Cereal!

She LOVED eating cereal!

One Word Says It All:

TEETHING!!!

Maleia in April

Her favorite toy - her hand!

Note: Wheel of Fortune was on & it's never too early for her to learn her letters!

Are you talking about me?

Rolling Over!

I wonder if any other of our future children will have pics like this??

Maleia in March

3 Mos Old
4 Mos. Old
Having too much fun playing!
Last Family Shot in PA
Can I have fries with these?

Easter in PA

Scrounging for Internet

Well, we made it safe & sound to Greenwood, WI! The move went smoothly even though there's some new scuffs & tears here & there on our things, we are happy to be here! Maleia did great on the 2 9-hour drives each day. The last hour of the day was the noisiest with the crying, but we made it!
The church here has made us feel right at home & we feel a great bond with the people. The boxes are unpacked & we're busy with different ministries. The youth group will be taking a large part of our time during the weeks. We went on our 1st activity: Springfest 2008 at NBBC. It was freezing!! Snow, wind, and 35 degree weather kept Maleia & me indoors most of the time, but the teens seemed to still enjoy themselves. We took about 25 kids up. No complaints about the weather or leaving the church at 4:30 am on a Saturday. We have been blessed with great kids! :)
Due to living in the sticks, DSL is not available to us, so unfortunately, my interent time is scrounged here & there when we're at church. Hopefully, we'll get something worked out pretty soon. Until then, I've stacked up on some pics, so the grandparents can have their fix. :)

Friday Survey - SPRING!!

1. Does your household do spring cleaning?
Nope, not usually. I try to do a complete cleaning when I'm changing seasonal decorations, so that happens around the fall, Christmas, and summer.

2. Do you approach spring with joy for all the newly growing things and the sight of grass, or does it just scream MUDDY FLOORS AND MOPPING?
It definitely lightens my spirits by seeing green grass & new flowers popping up. We take off our shoes at the front door, so no muddy floors for me. :)

3. Do you have a garden that you will be planting and, if so, what do you plant?
I usually plant flowers in a flower bed. Since I have no clue what our house looks like that we'll be moving to in 10 days, I'm not sure if any planting will be done this year or not.

4. What is your favorite thing about springtime?
I love the newness of spring! Some people feel that way at the beginning of the year in January, but I feel that way now. I love seeing the trees blossom, daffodils pop up, tulips opening up, and being able to take walks outside with just a sweatshirt or jacket!

An Easter Package

Today we received an Easter Package from Colorado!
Thanks, Auntie Katie, for the Easter Duckie! I needed more bath toys!

Thanks Grandma & Grandpa Lewis for the fun toy!

My 1st Easter Bunny!

More clothes!

Reading my card

Maleia Just Wants to Say

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Gotta Love the Stat Counter!

I found out that I've had some interesting hits on my blog this past week.

• Someone from Singapore found my site by googling: Pamela Used Undies - - - umm, gross! & how did I get linked to that??
  
• Someone from England found my site by searching: Big Beautiful Preggo - - - thank you, I think.
  

Time Flies When . . .

you really want it to slow down! :) We've been staying busy trying to work out all the details of the move. I haven't started packing yet, but have decluttered a little here & there.
This week Geoff & I drove out to south-central PA to pick up a new-to-us sectional for our living room. We needed new furniture because we knew that what we have probably would not make it to WI in one piece. It would make sense to purchase something in WI, but when you can't afford new, and the area you're moving too has VERY little used, it was best to check out the overabundance of Craig's Lists in my area. On Monday night Geoff & his uncle squished it through our doorway. Geoff's newly wed (as in 1 week!) sister & brother-in-law are interested in our older stuff since they have nothing for their living room and thought they'd come this weekend. So, in my living room sat a sectional, couch, dining set (since our dining room became an office when Maleia came), rocking chair, recliner, and entertainment center. We made a "pathway" that we knew would last a week and then our home would come to some kind of order before the movers took everything away.
UNTIL, a phone call came in on Tuesday afternoon. Our complex manager wanted to show the apartment to a prospective tenant on Wednesday!! The next 24 hours was a flurry of organizing closets, pushing furniture around to look somewhat reasonable-ok somewhat reasonable is pushing it, but I tried! I went shopping with a friend to avoid embarrassment. :)

Maleia is 3 months!

Showing off her new toy-the boppy pillow!

Loving the Boppy!

Tired of the Boppy!

We loved her cute folded hands.
"Please feed me!"

Maleia with her sweetheart (I share!)

Little girl in a big bed

"These things taste really good, but when I get them in too far, yucky things happen!"
After eating, she put her fingers in her mouth & accidentally did a bulimic move-not pretty!

What a happy baby!

Time's flying by, and the relatives are begging for more pics!

Deal of the Century!!

Knowing that we were most likely heading into full-time ministry soon, Geoff's parents gave Geoff a check for $100 to put towards a new suit for Christmas. Now, if you're suit shopping, you usually wait for a sale, and even with a good sale, $100 doesn't go too far on a nice suit. I had been shopping in the mall, and saw that one of the department stores was having a 50% off sale on all their suits. So, I drug Geoff in to check it out, but Maleia needed to eat soon. After feeding her, I asked if he wanted to go back and look some more, but he had pretty much seen everything, and hadn't like anything. So, we headed to J.C. Penney's to look.

We walked into the section, and I saw a clearance sign. It stated $14.97. On the rack were dress pants, and many many suit coats! Geoff didn't believe it and he asked the clerk to confirm. Yup, EVERYTHING was $14.97 each!!
So, we walked away with 4 suit coats and a pair of pants for $14.97 each with regular prices of $200.00 each. Then Geoff picked up an expensive pair of pants for $25. The regular price of all of these would have been $870.00, and we paid $98.00! We praise the Lord on such a great find that He led us to! Geoff has doubled his suit choices, and will have plenty of choices now that he needs to wear these more often. It just seemed like the Lord was saying that He has led us to this assistant position & He will take care of all the little things.