Missing teeth!

Well this is the only pic she would cooperate with, so here is Hannah with her now TWO front missing teeth!  I'm lovin this stage because I know what comes after and its not always very cute :)

How am I feeling right now?

Well to be honest I'm feeling a little over whelmed!   But nothing that I know I can't handle with God in the lead.  In some ways I feel like this is my first child again, Im excited all over again.  Its been my hearts desire to have another child for the last year, but Gods timing is best even when I try to plan it all out myself.   But as quickly as finding out we are expecting our next blessing, my hormones kicked in and Im flooded with feelings of needing to get many things done before he/she comes.   One big project is homeschooling!   I have been praying, learning, researching, and preparing for this new adventure that will forever change our lives for along time and it appear we will be having our lives changed in two ways come August.   Very Exciting!  But the best way I can describe how I feel right now is over whelmed in good way I think.  These feeling are forcing me to lean on my Lord and Saviour and trust HIM, that we will be provided for and taken care of through this all.    We have such wonderful family all around near and far, that love and support us and it makes me extremely greatful and blessed.  
While the cares of the world can sometimes over take me and we can almost get into to much of a routine, and forget our focus, right now in my life I feel that I am doing what God wants me to be doing, being a Godly wife and mother and raising my children to walk with the Lord, know that Jesus loves them so much, and trying to be set apart from the world, so that we might be a light in the darkness.  
Feeling sick lately has been a little difficult, I haven't been motivated to do much except just through the day taking care of all my kiddos and trying to not fall to behind in house work.   The girls and Chris haven't been getting to many cooked suppers, being that everything just about makes me nauseous.   Im  praying that the feeling of sick will pass with the 1st trimester and I'll be back to myself and ready to get started on all my winter/spring projects!   I'll keep ya' posted!

We are excited to annouce Baby Higgins #3 !

Due in August!

Another tooth has been lost!!!!!

 

We knew it was coming soon, but

it was sort of an accident, she bumped it and it went flying! She look extremely cute!

My twin aka my daughter :)

I've had people tell me lately that Hannah looks alot like me, but when I came across this picture of myself as a child, I was amazed at how similar we look!

Smokie 2004-2011

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Chris and I took Smokie in as a stray in 2004,  he was this little mangy cat that we fell in love with. At the time we already has Silas and we weren't planning to get another cat, but he showed up and we even tried to take him to the pound, but ended up adopting him right back the next day. Despite his poor litter box use, he was such an awesome cat.  He put up with the kids doing just about anything to him, he made us laugh when he would try and crawl into just about bag or box laying around as you can see in some of the pictures.  He loved to snuggle (especially with me).   Because of his peeing in the house we kept him outside alot of the time, but he still got to come in once a day for a while and he really enjoyed being an outside cat, watching the birds and squirrels.  He was probably chasing a squirrel in the street when he got hit.   This was really sudden and I my heart hurts right now.  I know this is what comes with having pets, but he was part of our family so as silly as it may seem to some, I am grieving for him......   Chris and I barried him in the back yard with Silas.   I love you Smokie, Im so glad you were part of our family for 8 years.

Missing teeth!

two gone and 18 more to go!  I hope they straighten out or I see braces in her future!