Phillipians 4 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
The Lord has been providing for us ABUNDANTLY! We have had so many generous baby gifts for baby Elijah at all of his showers. We are absolutely in need of nothing. The Lord has provided for every need, we are so blessed. We were also able to find my husband a Dad-mobile for an incredible deal,
as his Chevy blazer is not in baby condition. We got a much nicer car than what I thought for our budget, good thing I used to work at a dealership. 😊I feel so absolutely undeserving and I know that everything is from God.
Okay, I have to quickly share about these two amazing horses that I found in my yard a few weeks ago, yes they just wandered into my yard!
I noticed two horses in my backyard right next to our chicken coop! I was scared for them to get even further away from home and also scared for them to make their way to the road- so knowing nothing about horses I still braved coaxing them into our front gate, which is about 3/4 of an acre, with a cucumber! (Horses are very big and intimidating up close) I called animal control, the police, all the vets around town and could not find the owners. I sent a picture to my mom and she told me that the horses don't look good, like they haven't been eating. It turns out these horses are very neglected and probably escaped from their home from lack of food and water. I stopped looking for the owner and we started rehabilitating the horses while looking for a new owner. It was just amazing how the Lord provided so many people from everywhere! We had a riding instructor come by a few times to bring us supplies, food, and instruction. She even brought someone from the dept of agriculture to check on the horses! A woman I work with had a mother who used to be a farrier that visited these horses almost everyday. We have some horse lover girls at our church who would come to groom them and spoil them with homemade treats! The girls even named them, from left to right- Sandy and Pepper. (Poor sandy has a mark from a too tight harness worn for too long) These horses started to look incredible over the little time we had them! I wanted to keep them but we know nothing about horses, we're about to have a newborn, and we probably couldn't have afforded them. So someone found them a spectacular home with seriously lady horse whisperer. She came to my home and whistled at the front of the gate and the horses ran right to her. It was amazing. She put them in her trailer with ease and left... And I cried... And cried. Until I got these pictures!! God totally provided for these horses and brought so many people together in the process. It was a life changing experience to see these horses tired and starved to full tummied and personality galore! I have also found that I really really love horses... *sigh* maybe one day!
Anyways, I am now entering my 38th week of pregnancy I have a loss of energy similar to the first few weeks of pregnancy. Naps are essential! I am so relieved that baby has made it past the safe zone but I'm also feeling very uncomfortable and since Elijah is considered full term now, I've been telling him it's okay to come into the world if he is ready!! We had a 3D ultrasound a few weeks ago and were able to get some sweet shots of our sweet baby-
I think he is going to have some chubby cheeks and his Daddy's nose. We just can't wait to meet him!
We've also recently finished baby Elijah's room and everything has come together so well:
My husband took a few pallets apart for us to hang Elijah's name banner on. Each piece of wood is screwed in with drywall screws. We don't want to take any chances!
We could not find any bedding that we liked that did not cost 400$ or more. I wanted a natural linen look and was able to find some thin cotton material from hobby lobby that looks very natural linen but as a plus is much less expensive and much thinner! Jeremy's grandmother, Nanni Mitchell, was delighted to sew the bedding for us with the help of Jeremy's mom. It came out beautiful and so perfect, and only costed me 50$ for fabric!
The stitched birds were from my mother, in March she gave them to me, they are from an antique store in downtown Norcross. The black steel bed belonged to Jeremy's great grandmother, his nanni Mitchell's mother, more specifically. It is simple and exactly what we wanted, with lots of meaning! My good friend Katherine gave me the wooden rocking chair, over a year ago, when I told her we were trying to have a baby. It is precious to me!!
We have vintage national park poster's framed and hung all over the room. The first is Zion National park, the middle is a map from etsy with all of the national parks marked- it also came with stickers to note which parks you've visited, and the last is of course Yellowstone National Park.
I was able to hang my vintage bird prints above a dresser we got from Ikea that we painstakingly put together. That dresser has much blood and sweat, I love/hate ikea very much. The vintage poster to the left is the Grand Canyon.
That is it! I think Jeremy plans on building Eli a bookshelf also from disassembled pallet wood but we are in no hurry. His room is my favorite in the house right now and even my husband said he is jealous of Eli's room... Which is the best because I really wanted it to be a room Jeremy loves and that really speaks about him since we are having a mini-Jeremy. 😊
We've had so much excitement I will have to post another time about our chickens- who are doing great! I think they might be all hens!!
-Missy
