6 more weeks!

So it's been a really long time since I had any valid updates on this blog....other than the pictures of the girl's rooms being redone...So here are a few quick things!

We are only 6 weeks away from meeting our second precious daughter, Harper Grace!!!!  We absolutely cannot wait to see her beautiful face and cuddle her in our arms.  Most of this pregnancy has seemed to go by pretty quickly, but now that we are in the last few weeks it seems like it has slowed down dramatically! 

We pretty much have everything we need since we still have all of our big items from Haylie.  One major change with baby #2 however, is that I'm going to try cloth diapering!  I'm really excited about this and have gotten lots of recommendations from different friends on what types to use.  We have been looking for ways to save money lately, and I'm hoping that this turns out a successful way!  Plus, it's better for the environment anyway! 

Our last appointment for Harper was this past Tuesday and her heart rate was 144.  Everything seems to be going pretty smoothly and the weekly appointments start on Oct. 12!  We're on the downhill slope for sure now!

Haylie is growing up SO fast I absolutely cannot believe it!  Within the past week she has become completely potty trained and it was really very easy!!  I had tried a few months back without success and decided she wasn't ready, but I was really wanting her out of diapers by November when Harper arrives so I started trying again last week.  She caught on the very first day we started trying and has done great!!  She even goes to church or out and about and stays dry!!  Today we were gone all morning grocery shopping and running errands, and she stayed dry the whole time and told me when she needed to go!!  She's doing wonderful!  Hardly any accidents at all!

Also, her vocabulary is expanding so much!  She talks and talks and talks some more.  Justin and I were just saying today that she talks nonstop---and that's not an exaggeration!  But, I love to hear her thoughts.  She's so funny! 

Yesterday, she did the sweetest thing: We sat down to eat lunch and I told her to wait because we had to tell Jesus thank you first.  She then bowed her head and on her own, without any prompting from me, she said: "Thank you Jesus, for my food.  We love you Jesus!"  Talk about melting my heart!!  I just love this girl so much!

Justin's still at the BCM for now.  We know God has other plans for us and we are constantly in prayer about what that entails and where that will be.  We are just waiting right now for His leading.  Justin's been preaching and filling in at other churches around our area a lot!  We love it, but are definitely ready to settle down at a church of our own sometime soon.

I'm still staying at home with Haylie and loving it!  I kicked off piano lessons again in August and plan to do them all the way through October and then take a couple months off when Harper is born. 

God has just blessed our little family so much and we continue to look forward to what He has in store for us! 

Well, that's a quick update of what's been happening around here at the Villines' house.  Hopefully it won't be 6 months before I update again!