Campbells 3rd Birthday!

Well sweet girl, here is your birthday post - although its over a month late. I cannot believe that it has been 3 years since God brought you into our lives - what a blessing you have been... You are such a fun little girl - so full of energy and imagination. You are so thoughtful and compassionate - the Lord is developing some great qualities in you that I hope never change. You make us laugh every single day, and you never meet a stranger - kind of like your mommy. :)Thank you for adding so much to our family over the past 3 years - we love you so much - plus even more. :)

Campbell's birthday was very eventful for us - she got the stomach virus right before her birthday, which mean I had the stomach virus ON her birthday. It was very sad since I missed her party at school (but at least she got to make "3" cupcakes to take and share - pictures of the baking are in the slideshow) and we had to settle for McAlisters for her long awaited birthday dinner (since all I could stomach at the time was soup) - though she didn't seem to mind. She even got to bring her doll Fancy Nancy (also included in the pictures).

Thankfully we were all well by the time her "pink" Cooking Party rolled around, and although it was a little chaotic, it was so very fun! I made a cooking utensil chandalier for above the food table and Ben made her a 3 to hang on the front door out of cooking spoons. We had pink cupcakes and a pink cake just for Campbell. (plus pink lemonade, etc - you get the picture) The kids got to decorate their own aprons and had chef hats to match. They also baked their own lunch of pizza and cupcakes. Campbell had a blast since cooking is her favorite thing to do - and she had lots of help from friends opening all those presents. :) Plus the kids got to take home a goody bag filled with fun cooking things!

Some of our favorite people came in town to help us celebrate - Honey, Uncle Brian, Pop Pop and Doll, Uncle Gavin, Aunt Alissa and Daniel, and Mimi and Big Daddy. They were so sweet to drive all that way! Not to mention the many friends who have become our family here that came to celebrate as well... Campbell even convinced Uncle Brian to try out some of her new presents - Cinderella slippers and the tea set!

Happy Third sweet Campbell - can't wait to celebrate many more with you!

Perfectly Right

A friend just gave me the devotional called Streams in the Desert - and I started it today... this entry brought me much comfort (and tears) after a rough week in my walk with the Lord...


Consider what God has done, Who can straighten what He has made crooked?
Ecclesiastes 7:13

Your situation is filled with uncertainty and is very serious, but it is so PERFECTLY RIGHT. The reason behind it will more than justify Him who brought you here, for it is a platform from which God will display His almighty grace and power.

He not only will deliver you but in doing so will impart a lesson that you will never forget. And in days to come, you will return to the truth of it through singing. You will be unable to ever thank Him enough for doing exactly what He has done:

"We may wait till He explains,
because we know that Jesus reigns.

It puzzles me; but, Lord, You understandest,
and will one day explain this crooked thing.
Meanwhile, I know that it has worked out Your best -
its very crookedness taught me to cling.

You have fenced up my ways, made my paths crooked,
To keep my wandering eyes fixed on You,
To make me what I was not, humble, patient;
To draw my heart from earthly love to You.

So I will thank and praise You for this puzzle,
and trust where I cannot understand.
Rejoicing You do hold me worth such a testing,
I cling the closer to Your guiding hand."


We are still waiting - and it is painful, but SO PERFECTLY RIGHT. This past week was a tough one in this fertility battle - and I was so angry and wanted to give up. But God is patient with me - and I know that this crookedness is working out His best, and is teaching me to cling... So I am thanking Him for the puzzle - and trusting where I cannot understand.