wowie zowie no. 5

what's your name?

go here, to find out what your name would be had you been born to sarah palin. :)

 love,

rust mustang (jen) palin, and copper catfish (jon) palin

a half-year of absolute joy

exactly six months ago today, our lives were forever changed. i remember jon calling me in tears that our sweet girl had made her grand entrance. i was in shock and disbelief-- could this be the day? is this really happening? and now, just six months later, i can't remember life without haven. 

Psalm 91 says, 

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High,

will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." (emphasis, my own)

this is our daughter's namesake, our prayer that she will find her haven in God alone and trust Him with even the tiniest details of her days. we are so blessed by the Giver of good gifts-- especially one sooner-than-expected, babbling, joyous gift in particular. God, you know our hearts better than we know them ourselves. Thank you for so richly blessing us with more than what we knew to ask for.

wowie zowie no. 3 and 4

this is awful on so many levels... be warned, the tune will get stuck in your head...

we'll take votes for which is worse...

wowie zowie no. 2

there is always something exciting going on around here, but i never seem to have my camera handy to fully capture the story. that is, until today. here is the latest headstone in the cemetery across the street. i asked jon if he'd forego the typical rock thing for something more fun in the event i ever die. nothing extreme. maybe just a nice bench, or urn for flowers, or plywood cutout of a really old cartoon character. he said no.  :)

hand-me-downs are our favorites!

today, good friends of ours gave us a bag filled with great clothes that should help us ease into the cooler weather that's around the corner. my favorite piece is a cute bucket hat that haven doesn't mind wearing at all (i think she's the 1 out of 12,493 babies that doesn't try to pull it off immediately!) . her favorite is a pink shoe that doubles as a teether. oh, and she's officially sitting up by herself now. where did my little newborn go?

ta-dah! 

pops and nyc

this past holiday weekend, haven's pops (jon's dad) came up for a quick visit and to meet haven. changing tables appear to be few and far between in the big apple. jon, haven and i shared quite the experience in one of our-favorite-coffee-shop's restrooms trying to 'accomodate' our  sweet girl. may i remind you that haven still has the  wonderful habit of 'sprinkling' upon air hitting her bum. so, there we are, our whole family squished into the bathroom, i'm holding the priceless one while jon has the juggling act of trying to remove and replace her diaper. stakes were high folks, as we brought a change of clothes for haven, but none for moi, the changing table. we laughed our heads off and probably left the man waiting to use the potty with many questions, but i'm happy to report all remained dry even in spite of our dear girls valiant efforts. :)

nice to meet you, pops!

the most popular cutie on the subway

this picture cracks me up, we've all got the open-mouth-smile thing going on