Luke calls Noah.
He really thinks he's saying No-Ah, but with his silly toddler speech it comes out as Moh-Moh!

So now guess what daddy calls little Noah? That's right Momo! It was cute the first couple of weeks but know everyone else is starting to call him Momo! I even catch myself calling him Momo! Poor guy... LOL! I still try get to Luke to say Noah not Momo so that as his speech develops he'll eventually start saying No-Ah!

It's so funny to hear Luke talking, he sounds so confident and so sure of what he's saying but we have no idea what he's saying half of the time! 

My heart is overjoyed seeing Luke and Noah's relationship develop. Luke will put his face on Noah and with a high pitch voice say, "Hi Moh-Moh" and Noah will get a huge smile on his face! Now I wonder what Noah will call Luke when he starts speaking! Uke?

Easter 2014

This Easter we hosted our family once again and had a yummy turkey and ham lunch! This years hit was uncle Doug's elotes! I have a feeling we'll be trying to make them pretty soon because they were delicious and looked beautiful!

It's always fun having family over, and our little family keeps growing! Last year we only had Luke and this year it was Noah's first Easter! He hung out and napped most of the time while Luke played with cousins, ate, opened Easter baskets, hunted eggs, ran around and had a blast! Next year both our boys will be running around having a blast together!

I love Easter! I feel like it completes the celebration of Christmas. December we celebrate Jesus's birth and in Easter we celebrate his finished work! Our God came as a baby in the flesh grew up into a man and then died on the cross to bear all of our sins. But thats not all! He rose again! May we never take that truth lightly, may it not only be special on Easter but may it be what keeps us going every day!

I hope your Easter was wonderful and I hope most of all that you would remember Jesus loves you to death and back! 

 

 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 1 Peter 1:3

What We've Been Up To

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WE'RE BACK!!!! 

So there went my one a week goal for blogging! I knew I was being too ambitious and ironacly it's my overly ambitious spirit that has kept me from blogging! We've had a lot going on lately, A LOT!

It seems like spring time is always a busy transition for me. 

This time last year I found out I was pregnant with Noah! The munchkin just turned 5 months and is so big. I'm not pregnant this time:) This time we've had so many house projects going on, all which I will hopefully post soon! 

We put in laminate flooring to replace our nasty rug, re-decorated, sold furniture, painted furniture, bought furniture (met tons of strangers off craigslist because of it), fixed up our patio, painted walls, spring cleaned, started gardening, went yard sale-ing, had a yard sale, all this while taking care of a baby and an over energetic toddler... Overly ambitios I'm telling ya! 

Was it worth it? You bet! Somehow we all survived. I loved our house and decor before but now I absolutely LOVE it! It was awesome to see Gods provision through it all too! I will be sharing about how gracious the Lord was in our little makeover! He blessed us with some pretty cool stuff!

So now its already April! CRAZY! Easter is this weekend, Im so excited! Finally some calm back into our lives. Have a blessed Good Friday!

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2:24 

A little sneak peak...

Probably my favorite out of all the projects!
A new chalkboard wall across from the kitchen! 

Snuck in a few weekday dates here and there! 

Noah Love

not every picture is flattering! 

My new Basil! 

Superman, no pants, rain boots and hammer... Total boy! 

At the park!

Working hard on the floors with abuelo!

my silly guys!

Let me tell you a little something about Grace

Grace Churh that is! Finding a church is not always easy. Fred and I found this to be be true when we moved to Texas in 2009 right after getting married. We had been visiting churches seeking fellowship, the gospel and solid expository bible teaching which was hard to come by in a bible belt state. We had to cross off many churches after reading their about me section online and so we kept searching.

Fred was working at Outback Steakhouse at the time when a kind family he wasn't even serving randomly invited him to church, Grace Church! They didn't even know that he had been looking for a church either! We thought, there must be something good going on there if their members are inviting complete strangers! So we visited!

At that time they were meeting in the cafeteria of an elementary school. It was kind of a culture shock at first having come from a mega church and what was more shocking was the love and welcome we received. Strangers introduced themselves, the pastor, Craig Cabaniss, who we didn't know yet was the main pastor came to say hi.

We learned that this was church plant that began in 2005. Families had faithfully left their home state and moved to Frisco to start this church. We met people from all different sates, even California! We weren't the only In-N-Out, beach and mountain lovers in town!

That day we heard truth. We heard the word of God being taught straightforward. No sugar coats, just plain gospel truth! We saw people that were faithful to the Lords calling and had also left their friends behind to start this church.

We visited another church or two but the love and community of Grace had truly captivated us so we came back and decided to stay. Having left behind all our close friends in California we were desiring to build new friendships so we quickly plugged into a care group.

This was probably the best decision we made as newlyweds in a new state plugging in with a group of believers. We joined the Mayfield care group, they and the others in the group were such a blessing in our lives! Being the first out of our group of friends from California to get married we didn't have married friends nevertheless friends with children!

I learned in this group what godly marriages looked like, what women submitting to their husbands meant and how moms are supposed to love their children.

