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Monday, 21 January 2008

Hi everyone

I know, I know....I haven't written in a long time. And I promise I won't write about my chickens. Unless anyone wants any eggs. They can let me know.

Well Ethan and I are doing well. I am in the process of making a new schedule for him. It's funny but I seem to have so much time on my hands that it seems that I don't get anything done.   Ethan is becoming such a little talker. He was telling me the other day that he wants to go hunting with "B." I laughed and told him that he needed to learn to be quiet and still for a long time before he could go hunting. He said that he could be quiet. I said okay, lets see if can be quiet till we got home (5min). And he was quiet till we turned down our street and asked if he could get out of his car seat. I think he forgot why he was being quiet.

Let see what else is Ethan up too... Ethan loves his scooter that he got for Christmas. We let him ride it in the house. We really don't have many places outside that he can go FAST (his goal). Sometimes is scares me that he goes so fast. We have glass on our table and he rides next to the corners....I just try not to look. I want to pit some type of cover or something.   Thankfully his Papa is teaching him that going fast is fun but he needs to be in control.

Ethan just loves his Papa and "B".   He just wants to "play rough" with all boys. I have been thinking about enrolling him in karate. He has so much energy!

I find it so sad that so many young boys are striving to be like super hero's. I just want Ethan to be content in who God made him. A little boy at church broke his arm last week jumping off the table because he wanted to be like spiderman. He was sad that his web didn't work. That makes me so sad. I can't imagine having a role model being so unattainable as a superhero. I would love for Ethan to look up to real men, that did real admirable things. Men that obeyed God even when it was hard. Men that sacrificed so much for others. Men that stood strong for the sake of what's right.   I went to the library and got some biographies for us to read together. George Washington, Daniel Boone, Johnny Appleseed, and Edison. I hope these will encourage and enlighten him to do great thins and think great thoughts....(yeah yeah I know he's 3) But he's a first born and only child!

Sunday, 29 July 2007

Quick update

Hi everybody this is Erin and Ethan. We have been busy taking care of our chicks. Ethan says "We have five brown ones, five white ones, lots of brown ones and white ones. My job is to fill up the food and giving the scrapes. I get to gate all the chicks try to get out. Papa had to make one go back in with B's shoe." After we are in the coop all the chicks surround Ethan. They love the scrapes. Ethan takes the bucket and dumps it out. And all the chicks.. Ethan says "them eat it all up! We get lots and lots and LOTS and LOTS of chicks." Wuvyoubye (that's love you bye, Ethan says it all as one word!)

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Sunday, 17 June 2007

My 23 New Babies

Well my new babies are about 1 month old, all 23 of them. They are growing so fast. On Saturday we put them in a new cage outside. They were really stinking up the attic and i'm sure that Kim and Ben wouldn't have enjoyed the noise or the smell when they come visit in July. :)
Most of the Chickens are pretty much covered with feathers except the gray ones. And I have one that is a whole lot smaller than the rest and she still has a lot of down. I call her "my little one."
They start laying eggs at about 5 months old, so I have a while to go. They will stay in this little cage till they don't need a heat lamp anymore(few more weeks). My friend Jessica gave me her chicken coop before her family moved to GA. So I am very thankful that I don't have build one. She has over 30 chickens, so the coop should be sufficient for my 23. I have to really keep an eye on the temp. for them. They can't get too hot or they will over heat and die and they need the heat lamp if it gets cooler than 80 degrees. Aren't they such babies!
They are very fun to watch. I think they are starting their pecking order to see who's in charge. I still don't know if I get any roosters yet but I will know soon I hope.
Ethan says, "Zackary and Muk and Uncle Ben, I can hold a chick and put it on my hand. And it can sit on Muk's hand. I like the brown ones to pick up. Love you Bye.... "

Sunday, 10 June 2007

I know that this site is supposed to be all about Ethan but I have a few things to say-
God has been showing me that His grace is sufficient. I am realizing that it is sufficient in all things not just in regard to our salvation but throughout every aspect of our lives. Something close to my heart is that here I am almost 25 and still single. Why hasn't God brought a husband to me? And yes I've heard all the answers...It's just not His time...You're still young...yeah I've heard them all. But the truth is that my heart is still disappointed. Why? Well, I feel like God keeps telling me that "His grace is sufficient." Not that I won't get married but that His grace is so much greater than any earthly relationship. Eph 1:4 says that "He chose us in Him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in His sight." How great a love out father has for us. Maturing in my relationship with the Lord should be my greatest priority. And when our priorities are wrong His greatest desire is to draw us close to Him for our greater good. I guess i'm trying to say that I need to be content in knowing that His grace is sufficient, it's all I need and that's it. Though thankfully it is better than anything that I can imagine this side of heaven. I am so thankful that I have a Father that cares for me so much to know what's best for me even when I don't understand or agree. And that I can trust Him in all things including matters of my heart because He cares for me so. And even if God has a man out there for me, I just pray that God will keep pursing me and drawing me to Himself. I pray that I will never be contented in my relationship with the Lord but always having a deep desire to know Him deeper.
Ethan is playing cars....still taking the ugly or broken ones to the smash, smash place. It's funny that he still remembers only having been there twice and it must have been almost three months ago. It must have really impacted him. He's such a funny little guy.

Thursday, 31 May 2007

Well it's been way to long since I last posted. Not that everyone is dying to hear from me but I know a select few enjoy my posts. I finally got my chickens, all 26 of them. I got one extra! The post office called at about 7:00 in the morning. I thought that I would be picking them up here in Yanceyville, but for some reason they were sent to Hillsbourgh. They came is a little box, about 1'x1'. I don't know how they all made it alive it that little box but they did. They all huddled together to keep warm. They were a lot smaller than I expected. Ethan has had so much fun picking them up. They say that the more you handle them as chicks the friendlier they are as adults. All the chicks have been doing fine until this afternoon. One of the little black ones wasn't as perky as the rest and slowly he just became limp and finally after awhile he died. It pretty sad. I haven't buried it yet. I'm dreading it. I knew that a few won't make it till adulthood but I hate to see anything suffer. Well enough of the sad stuff. Here are some pictures I have been wanting to post for awhile. I took these of Ethan after church last Sunday. He is such a delight. I am so thankful for him. I can't say it enough, but out of all the consequences that I could have recieved for my ungodly behavior, God decided to bless me with a wonderful son.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6

Standing still for mom.... smile!

Precious...

Too close!

He's outta here!

His Sword. Ready to fight "B".