Living and Loving.

I know I may sound like a broken record but being a wife and mother is truly the job God created me to do. I remember when Justin and I first got married and we were unsure of what my calling was. We both knew we wanted kids, and tons of them:) but we never thought I would be able to stay home full-time.  I felt so anxious that I was not going to find the career I was made for before I graduated college, I completely took the reigns on my future (or tried that is).  Little did I know how much better God's plans were and are. I am so thankful that God is sovereign.  I am also thankful for His calling on Justin to be the provider. Justin is so great at it. His schedule is so full all the time, yet he still has so much to give when he gets home after a long day of school and work.  I could not ask for a better, stronger man.  Let me brag a little for a second. Before Justin left for his second job (after working 5 hours at his first job) he came home to eat lunch. Then we put Ransom down for a nap and Justin comes back with our Burt's Bees foot lotion to rub my feet. Oh man, I could brag and boast about my husband all day but I'll leave it at that.  All that to say, we have an amazing and gracious God. 

This picture was taken on our honeymoon nearly 3 years ago.

We have found such an amazing community group down here at Mars Hill OC church.  We are getting connected back with community and it is so wonderful.  They absolutely love Ransom. It's kinda funny, the guys fight with the girls to hold him. He's very popular. We are one of two couples that have a kid. Our friends Rick and Drea are pregnant with their second child, and we found out she's having a boy! We're super stoked because Ransom will have a little buddy to grow up with out here in La Mirada. 

I don't have a picture of CG yet so I thought I would just show off my sweetness:)

We're meeting new people and making friendships. We are loving being at Mars Hill OC. It couldn't have been better timing to open up a campus down here. We are so thankful. Now I am going to flood this blog with some pictures of my little handsome (little side note, our adorable neighbor who is about 5 yells across the way "Hi Handsome" haha she thought that was his name). Because he is just so fun to look at:) 

Papa always makes him smile.

Love my little man.

By far the cutest Papa and Son Combo:)

Ransom's first set of shots:(

Being silly.

"What's up"

Thanks for stopping by to take a quick read:) Have a wonderful day!

The Joys Of Being a Mama

Oh man time has flown by and keeps flying:) I am loving being a mama. From Tummy Time to Bed Time it brings me such great joy. I couldn't have asked for a better job than being a wife and mama.

Justin as a little tott:)

Spending time with hunkie Josh!

Bath time!!!

my friday nights haha Ransom went a lil cross eyed haha

His adorable socks:)

 Look at his muscles!!!

Davie Family!

Time with Hunkie Jake:)

Daddy reading us Greek, Ransom and I don't get it!

Ransom Loves his auntie rachel!

He loves his bouncer:)

Ransom Matthew... July 1, 2011!!!

Ransom was born July 1 in Seattle. We had a great experience with Swedish and wish we could have all our future children there.

Ejoying our first snuggles!

7 lbs 13 oz. 20 in!

He is growing so fast and is precious. He has been such a joyful addition and we are so blessed with a baby that is easy to take care of. He is super happy and content. His new milestone is smiling and he is quickly learning how to giggle. He makes silly noises and just loves to be snuggled.

He sleeps great too. He would sleep through the night if I let him, but nursing I have to wake him up. Sometimes I sleep through my alarm, like last night he slept right through 7 hours because I didn't wake up, oops!

Ransom had a great time at his first visit to the beach:)

Ransom also loves to be in the Bumbo. He looks like such a big boy in it!

Ransom at 6 weeks old:)

We are missing our friends back in Seattle but are excited to be back at a Mars Hill. We are trying our new community group this Tuesday and are hoping for a half as good community group because the one we left back in Seattle was absolutely amazing!

Our little Family:)

Ransom's Practice Run.

So last week we experienced a little preterm labor action. I had no idea this was occurring while it was. I first threw up and thought I had just waited too long to take my vitamins after dinner but was feeling really dizzy and seeing little stars. I called Justin up at work to let him know in case something were to happen. So he races home and convinces me we need to go to the hospital. I am so thankful for his discernment. God has definitely blessed him with this. 


So we went and found out I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes. These contractions weren't labor contractions quite yet because they weren't painful at all. In fact I didn't even know I was having contractions until they hooked me up to the contraction monitor. As we sat there for a few hours I started to feel them more and more. So they gave me an IV thinking I may have been dehydrated (which I knew I wasn't because I am OCD when it comes to drinking water). But that didn't stop the contractions or slow them down. So the midwife decided to give me a little pill that would stop later. That started working and we were out of there within 5 or 6 hours. It was a long night and took a while to recover from not sleeping for over 24 hours. 