To this day I am thankful for that time of transition in our lives. What we thought was a move to Texas for better job opportunities we now know the Lord had something special for Fred and I here. We had a community of believers carrying for us and I truly believe the Lord was teaching me how to to be a mom even back then as I got to see how these faithful women cared and loved their children, it was all new to me and it made me look forward to it! Fred and I experienced a spiritual growth there and the Lord used Grace church for that.

He continues to use Grace church in our lives now after being there more than 4 years.

Not too long ago Fred and I had a really bad month financially. That was the month we had no insurance and Luke fractured his leg and we had to pay for his medical bills out of pocket. We were to the point where we were going to have to use our credit card to make it through the month. As we sat in despair of our finances we decided to take a walk to get our minds off things. We checked the mailbox and in it was a benevolence check from Grace church that not only covered Luke's medical bills but also was exactly the amount we needed to help us get through the month!

I had never experienced that kind of grace.

It was one of the biggest miraculous in our lives. We never asked for it but the Lord knew we desperately needed it and used Grace church to bless us. Tears and tears poured down from our eyes on that walk as we felt so loved and taken care of by the Lord and our church.

There are truly special miraculous things happening at Grace. The Lord is truly at work there, He has great plans for it too!

There was land DONATED to Grace in the center of Frisco Square in one of the fastest growing cities in Dallas. The groundbreaking for the building has just begun. I'm so blessed to be a part of this church and see how the Lord is working through it to preach the gospel, to bless marriages, and bring believers together.

My children are now being blessed there. I'm already seeing God at work in Luke's life. The other day we told him "lets pray" and he clasped his little hands together, we didn't teach him that, usually we hold hands to pray and although it's a little thing it was so wonderful to see that he is already being taught by the wonderful volunteers that are there faithfully serving and teaching. I'm excited to see both my boys grow and learn about God at Grace and one day soon move to this beautiful building God is providing!

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From Baby to Toddler: 18 Month Luke

My sweet Luke is about to be 18 months, that's a year and a half! My, oh, my, it has been an unforgettable eventful 18 months! I can sincerely say that I'm amazed by him everyday. His silly personality, his cool dance moves, the new things he learns everyday and even that mean squinty face he makes when he's mad, I'm completely in love with every ounce of that child.

• His favorite toys are anything that he can smack around, spatulas are a big hit, swords, spoons, light sabers, plastic bats, paper towel rolls, he always has one of those in his hand. He recently got into cars and loves those too, little hot wheels, big trucks, he's a fan! 
• Luke's a talking machine! Cracks me up every time I hear him say his little words followed by a bunch of gibberish! He can clearly say: "eat," "mama," "go," "agua," "shoes," and  my favorite is his "Ah man" when something goes wrong! He says Mah= More, teese=cheese, mil= milk. He also signs: help, more, eat and all done but he started that pretty early on and has been doing it less and less since he's gotten more verbal but his Help and Eat sign he still uses a lot.
• He's a my little "helper." He'll help me in the laundry room by taking clothes out of the dryer even when I'm trying to load it he'll want to take them out! He throws away diapers and pretty much anything I tell him to put in the trash. He'll also grab the broom and "sweep" the floor!
• He's got good hygiene! Loves baths, as soon as I say bath time he'll get a big smile on his face and run to the bathroom! He loves to brush his "teesh," like all day. If we're in the bathroom he'll point to the sink and then stick his finger in his mouth and say "teesh, teesh."
• Favorite snacks are nutrigrain bars, fruit squeeze's, bananas, yogurt raisins, cheese sticks and crackers. He eats 90% of anything I offer. The other 10% is squishy or juicy tart fruit he's not a fan! 
• He loves to sing and dance. In the car he'll bob his head around to the music and swing his little arms and legs to the beat. When he tries to sing he'll even adjust his pitch according to the song. Through out the day he'll sing his "Ohh Reee ohh"song or his Katy Perry's eye of the tiger  chorus  part,  "oh, oh, oh, oh, ohh."
• If you make him mad... Oh you'll know! He gets his mean face on, wrinkles his forehead and starts mumbling who knows what under his breath. Sometimes he'll run and hide behind the curtains or finds a wall to hide behind of. It's hard to keep a straight face with this silly kid! Sometimes I have to walk out of the room and just laugh! 
• Thank God he's outgrowing the hitting us on the face because we have zero tolerance for that, it's never ok to hit, we really had to lay down the law with that one and discipline the little guy and he's gotten better about it. His anger issues have encouraged Fred and I to pray for his little heart, practice positive reinforcement and discipline with love.
• He loves his baby brother and his puppy! Every time Noah starts to whine Luke will say, "Uh-oh!" and rush to Noah. He loves to hug gnarly and chase him around the house.
• Love going out. As soon as he sees me getting ready he'll start saying, "Go, go..." and he'll want to grab the diaper bag and he goes to the front door or the garage door. We like to go for walks, the park, library and the mall.
• He's kind of obsessed with "uh-cles" right now. He knows and recognizes circles every where, tiny, big ones, on the ground, on the ceiling he'll point them out and say "Uh-cle!" He even drew uh-cles on our walls and bathroom door the other day! Lets just say all crayons are hidden now! 

I can't believe six months from now I'll have a 2 year old! I love you Luke, every ounce of you, every smile, every fit, every milestone and everything in between you make me the happiest proudest mama!

Uh-cle!