new stuff

Miss Mylin has so much new stuff going on in her life!
She'll be 17 months next week :)

She's been taking off her shirts while napping
Trying to take off her pants while playing
Pooping and peeing through her diapers at night
Getting anything she wants out of the cupboards (thanks Joel for baby-proofing them while I was gone yesterday!!!)
And just today she started walking down the stairs forward-facing like a big girl!

But the newest stuff going on in her life is this:

It took me many tries to even get this picture....she was being such a stinker!
So, while she's not showing her enthusiasm with smiling - we are all REALLY REALLY REALLY excited!!!!!
Wee one is due end of May/beginning of June - more details to come on the last 12 weeks of pregnancy soon....
Thank you God, for your abundant blessings!

sweet shoes :)

If you thought that Mylin and I couldn't get any cuter...you were wrong

Check out our newest way of matching

 And a close up just for good measure

200th post!

It was only 8 months ago that I posted my 100th post!
I have really ramped up the frequency this year - besides my 2 week sabbatical that I took last month...

Maybe this isn't worth dedicated a whole post to...but what else would I be writing about?!

When I was in first grade we used to have '100 day' and we got to bring in 100 of something for like a show and tell...I think I brought in stickers
Other kids brought in other fun, small items like cereal or pennies or marbles...I can't remember them all, that was a long time ago...

So should I write 200 of my most favorite things?
Or post 200 of my favorite pictures?! (not likely since my virusy computer is HIDING ALL MY PICTURES FROM ME! grrrrrrrrrrr)
Or should I do a free right of 200 words?
I really have no idea, I'm just wingin it as I type this (very unlike the organized me.)

I do know 1 thing...I am glad that I have posted so many of my favorite pictures to this blog or on facebook especially now that I am worried I may have lost many of the pictures we already had :(
That makes me reflect on what I put my stock and treasure in...
I think I posted about this awhile back - storing our treasures in heaven and not on the earth
But I am thankful for circumstances in my life that remind me of this important meditation
It is so frustrating to think we may have lost not only pictures, but other important documents on our computer...and then we think about how much we rely on technology to do so much for us - instead of relying fully on God to provide what we need
We ought to be more responsible with what He has blessed us with and be good stewards of our technology, bodies, money, and relationships............

There are so many places to go from here!

I pray that I can not only be diligent to learn what God wants from me in these areas - but also be ripe for the teaching and be able to share it with my readers, since you all have blessed me with so much insight!

It's amazing that even after 200 one-sided conversations I still might have more to say :)

Homemade cinnamon rolls

A couple weeks ago I made my first batch of homemade cinnamon rolls!

I used an easy recipe online that didn't require yeast (yay!)

Our sister-in-law Roni came over to keep me company too - what a treat :)

 In the midst of all this I began listening to Christmas music on my Pandora station...I know, I know, it was October 29th...and a virus attacked my computer!!!!!!! (maybe I was getting punished for my music choice?)

This was bad for several reasons, but most of all - I lost my recipe!
Luckily Joel is able to bring his laptop from work home so I could pull up the recipe on there - whew!

 The rolls pre-frosting (I think they would still have been delicious this way!)

And post frosting! (Notice that 3 are missing...Roni and I inhaled enjoyed ours before I got a picture, plus I had packaged one up for my mom to take to work that night)

This is a recreation of what Roni and I looked like when eating ours :)

This recipe is definitely a repeat!



Hello?!

So it seems that I have fallen off the face of the blog-earth...
After 2 years of 'regularly' posting...I hit a wall!
Many factors contributed to this:
1. We temporarily lost our camera - and I don't like to have too many posts without pictures!
2. We have been incredibly lazy in the evenings and veg on the couch reading or watching t.v. after Mylin goes to bed
3. On Sundays, when I usually post, I have been napping :)
4. We got a virus on our computer a week and a half ago - and I have spent barely anytime on it since!

So...this is my brief post of return and I will work on some new posts to start scheduling again...look forward to my 200th post!!!

What have you all been doing lately?! I'm glad you are still posting and haven't been hit by the same lazy bug I have :)