A Little Girl!

Our sweet bundle of joy has finally made her appearance! Six days past her due date, she was born early Saturday morning ten minutes after getting to the hospital.  Because of the shortage of midwifes in  Saskatchewan, our midwife was unable to come to our house for a home birth, which is what I would have preferred. But God blessed us with a healthy delivery after three hours of labor and we are so thankful for our precious little girl!

Here she is! :) 

Lydia Faith

Born September 29, at 5:50am

8lbs. 10 oz. 

Almost 20 inches long

Our new little sweetheart :)

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalm 139:13-14

Wondrously Blessed

"She says I shall now have one mouth the more to fill and two feet the more to shoe, more disturbed nights, more laborious days, and less leisure or visiting, reading, music, and drawing.

Well! This is one side of the story, to be sure, but I look at the other. Here is a sweet, fragrant mouth to kiss; here are two more feet to make music with their pattering about my nursery. Here is a soul to train for God; and the body in which it dwells is worth all it will cost, since it is the abode of a kingly tenant. I may see less of friends, but I have gained one dearer than them all, to whom, while I minister in Christ's name, I make a willing sacrifice of what little leisure for my own recreation my other darlings had left me. Yes, my precious baby, you are welcome to your mother's heart, welcome to her time, her strength, her health, her tenderest cares, to her lifelong prayers! Oh, how rich I am, how truly, how wondrously blest!"

― Elizabeth Payson Prentiss,

Lord Willing, we will be welcoming our new little baby in less than a month now! :)

Finally Moving In! :)

Our new farm house where we moved a few weeks back. This is the main reason I haven't posted in awhile, things have been busy! :) The house was built in 1916, since then there have been a few additions and updates, but the upstairs still has the neat original old woodwork and lath and plaster walls.

We got most of our belongings into the house last week and I have been working on unpacking.

Making progress! I am slowly emptying boxes as I can; looking forward to finishing and getting all settled into our new house!

Two Little Ones

These two little people were so happy to be playing outside today! It's been nice to have

warm weather again! We have been busy with all kinds of fun stuff, reading books to Abby, teething (William has two teeth so far), playing, training, learning, growing, :) etc. Their Mommy has learned that these two can move quickly and get into trouble so fast it's hard to keep up sometimes:)........

...Like the time they were caught playing in the toilet. lol, Yes, I actually took the time to take their picture before washing them up. I figured it would be something to show them when they get older. :)

Or the time Abby thought the wall looked like a good place to use crayons. Willy's expression, along with the fact that Abby was pointing at the wall and repeatedly saying "No No!, No No!!" as I took this picture makes me laugh when I look at it. (btw, Ajax worked wonders on removing the crayon, for which I was very thankful:)).

Wherever Abby is, William is never far away:). Here they are trying to empty out a container of milk powder before I got to the kitchen one morning.

The two little partners who are loved very much around here.:) All the crazy, amazing, tired, precious, busy moments add up to something beautiful. God is good, and we are enjoying life.

A Precious Heartbeat

Yesterday, we were able to hear one of the most amazing sounds in the world; our unborn baby's heartbeat. Come sometime near the end of September, Lord willing, there will be another precious little one at our house! :) We are very happy and excited.:) God is good.

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Psalm 139 13:14cff

My Little "Willie Bear" :)

My sweet baby is growing so fast! He turned five months yesterday:). Here he is the first time he sat up by himself a few weeks ago.

"Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate." Psalm 127

Baby Sweetness

Little boy, eight days old

Such a tiny hand
Baby feet

Abigail In Concert

Beethoven's piano concerto no. 4

Mozart's piano sonata C major


This child is amazing :). Actually, we had fun taking these pictures at my in-law's place. It was cute; she looked so small compared to the piano:).

A Piano

Not long ago we were blessed to get a piano for free:). I was so excited when we heard about it. All we had to do is move it, which of course is no easy task:). But thankfully, my husband and his brother were able to go and get it without too much trouble :). I'm happy to be able to play again!

