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Last month Hannah turned 1! And now is almost 13 months. Hannah has been such a sweet blessing. When I found out I was pregnant I for some reason assumed I would have another boy and was surprised when I learned my baby was a girl. But I now am so glad. I love the contrasts and the new sides of motherhood that come out from having a girl.She has been such a laid baby and happy go lucky baby and

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This was a great blog post I read today. I hope it will encourage you too. http://jeaninallhonesty.blogspot.com/2011/12/finding-quiet-time-in-mothers-life.html

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The first Christmas dress of the season. :)(Dress rehearsal for the Christmas play at school.)

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The Burch men riding off to battle. :)The Kiddos!

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Somalia Refugee Camp from World Help on Vimeo. Please consider giving to the cause. Just $1.00 will buy 40 meals. This is the worst drought in 60 years and the worst humanitarian crisis in the world right now.

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Couldn't get a good smile from my son but I guess these will have to do. I also couldn't find my better camera (which is actually on my phone) this morning. I found it later today...it had fallen somehow into the lining of my couch. Talk about random. Took me hours to find it and I can't even blame it on the little ones. I somehow did that all by myself after the kids went to bed last night.

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My daughter is 8 months old as of Saturday. Her first year is going by fast!

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Our day last Saturday started at "Splashville" in downtown Asheville.Then after a change of clothes a stroll to the library, through shops, we stopped here to listen to a band play in Pritchard Park.Then we stopped at The City Bakery.Next we went to the Biltmore House farm to see the flowers and the animals.Learned some pottery.Walked around the winery to to their fountains.Tried out the

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This road goes down beside my house. I like to walk it at night after the kids go to bed and the weather has cooled off. It's cool to be able to walk a few feet and feel like I am in the middle of a forest somewhere. It is a good stress reliever at the end of the day.

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This year I planted a small garden. The people who had lived in the house before us had planted a large one last year so originally my husband tilled the whole space thinking we may do the same. But with everything I have going on right now I just wanted to start small so I used a smaller space on one end of the garden.The rest of the garden regrew with grass and weeds.The past few months I have

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Hannah was 16 pounds 9 ounces at her appointment a few weeks ago. She is a happy and sweet little baby. It is fun to see her personality starting to come out. These were taken at a cookout with had with some friends last night. Happy Fourth of July weekend everyone!

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Vacation video my sister made. :)

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All over his face! Sweetness. :)"10 Acre Gardens"Strawberry Patch in Canton, NCThese were the most yummy strawberries I have had in a long time.I have no idea how many strawberries my son ate. They said he could eat as many as he wanted. When we were done I looked in his basket and almost every one of his strawberries had a bite out of it. They don't spray these berries with pestisides so I guess

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We had a great Easter. I hope you guys did too!

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My sweet little Hannah is 4 months old.She actually had her 4 month appointment a couple of weeks ago.Then she was 15 lbs (90%) and 24 inches (75%). I am sure she is bigger than that now. She is my little chunky monkey. :) I love the rolls on her legs though. Buddy never had one roll and I am eating up all those rolls and her squishy cheeks.Here are some facts about Hannah:She loves her mama.

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Our church's new website:www.centralitychurchasheville.org

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This is one of my favorite "Sermon Jams". The audio was created by a friend of ours, John Mahshie. His website is www.relevantrevolution.com. Someone on youtube created a video to go with it.This Easter Season let us celebrate that Death is Dead!

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At some point in the past I must have told my son when he was eating outside, "Don't worry about dropping crumbs. The birds will eat them."The little wheels in his head must have been turning about this because in the past few months we have had these conversations:-Me: "Stephen stop dropping your food on the kitchen floor."Him: "Don't worry mom the birds will eat them."-Me: "Stephen don't drop

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I uploaded this picture from my cell phone today.

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Some things that are different for me with the second child: 1. It is going by so much faster. Instead of having so much time to sit and focus on every little thing and mildstone I am so much busier having 2. For me it feels like Hannah was born and now she is so big already.2. But at the same time I am not worried as much. I have already done it once and I know that more than likely she will do

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My daughter was 3 months old yesterday. I am enjoying having a little girl. :) She has started putting her hands together like that all the time. Hopefully I can snap one of her smiling soon.

