Pumpkin Carving 2014 Style

We had the annual pumpkin carving last night at Becky's. We actually got a late start thanks to our new pastime called three year old fits- no fun at all!! But we carved an Olaf pumpkin that looked good when lit up, but pretty rough when you looked close. Ha! I pretty much ruined both arms and we had to attach them via toothpicks. Not our best work, but whatev.
































And some fun comparison shots from the past few years :-)











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Welcome to the world Eden Rae!

As I mentioned before, Eden Rae Broady joined the world on Oct 11th. Her "due date" was not until Nov 4th. So she surprised us all a little :-)















She was 6lbs even at 36 & 1/2 weeks so that is wonderful! She came out great (Havens labor was quick- lucky thing!) and did not have any breathing issues!! Woohoo. That's always a concern for early babies. She did battle with a little bit of jaundice in her first week, but her parents did some great research and got her a "glow" blanket to fix her right up. They are breastfeeding and rockin it out! I am so proud of them and love getting to see both of them as parents. It's the cutest.















Griffin adores Eden. He has held her twice really well and been so proud of himself for it too! Ha. He also has had to practice not getting to close when he had a little cough, just to be safe. This is great practice for him :-)


















We love you Eden Rae! And we cannot wait for you and Grady to become best friends, whether you want to or not! Ha!


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The Redeemer Church Journey Update

Well it's been almost a month since I blogged about the church plant. Since then we have visited several church plants, and starting meeting on Sunday mornings! Wow.

So we visited three different church plants during our "Sunday's off" between SGBC and the start of Redeemer. It was very encouraging and helpful to see what others have done, and hear their encouragements to us for the journey. These are the people who have been there and know the battle ahead, so to get wisdom from them was very sweet.

On Oct 12th we met for the first time on a Sunday morning at Bristow Elementary. It just so happened that Bro and Haven decided to have Baby Eden on the 11th (she was due a day after me, so almost 4 weeks early!), so plans changed quite a bit for the 12th! Ha! I will do another post on precious Eden, but know that her and momma are both fabulous and I tell Haven daily I am mad that she isn't pregnant anymore and I am! Haha.






So we decided to just do a very scaled down version for our first Sunday. Jennifer led worship by herself, and it was sweet and simple. It was a humbling morning I think. There were just a few of us, and it was our first time in the school. It felt perfect to me. God just preparing us for what He wants to do in this area, and Him reminding us that it won't be by our plans or big show that hearts and lives will be changed. It will be by His doing alone. It was a great lesson at the perfect time.

So the next week we were all pumped and ready to go! We had a few visitors and wonderful worship and a great message. It was refreshing and exciting.















Now we are trying to spread the word. Our core group will be going out and passing out info this weekend, and we are praying for ways to reach the community around us.

Will you pray with us?



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37 Weeks and Counting...

So it's been several weeks since I have updated about pregnancy #2. So here is a brief synopsis of where we are at...

Weeks: 37

Total Weight gained: 25lbs

Preggo Symptoms: Last week I had swelling in my ankles that hurt to touch! I never swelled with Griffin so I didn't know how awful it feels! Luckily my blood pressure is great (100/66) and no protein in my urine, so no signs of preeclampsia. Just regular ol swelling. And it has gone down tremendously this week. Lots of pelvic pain. Blah. Can barely breathe and constantly sound like I am out of breath. Yay.

Doctor said I was measuring 37 weeks last week and 40 this week! So my belly really grew. It's pretty huge at this point.

We are just trucking along and hoping these 3 weeks hurry on by.

Griffin is often saying things like "when Grady gets out of your belly you can run with me momma" and "when Grady gets here you can do such and such". I think we are all ready to meet him and be done with this pregnancy! Ha!

And a comparison of the belly with Griffin and Grady...



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Life according to my iPhone...

I keep meaning to write actual posts with actual thoughts and feelings... But with a ever-growing belly and never-growing energy level, I am just keeping my head above water right now! Ha! So here are some things we have been up to...

Playing in our costumes trying to decide what to be for Halloween...





Building a treehouse with Momma Susan while Mommy and Daddy went on an actual date...


Peeps and Livvi came up for a visit...





Griffin has gotten great at playing on his own quietly during bible study... And yes he may be a little ocd with his toys...


Me and Griffin went down to a wedding in Gallatin that was gorgeous and we got to see the fam...



Baby Eden also made her debut and Redeemer Church had our first Sunday service, but I think those may deserve their own posts!

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