So sorry that I haven't posted in a while. Samantha and I just got over another bout of sickness :( This time was much worse than the previous.  We were definitely down and out for about a week and a half. No fun at all, but I thankfully Casey never caught what we had and Samantha and I are finally healthy again :) 

More good news for the Sheffield family is that Casey and I will be driving up to Tally very soon. Initially we were just going to come up for a day trip so he could get our Honda, which will finally be fixed. But instead my AWESOME Hubby is allowing me to stay through Sunday so that I can get some quality time with all of my great friends, who I miss dearly! I could not be more excited. I am in deep need of refreshing and fellowship with my Tally family :) Thank you honey for allowing me to take this vacation. You are so good to me and you know exactly what I need to be refreshed. 

Well gotta head to bed. Have a great week!

Workin it out baby!

So today was day 4 of my work out routine and I feel great. Very sore, but great! With spring here and the warm weather here to stay, I realized that I am losing options for wardrobe. I am still not quite back into my old clothes yet, but at the same time my maternity clothes are way too big. SO something has to be done. Also I have been feeling more convicted about being a good steward of my body for God, my hubby and my daughter. 

 First and foremost, I am called to be a good steward of God's temple which is my body. If I fail to take care of what God has given me, there will be serious health consequences that effect not only me, but my family as well. Secondly, I do not want to be a hypocrite who doesn't eat right and doesn't work out, yet force my child to eat healthy and stay active. She will see right through that and more than likely my efforts to train her right in this area will be unfruitful. You can't give what you don't have.  Also, my husband deserves a wife who cares for her body and desires to look good for him. I have an incredible husband who deserves my very best.

 So all that to say. Since I have no car right now, I have committed  to working out at home with fitness on demand that is free with our cable package 5 days a week. So far I have been doing mainly cardio aerobics and core strengthening, but today I was bored with that and did "Cardioke"...LOL its a dance work out with Billy Blanks Jr. and you dance and sing the songs. It is a good work out but totally cheesy and funny. 

Have a great weekend! 

Recent Sheffield Happenings

OK so I have not been on a while due to a number of life events here is a recap of what you all missed :)

Last Friday we went to Savannah for the weekend to see Casey's family. On the drive up on Friday night Samantha developed a fever and then preceded to have week long cold :( We still had a wonderful time with his family, but poor Samantha was feeling so awful. So then I spent the whole week nursing her back to health, which i have discovered this past week that Samantha is totally different baby when sick. She starts off cuddly and then her sweet easy going demeanor is no where to be found. Nothing seemed to make her happy for several days straight. For a while there I was beginning to worry that it would last forever :/ But Praise God on Friday things started looking up again and by Saturday and today she was much more like her normal self. Saturday we spend that day having a BBQ with my family and Samantha had her first swimming pool experience. She had a blast and we had so much fun watching her kick and scream with excitement. Check out my Facebook photo album for some fun photos of the event:)

Well that is life in a nutshell. This week we will be spending the week preparing for our fun Disney adventure this Saturday for my Birthday. If you don't know, Disney is giving free admission to everyone on their birthday. All you have to do is register online and then bring your registration along with a photo ID on your birthday and you are good to go :) So we will have lots more to write about after Samantha has her first Disney experience. 

Hope you all have a great week! 

Samantha's funny video

Ok so we took this video on Casey's cell phone while we were feeding Samantha dinner, and it is hilarious! Check it out!

Samantha's Prophecy

So today was baby dedications at High Point and it was such an amazing time. