Bring on the Birthday!!

We are gearing up for Ava's 2nd birthday this weekend! I cannot believe that baby is going to be 2!! She is very excited about her party and knows that she is having a Jojo cake! We had to take the cake topper to the bakery yesterday so they could design the cake and Ava had a hard time parting with Jojo! I bought her a donut to make up for it! :)

This week I have really started thinking about how much our lives have changed since Ava has been born! I can clearly remember returning to work when she was just 6 weeks old and praying that God would make a way for me to be home with her. Last summer our pastor put out a CD and we had the single "Let Faith Arise" in our car and seriously played it over and over and over for weeks! One day after picking up Ava from daycare and driving the long 30 minutes home one part of the song really spoke to me...it says "You've given me a promise, that I am pursuing. I set my eyes on You...trusting" I knew that God had given me a promise that I would be a great mom one day back when I was a teenager. I called David and told him that I was going to trust God and quit my 7-4 Monday-Friday job and stay home with Ava. You know what he said..."okay, I know it will work out..." I was speechless and overwhelmed! 6 months later and I can tell you that by letting our faith arise God made a way where we thought there was no way! I LOVE being with that sweet girl everyday! It is tough sometimes being home all day and then working sometimes until 3 am or even 7 am...but I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world!! I'll sleep when she's 50, right??