mamabird life {seven}

seeing...  

summer slip away.  and it is bittersweet.  on one hand i am not a lover of hot weather, so i am very thankful that this season isn't dragging too badly.  on the other hand my daughter is growing older with each flying month and i wish she could stay a baby for a bit longer. 

appreciating...

 my new phone.  i upgraded to an iphone recently and it is nice to have on hand since my laptop's life ended last year.  i definitely use it too much currently... hopefully the longer i have it the less i will "need" it.

listening...

to my dad's sermons online.  it is really hard for my to sit down and really focus on reading these days with an active baby!  so thankful to have this resource in my crazy mom life!

picture from my sister's wedding rehearsal back in may!  what a beautiful time!

creating...

little projects.  like the silhouette picture above.  <3  i've been wanting to make one of rennie for some time now and love how it turned out!

  

starting…

 to try my hand at live plants.  i love all of the health benefits to having indoor plants and so far i have managed to keep my spider plant and mini jade alive (i'm notorious for killing plants).  i did tons of research on which plants would be good for our lifestyle/house as well as which plants wouldn't be harmful just in case rennie got her hands on one and love how pretty the ones i found are.  ;-)

wanting...

 a piano.  i miss it.  

we *do* have a keyboard, but any pianist will agree with me that it isn't quite the same.

thinking...

about the next few months.  we have sooooooo much coming up that i can't wait to share in a future post!!! 

laughing...

 at my sweet little family.  rennie has such an adorable personality and makes us laugh constantly.

buying...

 presents for my girl... who is turning one in less than two weeks!  what???!!!

we are choosing simple things for her.  we want to encourage her to see value in people/relationships over possessions.  that starts with curbing our enthusiasm over all the cute baby things.  ;-) 

wearing...

no nail polish.  and i haven't worn it pretty much since rennie's birth.  i never was super concerned about it before, but now that my hands are quite often full of a squirming child, it seems terribly impractical.  my toenails get spiffed up every so often, but usually only on special occasions.

feeling...

overwhelmed and excited.  again, i will share more in a future post! 

pinning...

cute animals and big, warm sweaters and socks (remember how i don't like hot weather?).

singing...

worship music from cd's i listened to as a kid.  there's just something about that...

anticipating... 

my mom and sister arriving in less than a week!!!  i can't wait to see them and get working on rennie's birthday party (which will be a simply affair, but still so fun to plan!). 

loving...

that God knows my heart and loves to bless it.  He has answered so many longings in so many areas and i can't wait to see how it plays out!!!

<3