The new piano:)

Gourlay Toronto

Eager Anticipation

Lord willing we don't have long to go now:). Little baby is growing and quite active:) (and due next month!). So far we've gotten most of the baby essentials although there are a few more items we'll have to get. Here is a peek at a few of the things we have so far:)

The crib:)

We decided not to find out if we are having a boy or girl, thus to be prepared for either one I made up a......

A drawer full of little baby boy clothes

And a drawer of little baby girl clothes

And then, a either or drawer:), plus changing supplies. I also have a drawer of baby blankets etc:).

My sister-in-law lent me the clothes, I know how fast little ones grow and it's a blessing to be able to use what she had. I had a wonderful time going through the tiny outfits and picking the ones I wanted to use! I can hardly wait to meet and hold our little baby next month! Lord willing. :)

Yarn

A few days ago we were blessed to have a friend drop by unexpectedly, and give us three large bags, (plus a few boxes) of yarn. It was so very neat because just the night before our friends came, my sisters and I were talking about wanting to start a few crochet/sewing projects and how we would need to go buy some yarn and batting. Well, it turns out that not only was there yarn, there was also four bags of batting. :) The Lord is so good isn’t He?

"Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart."

~Psalm 37:4

All the yarn.

Books from the library, I can't wait to start crocheting. :)

A Morning Walk= Random Photos

A few day's ago I took a morning walk around our property. We have recently been making trails though the back woods so I enjoyed walking on them. It was a beautiful morning with many different birds filling the air with lovely song. I took along our camera and was able to capture a few photos along the way. :)

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. Psalm 69:30

Red berries covering a tree in our yard.

Beautiful colored leaves.

Florida Pines.

This cactus grows by our greenhouse,

the fruit is edible.

Fallen oak leaves and acorns.

Happy Birthday, Emily!

This is Amy here! I "hacked" into Emily's blog for this post, I hope she'll not mind too much! :)

Today is her 22nd Birthday! I want to wish her a happy birthday on here, and hope that everyone else who reads her blog will do so as well! *Smile* Below are a few things I want to share about my sweet sister:

• She is the eldest sister at home, and a very sweet one too! :)
• She loves the Lord
• Some things that she enjoys are: reading, scrapbooking, cooking, crocheting, etc, etc,...
• Her favorite color is green

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Blackberry Picking

Wild Blackberries bushes grow in abundance on the land behind our house. It has been wonderful being able to gather the fruit for free. :) Last year we were disappointed because though the bushes did produce some, the berries were small and scarce due to the drought we were having. This year in contrast we have had plenty of rain (thankfully:) and the bushes have been yielding very well. Yesterday we were able to pick around a gallon of the berries, and we already have close to two gallons in the freezer. They have been making their way into recipes, and our favorite, blackberry smoothies. :) I thought I would share the recipe for "Delicious Easy Cobbler" that my youngest sister made, it turned out very good! I did not get a picture of it before it disappeared, but it's well worth making if you have extra fruit! :) What's very nice about this recipe is that you can use a variety of fruits besides blackberries.

Delicious Easy Cobbler

1 stick butter

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup unbleached flour

1 cup sugar,* divided

3/4 cup milk

2 cups fruit (blackberries, cherries, rhubarb or any fresh fruit in season can be used.)

Place butter in 9x13 inch baking dish. Allow to melt in a warm oven (250 degrees). While this is melting, make a batter by adding baking powder, 1/2 cups sugar and milk to flour. Remove baking dish from oven and evenly spread out the butter. Pour batter over butter, do not stir. Add 2 cups of fruit of your choice. Sprinkle 1/2 cup sugar over the fruit. Do not stir. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

*Note: the original recipe called for 2 cups of sugar, but we cut it back by 3/4 cup-and even then it was very sweet! So in this recipe we have cut it back by 1/4 cup more. Of course, if you like, you can add more or less; depending upon your personal preference. : )