Life is beautiful! These past couple of months our hearts have been lit ablaze. We've gotten plugged into a church that we are learning the Bible and starting to truly know the Word. I wake up every morning with an ache to spend time with my King.

Andrew is starting to get involved in the men's group, and comes home with excitement & can hardly contain himself from telling me everything that he learned. And for those of you that know Andrew that is not his character.

We have started taking a beginners course of the Hebrew language. Such an interesting language, and it has helped us understand/study the Bible in such a different way. I wish I could sit down with every person I knew and show them the things that God is showing us. Maybe, one day I will! 8>)

As for our little Jachin... well she is so much fun! She's got a little personality already, it is so fun to see her/listen to her talk, and talk , and talk, and talk!! What can I say, she's her mother's daughter! Her newest thing is grabbing her toes and pulling on them. It's very amusing! Also, she loves sucking in her two middle fingers, it's her way of soothing herself. However, she moves around so much while she sleeps, we swaddle her and she's not able to suck on her fingers. She's a resourceful one, and she nows sucks on her bottom lip. It's so funny! I'm just waiting for her to give herself a hickey! When that happens pictures will be posted!

Andrew is loving school and learning a lot. I try to help him study, so in a way I am learning some too. Today in his lab they are going to give each other shots with saline,... I'll keep you posted on how that goes! Last week he was able to go on a ride along at a fire station. Nothing too exciting happened on any of the calls but he thought it was a ton of fun!

As for me... I am loving where God has me in life. I have am enjoying my hebrew online class and can hardly wait until I can go back to school full time next semester! My friend and I are starting a mommy's group and I am super stoked for that to start. My passion for people and the things of the Lord have just increased these past couple of months and I am so zealous for the things of God. I love it! I am also running a 5k with some friends in October... We started training last night. It went well, none of us are passionate runners so it's mainly for the social aspect! Wish us luck!!

So that's a little update about us, I'm sure there is so much more to talk about but I'm sure facebook keeps us all updated!!

Our lilly among the thorns...

Well, she's here! One of the most honoring rolls that God has given us is being a parent. She's only 18 days old and our lives are forever changed. Her name is Jachin Lydia ( Jay-kin) I know we couldn't have spelled it any harder... but that's way it reads in the Bible so we kept it! Jachin means "he who establishes" and it is one of the pillars in King Solomon's temple. We just fell in love with the meaning and knew that she is an establisher of great things.

When she was 5 days old we were having "tummy time" and she rolled from her stomach to her back. At first I thought it was just a fluke however the next day she did it again in front of Andrew's parents... she has been doing it every day... multiple times a day, ever since!! She has muscle cuts on her legs, her head & arms are extremely strong as well. It's really cool to see her wiggle and squirm, and flex a little too! : )

She's a great sleeper during the night. She wakes up every 4-6 hours so I'm only waking up once in the night to feed and she falls right back to sleep. During the day she really fights her sleep more, so we've had to put her on a schedule already so we can have a happy baby. Actually, as I'm writing this she is fussing in her room because I am making her take a nap now. So the three of us are still getting use to our new life... but it is a great one.

This wasn't the first time she rolled over but the first time we caught it on tape!

Season of Retreat....

Wow! We're really not good at remembering this whole blog thing!! Here's my attempt to get better at it!! So here we go,.. I'm skipping a lot from the last blog and rushing into current day!

Andrew and I are living in Colorado Springs and anxiously awaiting the birth of our little girl. Her expected due date was June 3... but she just loves her mommy so much, she's decided to stay in there a little longer!! At least that's my take on it! :)

My mom and I have been able to spend lots of needed time together, while we're waiting. We have discovered that puzzles are a great way to pass time, and of course the two of us can talk for days on end. So maybe Andrew should be in your prayers!! This extended time has been such a treat, I have really missed days with her, and now we've gotten a month of memories that we otherwise would not have gotten. Now that's not to say that I'm not trying to negotiate with God that today is the BEST day to have a baby. So far, God's winning the debate! But it has been great!

Andrew and I have also been able to spend time together. We have been able to hike, go on endless walks, and enjoy Colorado's beauty. Andrew tells the baby everyday how much he wants to put her in a hiking backpack and conquer some mountains. Whenever we do hike, she goes crazy in my belly. She loves it! Although we would love to have her in our arms now, we get to cherish these couple of days of no babysitters! We will however keep everyone posted, hey it might give me something to blog about!

Andrew and I are truly loving life right now. At the beginning of 2010, God really impressed on our hearts to have a season of simplicity. To take time and rebuild the foundations of our marriage, and the foundation of our relationship with Him. To no longer just go for the sake of going, but to create purpose with the going. Well, as for me this is a little harder, for I am a person who loves just to go and do. Sometimes with purpose and sometimes aimlessly... OK, a lot of times just aimlessly! It was in February/March time that we made the decision to move to Colorado Springs and rebuild the foundations that the Lord asked us to.

Throughout this process I have realized something about myself,and the stage in life that I am in. When asked the question, "So, what are you guys doing now?" The simple answer of,"We've taken things back to the basics, and enjoying the simple things of life." Which really means, "Not much. Just in a waiting period." That simple truth doesn't seem to be enough. I find myself, and others around me doing the same, trying to create an extravagant answer to let people know that their life means something. The simple act of going to school, or working, or being a parent, just doesn't sound good enough. No, we have this constant need to let others know that we have stuff going on. And that God is using us in bigger ways then anyone could ever imagine. Which He is,even if you're not front and center. We constantly find ourselves trying to validate ourselves.

There are seasons of retreat and their are seasons of advancement. The seasons of advancement are the seasons we long for, and try to live in at all times. And the season of retreat are the seasons we dread. Because it is there that lessons are learned. It is there where the circumcising of the heart happens. Yeah, seasons of retreat are not fun, but sometimes more necessary then the seasons of advancement. It's where you get strategy and strength for the season of advancement. It's so crucial, and yet we try to avoid it at all cost. Would you want a doctor who skipped Med-school, and just read "Becoming a doctor for dummies" operating on you? Because he thought that being a Doctor was way better then getting the proper training to become a great doctor?. Yet in the Kingdom of God we're wanting to skip over our proper training, and flip through the Bible skimming our fingers for a verse for the month. We begin to treat the Bible like it's a "Becoming a christian for Dummies."All because we don't want to pop our bubble and focus on the proper training. To take time away from our "ministries" and focus on our marriages, or our children, or our selves. Because as long as people know that you are doing something GREAT with your life, then those other things can wait.

Yeah, that's been me for quite some time now, and I can no longer live like that. It causes me to not be content in any season of life. I find myself being someone who murmurs, for no reason. Is it worth going through the season of retreat miserable or should I thrive and accept the fact that God is doing something great in me... He's preparing me, and showering me with Him. He's showing me how to be a good wife, a loving mother, a caring friend, a bright student, and a beautiful woman in His Kingdom. May not have a lot of bling to some people, but it's exactly where He has Andrew and I, and that's the best place for us to be.

So that's my little spill on the Fellows' life, and I hope that we can hear what's going on in yours. Hopefully our next blog will be about the birth of our baby and you can see just how beautiful she is!