Ode to Lesh

About a month ago my darling son grabbed my iPhone while my back was turned and he gave it a good ole plunge in the commode.  I had heard putting it in a bag of rice for 3 days would soak up all the moisture.  So I put it into a bag of brown rice because since we are trying to lead a healthier lifestyle- no white rice in this house.  Brown rice didn't do a good enough job.  My phone worked for about 24 hours and then finally died. 

I was thoroughly depressed because I am like all other iPhone users, OBSESSED!  That thing carries my life in it, my calendar, calorie counter, exercise tracker, music, movies, and so much more!  Lesh saw how depressed I was and started investigating how if possible he could fix it.  Fast forward several weeks and we have a working mother board that Lesh bought on eBay.  A connector was broken that is microscopic tiny he had to use a magnifying lens to see and bought an extra tiny soldering tool and presto magic he fixed it!  My husband can pretty much fix anything he gets his hands on. I had to brag on his great abilities to resuscitate my phone!  Here is a picture of his miraculous work!  That is a Q-Tip so you can compare the size.

To Swing or Not To Swing?

On Saturday Lesh and I went and bought Nathaniel a swing.  We had been wanting to do that for awhile, but just hadn't had time.  So Lesh hung it up and put Nathaniel in.  Let me just say that he LOVES the swing!!  I know this because every time that we take him out he cries and stands by the back door so he can swing again.  It is hilarious! Here are some pictures of all this madness!   As I type this he is in his swing and I'm outside enjoying this cool breeze!

Happy baby in swing!

Very unhappy baby wanting to go back out and swing some more!

Bluebonnets, Chappell Hill

On Saturday we went with my In-Loves to Chappell Hill to go to the Bluebonnet festival and to take pictures in the Bluebonnets.  This picture taking is a TX phenomenon.  This is what you do when you have kids or just feeling like taking pictures, so I felt the pressure with everyone asking, "Are you taking Nathaniel to take pictures in the Bluebonnets?"  Plus I do really think they are adorable pictures, and our state flower is a beauty.  Thanks to Papa and Nana for driving us and bearing through all the traffic of crazy people taking pics along the highway!

My Redeemer Lives!

For I know my Redeemer Lives!  The tomb is empty!  I am so thankful to God for sending us his son to pay for all our sins so that we might live with him in heaven for all eternity! What  a precious gift we have in Jesus.  This weekend we celebrated Easter with Family.  On Saturday we had my family over for dinner and spent great time with eachother.  Today we went to worship where our pastor spoke on the hope of heaven.  Then we spent the day with my In-Loves and family from out of town.  It was a sweet time.  Nathaniel enjoyed the Egg hunts and all the attention he recieved.  His comedianship is surely starting to show!  He makes me laugh so much. 

First Easter Egg Hunt!

Today a friend had us over for an Easter Egg Hunt and lunch along with Peep cupcakes.  This is Nathaniel's first Easter Egg Hunt!  He really did not hunt, mommy had to do all the picking up, then he just wanted to put them in his mouth.  At one point we had to dig half of it out of his mouth.  This boy still puts everything in his mouth so I have to watch him!  He had a great time being outside with my friend's kids and wanted to be a  big kid just like them.  He practiced his standing up maneuver and worked on mastering it.  He doesn't like the feel of grass on his knees.  He totally smashed the cupcake on his face and made a big mess.  It was great fun had by all!!

Here is Nathaniel putting the egg in his mouth.

Trying to figure out how to open his egg.

He just wanted to swing and hold his egg.

This was an actual bird that built it's next on top of a bird house- go figure!

Cute cupcakes!

Here is the litle cutie enjoying his cupcake and making a big mess!!

I was reminded today is the celebration of the Passover.  Jews will be celebrating thier freedom from slavery in Egypt, thier Exodus and how God saved them from the final plague.  God heard thier cry and delivered them.  He delivers us from so many things in our lives.  We experience trials and sometimes go through very difficult circumstances, but God is so good that he delivers us from them. I love this song that explains this so well.

Song by Mandissa- My Deliverer

I was so helpless

Where did the light go

I had no hope left

Deep down in my soul

I was watchin'

I was waitin'

I was prayin'

I was stayin' down on my knees

That's right where You found me.

My Deliverer, You rescued me from all that held me captive

My Deliverer, You set me free

Now I'm alive and I can live

So every moment I will give you praise

My Deliverer

Funny Face!

Nathaniel is always making new faces and this one just cracks me up!

Love your funny faces baby boy!

Zoo Day

Lesh took yesterday off so we could take Nathaniel on his first trip to the zoo.  Some friends invited us to go with them last minute. We had planned on going to the rodeo, but decided the zoo would probably be more fun.  Wow, did Nathaniel love the zoo!  He was so excited to see all the animals.  Nathaniel has been fascinated with books about animals and their sounds lately.  When he was sick last week Nathaniel would lay on the couch in my lap and have me read the animal books over and over.  I think I read one of them like 20 times in a row.  The first animals we saw I don't even remember their names but Nathaniel totally wanted to touch them!  It was so cute to see how excited he was.  We also took him for a ride on a carousel, but he didn't want to ride on any of the animals.  He was totally freaked out by sitting on an animal.  We sat in a seat and held him in our laps.  I'm sure one day he will not want to get off!  We had perfect weather and we packed a picnic lunch to enjoy with our friends.  Here are some pics from our fun day at the zoo.