teething!!!

slobber and snot! dont like either of them! evelynn acts like im ripping her face off whenever i have to wipe her face. she hates it; i never realized just how strong she is. but im not about to let her lick up her snot...gross! help me Jesus!!!

so far we have two bottom teeth! they started cutting in last saturday, march 6th! this has been the bridge i was waiting to cross with nursing. lets see how it goes... :]

past due...

so we went to cali for what should have been six days and turned into nine and a 1/2. i need to get back on the ball. there is so much to share!

i shall get on it soon...once i get my house under control!

catch you on the flip side!

thanks a latte...

so heres a struggle of mine. i realized the other day that i feel a bit weird about the whole tip jar thing.
i dont mind tipping but heres my dilemma... so at a coffee shop, you put together my drink and hand it over. i dont feel it necessary to tip for that. its your job. i dont get tips from parents for wiping their kids snot or changing their diaper (much more tip-worthy on my scale i guess!).

just my rant for the day. anyone else struggle with this? or have a reason that makes it more reasonable to always tips? help!!!

bloggin' with mama

blog time and baby girl woke up from her nap, so she finished up blogging with me.

then papa joined in...in typical mendonsa fashion (evelynn doesnt quite have it yet!)
ok heres a normal one...love that she knows where to look

obsessed...not at all!

yes please! love this bag...

i think i have found my halloween costume for this year! :]

sometimes

sometimes i feel like doing this and letting it all out (i guess i think itll make it all feel better): but in reality i need to be doing more of this & surrendering all things to Jesus; He is the one really in control here:
thats when the first picture wont be so necessary...

this is where steven pointed me to when he knew a little concern/worry was coming over me:
"for this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. are you not worth much more than they? and who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life. and why are you worried about clothing? observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin...but if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? you of little faith!...for your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. but seek first the kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be added to you. so do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. each day has enough trouble of its own."
(matthew 6: 25-34 ... paraphrase & emphasis added)

He is jealous for me,
loves like a hurricane,
i am a tree,
bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy

when all of a sudden,
i am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory,
and i realize just how beautiful You are,
and how great Your affections are for me

how He loves us so, how He loves us all

we are His portion and He is our prize, drawn to redemption by the grace in His eyes

if grace is an ocean, we’re all sinking
and Heaven meets earth like an
unforeseen kiss,
and my heart turns violently
inside of my chest,
i don’t have time to maintain these regrets,
when I think about, the way…

(how he loves us)

at the start He was there
in the end He’ll be there
and after all our hands
have wrought
He forgives

oh, the glory of it all
is He came here
for the rescue of us all
that we may live

for the glory of it all

All is lost find Him there
after night dawn is there
and after all falls apart
He repairs

He is here
with redemption from the
fall that we may live
for the glory of it all

after night comes
a light
dawn is here
it’s a new day,
a new day
everything will change
things will never
be the same

we will never
be the same

(glory of it all)