Busy Weekend

Last week, EJ's dad and supermom were here to relax and watch grandchildren and baseball. On Thursday, his step mom (MK) and sister (O) and I went nursery bedding shopping. My s-i-l gave us the bedding that she used for her little girls and it is really cute but E and I decided we wanted all pink in Ensley's room. O has four kids and she was super helpful with tips on what to splurge on and what to save on as far as car seats and such. We found some adorable bedding and one pattern in particular really caught our eye. I love the colors and the pattern. At first I was hesitant because it has little elephants on it, and I didn't want people to start buying Ensley elephants because they thought that was a theme that we liked. I decided to look around a little more because I wanted to make sure there wasn't something cuter out there.

Friday my mom drove up and we went to Louisville together for the Women of Joy conference. Friday night we heard Sarah Palin speak. This was not a political rally or partisan convention, it was a gathering of 16,000 women worshipping God. She did such a great job talking about her struggles as a mom, wife, VP candidate and how she relies on God and her faith to get her through the tough times. Here a couple of stories that were so precious:

She was saying that before her first VP debate she was looking for someone to pray with and the only person she could find that wasn't pre-occupied was her 7 year old daughter Piper. She asked Piper to pray with her and pray that God would speak through her. Her 7 year old daughter looked at her and said, "You want me to ask that GOD speak through you!?" She said, "Yes, honey." Piper replied, "Mom, that's cheating." How precious!!!

She was also talking about her struggles with their down syndrome baby Trigg. She said that she wondered why God would think that she could handle this, etc. She said that God has taught her so much through baby Trigg. She no longer sees perfection as the world does, but her blinders have been lifted and she's perfection through God's eyes. She said every morning, Trigg wakes up and rubs his sleepy eyes then looks around the room and applauds the new day. What a challenge for us!! How many mornings have I woken up frustrated from the troubles of the previous day and this precious little baby wakes up knowing that His mercies are new every morning.

That night, my brother and sister in law and their two sweet girls met us at the hotel on their way to Alabama. Then Saturday morning, mom and I went back to Women of Joy and heard some other encouraging and hilarious women and sang songs of worship with Charles Billingsley. Then we drove to Alabama for the remainder of the weekend. We had stopped at another baby store to look at bedding and nothing compared to the one I had seen with MK and O, so I took mom by the store and she really liked it too. Every time I looked at the picture I had taken on my phone it grew on me and by the time we made it back to the store, I just had to have it! O got it for us and I can't wait to be in the house now so we can set it up for little Ensley.

Here is a picture of the mobile that goes with the bedding, you can see all of the pinks and different patterns. Soooo cute!!

We spent the rest of the day playing with my nieces in Alabama. They are getting so big and grown! Ugh! I hate, hate, hate that we can't see them more often. Sunday we all went to church together. We don't get a chance to all get together very often. It seems like most of the time when we get together there is at least one person missing, so it was great having all of us there to visit.