Belly

This photo was actually taken the day before the previous picture of my belly...but I felt obligated to update my blog! Hopefully I will have some cute photos to share soon...of Abigail of course!

Elijah Patrick May!

I am so excited to announce that our great friends the May's have accepted a referral! For those of you who don't know, they are adopting a little boy from Korea! I can't show you his adorable baby pictures but I can tell you that he is so precious! He has tons of straight, black hair with a sweet little nose and chubby cheeks! He is currently in a foster home and it appears that he is very well cared for and loved deeply! He was born on July 11Th and they are planning to bring him home by May! We are so excited for our dear friends and I can't wait to meet him! I and praying that everything goes smoothly from here on out and hope that you would all join me! Congratulations Amanda and Shelby!

Piper and Proverbs

"Fight for us, O God, that we not drift numb and blind and foolish into vain and empty excitements. Life is too short, too precious, too painful to waste on worldly bubbles that burst. Heaven is too great, hell is too horrible, eternity is too long that we should putter around on the porch of eternity." ~ John Piper

Yesterday I started a new study in Proverbs. It is an inductive study by Kay Arther. I am so excited about all of the wisdom that is made available through Proverbs and a little nervous of seeing all of the areas where I am sinful and a fool! I hope to share with you some of my studies! But for now here is a verse from Proverbs to ponder...

v.7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Baby Bump

24 weeks and finally a picture of my baby bump. I'm an honest person and so I can tell you all that the reason I haven't taken a picture (until now) of my belly is because I spend most of my day in my pajamas only to change into scrubs before work! Enjoy.

A baby blanket

Abigail doesn't have a favorite doll or toy (yet) but in recent days she has latched onto a little blanket, that honestly looks like it should belong to a little boy. She loves it. When it gets close to nap time she will walk over to her crib and pull it through the slates and walk around her room with it. It's pretty dog gone cute if I do say so myself, even when she trips over it a little because as her face tumbles to the ground she nuzzles it in her blanket!

Mckmama and Madeline

I am frequent reader of Mckmama's blog. Sometimes we agree sometimes we do not, but a recent post of hers really made me think about a few things. Her post reminded me of something that I frequently forget. These times, these crazy time when I am up all hours of the night, constantly seeking a nap, doing dishes, folding laundry, rushing off to work, feeding Aby, bathing Aby, changing Aby's poopy diapers....and so on. These are the best days of my life, and when they are over and I have nothing do, Im gonna miss these crazy days. So, with this information at the for front of my mind, I rocked Abigail at nap time today, instead of letting her fall asleep in her crib. And, when I got home from work at midnight and heard a little tiny wimper, I went in her room, sat my (6 month) pregnant booty on the floor and I held her for as long as she would let me. I hope that as the business increases and the day to Madeline's arrival draws nearer I will remember that more and more. I am going to miss the days when I could hold Aby whenever I wanted and when I only had one child to please. I hope that I will be more patient and happy to be more appeasing to my little ladies needs. I also hope that when Madeline does arrive I won't be in a rush to see her roll over or sleep through the night and sit up and take steps because now I know that the days go extremely fast and one day, Im gonna miss them!

Piper

"We can exhaust ourselves by seeking significance in what we do and how we are known, hoping that we will be remembered after we are gone. Or, we can lay our lives on God's altar; squandering them in the world's eyes, but entrusting our legacy to our Maker." -Piper

One

A little Piper Everyday.

We have decided on a name for our little girl. Madeline Piper. We realize that Piper isn't a popular name, and you may not even like it. My hope is that you come to know the man that we are naming her after very well in the next few months and by the time she is born adore her middle name. We are naming her after one the the greatest theologians of our time. He screams from the pulpit the things that bring our hearts the most joy. Namely,Jesus Christ and him crucified. Here are a few quotes and a short video to get you acquainted.

"I cannot escape the exceeding wonder that not only does God look upon a guilty person in the court room and exercise clemency and forgive him and say, 'You're guilty, I forgive you, go and sin no more', but he also, beyond all imagination, looks upon this guilty sinner and does not just say 'You're guilty, I forgive you' he says 'You're not guilty.' I mean forgiveness is understandable --just a little bit understandable. We kind of had some way to get our hands around forgiveness: you let it go; you don't hold it against them. But this looks me right in the face, right in the face, sinner that I am, and says "Righteous."


