Consignment Shopping

I went to a couple of consignment sales over the last couple of weeks. I love going to consignment sales. They are so much fun. You never know what you'll find. We mostly bought adorably cute name brand clothes for Riley. I bought a sling for me to carry Riley in. Also, we got a couple of New Balance shoes for Riley. But mostly, we bought clothes. Between my mom and myself, we probably spent about $200 at two different consignment sales. Oh, and my mom bought us a crib bedding set also in that amount. We really got a lot out of those two sales. I can't wait till the next consignment sale comes up at the end of February. Actually, I can't wait to get to be with my baby in about a month. I am so looking forward to dressing him up in all the little outfits. I know I can't fully grasp how our lives are about to change. It's so amazing when you think about it. But, still, we just don't fully understand it yet. This little life will depend soley on us for it's survival. That so scares the daylights out of me and also makes me so humbled that God would allow us to raise this child for Him.

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Trusting God and being a worry wort

Ya know, I'm so excited about becoming a mother. This whole process is so amazing. Of course it is, right? God created it. You start out with this teeny tiny little thing inside of you that you hardly even realize is there. And it starts to grow and as it grows, your love for it does too. And when you start to feel the baby wiggling around in there, it makes it even more real and so amazing that you have this wonderful little baby growing inside of you. I know people say that you never knew you could love someone this much but I don't see it quite the same. It's like, I never knew I could love someone without first getting to know them. And, I guess, I am getting to know him. But in a very different way.

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Thinking about Riley again!!

It seems that all I can think about now is the baby. Sometimes not because I'm so excited but because I'm worried or nervous about finances or about staying at home instead of going back to work. But, I think I'm finally sliding out of that funk. I am really getting excited about the baby coming. I wish he were already here in my arms.

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Fall CSA Program

As I mentioned in the previous post, my husband, Todd, is starting a fall CSA program. I am really excited about this. It really helps people get back to eating local, fresh, seasonal veggies. Our farm name is Shady Creek Farm. You can go to the website by clicking here. When we were at the Belmont Fresh Market earlier this year, everyone commented on how gorgeous his lettuce and other vegetables were. It really was amazing to see how God created something so awesome and delicious out of this tiny tiny little seed.

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Anxiously Waiting!!

I am finally starting this blog because I definitely want to have a place to show everyone our pictures of our family. Especially our soon to be born son, Riley!! I am so excited about his arrival. And a little nervous. Also, I'm nervous about how our whole lives are going to change. Actually, I'm not nervous about that part, more anxious and excited. But, I am nervous about going back to work after my maternity leave is up. We don't want me going back to work and actually I'm not sure I'll be able to because someone will need to take care of Riley and Todd won't be able to do that and keep the farm up too. I want to be a stay at home mom so bad. I want to take that huge leap of faith and trust God to provide. Todd does too except he wants more assurance before taking a small leap of faith if that makes sense. And, I understand where he's coming from but God will work everything out and I know that. I mean, if I had to find childcare for Riley, we couldn't afford it. And, Todd can't watch Riley and take care of working the farm to make it grow as a functional profitable business. I mean, Riley will need constant attention and not that Todd doesn't want to do that. I know he is more than willing. He absolutely can't wait till he gets here either. So, the dilemma is, what will happen when my maternity leave is up. And, should we just go ahead before my maternity leave starts and tell them that I won't be back. But, is that speaking too soon. I just don't know what we should do. I know that the farm isn't making any money at this point. It hopefully will in the fall because of the Fall CSA program if anyone signs up. And, then going to the farmer's market to sell what we have left over after the CSA shares every week. I really pray that the CSA program does really well this fall.

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