7.30.2012

Craft Night

Saturday night was Craft Night in the Wiggins' home. There are three crafts that I've been putting off making for Elijah's nursery and Saturday night I completed one of them.

I got this craft idea from a friend who got the idea from Pinterest.




 I got everything from Michael's. To create the chevron lines I used painters tape and to glue the letters I used a dab of E6000 on each letter. I'm giving the glue more time to dry, but once it's dry, I will post pictures of the painting on the wall in his room.

Next projects to come: Prayer mobile and Name canvas (one canvas with Elijah in Hebrew lettering and another with English definition of name).

7.18.2012

Getting Ready for Baby

As we enter this 31st week of pregnancy, Rob and I have gone into overdrive getting things ready for this baby. Over the last 3 weeks, we have acquired a glider, a changing table and changing pad, a bed, and a crib mattress; we have assembled a swing, diaper genie, and travel system. We have had a maternity session with my best friend (can't wait to see the final products) and we have been to our first of three baby-prep classes.


Over the next 6 weeks, we will be decorating the nursery, washing and organizing his clothes, going to our last two baby-prep class (baby care basics and lamaze), finding a baby memory book and his coming home outfit, and of course all the doctor's visits in there (which are now every other week).


With all the craziness of physically getting ready for the arrival of this sweet child, we must not forget about the spiritual readiness that must also occur. 


Last Sunday I was leading worship and we sang the song "Cornerstone" by Hillsong. As we were singing, the Spirit prompted me, as he does so many times during prayer and worship, to place my hand on my tummy and proclaim these words over my unborn son: 
-Verse 1-
My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
but wholly trust in Jesus' name

-Chorus-
Christ alone, Cornerstone
Weak made strong, in the Savior's love
Through the storm
He is Lord, Lord of All

-Verse 2-
When darkness seems to hide His face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil

My anchor holds within the veil

-Verse 3-
Then He shall come with trumpets sound
Oh, may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
faultless, stand before the throne 

As excited as I am to hold my munchkin in my arms, this time of him being inside of me, fully dependent and always right there with me, has been such a blessing. I have loved being able to pray over this child and dream about all the wonderful things he will do in his life - the sports he'll play, the friends he'll make, eventually the college he'll go to and the woman he'll marry. 
My prayer remains that he will never know a time that he didn't know and love Jesus; that he will grow up with a burning passion to take the Gospel to all nations and peoples; that his hope will be built on nothing less than Jesus Christ, the Cornerstone.

7.13.2012

Thankful for Tuesdays - Friday Edition

Although I had the entire week off last week, I somehow didn't find an ounce of time to blog. Week before last, I'm not sure what my excuse was, but I didn't post then either. Forgive me.

This week, I am thankful for my job.
In October, I started a nanny job with a family of four. I was basically their go-to for everything - taking care of the kids, buying groceries, cooking dinner - anything they needed me to do, I did.
Then I found out that we had a little nugget on the way.
When I took the job, they told me that if I had any children, they didn't want me to bring them with me to work. So once we found out about our little nugget on the way, I knew I'd have to find a new job. There's no way I'm putting my child in childcare when that's what I do all day.
So the hunt began for a new job. I knew I wanted to be a nanny again, because I LOVE it! But I also knew I'd have to find someone who would allow me to bring my sweet babe.

In February, I sent an email of interest to a family and got a call back for an interview. They knew I was pregnant and were totally happy for me to bring the baby. When I met for the interview, however, I found out they already had a nanny. She informed me that, while they already had a nanny, they hadn't been totally happy with her - excessive absences. They were going to give her one more chance and if they continued to feel unhappy with her, then they would give me a call.
A week later, they gave me a call.

I had already committed to giving my current family 4 weeks notice, so now I just had to pray that this new family would be flexible and wait on me for 4 weeks. With God's grace, they waited.

I started working with the new family in the middle of March and I have fallen more and more in love with this sweet family every day! I can't wait for them to meet my Elijah. I already know that my precious AB (the newly 1-year-old that I watch) is going to love her new baby "brother" so much.
As a matter of fact, I showed her one of E's 3D ultrasound pictures and she burst into the sweetest smile and started waving saying "Hi" (which is one of her 3 favorite words).
AB's parents love her more than anything else in this world and it is so obvious. I love watching them play with and love on her. They have been such great examples to me of a parent's love for their child and have made me so much more excited for Rob and me to be parents!

Not only is the family I work with amazing, but the schedule I work is also amazing. Beth, the mom, is a family practitioner and her schedule is the best. She works every Wednesday and Thursday and every other Monday. Which means that I work every Wed-Thurs and every other Monday - which means that I never work on Tuesday or Friday and I get two 5 day weekends a month. YES PLEASE!

I love this family so much. I've never once felt like "the help"; I have felt like family from the very beginning. I love that I can be a part of their family and still have time to take care of my own family.

So, this week, I am thankful for my job - that doesn't actually feel like a "job" at all.