Happy Easter!

"Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him!" Psalm 33:8

Yesterday we celebrated after church with my family and Ashton had a ball with his first egg hunt-or ball hunt as he called them! I thought this was appropriate considering eggs are not part of his diet anyway! He also got lots of dairy free cookies and treats (thank you Starbucks for now carrying Lucy's cookies!!!!), bubbles, books, a stuffed bunny, and sidewalk chalk. Being the only baby, he was definitely the center of attention for the last time since we have three more babies coming to my family this year. In fact, Collin seems to be hopping like a bunny himself lately. He is also making me gain too much weight as my doctor keeps reminding me (had another visit today) Here I am at almost 23 weeks-

Thomas the Train, raisins, Lucy's cookies and brown sugar Ritz were a big hit from Mimi and Denny! He had his hands full of raisin boxes just in case they were not all his to keep!

The sweet great-grandparents

And his name shall be....

Collin Joseph York!!!

We both love the name Collin and we want our children to have Biblical middle names. We chose Joseph because when we first moved back to our condo, Wes and I were both feeling frustrated and discouraged. We know God has a plan for us but don't understand it yet at all and even though we are so thankful to have a home, it's hard on our family for me to be so far from work and spend so mant hours in the car three days a week. We were flipping through channels one night and found Charles Stanley speaking on Joseph. We truly felt God was speaking to us, reminding us of how he uses such difficult circumstances for good in the end. Joseph was betrayed by his brothers, sold into slavery, accused of a sinful act he did not commit and thrown into prison. But he trusted in God and God's hand was on him the entire way. In the end he was able to provide for his people and family in the famine. We pray that both of our boys will also always have God's hand on their lives and trust in Him no matter their circumstances. We can't wait to meet you Collin Joseph!!

"Can we find anyone like this man [Joseph], one in whom is the spirit of God?" Genesis 41:38

AND.......

Another boy makes four!!! I heard of a book "House of Testosterone." I need to buy it ASAP!!!

Favorite February Photos So Far

Our trip to the Aquarium!

Every few minutes Ashton would shout, "FISH!"

Pointing to this whale shark, he yelled, "AIRPLANE!"

Valentine's Day and 16th week of pregnancy!

Visit with Grandma and Papa

The kids are glad they can get to their window since we've finally emptied enough boxes!

Back in Chamblee with a new Addition!

Wow! So much has happened since my last teary eyed post that I thought was bringing total closure to our condo experience. Little did I know!!! We moved out of here to live in my grandparent's second home (in a 55 and up community-haha) until we closed on our new house in Suwanee. The following week we found out some awful news-our condo association is involved in a lawsuit that we knew nothing about and because of that, no lender would lend money to our buyers to buy our condo. So after trying everything under the sun to get it to work, the closing fell through and we had to cancel our contract on our house also. After 2 mos, we are now officially back in our little condo. It has been a crazy and heartbreaking journey but truly a learning experience for Wes and me. We know that God has us here for a reason and are now trying to figure out why! Meanwhile we found out in the madness...we are having another baby!!!! I am now 12 weeks pregnant so we will have two little ones in this little place! So here we are among boxes again and trying to unpack. We finally have internet hooked up and feel we are back in the real world. We've probably lost all our faithful blog readers by now!