Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Check out my new kicks!!

So today was Gabriella's first Christmas and it was really fun! We got to see the family again and got lots of really cool presents, Gabriella got this really cool pair of shoes from uncle Richard and aunty Claire. Check them out in the pics.


As soon as they got put on she started jumping up and down I couldn't get a pic of her standing up so had to get one sitting down : )

Number two on the way...

So not only have we got little Gabriella we also have another little one brewing! God has indeed been good to us and has decided to bless us with a biological child as well, our second born will be arriving early June if everything goes according to plan : )

We had a scan recently (hence the pic) and we are 90% sure it's a boy so this is going to be fun. I have prepared myself to be a daddy of girls and really didn't even give a boy any thought, that will have to change now.

Anyway we are really looking forward to the year ahead and ALL the challenges it will bring but we are truly thankful and am certain that this is what God has had planned for us right now, and confident that He will provide the grace and strength needed :-)

Saturday, December 22, 2012

There is no plan B!

So I heard a message from the book of Jonah and the issue of faith came up, and I am sure as most people know some way of being able to explain it in one way of another but this evening I heard one of the best ways to explain it...

"Mountain climbers understand faith!"


You see as a climber you scale high walls with many little crack that you put your fingers into as you make your way up... you also have a rope that you attach as you go right. So what happens if you slip? You fall and the rope is designed to stop you from falling to a certain death... thats plan A. what happens if the rope fails? You die, there is no plan B! That's the bottom line, as a climber all your faith is in that rope not failing if you loose your grip.

This is the faith we need to have in Christ, He is our "lifeline" after Him there is nothing that can prevent certain death.

This is really hard to swollow because we as humans like to think that we know all sorts of fancy was to cheat death and live as though some divine hand will come and catch us if the rope snaps.


Heb 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (KJV)

Bath time is the best!

Recently I was at work and one of my staff members asked if I would mind him going home a bit earlier than normal. Not a problem I said, the next day when he came in I asked if everything was alright and he said "everything was fine he just wanted to miss the traffic to make it home for his sons bath time"

Well I thought that was a bit odd, until little Ella arrived I didn't get it... but now that's another story! I really enjoy the bath times with little one, and I think she enjoys them too.

Here is a pic of what I get the privilege of  experiencing at the end of bath time : )

Friday, December 21, 2012

So much for the end of the world!

Here is what really happened...

Dinner with our pals

Tonight was super fun, we went out for dinner with T-man and Ali... long overdue but well worth the wait.

Gabriella had fun too catching up with her pal in the way that babies do (not really sure how this works but it seems they get each other)

Awesome evening chatting about real things that matter... Life, kids, love and the Gospel!

Thanks to our pals for a fantastic evening

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Happy fun times : )

So today we had all the cousins together at a birthday thing for Ashley and we managed to get all of them together for a really cool family photo.

Lots of happy fun times : )

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Look I am a big girl now

So this week has been rather fun as we started Gabriella on solids, she started out with yuk rice cereal but today we moved onto butternut... yum yum and worth every photo. It was so cute but I don't think that little one enjoyed it so much.

There was a second highlight today...

Gabriella got to meet Grampa Mike and aunty Lynne that were up visiting all the way from Cape Town so I had to wear my cute new Christmas hat!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

So she is home...

Its been a while since an update has gone out about our little girl, Yip she is home : ) and she has been for a while.

At one stage we were really worried about when it was going to happen but we are glad it has. Things have been good and it has been an amazing few weeks. Today Gabriella seems to have found her voice and won't stop talking...

An update to what I think this will be know as "Gabbys journal" will be posted again soon.