Marley,

this note comes from your great Aunt Donna, can't wait to see you baby girl, come on let's go!!

:)

Marley,

You are very excitedly invited to attend your very “second” Birthday Party (I think your cousin Kylie’s may be your “first”)!!! You will hugged and snuggled by many relatives during your first long road trip to Texas and Louisiana; it will be a form of christening you as a part of our family (ask your big brother Mason about the love we have to share). We have a nice crib and play room here that your cousin Emma is more than willing to share with you, anytime you want to visit. We have toys, books, a playpen, a walker, and many other fun things too. Your Mommy is right, it is not a perfect world; although, we will all do our best to make you feel like it is! We are looking forward to seeing your precious face and baby feet (kiss, kiss, kiss) so please do come out to play J. Warm, soft cuddles are waiting for you. Love, Aunt Donna

Dear Marley,
I know that it is warm and cozy were you are right now.
But can I express that there is a mommy, daddy and big brother that are anxiously awaiting your arrival. I know no one has ever stayed pregnant forever, but we have been waiting for over a year and a half!!
So, if you would please start moving around in there, we would appreciate you making your entrance into this world of ours. It's not perfect here, but I promise we will love you and protect you the best we can, we also promise that even in this not perfect world, we will teach you about this perfect God who saw in his plan to perfectly place you into our home.
We love you Marley, come out to play :)
Love,
Mommy.....xoxoxo

What a great day...so far :)
Started my day making enchilada's for my last day with womens bible study this spring. This started at 5am.
Then got a phone call from Melissa that Mary went into labor...YES!
Then we had a great time of worship at womens bible study, and ate lots of great mexican food.
After, we got to go to the hospital and sing to Mary her family and their new baby girl, Ester.
Read Ester 4:14, that's today's date and the scripture fits for today!! Welcome Ester :)
So Mary was due Friday and our birth mom is due Saturday, and Ester came 2 days early,so Lord I know you hear my thoughts, come on Marley, time's a wasting as old Johnny Cash would say.
Anyways, today has been a blessed day and thanking God for showering us with blessings.
THANK YOU GOD :)
Shelley

It' s late and I am sooo tired.
I went non-stop today.
I woke up and cleaned the garage, I mean cleaned, took everything out,swept it, power washed it and then put everything back. I even hung some nails on the wall so I could hang some stuff, Debbie and Sammie made fun of me cuz we have 5, yes 5 strollers!!! So I said I would part with one,maybe even two, I'm sure they will make there way to the lighthouse :)
As of today, we are 7 days away from our birth mom's due date, that is crazy to me, will she come early?
Will she come late? (hope not) will she be right on time? I try and think every night I get to sleep the whole night is a blessing, but NOW the baby room is perfect and ready for her so to wait a little more won't kill me, all in God's perfect timing I know. To think that we will be knowing the birthday of our daughter is really surreal.
Anyways I posted a photo of her room, Libby came over today and we spent many hours in her room, Libby did the drawing of all the pictures and when I felt brave enough, I told her to tell me what to do and I would help. She even left me at the end to finish on my own. I planted some flowers too, and Jamie and his dad fixed our broken fence. Jamie and his dad started to put together Mason basketball goal and Jamie and I ended up finishing it together and then playing a little "PIG" after. Jamie was excited because I made taquitos,rice and beans for dinner.
All in all it's been a GREAT day. Hope everyone has a blessed weekend, off to shower, I have not done that yet today....gross :)

God has opened many doors for us just in the last few days, we are so thankful.
Jamie has been asked to do personal training for 3 people starting next week, not only is that good in our financial situation, but just to open doors for new relationships too.
I got a note from the person I forgave too, she sent a letter to my house that was full of kind words and how she was happy that I have been obedient to what God had asked me to do, because of my obedience God has blessed us over and over. Flood doors have been opened and we are so thankful.
We recieved 26 cans of formula from my Dr. office today, the emfamil rep for them heard about us fostering and adopting soon and he wanted to help us out, so sweet!!

I felt God say through all this," take whatever you have and give it away"
It's a song by the gaither vocal band.
Even though the money was tight, we have continued to give to the building fund at church and continued to tithe, God has just continued to flood us with gifts and friendships and Jamie and I are truly over whelmed. We continue to give God all the glory !!
Say it with me again..."God is good all the time and all the time,God is good"
Have a blessed day
9 days til due date:)

God is good all the time, and all the time God is good.
We have much to be thankful for today, and we are giving God all the glory for every penny of it!

ok, so I just got out of the shower this morning, getting ready to run errands with my in-laws.
The phone rang and it was a Dr. office who was going to donate some formula to us, so sweet of them.
So during the phone call the line went dead. I looked outside and it was pitch dark, "must be the rain coming in that fox talked about this morning, I better go call Mason in from playing basketball"
The phone rang, it was the nurse,she apologized for the phone going dead, she said that a huge gust of wind came through and they lost all power and the building next door had no roof.
WoW!!
About that time I hung up with her and ran downstairs to tell Mase to come in, when I opened the door he was running at me crying, the wind had started to blow so hard that as Mason was coming in,shingles from other peoples houses were flying at us, I shut the door told Mason to go downstairs.
I ran upstairs closed two windows, by this time stuff was slamming into the front of the house.
I called the dogs and headed downstairs to be with Mason. I called for him, he was in the bathroom,in a tornado position. Wilbur just sat there and shivered , and flash was in my lap.
I started texting Jamie asking what was happening. He did not know, so we sat there for about 5 minutes when I told Mason to sit tight and I would go look. It was raining now,but the wind had calmed down. I called Sammie and my dad to ask if they had this, they did but not that bad.
As we looked outside, Mason swing set was through the back fence and there was debris everywhere,lots of shingles someones table....yes table from their patio I guess.
After the comotion had settled,we had lots of lookers and phone calls.
We are all safe and that is what Jamie was worried about. So that starts the beginning of our 3 day weekend.
Stay safe out there, we love you all.