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Sorry for the lack of posting. I have been:-Trying to learn how to have 2 kids. -Trying to handle a 2 year old who is constantly coming in and out of the "terrible 2" stage. :)-Trying to manage on a lot less sleep.-Started back to work at the preschool 12 hours a week.-Keeping the house clean for the frequent groups of people coming over for example: small group, a baby shower, friends for dinner

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Buddy eating the candy he was bribed with to smile for the camera:)

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We had some more professional pictures taken a few weeks ago but I still haven't gotten them back yet. But here are a few I have taken with my not-so-good camera over the past few weeks. :)

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Today I was reading the bible at the breakfast table with my son. We were reading a Psalm 135 and it said in verse 4 "For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself." He heard "Jacob" and said, "I want to see him." (He knows a boy named Jacob.)So I started talking to him about how his name is in the Bible too. So he started asking me, "Is mommy's name in the Bible?"Me, "No".Him, "Is daddy's name in

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What's better than 1 Buddy Burch? 2! :)

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So far having two kids hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be. Mainly because my daughter is a great baby. She sleeps well, nurses well, and is very content. So this helps a lot. But I can't help thinking, "Why was I so tired with my first child? I could sleep every time he did!"So the hardest part for me is the lack of sleep from feeding during the night. Then having to get up and take

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This is a great article I read today by Jani Ortlund on www.theresurgence.comhttp://theresurgence.com/2010/10/22/missional-motheringBeing in the season of life I am now with a toddler and a newborn this was good reminder.Here is a part of the article.Mother: You have a mission field "Our first and primary mission field is our children. God values our children. Jesus became indignant when the

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My daughter was born Monday morning at 1:19am. She was 8 lbs and 3 oz and was two weeks early like my son.Here is my birth story for my daughter:When my son was born we lived in Greenville and I delivered him in a birthing center. Overall it was a good experience and I enjoyed the personal prenatal care and the homey atmosphere of birthing in a place that was more like a house. I had a fast and

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Well the snow has already started falling here in Asheville. The Christmas decorations have been up for a week.My son is totally into the Christmas spirit and loves Christmas music, decorations, and lights. It's so fun having a 2 year old because everything is new to them and exciting.He wants to sing "Jingle Bells" everyday and every morning the first thing he wants to do is plug in the

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.We enjoyed time with friends and family and now are trying to really get ready for this new baby girl coming who is coming very soon.I had an ultrasound yesterday because I am measuring bigger than I should for 35 weeks. My doctor thought I may have too much fluid in my stomach.But when I had the ultrasound yesterday they said that my baby is just big. She

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I just had a sweet moment with my son tonight. We were sitting on the couch and "Baby Hannah" was moving in my stomach.I pulled up my shirt and he saw my stomach moving. I told him baby Hannah was moving in there. He got so excited and starting talking to her and telling her to move again. And every time she did he would squeal in delight. :)Not much longer until he will get to see her move in

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“On Saturday, October 30, 2010, the Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650 choristers from 28 participating organizations to perform one of the Knight Foundation’s ‘Random Acts of Culture’ at Macy’s in Center City Philadelphia. Accompanied by the Wanamaker Organ—the world’s largest pipe organ—the OCP Chorus and throngs of singers from the community infiltrated the

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Fall Festival at a local church here in Asheville.Hayride with daddy!Playing games.Waiting to go to the festival.Fall party at preschool. One of his good friends there.

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Family Birthday Party in Greenville. One friend came from Asheville!:) Opening presents. A Tricycle!Getting his Buzz Lightyear on his actual Birthday.Hanging out with Grammy and Aunt Kelly.Cousin Christian!Family Picture Getting a train table from Grandma and Grandpa Burch. Thomas! Eating Cupcakes at Preschool. Singing Happy Birthday. Riding George the Train!

