Baylor's First Soccer Game

Today was Baylor's FIRST soccer game....and it was hilarious!  Well....I thought it was funny, her daddy, who was also coaching her, did not quite see the humor that I did! :)

Baylor looked so good during warm-up before the game.  She was dressed the part, made contact with the ball a couple of times, and very proud of her self for scoring a goal, even though it didn't count and no one else was around

 

 She was a great cheerleader while she was waiting her turn in the box...

And...that's about where Baylor's contributions to the game both started and ended.  She was super fast though at getting back to her line after the other team scored a goal...which they did...a lot! 

U-TURN!

 There was one moment when Baylor had the opportunity to stop the ball from going in the goal, but instead she screamed and jumped out of the way.

From there it just got worse...you can actually see her Daddy's spirit breaking in this video...

Despite all the mishaps Baylor was all smiles and had a great time running around the field with her buds, I got some good laughs, and Colby got to practice patience.

Thanks to the Baylor Fan Club for making the drive down to see her play!  Love you all!

Happy Birthday Mylea Lou!

Mylea Lou entered this world 3 weeks early at 7:51am on July 6, 2013. She weighed 7lbs 8oz and was 19 1/4 inches long.  After 3 years of just loving Baylor, I didn't see how it was possible for me to love 2 girls as much as I loved one, but,  the moment I heard Mylea cry I, for the second time in my life, fell instantaneously and overwhelmingly in love with our second little miracle Mylea Lou.

The day Mylea was to be released from the hospital her jaundice levels were too high and they decided to keep her an extra day to do light therapy. I didn't think it was too big of a deal, but when I saw the little head piece she had to wear I had a mini cry session. She looked so pitiful! I was also worried that when Baylor saw Mylea with the lights and head piece she would be scared, but in true Baylor form she said, "Oh look! Mylea's wearing a headband!"

Since Mylea's birth we have celebrated mine and Colby's  7th wedding anniversary, Baylor's official 3rd birthday (though she didn't realize it), and are adjusting to life as a family of four! We are so thankful to God for this sweet season of life!

James1:17-"Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows."

 Here are a few pics from the hospital and life at home.

What's in a name?

Today we found out we are being blessed with a SECOND little girl! She is perfect and has already stolen our hearts! We are excited, shocked, thrilled, and so in love!

Now, the next question after, "What are you having?" Is always, "have you thought of a name? " Then if it's not a very common name the next question is usually, "How did you come up with that?" So, let me go ahead and answer these questions for you! Yes we have thought of a name, Mylea Lou Peek. Mylea is pronounced Mylee. We used the spelling of "lea" after Colby's sister Jennifer Lea. The name Lou comes from my sister as that is what I call her. I don't call her Lindsey, I call her Lou. So this sweet girl is getting named after two of the most important and influential people in my and Colby's life. Our sisters! We pray that these two are as close to each other as we are with our sisters. And if Baylor is half as good to Mylea as Jenn and Lou have been to us, well, Mylea is going to be one blessed girl. :)

Blessings- The Peeks

Christmas 2012

      The past few months have been full of joy, excitement, frustration, fear, and I have had to repeat the phrase "Let go and Let God" multiple times!

      Christmas started out with unexpected early morning wake up call from my sister telling me that something had happened to Dad and he was on the way to the hospital.  I of course said, "I'm on my way."  My dad called and said, "Don't come, I'm fine!" But then he was admitted to the hospital, so I came anyway.  I had originally planned to use that day to wrap Christmas presents as I had procrastinated and not wrapped a single one up to that point (shocker).  So, we threw unwrapped presents, loose clothes, and any other miscellaneous things we thought we might need and headed down early to SS.  I was so thankful to hug my Daddy's neck!  As it turns out, whatever kind of episode he had, the doctors believe to be a one time event, praise the Lord!

