10 months old today

Beach Day

9 months

Lovely weekend catch up

Isla is in such a good bedtime routine, we don't wanna jinx it at all. So we try not to go out at night which means from about 6pm we are 'free agents' until about 7am. So instead of us going out, friends come over to ours in the evenings. And on Saturday we had such a good eve. Home made cocktails and dessert and takeaway pizza. Really needed a wee night loke this. Here's to many more

His love never quits

I have been reeling from a lost friendship. I have tried to convince myself that I know that my friend has so much going on in her life and doesn't know which way is up at the moment. I have been there, so I know. I have called her and sent her supportive messages, just letting her know that I can help and that I'm here. But nothing. And it hurts. A lot. And as I was praying and meditating over it this morning, I felt God revealing a part of His heart to me. How He aches and longs for us to be connected to Him and to have an intimate and caring relationship with Him. But life gets crazy and there are days when I don't have a quiet time, or set time aside to be thankful for every single blessing. And it hurts Him too. I felt Him saying. I. Am. Here. Waiting. So as I surrender my hurt and my mourning to Him, may I remember to continually be rooted in Him, to remain under the shadow of His wings. And to be mindful that it hurts Him when I lock him out of my decisions, my day-to-day stuff and the bigger things in life.

His Love Never Quits - Psalm 136, The Message

> 136 1-3 Thank God! He deserves your thanks.
>     His love never quits.
> Thank the God of all gods,
>     His love never quits.
> Thank the Lord of all lords.
>     His love never quits.
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> 4-22 Thank the miracle-working God,
>     His love never quits.
> The God whose skill formed the cosmos,
>     His love never quits.
> The God who laid out earth on ocean foundations,
>     His love never quits.
> The God who filled the skies with light,
>     His love never quits.
> The sun to watch over the day,
>     His love never quits.
> Moon and stars as guardians of the night,
>     His love never quits.
> The God who struck down the Egyptian firstborn,
>     His love never quits.
> And rescued Israel from Egypt's oppression,
>     His love never quits.
> Took Israel in hand with his powerful hand,
>     His love never quits.
> Split the Red Sea right in half,
>     His love never quits.
> Led Israel right through the middle,
>     His love never quits.
> Dumped Pharaoh and his army in the sea,
>     His love never quits.
> The God who marched his people through the desert,
>     His love never quits.
> Smashed huge kingdoms right and left,
>     His love never quits.
> Struck down the famous kings,
>     His love never quits.
> Struck Sihon the Amorite king,
>     His love never quits.
> Struck Og the Bashanite king,
>     His love never quits.
> Then distributed their land as booty,
>     His love never quits.
> Handed the land over to Israel.
>     His love never quits.
>
> 23-26 God remembered us when we were down,
>     His love never quits.
> Rescued us from the trampling boot,
>     His love never quits.
> Takes care of everyone in time of need.
>     His love never quits.
> Thank God, who did it all!
>     His love never quits!

I love my grub!

The joys of blw. Must admit, we do both traditional and blw - depends on madam's mood really.

7 months!

My baby girl is 6 months old!

This monkey girl keeps us busy. She is sitting up by herself, crawling, loves blowing raspberries abd her favourite food is cranberry and apple cereal. Isla has a personality and a half and if she doesn't like something,  you'll hear about it.
Enrolled her in daycare, and its a scary thing for a mom. She starts on 1 June. Not sure how I'm going to deal with the separation yet, but needs must...

We are back!

Wow. Its been ages since I've been on here. Life has been crazy. We have just returned from a two month holiday in South Africa and are trying to find our rhythm again. Isla has adjusted well, just trying to adjust her body clock back to UK time. Here are a few shots from our family photoshoot in SA. More posts to follow.

My heart.

Crawling?

sure if this is considered crawling,  but this madam is nearly there. Not even 6 months old yet. Monkey-child.

Isla Grace

Our daughter, Isla Grace, was born one 31 October 2013 at 5:56pm weighing 8lbs 6. We have been immeasurably blessed by the arrival of our bundle albeit 10 days late. We are tired, overwhelmed at times and second-guess all our decisions about our baby's well-being and development, but despite these we are in awe of the amazing gift that God has chosen to bless us with. A good friend of ours blogged about us yesterday, and I have to include the link to her blog because what she has written is so breathtakingly beautiful and my words don't even come close to the ones she has written. 

http://pjandashleigh.blogspot.com/2013/11/thats-so-amazing-about-grace.html

Babyshower

Last week I had a chest infection and spend the week in bed. On Saturday afternoon, Karl insisted that he was taking me out for lunch and a drive to get me out of the house. I finally relented and we stopped by my inlaws on the way. Little did I know that I was walking into my surprise babyshower! What a super special day! We played games, ate a lot, had a quiz (Karl was quiz master) and opened so many gifts. I was truly spoilt. I even got skype calls from Leigh and Robyn. Apparently Sinead, Karl, Joanne and Robyn had been planning this for months. I have a suspicious mind, but for some reason I had no idea. I think it was because I was ill last week. I am so blessed to have friends and family that love and care for me so much. It was such a special afternoon. I even got gifts all the way from home, as well as a pretty box of pearls of wisdom from friends and family here and at home with bible verses and little words of encouragement for the road ahead. Thank you to the organisers and especially to my dear husband who was in charge of logistics - I married a gem! Enjoy the pics.