So thankful...

A cousin of mine is having her first baby in about a month, and the hard part is that the baby is not properly formed and will not make it. :( It has a disease called anencephaly, which means that this baby does not have the back of its skull or brain.

I have been praying SO MUCH for her, her family and the baby... I just cannot imagine this happening, especially since it's your FIRST baby.

It's made me praise the Lord even more for my kiddos, and as weird as it may sound, thanking Jesus for forming their brains... There's so much that we take for granted...

Go hug your kiddos!!!

Taking the "Mommy Show" on the road....

So we decided to take a little road trip this weekend....

Our good friends Amanda and Sam, who currently live in Russia are in Pennsylvania visiting her parents for a couple weeks. We thought "Well if they can make the big trip across the big pond, we can drive 9 hours to see them!"

So, we left Dayton at 4:30am with an Emma Williams in tow and made the long trek to Lititz, PA to visit! Our drive went fantastic, especially with 2 little ones in the car! It definitely was smart getting up that early to go, as we drove 4.5 hours before we even stopped once!

So far, we've hung out at Amanda's parent's house, had a FANTASTIC dinner there, then went back to our hotel and CRASHED by 9pm... We had a much needed good sleep!!

This morning we had a tour of the local pretzel place, then a trip to the local chocolate maker.... AMAZING STUFF. Lunch was wonderful, and now my two ladies are sleeping while Michael hangs out with everyone else...

We'll leave tomorrow morning, which makes it a VERY quick trip but very well worth it. We love hanging out with Sam and Amanda!

Please pray that our trip home would be even better than the snowy drive out here. :)