     The next few days were spent with Colby's family, but unfortunately we had to leave his Mom's house early and miss Christmas breakfast because Baylor had developed a fever and it was starting to get high and hard to control.  So Christmas Eve morning we took her to a doctor in SS who confirmed that she did indeed have the flu.  What.a.bummer.  Thankfully our good friends at Cody Drug were able to get her the medicine she needed BEFORE everyone closed down. Another praise!  And another blessing of living or coming from a small town. There is a true sense of community.  Here is a pic of Baylor that day with my dad. So very thankful for these two!

   If you were in SS, then you know the next day (Christmas Day) there was an early morning rain storm that turned into a snowstorm.  I couldn't deny a 2 year old the magic of snow, so we did let Baylor go out for about 2 minutes to feel the snow and throw it.  She loved it and REALLY wanted
to go back out, but I told her no...multiple times.  When she asked again I said, "What did
mommy say?"  And Baylor's response was, "Mommy said throw more snowballs!"  She's very hard
not to laugh at!

     Since Christmas we have started the journey of potty training....it has been a rough one!  I tried earlier in the year to potty train and quit because it was just frustrating (to put it nicely).  However, after Christmas it has been a much better experience.  Baylor just needed "the gift of time."  We are
about 90% fully potty trained and I am sooooo relieved to be on the down hill slope of it....I hope!

Here are just a few pics of Little Bit.  We find out in March what our next baby will be and I can't wait!

School Pictures

ICE

 

Not even a little bit scared of a giant lion!

1st Dance Recital

Christmas at KK Peek's- pre-flu

Post-flu leaving KK Peek's going to the doctor :(

Our scrappy little princess!

Her "Punzel" pillow that Daddy made for her!

First time to ride a "Stoo Bus"

What she does almost every time I want to take her picture...and clearly finds herself very funny!

 

Sweet Daddy setting the bar HIGH for any future dates she may have! 

She keeps us laughing and on our toes!  Can't wait imagine what #2 will be like! :)

 

Tis the Season

Tis the season for miracles and joy!  We are ecstatic about our newest little miracle and the sweet blessing of life!  As most of you know, we had trouble getting pregnant with Baylor.  It was a 2 year process that included surgery, medicine, shots, tons of sonograms, 2 IUI's and a partridge in a pear tree. :)  Since having Baylor we have never used any preventative measures to not get pregnant, we just for whatever reason can't.  So....as the horror of pregnancy and birthing a child wore off and the desire to expand our family grew, we decided to start fertility treatments once again. This time, we went straight to what worked the last time which was fertility medicine, hcg shot, IUI.  Even though it really hasn't been that long ago that we went through this process with Baylor, I had forgotten how emotionally draining and time consuming the process was.  Lots of sonograms, getting hopes up while trying to stay realistic, and the last 2 weeks of the month which seem more like 2 years wondering, "what if?"  So, I had made the decision myself that this was going to be a one and done time.  If it worked great, if not, then we could revisit the subject at a much later time. We told very few people that we were even starting this process again not because I really cared if anyone knew or not, but from the last time I knew that it is just a bummer to have to tell everyone, "Nope, not this time" over and over and over again. But despite my best efforts, my hopes were up and my excitement was growing.  And on Friday November 16th I got the official call from my doctor, "Congratulations Emily, you're pregnant." He also told me there must have been Divine Intervention for this to work on the first time.  I agreed! His nurse told me when they got the official test results they were all cheering in the office! We didn't tell anyone in our family, except my sister ( Hello, I'm a girl, I have to talk to someone about this :) ), so when we came in for Thanksgiving Baylor was wearing this!

No one saw it at first because Baylor is a wild child and goes straight to running and playing.  However, she finally slowed down enough for my mom to get a good look at it. She was in shock and disbelief at first, then over joyed!  My dad was laughing and clapping his hands.  My nephew told my sister he wanted them to adopt a baby. So funny!  And so fun to finally get to surprise them!!!  We took Baylor out to Colby's  mom's house and she talked to Baylor and hugged Baylor and never even noticed.  Finally I told her we had been shopping and to look at Baylor's new shirt.  Again, it was a great reaction.  Excitement and joy!

We are so thankful for God's perfect plan for our growing family.  We pray blessings abound for all of our family and friends this Christmas season.


Luke 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!” 

