Auction! Who wants a house???? US? I guess so.

Well, we bought a house. An auction house. Long story short: We went to an auction and surprisingly walked away with a house. I am still in shock. Attached are some pictures. These are all before pictures. Most of what you see has been ripped out or severely altered. Not much is staying the same. I will post updated pictures soon. But first, here is my little guy. He is growing sooooo much!

It has been a real "TRIPP"

We hoped. We dreamed. We prayed. We received!!!


We are in AWE. I am feeling a sense of reverence for this life that God has allowed us to be a part of. There are hardly words for this deep sense of solemnity and amazement! I think in my mind, I was still cautious to whether he would really live and be a healthy newborn baby. I still wondered if we would end up in the NICU for some reason. So, to see him in healthy reality is completely breath-taking for me! I find myself just staring at Tripp David. Thank you Jesus for a healthy child.


Late Memorial Day Monday, I started having contractions. After three long nights and days of contractions coming and going, we finally got admitted to the hospital Thursday morning around 6am. At 12 noon Thursday, we had this precious little man in our arms. Delivery was fairly uneventful, just as we had hoped. My doctor was there to deliver (just barely) and I was able to deliver quickly once he was there. We prayed for a full-term baby. I love God's sense of humor. Tripp was born right at noon; on his due date. FUNNY; not a coincidence!


Tripp David's name is derived from being the third David in Matt's family. (Triple=Tripp=The Third)


Matt's Dad is David Edsel

Matt is David Matthew

And now we have Tripp David


He loves his hands. He is a good eater. Lily ADORES him.


Join us in Praising God for our little guy. Many prayers are answered. Much relief is felt. And now the journey begins......

Justification

I am learning that I don't HAVE TO provide an excuse for everything I do. I have always "shared" how I was feeling or why I was doing what I was doing. I think it helped me connect with another person and feel justified (just in case they wanted to judge me). However, I realizing that it is okay not to tell/share/give explanation. In some instances, it is okay to do something or be a certain way and not explain it at all. Afterall, we are to be finding our identity and our confidence in the LORD, not men. Galatians 1:10 says, "Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ."


We have been on the go. I am attempting to get used to being up, doing some cooking, eating out, putting on some makeup, socializing, running our household. (Some of it seems a little ridiculous since I am just going to go backwards) It feels good, though, to be somewhat normal before we transition to having another member of our family. Anyway, between Lily's birthday celebrations, her graduation, and other social and household commitments, I woke up exhausted today. I am allowing her to watch TV and play on her Leapster all day. She played in her room for awhile. YES, we are just being bums. Well, not totally, but somewhat.


I am attempting to keep up every day on our Trifle Recipe Cards (triflerecipecards.com) orders. I am paying bills as they come in. Mom and Matt are keeping laundry caught up. I am attempting to keep the house in order. Why? All in hopes that it will make our time at the hospital more peaceful.


It is a peculiar time waiting on the arrival of a baby. Do I get groceries to make dinners next week? Do we make plans to do playdates with friends? Do we go to the lake? Today, I decided I probably need to go ahead with somehow obtaining groceries (I have not gone to the grocery yet due to it being so overwhelming). I probably should go ahead with making plans for a normal week next week. There is no point in lingering around in boredom. Lingering while waiting will, I think, only make us all stircrazy.


I have a list of jobs we need to accomplish. They don't HAVE TO be done before the baby comes, but I think we are going to work on them this weekend. Some baby related. Some not.


Pictures of graduation.