Zoo Trip

Lauren seeing Penguins for the 1st time

We took Lauren to the zoo for the first time on Sunday afternoon. She had a blast!! Her favorite thing to do was walk through the misting stations. She loved looking at the animals and just being outside. We took her stroller of course thinking she would ride around most of the time. This was not the case. She walked almost the entire time. She squealed with excitement when she was walking and saw her shadow moving. Of course she had to give chase and squeal even more. I think we will definitely be getting a zoo membership soon. Although we did not make it through the entire zoo, we had a great time. We managed to stay for about 3 hours before she was ready to go. We were ready to go too (it was hot!!) I can honestly say I can't remember having a better time just relaxing with the family. Stay tuned for more. Our next adventure is going to be the Pink Palace.

She was waving to an airplane.

God is so good!!

So we finally traded in the volvo and get an Envoy XUV. It is the SUV with the retractable roof that makes a truck bed in the back. I absolutely love it. Don't get me wrong I loved the volvo too, but it was just too small for our needs. We finally agreed on this vehicle after hours of wandering around in the hot sun on City Auto's lot. This is the second vehicle we have purchased from there and will be going back when the time comes for a new one. They people there are great and they have the best prices and selection in town. We had been searching for a new vehicle for a while now. We had just about given up hope when I found our new XUV. We checked it over and took it for a test drive. Everything seemed to be great except for one thing, Steve had found a F150 that he wanted. We kept talking over and still could not decide. I told him I had a bad feeling about the truck (it was more mileage than we were looking for and a few things needed to be fixed). He agreed with me and we bought the Envoy. I couldn't help but know that God had it planned from the beginning for us to find that vehicle. It was everything that we were looking for and in our price range. I know God was looking out for us that day. I am so thankful that God is there to point us in the right direction. All we have to do is turn it over to him.

As for Lauren, she just cut another tooth this week and is about to cut another one. That will make 6 total so far. She is growing so fast. It seems like yesterday that she was born. Lauren is such a water baby. She loves being in the pool or even the bathtub for that matter. I went to start her bath water last night and she ran in the bathroom and hugged me as tight as she could. She knew exactly what she was about to get to do. I think she could play in there for hours if the water wouldn't get too cold. As far as the pool goes, she sits on the steps and plays with her toys for as long as we will let her stay outside. I have never seen a child love to be outdoors as much as she does. That is why we spend most of our time at either my mom's back porch or my dad's.

Steve had a good Father's Day. We went to church and then spent the afternoon with my dad at his pool.

We are loving every minute of being parents and really want to have more children in the future. I will never be able to explain to anyone how you can love someone that much that you just met. All I can say is you have to experience it for yourself. That kind of love can only be from God. Thank you God!!

New at this blogging thing

I am completely new at this whole blogging thing. I will try to keep this blog updated and see where it takes me. I just want a way to keep friends and family who aren't the myspace or facebook type to have a place to keep up with our lives and mostly see how Lauren is growing.

I can't believe it has already been a year since my sweet angel was born. She is growing so fast and learning so much. I can't wait to get home at night to see what new skill she has mastered or hear a new word that was learned. I may be a little biased, but I think she is the smartest baby.

I am working at Trinity Baptist Church, where we are members, as the receptionist/assistant to the Sr. Adult minister. I love my job because it is so stress free (most of the time). The people I work with are wonderful and have such a passion for the Lord that it is making my walk with the Lord stronger. I am currently reading novels by Karen Kingsbury (Debbie got me hooked) that are simply amazing. These books are more than just a story, they are showing how other people are walking with God and how He is helping them through struggles in life. It makes me want to become a strongerChristian.

Steve is still working for US NetworX designing websites. He works from home everyday and loves not having to get ready to go to an office. His company is based in Jackson, MS and has grown a lot over the past few years. He stays busy with our family, but also loves to fish and hunt. He goes to the park near our house at lunch nearly everyday to fish. He deer hunts during the winter and although he hasn't seen "the big one" yet, I'm sure it is just a matter of time until I get that phone call that he is bringing home a deer head for the wall.

Like I said, I'll try to keep this updated, so bear with me.