Kristin McLendon

Kristin McLendon: January 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012

InstaFRIDAY

Has it already been a week since I posted last?
I have full intentions of making 2012
a year of taking the blog to the next level!
But I've been lingering in this cold month of January.
I've been trying to be intentional with my son.
When he's awake. 
I'm paying attention to him.
Youth Ministry is in full swing.
And did I mention I started P90X?
For real this time.
{I'm on week #2!)
And that's an hour of my day.
And I have a dear friend
holding me accountable
(or I would have quit by now!)

So all that to say..
I do have big plans
big dreams
for this little space
and my little shop.
It's slowly coming, 
but will come I promise!

Meanwhile...
here are my men...
contemplating life.



And the basset hound became a horse.  No biggie.  
She was thrilled...can't you tell?



A little bit of lingering.  A hot cup of tea in one of my favorite mugs.




Youth Ministry.  I'm in my 9th year (can you believe that) and I am still in love with what the Lord lets me do.  This...this right here...seeing our young men surround and pray for one of our Associate Pastors. Yes, this is beautiful.



And then we had boot camp led by Pastor Terry.  
Quite possibly my favorite youth group I've ever been too.



And this man.  His smile melts my heart.



The lingering time....I've been finishing this book. And. I. Love. It.  
Still working on a post to share with you.....and give you a chance to win your own copy!!!



Our dear friends adopted a precious baby girl.  Jude was finally healthy this week and able to meet Ava.  Love it. {she's beautiful! and a miracle!}



Jude became too cool for school this week.  He found his beach toys in his closet and pulled them all out {including the sunglasses!}  Looks like baby is yearning for the beach just as much as his mama is!



Mail. I have a slight addiction to it.  I love to check the mail every day.  And yesterday?  It did not disappoint.  Southern Living.  Check in the mail. Package.  Delightful!  And the package?  My new kindle snuggie I ordered from Rags to Stitches!  Go check her out and tell her hello!



My favorite accessory these days?  This little man.  He's pulling up on everything...and that includes me.  You can usually find him going 90 to nothing....or attached to my legs.  I am not complaining!



My little man loves to drink from our cups and drink from a straw.  He's talented I tell ya.



That's our week in a nut shell. 
How was yours?

Linking up!

life rearranged

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Friday, January 13, 2012

InstaFRIDAY & an Update!

I'm still here, I promise!
I've been enjoying a little down time
with my family!

I'm linking up for InstaFriday!
A fun way to share our mobile pictures from the week
(do you have the app?  If so, follow me there:  kamclendon)

I also thought it'd be a fun way to
catch you up on our little family!

Christmas was spent
in Richmond Hill/Savannah 
with my family and went by
way too fast!


Baby's first Christmas was everything I'd dreamed it would be!

Lots of snuggles with Nana and Grand Dad.  
Lots of playing with cousin Aniston.
Lots & lots of new toys!


Road trip for the day down to St. Simons Island with Nana and baby Jude!

The ocean air is good for the heart!


Caught up with old friends and 
had coffee dates into the wee hours of the night!


Highlights and a hair cut!  
Flying (appropriately) with Grand Dad!
Christmas break can be exhausting!


Visit with Granny!
Four generations strong!

Back in Marietta to bring in the new year.  
The hubs was playing football, so Jude and I took a stroll in the park!


We quietly welcomed in 2012....
then on January 2nd I headed to the Georgia Dome 
for the Passion Conference with my High School Seniors!
45,000 18-25 year olds.....incredible.
{Not to mention I got to see some of my favorite people...
Heidi Ho & the Sheehan Family!}


And did you know that there are currently 27 million people enslaved in the world?
That's more than ever before.  This generation took a stand and raised over 3 million dollars during the conference to go towards stopping modern day slavery.
{take a moment and read!}


Here's my baby.  He turned 10 months old while I was at the conference.  G-Nan spent the week with him and they got lots of snuggles!  I drove back and forth each day and got about 15 minutes each morning with my little man (not to mention about 3 hours of sleep each night).  I was grateful I was still the first face he saw in the morning...even if it was just for a moment!

