Rejoice! Rejoice in the Lord always! Just as Paul tells us in Philipians chapter 4, let us always be full of joy in the Lord. Today is an easy day to do just that! It's a cool 60-some degrees with a light breeze. I've got our windows open and am well on my way to checking everything off of my to-do list.
Eli is napping and Tim is at work. I'm sewing and having a good time chattin' it up with God. He's so good!
Photo by MKLoeffler Photography
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Happy Birthday, Monster Baby!
Happy Birthday, Eli! We celebrated Eli's birthday with two parties: one with the Stokes Grandparents, and one with the Lawson Grandparents. This picture is of Eli the Cowboy all dressed up for his party.
By the way, his diaper was dry when I took him potty a few minutes ago! He has gone 4 times in the toilet today! We bought him a potty seat, but he doesn't like it...he much prefers the real thing. Where does he get this independent-free-spirit-stubbornness?
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
YEAH! Eli went poopy in the potty today! I started potty training him a couple of weeks ago and he's done remarkably well for only being 12 months old. I'm so very proud of my little guy. Wahoo!
P.S.- I wanted to take a picture and Tim said no, so be sure to thank him because you didn't get a picture with this post.
P.S.- I wanted to take a picture and Tim said no, so be sure to thank him because you didn't get a picture with this post.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
This is Eli with one of my students, Riley. She LOVES Eli and claims to see him on TV daily. Her mom explained that any baby she sees on TV is, "Baby Ewi."
Please remember Eli, Tim, and I as you spend time in prayer today. Eli and I woke up with the stomack flu and our house is the epicenter of disgustingness. Right now he's laying calmly in his swing watching Sesame Street while Tim is caring for us.
Let's pray this is only 24 hours so we can be back at school tomorrow.
In Christ,
Gwenny<><
Sunday, February 8, 2009
What a day...
Oh, it has been quite a day around here. When I woke up this morning, the first thing I noticed was that my alarm clock wasn't flashing its big red numbers at me. Secondly, I noticed that it was freakishly cold in my house. I nudged (more like slammed my elbow into his rib cage) and told him to turn his lamp on to test our power. Sure enough, a beam of light was absent when I heard the lamp click. We were without power. I got myself out of bed and the second hit came: my bronchitis is 10 times worse than it was yesterday. We got ready as best we could and got to church. Third hit: church had no power and so only the outside rooms were usable. I worked my shift in the nursery and danced and sang in a nasaly/snotty voice to no avail in front of 9 screaming infants. I'm not kidding. I was bad.
After the service, I grabbed Eli and headed to the sanctuary (which was being lit by a flood light someone had hooked up to a generator). On the way, I ran into Tim and the panicked look on his face told me hit five was about to come: someone hacked into his facebook profile and wrote inappropriate things on a couple hundred other people's profile. To boot, we were without power and couldn't get on the computer to fix it (a few kind friends called to tell Tim he needed to get on Facebook and fix it...that's how we found out).
Power was restored to the church just as the third service was starting. We had lunch with the college students (courtesy of the Children's ministry volunteers) and came home for mandatory family nap time.
The takeaway: what might seem like catastrophes in the moment are merely bumps in the road. At least we're all alive and well and are being cared for by our great God. Let's praise Him for His goodness even in the midst of trials.
In the meantime, I'm still going to be grouchy.
In Christ,
Gwenny<><
After the service, I grabbed Eli and headed to the sanctuary (which was being lit by a flood light someone had hooked up to a generator). On the way, I ran into Tim and the panicked look on his face told me hit five was about to come: someone hacked into his facebook profile and wrote inappropriate things on a couple hundred other people's profile. To boot, we were without power and couldn't get on the computer to fix it (a few kind friends called to tell Tim he needed to get on Facebook and fix it...that's how we found out).
Power was restored to the church just as the third service was starting. We had lunch with the college students (courtesy of the Children's ministry volunteers) and came home for mandatory family nap time.
The takeaway: what might seem like catastrophes in the moment are merely bumps in the road. At least we're all alive and well and are being cared for by our great God. Let's praise Him for His goodness even in the midst of trials.
In the meantime, I'm still going to be grouchy.
In Christ,
Gwenny<><
Saturday, February 7, 2009
My First Blog Entry
Greetings, friends and family! Welcome to my blog. My faithfulness in sending out The Lawson Gazette has been lackluster, at best, so I've decided to start this blog to keep you all up to date on the happenings here on the Lawson homefront.
We've been doing well. Eli has been recovering quite well since his night in the hospital. I took him with me to the Upward game today and one mom commented that he still sounded "horrible." If only she could have heard him breath a week ago!
We went to the Valentine's Day banquet at church last night and had a blast. We got to sit with the Cochran's (Kate's parents...Kate is Eli's girlfriend...actually Kate's dad is our children's minister and the four of us parents have arranged Kate and Eli's wedding...they're only 2 weeks apart in age) and with the Ralston's (they're a really great couple from church). We had a super good dinner and then had a Christian comedian Paul Aldrich, or something like that. He was really good. Eli was Mr. Wildman when we picked him up from the nursery- he crawled over every square inch of the church while Tim was picking up chairs, etc, and when we got home, the tops of his socks and the knees of his pants were FILTHY! But, he had fun, so it was okay.
My Grandparents came yesterday and took us out to breakfast while on their way to see my brother Nathan and his wife Staci in Springfield, MO. We really enjoyed the time with them. My Grandma made Eli a Teepee for his birthday and he loves it! I'll take a picture and post it here on the blog soon.
My business is doing well. A lady named Kim found me on the internet and has asked me to sew many many things for her up and coming business. I'll write more about that later.
That's about all for now. When you're praying please continue to lift up our family as Eli kicks the last of his sickness and as I battle bronchitis and a sinus infection (would my name still be Gwen if I didn't get that combo at least 5 times a year?).
Tim keeps saying, "Eli, stop it!" so I should go rescue Eli before he takes a trip down spankin' alley.
In Christ,
Gwenny<><
We've been doing well. Eli has been recovering quite well since his night in the hospital. I took him with me to the Upward game today and one mom commented that he still sounded "horrible." If only she could have heard him breath a week ago!
We went to the Valentine's Day banquet at church last night and had a blast. We got to sit with the Cochran's (Kate's parents...Kate is Eli's girlfriend...actually Kate's dad is our children's minister and the four of us parents have arranged Kate and Eli's wedding...they're only 2 weeks apart in age) and with the Ralston's (they're a really great couple from church). We had a super good dinner and then had a Christian comedian Paul Aldrich, or something like that. He was really good. Eli was Mr. Wildman when we picked him up from the nursery- he crawled over every square inch of the church while Tim was picking up chairs, etc, and when we got home, the tops of his socks and the knees of his pants were FILTHY! But, he had fun, so it was okay.
My Grandparents came yesterday and took us out to breakfast while on their way to see my brother Nathan and his wife Staci in Springfield, MO. We really enjoyed the time with them. My Grandma made Eli a Teepee for his birthday and he loves it! I'll take a picture and post it here on the blog soon.
My business is doing well. A lady named Kim found me on the internet and has asked me to sew many many things for her up and coming business. I'll write more about that later.
That's about all for now. When you're praying please continue to lift up our family as Eli kicks the last of his sickness and as I battle bronchitis and a sinus infection (would my name still be Gwen if I didn't get that combo at least 5 times a year?).
Tim keeps saying, "Eli, stop it!" so I should go rescue Eli before he takes a trip down spankin' alley.
In Christ,
Gwenny<><
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