baby: lentil bean

well, today i found out our baby is the size of a lentil bean!
i have a feeling it's a boy, but we're totally ok with either.

As for the way I'm feeling, i've been nauseous but not nearly as much and as often as when I was pregnant with Kennedi. I get nauseous from 5am til noon and then after 7pm. So, it's really morning sickness... sheesh. i'm just glad it's not making me super pukey or anything. i mostly just want kennedi to get my full attention and love from me and not just be a blob on the ground while she plays.

Kennedi is doing well. She is so chipper, she's very intense! she is crawling, sitting up on her own, and pulling up to kneel and stand a ton even though she's very wobbly. she is really loving her mama and dada. we are starting to teach her sign language for a couple things and she's actually starting to say the syllables for "all done" when i say "all done?" it's a really fun age. i finally put her on a nap schedule, praise Jesus. I don't know if it's her natural schedule, but it will work for me. i just needed consitency.

ben is doing well. he is getting a groove in his new schedule and liking shift leading now that some of his other work load has been lifted from him. he is really leading me well and keeping a joyful heart in hard seasons and good seasons. i love him more and more every day!

another litte arrow for the Greutman quiver

It's true. For all you prophetic people out there that thought I was pregnant the past week or so, well, you're right. I didn't have a clue though until I questioned it last night. We found out this afternoon and we're very excited. Happy Valentine's Day little baby Greutman #2.

Please pray for safety and protection for the baby. After miscarrying one before Kennedi, that little fear rises up everytime we thought about getting pregnant, so just pray for the little bambino(a).

Kennedi is a BIG SISTER!

Storing up Rice and Beans

Ok, call me insane, but we're doing it.

Kirk has been seeing this oncoming famine that seems to be in the near future. He had a word about it from the Lord on one of our 7 Thunders trips a couple years ago. At that point I just shrugged it off as an intense word and kind of smudged it all with the whole "end-times coming, blah, blah it'll happen one day" 

Well, the last 6 months I'm realizing that "end-times coming, blah blah, it'll happen one day" may actually be coming in MY day. 

The economy is in ruins in America and as in the days of Jeremiah, everyone and every leader is saying "peace, peace" (Jeremiah 6:14, 8:11) trying to heal the hurt of America slightly when really sin and wickedness is on the rise and the economy and our man-made agendas for this great nation are beginning to fall. The media doesn't want an uproar and neither does the US government for fear of a crumbling national crisis on top of the current one with our economy. 

You may or may not agree, but as I discussed today with one of my friends that we'd rather side on storing up and saving food to be able to feed our families and those in need around us (the Lord asked the disciples, 'what do you have' when they asked how to feed the 4000) and nothing comes crumbling down or no famine comes and we're all spared from a huge economic crisis, than act like nothing is wrong, or think something is wrong and act like it's all going to be ok.

So, I want to propose we all start with this. We are going to pick up a bag of rice and get some beans every time we're at Sams club and just start storing it... who knows?

I'm sure the ones who went through the Great Depression would have some advice to tell us if it were to happen again.

Saving money is good, for some, but if it's all going to become nothing in a minute, then why not store food?