Psalm 4:8

Memory Verse

Shelby has memorized her first verse!

"I go to bed and sleep in peace. Lord, only You keep me safe."

-Psalm 4:8

We'll try to get it on video, but wanted to share this with you. Every night we read from one of three books before bed. Whenever there is a verse we have her repeat after us as we read it. Last night Josh started reading on the following page and skipped over the verse page. So Shelby said: "Daddy, I go" ... and we were thinking "What is this girl saying?" Then I remembered the page before had the normal verse we read. Josh turned to that page and she said the whole verse by herself! It was amazing! These little kiddos are just like sponges, soaking up so much that we don't even realize. LOVE IT!!!!

It's hard to believe, but I am about 32 weeks! Just 8 weeks to go. My downfall - food wise - has been cinnamon Teddy Grahams and trail mix (my special blend). Surprisingly the last two doctor visits my doctor has told me it is ok to gain more weight. I am not trying to, but I am sure I will over the next 8 weeks.

Josh is working on painting Shelby's dresser today. I think it will look nice. A friend of ours (Thanks Tammy!) is picking up some more curtains for Shelby's room for us. Once we get the curtains up we'll share a picture of her room with her bedding and the bed frame that Josh made for her. Then I can start on the baby's room. :) I know that I say "I" a lot, but most of the time it is Josh doing the work. He is such a great daddy!

It rained!

So today we heard lots of thunder again...and it rained! We sat out on the front (screened-in) porch and watched the rain. It was so nice! It is still in the 80's, but the rain was very refreshing and smells great. Shelby had a good time out in the rain.

Josh finished the shelves in the shop! He still needs to put everything on the shelves, but they are done and look great.

One of the things Shelby loves that we got out of storage is the shoes from my wedding. She calls them the "white shoes" and loves to clomp around the house in them.

Shelby is getting to be quite the big girl! She has been going #1 in the big potty for a while, but today she did #2!!! We are so proud of her! Now...how do we conquer naps and bedtime?

What we've been up to

We have been busy!

Over the weekend we had a drain problem with the sink - so Josh and Shelby figured it out.

Our kitchen curtains arrived! As well as our bedroom curtains. We had a good time putting them up yesterday.

Josh (and Shelby) finished her bed frame today! Once her bedding arrives we'll show you the final product. Josh did a great job!

We got this chest of drawers today from some friends. Now...what color to paint it? And what new handles do we put on it? :) We plan to use it in Shelby's room. This project will hopefully be done by the first of November, so that I can take Shelby's chest of drawers and use it for the baby's room.

Josh has a shop in between the garage and the laundry room. He is building shelves to get it all organized. He is really enjoying having the room to do some woodwork and all the little projects we have going.

Did I mention that we have been busy!? :) We are enjoying our new home! Hopefully by the end of this week we'll have our curtains for the living room. Then next week we'll get Shelby's curtains up and her bedding in.

It is the first day of Fall! What a wonderful time of year!!! Hope you all have nice, crisp weather to enjoy. We are at 91 degrees, but I hear thunder...so maybe we'll get some rain and it will cool off. Maybe, just maybe. :)

The inside

Here is the inside of our house! We still have storage boxes to go through and pictures to hang and curtains to buy and... :) We are enjoying it!

Curlers

Today we decided to put curlers in our hair! Shelby did well with them in her hair.

Here are the post curler pictures:

She does have her mother's fine hair, so it was a little crazy. But still very pretty. :)

We weren't able to go to church today, but we listened to a sermon from Pastor Craig. Josh is in training this week, so he is working days and we will be excited to spend the evenings with him.

We do hope you have a nice Labor Day!

The outside

We took some outside pictures today of our house and the yard. I have them on Picasa and I'll add the inside pictures another day. :) Check it out: Our 2nd Sanderson Home.