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Noah cracks me up all day long doing the little quirky things he does. Poor guy gets told over and over his chubby foot doesn't belong near his food. Now all I have to do is point my finger at it and he slowly puts it down (of course only to bring it right back up again when he thinks I'm not paying attention). Sometimes it is so hard not to crack a smile or laugh. I'm working at putting my poker face on though.

And just to show you we can have our not-so-good moments too...

Elmo

This morning I flipped on the TV to find Elmo on PBS. Noah was immediately intrigued and stood like this for the entire show. Who doesn't love Elmo? And please ignore the pile of laundry in the photo. At least it's clean and folded!

Cuddly goodness

Two posts in one day! I can't believe it either. Thursday nights are becoming my sewing nights since I have some free time (I know! What is that???) and the babe is usually in bed by 7p.m. Nothing says Fall like pulling out the flannel and corduroy (even if it is 90 degrees outside). I decided to gather some up last night to applique some of that Fall goodness for my little monkey.

I do have to confess that I accidentally sewed the front of the shirt to part of the back that had gotten pulled up while going around the applique. Thankfully I caught what I did right away. I'm learning!

And this is the result of what happened when I tried to snap a photo of him in his new cuddly shirt. Always on the move!

Thought I'd give your Fabulous Find Friday a little spirit of Halloween.

1. Wouldn't these be cute embroidered on a trick-or-treat bag?

2. Isn't this a great idea if you won't be home to hand out candy but still want to treat the neighborhood kids? Lollipops in a pumpkin. So easy peasy. Leave it to Martha to do her thing.

3. What an easy and fast way to create a tablescape for your Halloween party. With black and white candy you can't go wrong.

4. And I thought this was another great one from Martha. Those itty bitty spiders look so real and make me shudder.

Blessed Be Your Name

Today I was so blessed by getting to worship at church and Noah actually staying in the nursery the entire time! I can't tell you how long it has felt that I've gotten to go and actually be "present" at church.

Several years ago, shortly after my husband and I had gotten married, we received notice that my husband's employer was going to do a massive lay-off, and unless we took a transfer we would be among those people. We both remember attending church that weekend and the significance of a simple song by Matt Redman that still brings tears to my eyes when I hear it. I love the reminder of its' message. Today at church that song seemed so fitting for me and all of life's happenings in the world today. I hope these lyrics below might bless you today as much as they did me. Blessed be HIS name.

Blessed Be Your Name
Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your Name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your Name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be Your Name
Blessed be the Name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious Name

Blessed be Your Name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your Name

Blessed be Your Name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

You give and take away
You give and take away
But my heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your Name

I'd love to hear what your favorite worship song is. Send me a comment!

Up to something...

Don't worry...I've already told him not to run while chewing on the drum stick.

Sewin' weekend

Well, my hubby went backpacking today and is gone overnight so I decided to stay up late and break out the sewing machine to make a baby gift for a friend. I have tons of girly fabrics, from Sandi Henderson's Ginger Blossom line, that have been waiting to get used and a new baby girl seemed like the perfect excuse.

I looked in the stores for the cloth diapers I use for Noah but all of the ones I found were really rough...so I decided to go a different route and use some terry cloth I already had. Not sure what I think but it turned out okay. I do think next time around I'll embroider a little something to spice it up even more. I'm also hoping to applique a little onesie to go along with the burp cloth.

With the weather starting to cool down I've decided to bring out the knitting. I grabbed some cheap yarn I had around the house to re-teach myself since it's been awhile. I'm hoping to get the yarn I mentioned earlier and make a yummy blanket to snuggle under this winter.