Rolly-Pooly-Olly!

We have a roller. Well, we have for the past few weeks. :) She's hilarious. She get's so excited when she rolls over. I love it!

The Lord works in a strange way,
There ain't no doubt,
Man he's gonna make a man of me,
He's gonna straighten me out somehow.

I was twenty-seven years old that summer,
Just having my self a ball,
Working on a record deal,
Playing in the bars and concert halls, making money just to watch it burn, living day by day,
Stayed out late drinkin' way too much, didn't act my age,
But life turned on a dime when she said, you're going to be a daddy come wintertime.

The Lord works in a strange way,
There ain't no doubt,
Man he's gonna make a man of me,
He's gonna straighten me out somehow.
The lord works in a strange way,
And Heaven knows,
He's planning on a miracle,
Man I wonder how it's gonna go,
The lord works in a strange way,
Oh oh

Man I never saw the changes comin' they caught me unaware,
One day I was as wild as a bull the next I was a teddy bear,
Put down the bottle about a month before,
And I put down the cigarettes,
Started holding my wife a little tighter and sayin' the prayers I used' forget,
And now I look into those baby blue eyes and I find all the peace
I've been searching for yeah I finally realize

A year and 3 weeks ago, Scott and I were sitting in my parents living room. Scott started the conversation as "So, you know how the Lord works in mysterious ways...?"
Yeah, seriously?
My dad is the worship leader at my church. We have been involved in the church for umpteen years... Of course they know God works in crazy ways that you never expect.
That was one of them. We were telling them I was pregnant out of wedlock. FANTASTIC! We had been engaged 10 months by that point. Only 2 months until the wedding. My mom told me her first thought was "Umm, OK we can do this." Her second thought was "OMG! THE DRESS!"
I have to admit, I was scared telling my parents, but they have been my biggest supporters through my pregnancy and these past 5 amazing months!!

Back to the song. I got my iPhone a few weeks ago and wanted to add some music. I searched Corey Smith (amazing) and came across this song I haven't heard from him. So I previewed it and laughed until I almost fell out of the chair! I had Scott read the lyrics and listen to the song and I had him rolling. The most ironic thing about this song is not only the chorus, but also I told him I was pregnant in March due in October. And he was 27 years old. But he wasn't working on his record deal... :)

Love it! <3

Comatose

S found this song the other day and added it to our iTunes. I just came across it coming to work this morning, and fell in love with it. It's such a love song. That's the kind of love that I thrive for with God. I heard it and thought it was a "worldly" group and looked at my phone and immediately my thoughts changed. I got lost in the lyrics. Amazing.

 

 

 

I hate feeling like this
I'm so tired of trying to fight this
I'm asleep and all I dream of
Is waking to You
Tell me that You will listen
You're touch is what i'm missing
And the more I hide I realize I'm slowly losing You
Comatose
I'll never wake up without an overdose of You
I don't wanna live, I dont wanna breathe
'Les I feel you next to me
You take the pain I feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
I don't wanna sleep, I don't wanna dream
'Cause my dreams don't comfort me
The way You make me feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
I hate living without You
Dead wrong to ever doubt You
But my demons lay in waiting
Tempting me away
Oh how I adore You
Oh how I thirst for You
Oh how I need You
Comatose
I'll never wake up without an overdose of You
I don't wanna live, I dont wanna breathe
'Les I feel You next to me
You take the pain I feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
I don't wanna sleep, I don't wanna dream
'Cause my dreams don't comfort me
The way you make me feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
Breathing life
Waking up
My eyes open up
Comatose
I'll never wake up without an overdose of You
I don't wanna live, I dont wanna breathe
'Les I feel You next to me
You take the pain I feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
I don't wanna sleep, I don't wanna dream
'Cause my dreams don't comfort me
The way You make me feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
Oh how I adore You
Waking up to You never felt so real
Oh how I thirst for You
Waking up to You never felt so real
Oh how I adore You
The way You make me feel
Waking up to You never felt so real


Christian lyrics - COMATOSE LYRICS - SKILLET

Skillet - Comatose (Lyrics)

Playing with pictures

We've been taking a lot of pictures lately. I think it has to do a lot with reading some blogs about moms who have lost their children. I really shouldn't be reading them. I'm too much of a "what if" person. My imagination has too much of a mind of its own. I'll leave it at that.

This weekend was pretty great. Saturday was the kick off of softball season. While I'm excited about it, I'm not so excited that there are SO many games this year. 30 in the matter of 15 weeks, not including all the tournaments. So I'm guessing around 38 games. BUT, S is coaching this year. I'm soooo proud of him! I'm sure he'll do great!

Growing Up

Darlin, I don't think that's how you're supposed to sit in there... :)

Ry has been growing up so fast. She is such an amazing baby, I really couldn't ask for anything better! (I'm sure you are tired of hearing this!!)
She has found her voice. There really isn't any time NOT hearing her gabbing away! From the time her eyes open until the time I put her to bed she is either squealing, humming, cooing or laughing. To a mother, there's no better sound.
S and I found that if she is fussy, put on music or drum beats and she'll literally stop in her tracks. It really shouldn't surprise us. We both are CRAZY about music. I don't know what we would do without it!!
She's stuffy again. While I'm so thankful it's nothing more than being snotty, I'm so tired of the screaming when I'm sucking out the gunk. BUT her sleep has not been effected. I can honestly say she has been sleeping through the night since 5 1/2 weeks old except for 2 nights... :)

Here are some pictures of her the few minutes after she was born, at 2 1/2-3 months old and at 4 1/2 months old. She's getting so big! <3





::sniff::

I have the best husband in the world.

Ok.. So it's about 1 A.m. and I was looking at your blog and realized you haven't been writing on this much anymore. I love reading about your annoying husband (aka - ME). But the real reason I came on here tonight was to let you and anyone else you reads this know that your are the most amazing woman god could of found for me. You complete me in ways that only would make sense to us. I am so happy to have finally ended up with someone like you. I love our daughter a little more than you but hey who doesnt. LOL! I wish that all of your blessings are being answered as I stand beside you to keep you standing upright, behind you to keep you moving and in front of you to guide you. I love you and you should really repost this and label it the nicest thing my husband has said to me. But for now I am going to try and sneak into bed beside you without waking you. With all my love my heart can give.
Always yours
S (aka Scott Strandberg Jr.)