Growing/Losing/Maintaining All at Once

Well, I would say Lent was a success. I vowed to be on facebook significantly less for the 40 days, and boy was that the right choice! I would hop on rarely to message someone I had no other means of contact with, but for the most part I was no where near it. In the past 40 days, my relationship with Christ has grown and strengthened in such an amazing way. My mentor (older sister in Christ that helps me grow as a Christian) gave me some reading material- The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace, and Not A Fan by Kyle Idleman. Both I started towards the end of Lent, but they are phenomenal. I also noticed that my house was cleaner, my daughter received more attention, and I exercised more. Pretty pathetic huh...? But revealing none the less! My husband and I almost have completely cut out swearing as well. We weren't too terrible with it in the first place, but we both wanted it gone, before our daughter had the opportunity to repeat. And plus, it doesn't help us become to become more Christ-like. For example, I would stub my toe and say "OH S#*@!"...  Not something I want my daughter saying, and it sounds lame coming out of my mouth too. Its funny, now that my hubby and I have stopped, I notice how much everyone else around me swears, and how ridiculous it sounds!! One example of why I'm proud to have stopped cussing is something I witnessed a toddler say recently... not much older than my girly, toddler was standing there, with juice box in hand, and the straw fell to the ground. The toddler's reaction to this was "Oh S#*@!". A few short minutes later, toddler tripped and fell, and belted out a "F*$@!". I would be humiliated if something like that came out of my daughter's mouth, therefore, I am so elated we have that garbage out of the house! Not to say my husband and I won't slip up here and there, but it will be a rare occasion, I'm hope! Wanting to say thank you to those who weren't anticipating my failure this Lent. This was surely something that was annoying and was an obstacle for me. I had to look at it as Satan trying to win over this Lent, and I will never let him win. There will always be negative nancy's out there, but they aren't always easy to deal with.

Peanutly is also another subject that has grown in the past 40 days! Though baby isn't much bigger than a large peach right now, things are just. not. fitting. I can already see that baby bump, and it has me so excited. I so enjoyed my first pregnancy, and this one is seemingly similar! No morning sickness, and often don't really even "feel pregnant"! Pretty sweet gig I have going! Amazingly enough though, just when I am starting to get that bad feeling I'm gaining all kinds of weight, I got on the scale only to find that I've lost a few more ounces! Nice motivation!! I've pretty much maintained at 212, and am hoping to see a lower number appear sooner than later. But aren't we all!!?