Laugh a little :)

 

 

Moz 2012

     First things first, THANK YOU!  Thank you to everyone who supported us financially and to everyone who prayed for us while we were there.  Words cannot describle how grateful we are to you.I have been wanting to share my trip with you all for quite some time now, but due to technical difficulties have not been able to. So, here it finally is!     

     I will try to keep this brief and not bore you with too many details.  I want you to make it through the whole blog without losing interest! :)  The trip...in a word...was amazing.  The country is unimaginably poor, but the believers in Moz were on fire for Christ!  Granted, I was only there for 10 days, but this was my general observation. There is no politically correct, beat around the bushes, kum-ba-ya, attitudes.  It is, "Do you know Christ? Well, let me tell you about him."  Pretty awesome.  As a whole, they really don't have a woe is me attitude.  They do however have such a sense of urgency to share Christ with everyone around them.  As I sit in my air conditioned home, with my loving husband, my sweet baby girl, my comfy blanket, watching a favorite family movie after a meal where we have all eaten more than we should have...it is sometimes hard to imagine life being any better.  When the people of Moz lie on their dirt floor, or if it's raining, sleep standing on their mud floor, in the heat, with hungry stomachs, family members all around sick and dying with Aids, Malaria, Teburculosis, or about 1,000 other diseases, they know.  They know that in Christ life can be so much more becuase of the promises He gives us.  And Heaven...Heaven will be sweeter to these people than you or I could ever imagine.  Rev 21:4  "He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away."

As I said before, I will be brief. So...to give you the "highlights" of what we did while in Moz.  We hung out, practiced, played, did bible study, a "girl's night", and went on a village walk with the teenagers in the Sparks Handball/Sports Ministry.  We painted a Green Door house that was 160square feet for a widow and her family affected with HIV to live in.  We prayed over mommas and their malnourished babies at Tessa Grace Nutritional Program and Baylor was even able to donate several of her blankets, bibs, and clothes from when she was a newborn!  We went to the hospital shared Jesus and gave soup with Soup Solution to the dying.  Colby preached the Roman Road and then we held a food pantry for 130+ families affected by HIV and were able to give them enough food to last over two weeks.  That's a big deal because they will often go days without eating anything.  We went with the Project Life ministry who holds bible studies in homes of people affected by HIV.  We held a VBS for a local church and shared the gospel, sang, had a craft, and gave snacks for 100+kids.

Favorit moment of the trip:  When the boys from the Sparks ministry found out our team had brought them new uniforms.  Our translator (who was also a member of the team) got so excited that he stopped translating and started cheering with the rest of the team.  The place exploded with excitement!  I cried.

Willl never forget moment:  The Sparks kids read scripture from John about Jesus washing the feet of his disciples and they said, "We want to be like Christ and wash the feet of our disciples." Then they sat us down, prayed over us, and washed our feet.  I cried again.

Think about it moment:  We were at a church made of mud and sticks and the preacher mentioned that if you know Christ, but your neighbor does not and you have food, but your neighbor is hungry, then you should give you neighbor food in order to share the love of Christ.  Remember they might not eat for days at at time, and what food they do have, they are giving to non-believers to share Christ.  Talk about sacrificial giving.  They're giving everything they have for Christ.

What now?

To truly experience God in a way unlike any other, GO!  There is no way to really put into words what being there is like. So go and see for yourself and you will come back changed! :) I know, not everyone's cup of tea...so give!  If you know of someone going on a trip, support them!  You will have an eternal impact on the kingdom of Heaven...kind of awesome huh?  If you don't know of anyone right now, find an organization that you believe in and support their efforts to take Christ to the world.  I went with Children's Relief International.  You can help support the missionaries, you can support a Tessa Grace baby and help ensure they are getting fed and cared for, you can support a Sparks student go to vocational school (kind of like their college) for only $35 a month for six months, you can build a house with Green Door for widows and orphans affected by HIV, or several other things.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading! :)  There is so much more to share and we would love to share it with you.  Just give us a "Holla"! ;)

1 Cor 15:58 "Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain."