Buy a T-Shirt: Support an Adoption

One of my best friends and her hubby, Christine and Zach, are on a journey towards adoption.  It has been such a moving experience and I loved every moment watching God unravel His plan for a child in their life. If you could lookup the word "mom" in the dictionary you would see Christine's name right there beside it. She loves children and has a natural unexplainable gift with them.  Why the ones that are desperate for children are the very ones that have problems conceiving? That will be one of my first questions to God when I see Him face to face. However, I know that God has a plan for all the babies without parents! This will be an incredible union this spring when Christine and Zach get to hold their baby for the first time.  If you would like to support them in this journey, I have designed a shirt to help raise money for their adoption.

Click HERE to purchase!

Happy Birthday Jack Jack!

Two years seems to go faster and faster these days! I feel however that the last two years top my accomplishments in life by far. Jack is now TWO!! Yikes...time goes by so fast.

Jack has rounded the corner of fussiness and into a delightful stage. Of course the second year molars around the corner, but I am savoring his playfulness, smiles and kisses.

Here are a few things about Jack that I think you should know.
*He is my little singer. He can pick up tunes really fast and I think I heard him hit a note of harmony the other day. Of course, you know this speaks to my heart more than anything.
*He loves to kiss and not just on the lips but on your forehead, cheeks and chin. A little lover boy.
*He loves the alphabet. Not very ordinary but he is obsessed with them. He carries alphabet letters in his pockets. He is attracted to all sorts of letters in public and knows the sounds they make and even some of the lowercase letters.  Pretty cool if you ask me, of course, I am his mom. :)
*He loves puzzles, but the most fun part of course is dumping it all off the board when he finished putting it together. I usually get to put it together at the end of the day.
*He loves Dora yogurt, chocolate milk, anything sweet, mandarin oranges, vienna sausages, McDonalds nuggets, and pancakes.  Oh yes...and his absolute favorite, Nemo gummy snacks that turn his poop bright green.
*Speaking of Nemo, he loves that movie. He even likes to sing about him, "Yes Nemo loves me, yes Nemo loves me, Yes Nemo loves me, the bible tells me so." Not sure what bible he has, but he is convinced.
*Still loves his pacee. Little does he know that when he gets all his teeth in we will say goodbye to it.
*He can throw a fit and really good ones.
*He likes to take his arms out of his car seat straps. No matter how tight we get them, he plays Houdini and busts out of them again.
*Jack loves to swing and loves the inertia feeling of being swung around and getting dizzy.
*He is so cuddly and really I can not imagine life without him. He makes me smile day in and day out.

Are YOU Up for a Challenge?

Join me on January 1st to read the bible in 90 days.  Click here for more info. I am fully aware the challenge that is set in front of me and am ready to embrace it!

Michelle Sanders Designs

Hello? Are you out there? Are all my old readers out there? Hello?

I know it seems like I have abandoned ship, but I am been very busy starting my own company. It has turned out to be more involved than originally planned but I am glad that I stuck my neck out there.

I have dreamed about starting a design company that focused mainly on announcements, Christmas cards, and personal notecards that are less expensive than some of the major companies out there. I started small this last October and only let a few people know (mainly from church and family) just to make sure I could keep up.  I received a great response and now I think I am ready to put myself out there to the blog world. (If you are out there!!)

If you have a few seconds, please visit my (growing) website: www.michellesandersdesigns.com
Some of my samples from this Christmas are posted, but I am currently not taking any more holiday orders. Just keep me in mind for the new year.

I am building my inventory, so if you don't see something you need, I am custom creating every card until I get a good base.

Hope yall have a Merry Christmas!

The "Supers"

An Ominous Feeling

Some days are more eventful than other days. Some days are quite boring. Some days you wish you could just forget about. That was yesterday. It all started Sunday night when Keegan got a stomach bug.  Monday morning Jonathan left to go to Dallas and I was filled with anxiety hoping that Jack and I would not get sick. Obviously, I felt something ominous coming on, because the next 24 hours proved it.

Monday afternoon Keegan got sick again and I sprayed lysol religiously around the house. Jack woke up at 10:45 that evening and cried almost through out the night because he was teething. I ended up putting him in bed with me for a very restful sleep. (not!) Tuesday morning, Keegan woke up and he was dehydrated that he was very limp and not engaging in conversation. Luckily, I had pedyalite and that made him bounce back rather quickly. It was a scare, but thanks to a wise mother (my mother) it was taken care of.

So after a crazy morning and getting Jack ready for school, I patted myself on the back thinking how well I handled all the above situations without losing it. We get in the car, pull out of the garage and I hear a "SCRAPE...CRUNCH!" Yep. I ran into Jonathan's car that is normally not there. The side of my scraped and dented the jeep and my expedition has a scrape on the side. Dang.

The afternoon was uneventful, until we left the house to get Jonathan from Enterprise. I locked the door, got distracted for a split second with Jack, and Keegan pulled the door closed. Quickly I realized that my keys were right inside.  Jonathan's boss had to drop him off of the house and I really wanted to hide from him. Great first impression, huh? We got into the house, by way of a screwdriver, and then ate my sorrows away at our local mexican food joint.

I guess in the whole scope of things going on in this world, this is minor, but for sure I was ready to close my eyes and go to sleep last night.

Anyhow, I am really glad that it is Wednesday morning and I get to go to bible study. So far no stomach bug for anyone else in the family, so I am counting my blessings!

Messina Hof

Part Two of our little trip to College Station was a visit to Messina Hof Winery . I have to admit that I am not a wine drinker because a coke to me always trumps anything else. I am sure some of you are laughing at this! Anyhow, I became a little more cultured in the wine department and it really fascinated me. We were able to go out into the fields and pick grapes, then we did some stomping. Let me stop here. Messina Hof did the whole stomping thing a little injustice. In our minds we were picturing the whole "I Love Lucy" experience, where she was in a wooden vat stomping by herself. Well, we were crammed five at a time in a plastic container. I handed a worker my camera and she took a picture of us waste up. Hmmm. I think she missed the point. Then after this experience of squishing grapes that everyone else's feet have been in (I tried not to think about it) we went into the plant where the wine is made and bottled for some sampling. Who knew that there was such a science in making different kinds of wines! The guy with the red hat that we are pictured with is the winemaker, who will pass the red hat on to his son to run the winery. I loved the tradition of it all. Here are some pics....