We got new couches for Christmas!  
Here they are on delivery day (and not a happy baby!)
We LOVE them!


Hubs bought me a Kindle for Christmas.  I've spent every little extra moment I could find reading!  I'm currently reading "7" by Jen Hatmaker.  More on this over the weekend (and a giveaway, so stay tuned!)

Baby got sick (AGAIN) while I was at the conference.  Thankfully he's better---but now the hubs is sick!  Can. not. win.


Here's our pretty living room.  We completely moved things around and I love it!  We took out the coffee table and there's LOTS of play room for Master Jude!

So there's our update via Instagrams!
I hope to have the shop back up in the next week.
Lots of new things coming and I'm excited!

Do you have big plans for the weekend?
We're excited to have absolutely nothing planned.
We've had snow flurries already this morning,
so we are staying in and staying warm!

Happy Friday Friends!

life rearranged


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Monday, January 9, 2012

Jude Robert, You Are Ten Months Old!

Ten Months old already and we're already
discussing your first birthday!
How in the world did that happen 
my little man???
So much happened during your tenth month!
For starters you 
had your very first Christmas!
So much fun!
You LOVED opening
presents!
Another big milestone for the month
YOU STARTED CRAWLING!!!
The week before Christmas you officially
went from Army Crawl Master
to Speedy Gonzalez on all fours!
It made Christmas even more fun!
We finally had your 9 month well visit when you
turned 10 months old!
You weigh 18 pounds, 11 ounces
(only in the 10th percentile)
And you are 28.5 inches tall
(40th percentile)
(only 1.5 inches away from having to get a new car seat!!!!)
You are super active now,
so we're blaming your low weight on that...
because you sure do love to eat!
You'll eat just about everything we give you.
I'd say you do have favorites though
and that's sweet potatoes and 
a banana/pear/apple mixture I make for you!
We continue to introduce you to new things
like zucchini, lentils, and wheat just to name a few!
We've figured out that if we mix
your chicken in with your applesauce, 
you will eat it!
You can still fit in some of your 9 month clothes,
but for the most part we've 
moved into 12 month clothing.
When in disposables,
you wear a size 3 diaper.
You're still holding on strong with 5 teeth.
No new ones for month number 10!
You started to sway a little from your
normal schedule.
Your morning nap is not always a guarantee.
Mama's not ready for you to give that up completely!
You still take a solid afternoon nap
and sleep 12 hours at night.
You love to pull up on everything. 
One of your favorite things to do is crawl over to your walker
stand up, then push your walker around
the kitchen.  It is the cutest thing!
We're debating about what your first word is..
as you started saying something to the resemblance of
HEY early on...
but officially on December 10th you said...
MAMA!
(and continue to say it over and over....melt.my.heart.)
Also on this same day you started shaking your head
back and forth.
Not sure what that means that both of these
came on the same day!


You LOVE to read!
We read your favorite book,
Daddy Hugs 123
each night while you are in the bath tub.

You got sick again during this month. BLEH.
Mommy was driving back and forth each
day going to the Passion Conference.
GNan and Daddy took good care of you
while you were sick.
The doctor said it was some type of viral infection
that your body was fighting off.
You had puss on your tonsils,
but thankfully tonsillitis was ruled out!
You are still a breastfed baby!
(One year is our goal!)
You nurse 4 times a day
and eat 3 solid food meals a day.
We had a few milk flow issues, 
where you had to be supplemented a little bit
while we worked on things.
Thankfully with help from the doctor
and the lactation specialists we are back on track!
Even had enough milk back in the freezer 
for Mama to go to the Passion Conference!
You are a joy in our life.
We thank Jesus everyday for you
and can hardly believe you are already 10 months old!
Thank you for being the sweet, cuddly,
calm natured baby that you are!

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