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Tomorrow my little boy turns 2!We will be celebrating tomorrow at his preschool and then having a little party for him Saturday.I love this little guy so much and have thoroughly enjoyed spending these last 2 years with him.Tonight we took a little walk together down a little gravel road by our house that goes down to a train track and to a river.Buddy loves to go down there. When we are lucky he

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I turned the big 3-0 this past Monday. It is kind of a weird feeling. But there's no turning back now. :)I celebrated with about 30 of my friends and their families here in Asheville.It's hard to believe that a year ago I didn't know anyone in Asheville. The Lord has provided me with such a great community of friends here.I will try and post some pictures later this week.In kiddo news: I am about

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I was walking behind my 2 boys today and I just had to snap a few pictures of them walking together. It was so cute to me! We love Mondays. Stephen takes the day off and he tells Buddy it's "Monday Funday." We try to do something fun and special all together each Monday.

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Every Tuesday night some women from our church are getting together and discussing a sermon together. This week we are listening to Carolyn Mahaney's talk called "Being Kind and Doing Good." It was a great and very convicting sermon and I thought I would share the link with you.http://www.sovereigngracestore.com/downloadFiles.aspx?key=Freebb9a04bb-5559-4459-9b98-658663b8ea2d

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First day of fall preschool 2010It was hard to get him to sit still:)And just for fun, this was his first day of preschool last year:) My baby is growing up.Buddy playing outside with his tractor.He loves pushing the buttons that make different sounds.I'm enjoying the last few months of it just being us together during the day. They are precious to me.

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I mentioned in an earlier post that I had just finished this book and really enjoyed it. (Thanks to my mom for recommending it!)Francine Rivers takes her great knowledge of the Bible, her amazing story telling ability, and her creativity and puts it all together to tell 5 amazing stories of the 5 women who are listed by name in the lineage of Jesus.These women are Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba,

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Of Stephen Burches :)

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We are finally on the other side of our move!The only thing I seem to be missing right now is my crock pot. I have no idea how I misplaced this as it is something kind of big and something I use quite often.It may have gotten put in the attic but if not I have no idea where it is.Anyway I am very thankful to be all unpacked and it is starting to feel like home.Buddy seemed a little confused the

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-I'm packing, packing, packing. We move on Saturday just 5 miles across town. But it is still a move and I will be so glad when it's over.-My son has started saying "Love you MaMa!" or "MaMa, Love You!" this week. I haven't been prompting him. He will just randomly say it and it's so sweet.-Twice this week when my son saw a picture of Mickey Mouse he pointed and said "Chuck E Cheese!". Right

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Fun at this new water park in the Taylors/Greer area of SCHe liked running though this frog.Berry Picking at the farm. Blueberries, Raspberries, and Blackberries.Rosie picking berriesBuddy and meMe my sister and her son ChristianChristian with his cousinSushi making party!Yummy!!Rosie and Yoshiko showing off origamiWater Day at PreschoolWater Day Watching 4th of July Fireworks from our

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...in a hospital.In case you don't know my first birth story, you can read it here.Again I know this will be funny to most of you who read this but I am nervous about a hospital birth. In Greenville I used a birthing center and I really loved it. I had a really good birth that went pretty fast. I liked being in such a homey environment with just my midwife and my husband. I was only a mile from

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Many of you who read my blog have more than one child. Even three or four. So I am sure some of this may be funny to you.But I thought I would write some of my thoughts on finding out I was pregnant with #2.First of all I am very thankful that I got pregnant so easily. I was told before I got married that it may be very hard for me to have kids.But because with Buddy it took awhile I was kind of

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....is on the way.The due date is 1/1/11. That would be a cool birthday. My first son was two weeks early though so we could have a Christmas baby.I have been in the mist of first semester nausea and extreme exhaustion. The nausea is better and I am hoping the exhaustion ease up soon.I will post more about this later for those of you who didn't know....now you do!Have a great weekend!

