Walking with the Watsons

Another post written months ago, before we saw those two pink lines...I want you to see the journey the Lord has taken me on as I had to wrestle with my sin and pray for faith that was lacking. The Father is a good Father, that gives generously to those who ask... 3.7.19 It’s amazing that I wrote the previous blog entry above 5 months ago, and I’m being drawn back to them now (March 2019). The Lord has been doing some digging up work in me, in Brett, in our family over these past few months. There has been SO MUCH growing and learning, it’s hard to even know how to write it all out, or if I can. What I do know as I’m fighting war against my flesh now, is that wow, do we have a Father that pursues and calls us to Himself. Over the last couple of months, the Lord has been growing me in the area of prayer, and it has led to a lot of divine moments in being called to specifically pray for specific areas in specific people’s lives. I am praying over several friends who are waiti

I love to journal but rarely find the time to do it these days...I also want to put down these words as stones to look back on and remember. Remember the chaos and the joy of parenting two toddlers, moving across states and being pregnant, but mostly remember the pruning and the pursuing that the Father did/does in this life... So, before I get to all the details around finding out about our pregnancy, I thought I'd share what the Lord was doing in my heart a year prior. These first few new posts will be a few journal entries I wrote a while back. Thanks for joining me as I look back over the way the Lord was/is always at work! I wrote this about a year ago, not sure if or when I'd share these words, but now here they are! 10.9.18 There are spontaneous moments the hurt just resurfaces. Lately, I’ve been in Lamentations and pouring over words from Sara Hagerty in Unseen. I have been digging into the Psalms and seeing references to water in the valleys, God’s provision

After doing the laundry, cleaning, ironing and eating lunch, I'm finally sitting down while the boys are napping...and also thinking of all the things still left to do, like that package of Christmas presents I still need to take to the post office for the boys' birthmother (so thankful for her grace and understanding with me) or the grading I could be doing for school.  Isn't that how it often feels? An unending list of to-do's, finding joy in checking off the list, yet we can't turn our brains off because the list never ends.  Yet, here I am...still learning to find the balance in doing what needs to be done, letting what things can wait wait, and learning that rest is good. I'm grasping ever so slowly that life comes in seasons, and to find the joy in each one.  I've been writing this post over and over in my head, and I'm hoping I can share it with you in the way I've imagined without leaving anything out. We are on our 8th day of a Dan

6 Months Old!! This month was filled with fun as our sweet boy continues to grow and become more interactive. We also LOVED spending our favorite holiday with him and celebrated BIG TIME right before Christmas when his adoption was final on December 22!  Another quick info and photo dump post...too busy enjoying baby boy to keep up with the blog with my personal thoughts/growth as I journey on in motherhood! It'll come eventually! Eating: 5-6 times a day, anywhere from 4-6 ounces (Staying consistent with that!) He had tried avocado before turning 5 months old, but was not super interested so we decided not to push it. At Christmas, I gave him table food to see how that would go...(green limas, potatoes, deviled eggs and ham! He LOVED the eggs and gnawing on ham, but gagged everything else back out. I knew that would happen but am so proud of him for using those gag reflexes and getting it all out without really choking! It is seriously so much fun watching him learn!)

Wow! Time is flying by way too fast, but we are so thankful for our sweet baby boy and that the Lord has entrusted him to us! The last month has been the toughest one yet, but fun at the same time. We got no sleep and experienced lots of firsts [trying to remember there will be a season of "lasts" (like in our too near future, a last time he will be stationary and instead be on the move) so soaking them up!] Zac helped me vote in his first election, he spent his first weekend away from me & a separate weekend away from both of us (so a first weekend with the grandparents), his first two teeth came in, he tried his first foods (avocado) & he had his first Thanksgiving! He's sitting up (not for long periods of time without me or a pillow behind him) and he's laughing more and more. Teething and sleep regression, along with his paci association and now being able to take his paci out but not find it in the middle of the night to put back in, have had me up ev