cold here…

how about where you reading this? i feel kind of bad because it really is pretty cold especially in the little man's room. our consensus of the rash is that it was a heat one, so we've been dressing him sparingly and not turning on the space heater. that baby is ON today for the nap (if he falls asleep, that is). it is totally gone now, and i'm super thankful at that provision. i was afraid to take him anywhere at all. you know?

i just had a delicious cup of hot chocolate to warm my innards, and plan on making my lunch after i finish this post. :)

a couple weeks ago, i started a Bible study with a group of women that is based off of materials from Beth Moore's study "Jesus the One and Only" and it is wicked cool. i've done a previous study by her, but it was only with one other person and i look forward to having a bunch of women discuss what we've been learning over the past week. we recap what we've learned with a video section at the end of the chapter where we watch beth moore get super excited about the Word. it's crazy b/c i'm pretty low-key and i just sort of take the text and grasp it and say *yep, it's truth, and i love it.* whereas she embraces it by seeing it come to life and brings it to life for me. i don't know how i missed it in my prior study with her- it may have had something to do with being in college and taking for granted *all* the people who surrounded me with goodness. in the point of my life right now, i often feel alone. my husband is gone at work all day (praise God for that gift), and attends grad school for a couple nights a week. my little one isn't much of a conversationalist yet, and i doubt he'll fuel my needs in that way for a long time to come. my friends here are good, but i am finding that i am the pursuer, and it's wearing on me (slowly). learning about Jesus and all that He fulfills has really been helping me a lot (even though my eyes are slightly welling at the previous sentence). i'm really thankful for the study, though at this point i'm having a couple aww bummer things: the leader speaks super duper quiet and i can barely hear her, and the group of women who are a part of this study are basically my mom's age and older (besides two women). i am thankful for the people God has chosen to walk through this study with me, but i long for a bit more in the same age-group with some friends as a result. something that i've been quietly, and reluctantly praying about because i feel so selfish for wanting it.

there's a little bit about *me* and not just the kid. i can't wait to see who i am on the other side of this study. one thing for sure is that i'll be a mother of two, and not just one! :) (yikes!)