"The climax of God's happiness is the delight He takes in the echoes of His excellence in the praises of His people."


SIN IS:
The glory of God not honored
The holiness of God not reverenced
The greatness of God not admired
The power of God not praised
The truth of God not sought
The wisdom of God not esteemed
The beauty of God not treasured
The goodness of God not made sacred
The faithfulness of God not trusted
The commandments of God not obeyed
The justice of God not respected
The wrath of God not feared
The grace of God not cherished
The presence of God not prized
The person of God not loved

-- John Piper

1.10.10

Happy Birthday baby girl! Today you're ONE! I can seriously hardly believe it. Everyone says that time will fly but I guess never quite understood! Today as we celebrate your very first birthday I am amazed at how much joy you have brought us, how much you have grown, learned, and taught us. You are truly a blessing from the Lord! So lets recap...



One year ago today at precisely 1:40pm you emerged into this great big world. You were so precious, and loud. We were actually happy to hear you cry, we were happy to watch you sleep, we were excited to change your dirty diapers because we were new, and you were ours! We loved you before you were born we waited anxiously for your arrival and you were perfect!




A couple of months go by and you rolled over, sat up and amazed us as you began sleeping through the night. When you smiled we first smiled we were ecstatic,and now at one you can...

- Walk but your still pretty wobbly
- Talk (Mama, Dada, Aby, Baby, Bye, Hi, and we swear you say "tis it?" meaning what is it?
-You love to dance, and we have music playing in your room constantly, you have also learned how to turn it up really loud.
-You can eat just about anything you want thanks to your 6 teeth.
- You have now switched from a bottle to a sippy cup and are drinking whole milk!
You love to play with your Daddy, you crawl all over him, and when he makes you giggle too much you get the hiccups!
- You sleep about 12 hours at night and take a long nap in the morning and mini nap in the evening.
- You are very easy going.
- You love, love, love Ginger and I love the fact that she cleans up all the food that you throw on the floor!







Happy Birthday baby girl!

Pierogi

It's official, my little girl is a Pollock! She has now experienced her very first pierogi!

What about Christmas?

Oops. In all of the hustle and bustle surrounding the Christmas season I forgot to blog about the Christmas season! You all saw that we did put up a tree and even though we didn't get to the lights outside the house we did have a festive time! Unfortunately I had to work on Christmas eve and christmas day but that did dampen my spirits. Neither did the fact that Abigail and Stephen both had a stomach virus. I wasn't completely depressed that my little girl would not only not get to spend her very first christmas with me but also have to stay home sick all day, not depressing at all. So here is what we did do....

We made a lasagna as we do every year, we woke up and had a lovely christmas breakfast and opened presents before I left for work at 3pm.

Some people were worried that Aby might not have much to open on Christmas day because the gift that we are getting her is on back order ( I say "getting" because it is still out of stock) but have no fear the mailman brought plenty of presents from Texas, New Jersey and even a few from Kentucky!

Bounce U

The next day we took a trip over to Bounce U, they have several different inflatables like a giant slide, obstacle course and giant jumper. They let Aby go in for free because we were worried that she wouldn't like it or that the noise of the blowers woudl scare her. Fortunately for us she had a blast! She loved jumping and was cracking me up laying on her back rolling around on the inflatable. She also had fun going down the giant slide with her Gigi. The best part is parents jump for FREE...the worst part is that I was having so much fun bouncing Aby I forgot to take any good pictures! Here is what I have...

Lollipop

This past week Stephen stayed in Louisville and took a Jan term at the seminary. While he was away my sister, my nephews, and my mom came to visit. They helped us out in a huge way by keeping Abigail while I worked this week. I did have a few days off and we were able to take the kids out for a little fun. The first day we took a trip to Chuck E Cheese. The following video shows what happened after we turned in our tickets and there weren't enough for two lollipops!



So we asked for another...





For the record, this was Abigail's first lollipop!