Analise

Analise wearing mommy's pretties

It's always fun waking up to my almost two year old. Whether it be her patting on my back yelling, "wake up, mommy! WAKE UP!" Or Waking up and realizing she is playing with something she isn't supposed to and jumping out of bed to get it away from her. It's NEVER boring. She has such a crazy, sweet, mischievous, kind, way to smart for her own good, personality. Her newest thing that she loves doing is washing her hands. She knows how to push the chair up by the kitchen sink, get up on it, turn on the water, get the soap, and wash her hands. She would do this every five minutes if it wasn't for the gate in the kitchen (which I am soooooo thankful for). She knows how to climb up onto just about everything now and NOTHING is safe anymore. Just when I think I finally put something out of her reach so she can't get it she figures out a way to get. This is where the too smart for her own good comes into the picture. She loves anything "pretty" which consists of makeup, jewelry, shoes, clothes and occasionally daddy's ties. So many times I'll be busy doing something and realize everything seems waaaay to quiet. This is when I know she is getting into something. I come into my room and sure enough, there she is, sitting on the floor, her face totally covered in my lipstick. She always looks up at me with those big, sparkly, blue eyes and says, " Mommy, I got pretties!" Yes, I can see that. My poor lipsticks will never be the same. Today I gave her some fruit loops to munch on while I was cleaning in the kitchen and when I went into the living room to check on her I found her trying to "share" her cereal with Anadele (her two month old little sister). Needless to say, Anadele would have been ok with her not sharing in this instance. She knows how to count now and so when she gets into trouble I will always give her a 1-2-3 to obey but now that she knows how to count she just counts with me... lol. Although she does listen in the end it's just hard to stay serious when she just wants to count with  me. I love her so much. My favorite time with her is when she crawls up to wherever I am sitting to sit by me, and she gets all snuggly with me, lays her head on my shoulder and says, "Love you mommy." So sweet. Life is never dull or boring with her and I love her and my little peanut Anadele  and everyday I get to spend being their mommy.

A Sad Reminder

My beautiful mother.

On Saturday, while out soul-winning, we went to visit one of our older church ladies, Geraldine, who was in the Hospital. We were told that she was very close to dying and she really didn't look very good when we got there. She had a tube down her throat so she could breath and because of this she wasn't able to talk. She is always asking me when I will be singing a special in Church and has told me that there is a girl on VCY who sings a lot and reminds her of me.. Point being she likes it when I sing. Thinking that she was not going to here much longer I asked her if she would like me to sing for her and even though she couldn't talk her eyes lit up right away. I started to sing a beautiful song that she knew and as I started to sing I couldn't controll the tears and sobbing that started. You see, her laying in that hospital bed looking so weak and frail brought me back to the last day mom was alive. I tried finishing the song but it took me a bit to regain my voice. I'm crying as I write this wishing I could sing for mom again. She loved it when we sang duets together. Our voices blended perfectly. I view my voice as one of the great things I received from my beautiful mother. I think of her everytime I sing in Church and usually sing her favorite songs. Time doesn't always heal our wounds but God is the ointment that starts the healing process. We just have to keep on applying Him! Thankfully God answered our prayers and Geraldine is doing better now and hopefully will continue down that road. This just reminds me that time is short and you never know how easily someone you care about can slip away.. Better Cherish the moments while you have them....

Until I see you in heaven. I love and miss you.

Angels never knew the joy that is mine,

For His blood has never washed their sins away.

Though they sing in heaven there will come a time,

When silently they'll listen to me sing Amazing Grace.

And It's a song holy angels cannot sing.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound.

And it's a song holy angels cannot sing.

I once was lost, but now I'm found.

Holy is the Lord the angels sing,

Around the throne of God continually.

For me to join that song would be a natural thing.

But they just don't know the words to Love lifted Me..

My Little Stinker

So recently my little nine month old baby girl Analise has started crawling. I was so anticipating it.. Although you think you realize what your baby being mobile means; trust me, you really don't... Nothing is safe! Her favorite things to do are try and get to the dog food and try to climb into the dog cage. She has now put two and two together and knows that Jenna is the dog. So she goes around saying, "DOG dog Dog DOG dog dog" whenever she sees or is by Jenna. Oh, how she loves that dog! I must say I am blessed with a very well behaved and understanding dog. Jenna lets Analise pull on her ears, hit her, touch her paws, pull and play with her tail.. And of course Jenna loves licking Analise. I love being a mother as each day is a new adventure..

 

And now we are Three

Analise 1 day old

For four months I have had the pleasure of being the Mother of a beautiful baby girl, Analise Traecey Nelson. She was born August 13, 2011 8 lbs. 7 oz. 21 and 1/2 in.

