Kristin McLendon

Kristin McLendon: August 2011

Saturday, August 20, 2011

InstaFriday {on a Saturday}

We were out of town last Friday on vacation and I stepped away from social media for a few days (even left the computer at home!)  So InstaFriday (on a Saturday) is a little longer with 2 weeks worth!

I'm linking up with Jeanett for InstaFriday.  A marvelous idea to share our mobile pictures from the week.  Some are just from the phone, some are using the marvelous Instagram App!



Little Buddy took to rolling all over the crib--and many a nights he woke up screaming and we had to run in and unstick him.  The new recommendations say not to put bumpers in cribs at all.  We did the screaming/unstick thing for two weeks.  We just put the bumpers in for the last two nights.  He slept 12 hours last night.  Thank you Jesus!



My two men.  Love them.



Sunday Morning Worship at RiverStone

Mommy son lunch


This came in the mail.  Very excited about it.  
Sermon prep at it's finest!



My punkin



On our way out of town for vacation.....and hubby is my hero...changing that tire!

Jude and I sat inside the gas station
where they had a little patio table next to the
hot dog stand!
Aniston ready for the beach!
Jude's first trip to the beach!


Jude likes the crab shack!


Aniston and Jude loved the beach!


We were at the beach to celebrate Dad's 60th birthday!
It was a great weekend!

Jude loved the ocean!


And the sand!



Aniston and I


Mom kept the baby and I went to a 
Sand Gnats game with my Daddy and my Hubby!


Love those giggles


And that smile!


My parents kept the baby and I got
a date day with my hubs!
We went to one of our favorite little spots for breakfast!
We had lunch too, but I forgot to take a picture of Soho Cafe!






Way home from vacation we stopped in Macon
to visit with Jude's other grandparents...
McMom


and McDad


Home at last....and our new thing is sucking our toes!


Jude has a new disappearing act....


This is usually where we can find him.....

Impromptu date night with my family....dinner (thanks to gift cards!)

And we tried out a new frozen yogurt place!



Love.

life rearranged

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

A Garden. Good for the Heart.

Today I'm linking up with Gussy over at Gussy Sews for her weekly inspiration workshop.
This week's prompt is "Gardens."

I love this prompt and am so excited to share my heart with you!

I've always longed for a beautiful backyard...one that I can just spend hours in.  I'd call it my "prayer garden" and I would walk slowly through it while I commune with my God.

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I may have a fountain...or two....
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And if not a fountain....a bird bath....
maybe a fountain and a bird bath....
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A bench to linger a little bit longer....
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Off to one corner in my dream backyard
I'd have a vegetable garden....
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And I'd have these cute little repurposed spoons...
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I'd have "special" lighting
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And a place to fellowship with our friends
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(or a romantic dinner with the hubs!)
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And my own little nook...
Yes, I'm a person that loves nooks...
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And if we are going to keep on dreaming....
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Song of Solomon 4:9-15 says,
"You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride;
   you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
   with one jewel of your necklace.How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
   How much better is your love than wine,
   and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
   honey and milk are under your tongue;
   the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
   a spring locked, a fountain sealed.Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates
   with all choicest fruits,
    henna with nard,nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
   with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes,
   with all choice spices—a garden fountain, a well of living water,
   and flowing streams from Lebanon."

In the words of Mike Bickle, "Jesus reveals His desire for His bride (4:9-10) and then affirms her godly life and fruitful ministry referred to as a flourishing garden (4:11-15)."

Yes.  Gardens.  Good for my heart.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Jude Robert, You are Five Months Old

Jude Robert,
You are 5 months old!!!
What an exciting month it was!
It seemed as if you were learning and doing
new things with each new day!
We love watching you grow
into the strong young 
baby boy that you are!
This month you discovered the joy of sitting
up in high chairs and grocery store carts.
You love seeing the world!
You aren't quite sitting up on your own,
as you need still just a little bit of support,
but I know that's coming any day now!
You discovered your laugh during this month...
we laugh right along with you as it is
just too cute!  You're still our happy,
smiley baby and we are so grateful for that!
You grew an incredible mohawk...
we're tempted to put some gel into it! :)
You moved officially from the bathroom 
sink to the big boy bathtub.  You love the water
and love play time.
Mommy still enjoys this special time with you 
(Daddy gets you dressed in the mornings and
Mommy puts you to bed!)
You discovered your reach--
which is making mom and dad be 
even more alert than we were before!
Yep....you still have your pouty lip!
Makes me want to give you whatever it is that you want!
You keep this up, we're in trouble!
You still love your walker that you discovered
last month--except this month just one day you stood
straight up, put your feet down and
started walking forward (you had
only been going backwards up to this point)...as if to say,
look out world, here I come!
'
You LOVE Maddie (the basset hound)
 and Maddie loves you!
You walk up to her in your walker
and just start talking to her.
Y'all are best friends already.
We've been reading to you,
but this month you started to
focus in on what we were reading to you 
and you love all the stories!
Just in the last few days of month number 5 
you started rolling in your bed.
You'd been rolling during tummy time,
but all of a sudden you started doing it in your sleep..
and you wake up on your tummy and you are not happy about it.
You are still eating every 3 hours during the day--strictly 
breast milk.
We're watching your hunger cues as to when to start cereal,
but the goal is to be strictly breast milk till 6 months 
to get all the benefits of it that we can!
And you sleep most nights from 8pm till about 6am...
(then go back down till about 8am)
lately you've gotten some arms and legs stuck, so we've
had to come in in the middle of the night and unstick you...
but we're working on that!
I have no idea what size diaper you are
(we still love your cloth diapers!)...guessing a 2....
we are going next week for your first trip to the beach,
so we'll find out!
You are wearing 3-6 month clothing.
You still fit into 3 month onesies...
but if they have feet, they have to be 6 month size.
I took you to the Dr. one day
because I thought you had an ear infection 
(ended up being slightly inflamed, but not
infected...you just keep on tugging on it though!)
But at the appt. you weighed in at 16lbs.
You have done a great job putting yourself on a schedule!
We decided to take it one step further this
month and take your "loose" schedule
and put you on a firm schedule. 
You go down for naps now at the same time
every day and this has been great for mom at work!
It's worked out great for all involved!
You love to talk--but won't do it for the general population.
You especially love to talk to Maddie--
we think your first word is going to be "hey"
because it already sounds like that is what you are saying!
We love you so, so much
our little bundle of joy!
Thank you for being 
the little amazing man that you are!

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