But I LOVE the hospital we will be delivering at and the midwives. They were so calm and helpful. I'm hoping we have a similarly wonderful experience when it's the real deal:)


So lately I have been trying to take it easy until the big day. But I am still doing my daily walking and just finished my last week of work which was very bitter-sweet...

 however, I am so excited to be a stay home wife to such a marvelous godly man and be a momma to such a handsome and adorable son. 

Now we are approaching 36 weeks and counting down the days until we can meet our boy. 

Justin is quickly approaching his finals and is registered for Biola University. We are so excited to start our next adventure in California. But will be sad to say good-bye to such a wonderful community of people. But I won't talk about that yet because it makes me too emotional. :/

So here we are at 36 weeks almost to the finish line. We cannnnnnotttt wait to meet Ransom but I am trying to take advantage of all the resting and nesting time I will have over the next couple of weeks before his arrival. We are already so in love with our son. 

Getting Anxious and Oh SOO Excited:)

We are now 33 weeks pregnant with our Ransom duders and waiting for his arrival. We are to the point where we are so close yet so far away. We have another Doctors appointment this week. They will be measuring our boy to see how much he has grown. And if he continues to grow the way he has been we'll have to get another ultrasound. I would be so happy to see my little man again but I hope he is healthy and normal size (especially come delivery).

My great friend Katy is awaiting her boy's arrival! She's been a trooper, 39 weeks and still waiting for Owen:) 

Life has been flying by. Justin is busy working at Regal and working hard to find another job to replace his job coaching job. He is such a godly man, Ransom and I are so blessed to have him as my husband and his father. We have been very good about making sure we have a date night because of our busy schedule. I LOVE date nights. I look forward to our dates every week and I still get butterflies while I'm getting ready for our dates. 

For now we are trying to SAVE SAVE SAVE for our big move back to Cali. We have an apartment that we are pretty sure we'll move in to. It is less than 5 minutes from Biola University and has a pool. Oh how we miss swimming! 

The weather has been better here but is still bleh. It'll be sunny and then an hour later get freezing cold with rain. I am thankful to not be in the heat with my growing size but I am ready for a real summer. God has been so good to us and we are praying that he continues to provide for us and to pave the way back to Cali. 

Please be praying for us that we can be financially ready to move down as well as physically ready to move down (because we will have our little newborn Ransom along with us). Thanks friends.  

Time Flies!

Time has flown by these past couple weeks. Every day Ransom gets bigger and so does my belly. We had such a great time in California and were so blessed with our baby shower. I am so thankful for the family and friends we have. I don't know what we'd do without them. My mom, sister, and mom in law threw us an amazing shower. It was so much fun. We already miss everyone and can't wait to see you all again!

 Kristy, Brinna, Bryce n' Me 

 Ransom's awesome cake!

 My favorite part of the cake... lil' red head baby:)

 My best friend and my most amazing mama. (Oma and Auntie)

I am so blessed with an awesome mom in law! Gramma

Mee Ma:)

We got to see everyone and catch up with friends and family. While we were down in Cali we were able to get a 3D ultrasound. It was so fun because I was able to go with my great friend Katy and my cousin Kristy. They're both adorably pregnant!

 Justin hangin' out with Bryce:)

 Owen and Ransom are gonna be buds.

 Bryce, Baby Ellis #2, and Ransom:)

 Katy checkin' out OWEN

Me checkin' out RANSOM:)

Then when we got back our good friends Sarah and Heather threw us another shower for our friends here in Seattle. It was so sweet of them and we had a lot of fun! It was pretty funny with all the 

games. We had delicious italian soda and trophy cupcakes! YUM! 

All the Girlies! 

Drawing Ransom's future face;)

The hostesses! Thanks girls!

Now we are just getting through this quarter of school and work for Justin. He got a job at Regal which is such a blessing because with this job he is able to transfer to one in Cali. He is so excited to be working there not only for the amazing idea of transferring but also because we get to see movies for free. It's been pretty sweet and we have been seeing movies for most our date nights! haha. 

We are so excited to meet our little man and can't wait to get to see his face. We have such a big boy growing! Now we are 29 weeks with only 11 to go! It seems so far away but I know it'll come up soon. 

It's crazy how much he moves around now. He is always kicking and squirming. It's such a blessing to feel him move around. So far this pregnancy has been great. The only thing I am not so fond of is the extreme HEART BURN. Ouch. It's no matter what I eat, that heart burn sneaks up on me. So being the preggo lady I am I carry around my Tums and keep them handy!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JUSTIN! 24 years old!

We got to enjoy Red Robin and it was mighty delicious! I learned (somewhat) how to play a coldplay song on his guitar. I also got him a bike computer (it tells how far and how long you ride). Unfortunately I wasn't able to play him the guitar because I was cooking him breakfast and burned my fingers on the stove. I'm so clumsy, and being pregnant makes that even worse haha. I am so thankful to have him in my life. He is the best man in the world.