 I never thought that I would love being a mother as much as I do. Sure, there are a lot of sacrifices that you make.. If your a mom you know what I mean. And I only have one right now! But knowing that a little life is fully depended on you to take care of them is more then enough motivation to be the best mommy I can be.

2 weeks old

I must say it has been hard not having my Mom around to see her would be first granddaughter, but I am blessed with a wonderful and loving husband, a beautiful baby, and lots of loving friends and family. God is so wonderful the way He provides exactly what you need when you need it. And I must say He gave me way more then I ever imagined He would. And yet the blessings still come... In this world today where there is so much sin, filth, and wickedness I want to strive to bring up my children to see that God is bigger then all of that. I want to teach them of how much He loves them and what He did for them.

My prayer is that all of my children will get saved at a young age and go on to live for and serve God with their lives.

That's funny when Christians say 'live for and serve God'.. If you're living for God then you ARE serving Him. We (I) Get so caught up with OUR lives and what we are doing that we forget WHO we are doing and living for. Even if you are involved in your church-teaching, cleaning, nursery, soul winning, preaching.... Whatever it may we get so caught up in it.. Ugh, have to get up early for bus, Have to spend time preparing my message for Sunday school, have to deal with a bunch of crazy kids for a couple hours, have to clean the messy church.... Whatever it may be. We are here to serve God in whatever way He wants us to serve Him. If we were to look at how much time we actually spend serving God and how much time we spend complaining about the few things we do do for Him, I'm guessing the complaining would be equal to if not more then the serving.

Lord help me to be what You want me to be so that my children will be what You want them to be.

Matthew 16:26
"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

And now our family has grown to three.
We pray daily to become the parents we ought to be.
So one day our precious child we were so graciously given,
Can one day accept God's gift of salvation and be fully forgiven.
We know it won't be an easy task,
But we hope and pray to instill in her standards and a love for God that will last.

Aaahhh something is moving in my tummy! Lol

Well, my little Analise Traecey is definately alive and well in my uterus. I have my own personal basketball that I carry around with me conveniently on my stomach. How to explain feeling a little baby move around in you?... At first it was just a little flutter, a beautiful feeling of knowing she was really there. Then it was swimming around (she has her own indoor pool.. Already spoiling her). And now its gradually become more kicking and major movement so i can see and feel it on the outside. I love every kick and movement ! How someone could have a baby in them and want to kill it I cannot understand. I love her more and more every time I feel her and think of her. Now I am 30 weeks... 30 weeks! I can't believe it! August 20 or so I Will finally get to hold my precious baby in mine arms. I can't wait!

Mommyhood...

Today I went to the Doctor for a pre-natal visit. It was so exciting to hear my babies heart and to have the doctor tell me my baby sounds healthy and strong. I haven't met my little bundle yet but I already love him/her more then words can tell. How anyone can say that my baby or any baby Isnt a REAL baby till some point is ABSOLUTLY crazy. From the moment my baby was conceived He/she was exactly that... A sweet, precious baby.. A gift from GOD. And now I am preparing myself to be the best mother I can possibly be. Yes, preparing physically and thinking about what kind of a mother I'll be.. But most of all of the many ways I want to introduce my baby to the things of God. From a young age I want to always read him/her the bible, sing them good christian songs, and tell them how much God loves them. I will never pressure my child to pray a prayer to get saved.. I want my little child, whenver the time comes, to come to that decision because of God's conviction, not mine. My little girls will dress modestly and I will teach them to be young ladies for God. My little boys will learn to be gentlemen and be Boys! Not some sissy little boy. I look forward to them playing in dirt and being boys through and through.. I want my children ttill the appropriate age to think that anyone of t he opposite sex has cooties. It's crazy these little children having all these crushes and nonsense.. It's not meant to be that way that young! They aren't capable of understanding all of that nor should they. All in all I'm excited about becoming a mother and  having the opportunity to raise my children for God. The best thing is that I have a loving husband who is a wonderful leader in our home and who will be an awesome daddy! I want our marriege to  be strong and based on God and  his word . God is the center and when we draw closer to hi m He brings US closer together because of it.

A Lot Has Happened

The love of my life, Mark.

Well, all in the time span of 10 months my live completly changed. In april I started courting my now husband, my mother died, I had surgery for the first time, and my family moved from a house we had lived in for 14 years of my life. Then in july the man in my life Asked me to marry him. And that day was topped when i actually married him on October 8th, 2010. And now in march 2011 I am 3 months pregnant! CRAZY! I never thought that all of these things would happen to me in such a short time.. But now that it's all happened I wouldn't change it. If the baby is a boy we will name him Elisha james, and if the baby's a girl her name will be Annalise Traecey. Traecey was my mother's name. I really wanted her first name to be Traecey but I can't imagine calling out that name to my little girl all the time. It would remind me of my mom to much.

The First picture of My little baby.