God is Good!!

Since my last post......

We did not get the house we were looking, but God knows the right one for us. We will just keep looking! I got a tutoring job to help pay my way to Wisconsin!! That was a definite answer to prayer. :)

The Lord helped me read all the way through Deuteronomy and now I am in Joshua. :) One thing I notice the most right now is how Holy God is. He wanted the children of Israel to see it and fear Him, love Him, and obey Him. God also wants me to do the same. He has shown and is showing Himself mighty all around us and through His Word. Our God is amazing!!

Christiana is now 3 months old and doing very well. Sleeping through the night for the most part and Im sure loving it. :) She smiles and giggles and makes all kinds of noises now. She is a joy to have around.

Well not much else going on so that will be the end of my post this time. Hope all is well with everybody.

An update!

Well I do hope all of you are doing well! We are doing great! We put in another offer on a house. I am super excited to see if we get it or not. Many people have put an offer on it so we will see if they like ours the best. :) If not we will keep on looking.

My reading is going well. I will finish Exodus today and move on into Leviticus. Leviticus and Deuteronomy are the 2 hardest books for me cuz I dont understand most of it. I am hoping and praying the Lord helps through them and shows me Christ through them. I recommend for you to try reading the Bible like this if you have interest in reading all the way through. I am really enjoying it!

Today is a pjs day! Christiana is taking a nap and I am in the middle of making a rug! I will put pics up when I finish it. I was thinking about making a ton of them and selling them at this years craft show, but we will see how that goes. I get all these ideas in my head and then I get bored. haha!

Oh I am going to Wisconsin next month!!! My new nephew will arrive sometime around Feb. 5th and I am going up there on the 21st! I am super super excited to see my brother Paul, his wife Valerie, Charlie, and the newest Henry......woooooohooooooo!!!! I bought my ticket already but I would like to pay the money back into our account. Any idea on how I could make some moneys???? If you do please let me know cuz I would kind of like a part time job that I can do at home.

Christmas and New years

So we had great Christmas. My brother Micah was able to come and this is his alvin that he got. :)
Christiana did great with all the noise and excitement of the family! She was enjoying just hanging out with dad.
She likes her play mat that she got. It's nice to have a place to put her down to play. A blanket wasn't nearly as interesting.
This was before Christmas, but she was having fun. :) She would much rather have no clothes on and hanging out in her diaper. haha!

On New years eve we went to my brother, Jacob's church. He got to preach that night and it was really good. I am so glad God is working in him and Shera (my sister-n-law).

We are ready for a new year! Todd and I are going to read through the Bible in 3 months. I have tried the year thing and it never works but I heard that if I read 16 pages a day I can read through my Bible in 3 months! I am super excited to read straight through and God has been working on me about being in His word reading and studying. Love it!! This is going to be a great year!

smiles and homemade bread!

Christiana is now six weeks old and is starting to recognize Todd and I. She has the cutest smile. :) In the morning when she sees me her eyes light up and there is a huge grin on her face. Sure does give me a boost in the early morning time.

I dont remember what I posted last time but I am back to walking 2 miles a day and soon very soon to start my wii fit. I have the wii and and wii fit board but not the game yet. I am super excited to be losing weight and get back down to where I was before being pregnant and losing more weight as well.

We ran out of bread yesterday so for the first time in about 6 months I made homemade bread. Wow did it smell good!! I didnt make it while being pregnant cuz I didnt want to be tempted to eat it all. Now I have a little more self control. :)

Concerning the house we have been looking at: we are sending the rest of the paperwork in today and see if they take our offer. I'm super excited yet super nervous. The house is only about 20 minutes from my parents. I will miss being across the street, for sure!

Well gots to go cuz the girly woke up. Pray she gets some good sleep today. She didnt take a nap yesterday at all and she is kinda grumpy but wont sleep.

The adventures of the Ackleys!

Been a while since I have written anything! Usually is though I guess.... Well so much going on around here the past 3 weeks. Christiana was born on Oct. 17th weighing 7lbs 10oz and 21 1/2 in. long. I was induced so they that it is harder labor, but I made it through. :) Only 7 hours of labor total (praise the LORD). OH and no meds!!!!!

Our little princess is doing quite well I think. She is a little colicky but we are doing ok with that. When she was born she had jaundice pretty bad so we had to go to the doctor almost every day the 1st week she was born. That was very tiring on all of us. She is doing fine with that now though.

I absolutely love having her here with me all day. Being a mommy is amazing and awesome!!!

Christiana Joy Ackley

our baby girl!!!!

puppy and baby

Well the end is getting nearer and nearer! Finished up Childbirth classes and going to the doc every week. Baby shower is tomorrow and looking forward to it. Although I do hate being the center of attention cuz I turn all red and get embarrassed super easy. :) Next week will be spent washing her clothes and putting everything in its place. I love doing that kind of stuff.

On monday I got a new puppy on trial basis. I didnt know if I could handle 2 puppies and a baby. Well Frisbee is a year now and he does pretty good with everything. On the other hand this little pup is a chewer and biter, but that is because he has no idea why he cant do them. So this week we have been working with him very hard. I have to keep my eye on him otherwise he will chew anything and everything but he is a super cuddly dog and I have decided to take the challenge and keep him. The main reason for keeping him is for frisbee. I want him to have someone to play with when I am busy with the baby. They get along great and play together all the time. Oh the new pups name is Kuw (greek name). Pronounced Kuo. He is super intelligent and has already learned what to do when he needs to go outside (we have a bell hung on the door for the dogs to ring.) He is still messing up some but he is getting the hang of it. He knows sit, lay down, and roll over. He is learning stay right now. Oh and he is only 6 weeks old so that is pretty good. :) Working with him is making the time go by faster too. Sometimes it feels like this pregnancy is never going to end.

Well that is all I have for now.