Coffee CubBuster

Did you know that Mayonnaise helps get paint off of skin?  Yes it's true. And it keeps the skin from getting dry from all that paint! One of my favorite angles. :) How do you get paint there? Matthew and I have had a crazy month of guests, painting parties (if you can call it that), gender reveal parties, and other house projects. These painted doors finally got shelves put in! Now I just have to add the door knob. My Granny Annie came for a visit and got to meet her great-grandson. What a blessing to have such longevity in my genes! Grandma Marsha just showered Silas with love. He is a blessed boy to have such a great grandmother. I love his facial expressions We've been to two different baby reveal parties in the last couple of weeks. Both friends are having baby boys! So happy Silas will have some testosterone around him. Congrats Pink and Laura!!! ~CoffeeCubBuster

How often do we say... "I've just been really busy lately." I know that all too often I apologize for being MIA, or too busy, or something equivalent to having a schedule that doesn't allow for more conversation. We blame technology, or schedules, or responsibilities, or seasons of life for taking away the once sacred time of sitting in rocking chairs and talking to one another in person. I think life never slows down unless you choose to put on the breaks. I'm recognizing that there is ALWAYS something to do. Now with an old house and a new baby, I can ALWAYS be doing something. Instead, I want to be someone. This might actually demand that I say "no" to certain things, which I am terrible at doing because I long to please and love everyone that makes requests of me. I believe this is one of the lessons God is teaching me through this random change in Silas' sleep schedule. From a once seemingly perfect sleeper, he began a new growth phase that w...

Had to cook some good-ole American 4th food for my hungry hubby.  The crock-pot BBQ chicken turned out amazing! My first cobbler! Since Matthew's family always picks blackberries over the summer and makes one, I didn't want him to miss out this year. (Mine were store bought, sorry baby.) It's funny how pictures make everyone think you have a perfect baby. He started crying two seconds after this picture. I still love you precious baby boy. I love this face... "Are you kidding me with this hat?" This was a big deal. Silas sitting up by himself for the first time! (With the help of extra padding) I think he was proud too. My sweet nephew Easton looks SO big, but he's only in his terrible 2s. He's not too terrible though. I love his hugs! I can't believe my other nephew is already 9 months! Tanner the chicks do dig you buddy. So happy my siblings got to meet Silas finally. Allie and Sarah met him later, but it was great t...

My paradoxical life has taken a huge transitional road recently. At times I feel nothing but an overwhelming sense of gratitude and thanksgiving, yet I also struggle with the constant shifting and changing of my daily life. It's an internal battle I hate to admit. Just when I think I have some control and understanding over my new routine, it changes again. Along the same vein, just when my precious baby boy started sleeping through the night, he decided to begin breaking free of his swaddle blanket and waking up alarmed. Yet, he didn't really want to be free because his jerky arm reflex hasn't subsided,  and it scares him into alertness sooner than his tired eyes would like. Thus, we have tried to swaddle him with his arms out during the day, but this too doesn't seem to be the right road. So he's sleeping less, as am I, and we both begin to get a bit cranky by the end of the day. A solution is hard to find... But isn't this how we all are? We want God to ...