All the Happenings since January!

Hello dear family, friends and random readers!! I cannot even believe it has taken me THIS long to post again... as Matt posted in July, indeed it has rained and it has POURED. Our lives have changed so drastically in the last six months that it's been nearly impossible to get everything done without taking time to rest. Thus, our blog has been put on the back burner until now! I am hoping to begin updating our blog a couple of times a month again (well, that's my goal anyway... don't know if I've ever actually hit that mark!) now that life is settling into a routine... ok, well now that I am motivated to do so anyway, since our routine will be drastically altered come a week from tomorrow when our baby begins Kindergarten!
Let me just say that God is SO GOOD. In ways that we never expected, He has provided for us and been faithful in bringing together pieces of a puzzle He has been leading us to collect for quite awhile now. We'll provide more details in the posts I am about to provide with pictures.
There's an old proverb that says "The night is always darkest just before dawn." In our final hours of waiting (seemingly for everything), just before the Lord moved the mountains and everything seemed to fall into place, the night was indeed very dark to me. It was tempting to give up hope, to give up faith in the One whose promised great plans for us. Despair threatened. However, I clung to 1 Corinthians 2:9 which says "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him." I asked if I could really trust the Lord. I know He is good, but would He really find favor with someone as little as myself and answer my prayers? Is He truly that concerned about and involved in the intricate details of my life? The answer was YES. I clung to this verse and sure enough, when dawn broke, it didn't just rain, it POURED. And every single detail fell into place. God asked us to wait for HIS perfect timing and when we did just that, He didn't let one small, insignificant detail escape His loving care. GOD IS SO GOOD!!!
Over the next few days, I plan to post pictures from the last six months. Please check back frequently to see how our family has grown over that time.