June 26, 2013

A Big Blessing


For the longest time I really thought that Emma was not going to crawl. And you know how new mothers are. Constantly comparing ourselves to other mothers who have babies of similar ages. It seemed like everyone I knew--their baby could crawl. Emma could scoot around--but she couldn't crawl. Finally I asked the Lord, if she wasn't going to crawl as soon as I'd like, could He please delay it a bit longer so that we wouldn't have to "babyproof" two homes. And wouldn't you know how wonderful the Lord is...we were not in our new home for 5 minutes when we set Emma down in her new nursery...and she started crawling. The Lord hears even the smallest of His children's prayers. This little mother is immeasurably grateful for the Lord's rich blessings!

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P.S. Now Emma crawls everywhere and pulls up on everything. She still isn't walking yet--which is probably another one of these kinds of blessings because I still haven't gotten those baby gates up! Baby steps...literally!

The New Patterson Place

As my readers know, we've recently moved to Nashville. Thus my recent hiatus from blogging! It's been quite the adventure between finding out we were moving to finding our first house to dealing with movers to getting settled in. And now we're in settling mode. Praise the Lord! We are doing lots of projects around the house, so I'll try to blog about some of those things.

When we first saw the house there were just a few things that we thought--oh, we'll fix that. We were so innocent and naive about those fixes. Who knew that tackling beadboard removal would be such a gigantic task? Painting a bathroom--no problem right? Poor Molly had no clue it was going to be so invasive! However, most of the giant projects have been tackled...and we lived through them.

In the next couple of posts I'll update about the various rooms we've redone and do a few before and after photos. Everyone loves a good before and after photo reveal! But, I'll be totally honest--home renovations are not my thing--I'm more of a crafting and baking type of gal. So maybe I'll also blog about the cake truffles and front door burlap bubble wreath I made. Hmm...lots to look forward to!

Welcome to the New Patterson Place!

Emma at Chick-Fil-A the day we closed on our house-- stylingDaddy's sunglasses


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Emma's First Birthday

Emma's Birthday party was probably one of the greatest days of my life! I felt more proud than I've ever felt before!

Emma's party was originally going to be a nursery rhyme themed party. It was going to be so darling and perfect...and then we moved right before her party and things got adjusted a little bit. Thank goodness, because everything turned out great! We decided to go simple and have a pink party. Which is perfect for our pink little flower! We just had family over which was great--as we had just moved in and not everything was "company ready" just yet.



I do not pride myself on being a great event planner, but Emma's party was one for the ages! The best part of the party was Emma. She was so sweet and darling. Now, as her mother, I know that Emma is the sweetest, cutest baby in the world. But I love sharing that! (Please note, my little Emma does have her moments, but for the most part, she is a really great baby.) Emma was a little shy at first when she awoke from her nap to find a house full of family--but she warmed up pretty quickly!
Emma had a Publix b-day cake per Aunty Amanda and Aunty Erin's suggestion--it was delicious!

I helped Emma open her gifts first.


And then Emma had her first taste of birthday cake and ice cream.



Emma got washed off in the kitchen sink in true Sills 1st birthday fashion!

All in all it was a really special day. Probably one of the best of my life. I couldn't be more proud of my darling Emma.



Dearest Emma, I love you more now than I did the day that you were born. I'll grow more in love with you every day that passes. I'm so thankful for you! Mommy and Daddy treasure your life and value you so highly! We pray that you'll come to know Jesus very soon and that you'll serve him every day of your life with joy and gratitude. We love you and and are so proud of you!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy



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P.S. We have approximately a hundred bows--it's not that I don't put bows in Emma's hair anymore, it's that she's at a stage where she's too curious to keep them in. So...until that curiosity subsides a little, we're bow-less.