Kaelan Grace Hampton is here!

Here she is...Kaelan Grace Hampton! Born on October 21st weighing 5lbs 6oz. Kaelan arrived 4 weeks early to our surprise! We're so thankful that she arrived healthy and perfect.
We're enjoying every amazing moment with our little answer to prayer. God is SO faithful.

The more I seek you, the more I find you...

I love the worship song "The more I seek you, the more I find you" It's one of my favorites.

This song always reminds me that I must seek the Lord, prepare my heart and be willing to listen to him first before I can expect to hear from him. How many times have I sat down to be with the Lord and not prepared myself by repenting, worshipping the King, and quieting my heart so that I can be still enough to hear from him? Then,I wonder why I can't hear anything from Him!

The enemy wants nothing more than to keep us so busy with life that we don't slow down enough to listen to the Lord.

So, in the midst of your busy week...take some time each day to slow down and listen to Lord. It's always time well worth it!!

Been a while...

For those of you who happen to still keep up with my blog. It's been a little crazy around the Hampton household. Getting ready for baby girl seems to be taking lots of our time.
But, we are really trying to stop and just bathe in the presence and goodness of the Lord these days. He has been so faithful to us.
This verse has been such a reminder to us these days of His goodness-

"Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is a faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands." Deuteronomy 7:9

A preview of things yet to come... Isn't she beautiful?

It's a GIRL!!!

Yup. That's right, we just found out on Monday... Baby GIRL Hampton is on the way. So, now the fun begins! There's so many things to decide now...colors for her room, her name, the list goes on and on.
And how come pregnancy makes us women become so indecisive about everything?...that's really not good timing!!

It's all about saving....

So, there's a new motivation in my life now...it's all about saving money. The countdown has begun...21 weeks to go- and this baby will be here! I've heard that it costs about $6000 to get all the "pre baby" stuff you need to get started, so like a lot of first time parents to be, it's our goal to save as much as we can on this endeavor!

My friend Katie told me about this great book called "Baby Bargains" This book is the only book I have bought, and it's AMAZING! Thankfully, I've had some friends lend me their other baby books...so that's helped too! So, if you're a mom to be, or a new mom...check out this book. It gives you all sorts of practical ways to save money.

Beach Trip

Our Life Group enjoyed a great time at the beach on Mother's Day weekend. It was great just to get away for a break and relax a little bit with some friends.

We already know that this has become a yearly "family tradition".








And of course, I got a little gift from daddy, and baby celebrating my first mothers day!

Taste and See That the Lord is Good!!!

In case you haven't heard...I can finally say it..."Were Having a Baby"!!! Baby Hampton is due to arrive November 15th! I realized maybe some people may not know our story, so here it is.

So, 5 years ago, James and I decided to do what every couple plans to do, and start a family. Very soon into the process, I was told I had some problems. The "labels" came pouring in...and the list went on and on. We tried all sorts of things- medicines, surgeries, fertility specialist visits...

Just this past November, we decided to go off ALL fertility medicines and just trust God. The upcoming months were the most emotional intense months we'd ever had. James and I cried out to God for breakthrough. We began sharing our need for prayer, and asking people to stand in prayer with us. God began teaching us new things about his goodness, and promises. We were growing in our faith, but it still seemed we saw nothing happening.

Until about 2 1/2 months ago- March 9th to be exact :) I took a pregnancy test out of sheer boredom...walked away and cooked breakfast. A little while later...knelt down in my kitchen and prayed "Lord, prepare my heart again, protect it...if this is negative...may I continue to rejoice in your goodness" (trust me...I didn't always pray that prayer) As I walked into the bathroom, I couldn't believe my eyes...is that a faint line? It was!! I stood at the door waiting for James to come home, and when he did...it was all I could do to literally fall into his arms and sob with joy!!

We always hear that hindsight is 20/20. So, one thing I see now is that all along we were receiving breakthrough. God was slowly bringing us to a place of faith and trust...he was blessing us all along because he was refining us. Would I take back the 5 years of struggle? NEVER because I see now that he was blesing us all along!!

With all of my family living far away...here was our creative attempt via email and skype to break the news...