Pearson was singing and playing the tambourine after lunch the other day, so I took a little video of him.

Hi Katie Jo! Surprise! I'm updating my blog!

I read your blog tonight. I enjoyed what you said about being grafted into God's family. Thank you for asking me to read it. I'm finding out that lots of my friends have blogs. I'm glad you had me make one. That way I can tell people I have one too. :)

I have a few things going through my mind today. I decided not to go to the women's retreat at church in April because I'll still be nursing Pearson and I don't want to give him any reason to decide to wean himself. I'm afraid if he takes a bottle for 3 days straight, he might decide he likes it better. Maybe that's just an excuse not to go, but I like to think he needs me.

I have picked up our niece Adrian twice in the last week to spend time with her. She has some major changes going on at home and I thought she might need someone to talk to. Her mom had asked me to be her spiritual mentor about a year ago, and I never felt like God was leading me to mentor her until now. She is pretty confused about some things, so please pray that I will give her godly counsel and have more opportunities to pray with her.

An aquaintance of mine from church called. She went to the financial planner I recommended. He set up a budget for their family, but she was still having trouble figuring out how to make it work. He told her to call me because he said Greg and I have a really good system! I don't spend much time these days reaching out to women at church, but I was glad she called me because we are supposed to "encourage one another daily - Hebrews 3:13." I receive a lot of encouragement from women at church, but some days I stay home all day and don't talk to anyone outside my immediate family. I'm going to meet with her next Wed. and hopefully give her some encouragement. I already told her on the phone that a budget seems restrictive, but it actually gives freedom because you don't feel guilty about spending money that you have set aside for certain things. I wonder if God is going to have me encourage other women about this same issue?

Here's the big one - Greg is thinking about hiring an employee again. When we let the last employee go, I had him sign a sheet of paper with all of the reasons why we should never do that again. He still really wants to do it, and I told him that it's his decision, I just think it's a really bad idea. Please pray that God will change my heart if he has bigger plans for Greg (which I know He does).

Evan is doing great at Mother's Day Out. He had a lot of fun Valentine's week. I'm not going to take Pearson any more, though. He cries the whole time and I just want to keep him home and cuddle him for now. I'll try again next fall.

I am babysitting an 8 month old on Fridays. He is such an easy baby! He and Pearson just sit and look at each other. Sometimes they grab the same toys. It's fun to watch them together.

I am making some of Pearson's baby food. I've been using the blender to make sweet potatoes, green beans, pears, apples & peaches. I borrowed a book called Super Baby Food which points out that grains are the largest part of the food pyramid, so I'm going to attempt to make the author's Super Porridge which includes grain, vegetables, brewer's yeast, desiccated liver powder, kelp and cooked egg yolks. Some of those things I won't add until he's a little older.

The last thing on my mind these days is our tax return. Since we incorporated a few years ago, our return is due March 15 instead of April 15. I've started working on it, but it's slow going. I don't want to think about it now. I think I'll post a video of Pearson and go to bed. Have a great weekend! (I hope you were surprised!)