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The students doing the backyard Bible club at our apartment.Buddy with his bible club snack all over his face:) And loving the attention of the teenagers.A picture of the team (minus one leader who was taking this picture:) that came last week. This was at the end of the week when we visited the grove park in. They did and awesome job and worked really hard out in the sun. They even painted a

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Here is Buddy trying to squeeze in dinner before church Sunday night. We had a great joint service at Hessed Church.Pray for us this week. We have a mission team coming up from Lyman First Baptist (Lyman, SC). Ricky Stark is a great friend of ours and is leading the team that is coming here. We are doing two backyard bible clubs with them. One is at the church and one is at the apartment we have

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My dad was sitting at a bar stool eating lunch and Buddy called it "PaPa's Highchair"I coughed yesterday and he said "Bless You."He comes up to me and says "Hold You" instead of "Hold Me."I was pouring in the dishwasher powder and he pointed to it and said "sugar!".He was eating the other day and looked up and said "Amen Food!"We were at my friend's house and there was a picture of her husband

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Last week we were looking at a house we are going to move into at the end of July. Stephen was inside signing some paperwork and I was outside with my son.He was playing in the yard and I was sitting down watching him.I must have taken my eyes off of him for a minute because I looked up and he had this guilty look on his face that he gets when he thinks he has done something wrong.I was trying to

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Our friends Daniel and Johanna drove to Asheville from Columbia with their daughter to come to our church service tonight.Their daughter is only a month older than Buddy. They had never met before but they totally hit it off and had a lot of fun playing together. These are a few pictures from today.

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For me the "toddler" years haven't had that bad cogitation that they get from time to time. At least so far.Some of this is probably because my son isn't 2 yet. :)But I really have been enjoying this stage of my son's life. Here are a few reasons why.He's not a baby anymore and can do a lot for himself.He sleeps a long time at night and takes a nap every day. He is able to communicate now and

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Buddy's First View of the beach. He started running to the water.Then a wave knocked him down and after we took his shirt off he ran away from the water. :)We had a lot of fun and built some great memories.

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...going on with me right now.- Church planting. Enough Said. :) We had a great service last night and were so happy to have some neighbors there after all of the months of building relationships with them.- Getting ready for vacation. We're going to Seabrook Island again because we liked it so much two years ago. I am excited about showing Buddy the beach for the first time.- Reading for my book

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This morning I recharged my camera batteries because I wanted to get a Mother's Day picture with my son. But the day got busy and before I knew it, it was night time and I still hadn't gotten one. At first I was like "Oh well maybe next year." My husband wasn't home yet so I didn't have anyone to take it before Buddy went to bed. But then I thought...no I am going just take one even if it's

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This weekend we are celebrating our 5th Anniversary (yesterday) and of course Mother's Day tomorrow. We have had a fun weekend.I praise the Lord for 5 years of marriage to a wonderful man and that He has also given me the privilege of being a mom.And I am also very thankful for my mom. I am who I am today because of her. I hope all you moms feel very loved this weekend.

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- He is obsessed with Sharks, Trains (Choo Choos), & Trucks right now.- He asks to go to bed a lot of nights and asks his daddy to read the Bible to him.- He still loves to eat. I think he eats more than most of the kids his age at his preschool.- He is starting to make friends and interact with them more and more.- He loves his grandparents!- He is so observant and always paying attention to

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My husband was at the Exponential Conference this past week. He took our laptop with him so I haven't had a computer. He went with 12 other men who are involved in church plants in Asheville including a Russian church planter who is reaching out to the thousands of Russians in Asheville.I spent past week trying to catch up with some things at home and spending time with friends in Asheville. I

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Here are some pictures of my sister's baby. Jennifer (my other sister) and I went to meet him yesterday. He's so cute. Mom said he already looks different from when I took these pictures yesterday. I am so happy for Kelly and her new life as a mom. :)

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My sister had a baby boy this evening!He weighs 8 lbs 4.4ozI don't have any pictures yet because I won't be able to see her until tomorrow but I am so excited for her and Nate, that I have a nephew, and that Buddy has a cousin!

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When I went to the grocery store last week I forgot coffee filters. But after Buddy's episode I was dreading going back in there.So after a fun time at the Botanical Gardens this morning I decided to try.As soon as we pulled in the parking lot he started saying, "Choo Choo!, Choo Choo!". So I parked the car and told him he was not to cry and pitch a fit for the choo choo. I told him the

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My friend Rhonda asked me yesterday "Does your son ever pitch a fit for anything except for food?" (He loves food so if he sees anyone eating it he will cry for it.)And I thought about it and said "No not very much. Most of the time he is pretty laid back about everything."Well today I ate those words. :)He cried for the water puddles in the park. (He wanted to jump in so bad.)He cried for

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One of the cool things Stephen and I have been able to see since we moved to Asheville is church unity.What I mean by this is different churches working together to reach the city of Asheville.This sadly is sometimes very rare.But we have been so encouraged by working with different churches from different backgrounds and denominations.For example we meet in a church building downtown. It is a

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Here are the proofs of some pictures I had taken of Buddy last week: http://www.picturepeople.com/sso/publishconfirm.sso?data=V%2b%2bXGvQzXNSGEYmukRUZ9l8bUJVSLDZalEXEPm8dzOuWtcWSyGy98OWP8p0o9%2f5jdT9Qb%2bm93BomgUwCPNdv%2bg%3d%3d

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Here is an email I received from my friend Debbie this morning. If you have any stories like this you would like to share leave a comment and I will pass them along to her.Most of you received the first request from me for children’s stories of faith. Well, I need more stories. I don’t have near enough for a book so I am sending out another request. If this is the first email that you have

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Mine does. Probably more than I care to admit.Take for instance yesterday. I was taking the groceries out of the trunk of my car and I didn't realize that the 3 lb bag of apples had a hole in it. So when I picked it up all of my apples rolled all over the parking lot. I was chasing apples from under cars and in the street. I just had to laugh at myself. I know I looked totally hilarious.Then I

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A few weeks ago we had a question and answer time with 2 other churches. We invited anyone from the community to come and ask any questions they had about Christianity to 3 pastors. It was a cool way to open the doors to the church to people who would not normally come and dialogue with them in a loving way from the Bible. Here is a short clip from the exchange. Stephen and Jared are dialoguing

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Saturday I wore short sleeves, Monday it snowed, today I was in short sleeves again. Wow. But I have to say I like where I live.I love having so many places to go and enjoy the nice weather.I love so the new friends God has put in our lives and can't believe I have known them only a few months and some for only a few weeks.I am enjoying and thankful for the things God is doing in our lives and

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This morning Stephen was reading the Bible to Buddy when he was eating breakfast. When he finished reading Buddy pointed to the Bible and said, "Bible...Please?"So Stephen opened it up and kept reading to him.It was awesome! He wanted his daddy to keep reading the Bible to him! I pray he will continue to grow in his love for the Bible.

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Before Buddy was born:- I can't believe I used to wash, dry, and curl my hair everyday before work.- I can't believe I used to take my time walking through the grocery store.- I can't believe I drank hot coffee everyday. (I still drink it but I have to reheat it a lot.)- Could go anywhere without a babysitter.But it's hard to remember life without my sweet little man.What did I do without all

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I wondered where the other half of Buddy's yellow play dough went. Then I found it.

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I am loving this weather and I have been taking full advantage of it while I have it.We have been "hiking" with friends on the Blue Ridge Parkway. (It is closed right now to traffic in certain places so you can walk on it without cars.)We have been walking all over downtown and playing outside.I hope you have been enjoying it too!Also, did you see the Earthfare coupon for this week? My friend

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Asheville is really an interesting place to live. If you have ever been to Asheville you know that is it famous for it's bumper stickers. Many of them really reflect the world views of the city. Here are just a few I have seen in the past few months. 1. Don't Make me Get out my Flying Monkeys2. Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History3. God's original plan: Being Naked in a Garden Eating Fruit (

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I realized today I haven't blogged in a over a week. That it is a pretty big break for me.We have had 2 Sunday meetings now (we are only meeting every other Sunday right now while we are gathering our core group). We have a busy upcoming weekend with a small group, meals with several families, a date night, and an outreach Sunday night with two other churches.Some other things:-After an awesomely

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Until about 3 weeks ago Buddy called me "DaDa". He would call both Stephen and I "DaDa." The older and older he got he kept saying all kinds of new words but he would not call me "MaMa."I think it almost became a joke to him. I would come to the door at preschool and he would say "DaDa" and his teachers would say "no Stephen that's MaMa" and he would smile and say "DADA!". The only time he would

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I love my Valentine. I picked this picture remember what it was like to have warm weather and walks on the beach. :)Thanks Stephen for all you do for Buddy and I! Thanks for being a great dad and husband.My little Valentine Jr. - (My friend Valeria's brother took this picture of Buddy last month when they came through Asheville on their way to Kentucky.) Buddy - You are a delight and a joy!This

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Thanks for those of you who prayed for our service Sunday. We were able to meet and we were really happy with the service. We felt like the Lord's presence was there.We were rubbing elbows with the Super Bowl so we were very thankful for the people that came out to worship with us and we were pleased to see how well our team worked together.Please continue to pray for us as we reach out to

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I was at the computer this morning and I heard Buddy say "Jesus" and turned around and saw him reading his kid's Bible. :) I took this of him last weekend when he feel asleep on the couch. So sweet.I am watching snow start and stop falling out my window and hoping it will go away. It is supposed to stay above freezing today so I am hopeful! We were able to have our small group last night even

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Out computer has been in the shop. This is a quick update.Stephen and I are feeling so much better. Thank you if you prayed.Above is the name of our church. The word "Meso" is the greek word used in the bible many times referring to the centrality of God and Jesus. For instance in Revelation when it talks about the Lamb being in the center of the throne, in the center of the four living creatures

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Many of you probably know who Matt Chandler is. He is a young Bible preaching pastor of a church in TX that he pastored from 160 to about 6000 people. He had a seizure on Thanksgiving and found out he had a brain tumor. I hadn't heard an update on him recently and then just saw this this article on the FRONT page of MSNBC.com. What a testimony! The author of the article did an amazing job

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Well we are in the countdown for our first church service here in Asheville. We are meeting this Sunday at 4pm in downtown Asheville in the Cornerstone CMA Church.We are excited to finally began meeting and gathering a core group.Unfortunately we have an enemy that seeks to oppose what we are doing.This week already has started out hard. Stephen has been working really hard preparing for the

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Driving Home from Preschool today Buddy said a new word.This is the best word he could ever say and I have been waiting for him to say it for 16 months.He said JESUS! More like "ye shus". But he said it about 5 times.It's the most precious thing I have ever come out of his mouth and I pray I will hear it 10000s of times more!

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I saw this today on MSNBC.com. I tried to embed the video directly on my blog but it didn't work for some reason. But if you have a minute this video is encouraging. It is a big of hope in the midst of so much tragedy and heartache.http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34933049#34933049

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He is on a roll! My son is saying new words every day now and is also starting to repeat me. (Scary!)In just the past few weeks he has added to his list of words:CarsCheeseGorillaWhoa!TreeBearDogJuiceSpoonEatYuckStickOther cute things:He has started doing sign language for "Please". At a worship service last week he saw someone raising their hands in worship and he raised up his hands.At another

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Some goals for 2010- Trying to memorize Colossians. Well right now I am just focusing on the first chapter. One step at a time.- Really starting to train my son more in all areas of life. This is a huge responsibility and overwhelms me sometimes. But at the same time it will be exciting this year to see him start doing more for himself, learning more, and starting to learn more about the Lord.-

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This past year (like so many years) brought about a lot of change in my life. But I can honestly say that most of this change was not painful like some changes I have had. They were peaceful and grace-filled changes. I don't know if that makes sense but I am thankful for that.These are some of the other things I am thankful for in this past year.1. That I was able to watch my son grow and develop

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Trying some of the finished product."Wow this makes me thirsty!" "I have to say, I'm a pretty good cook!"

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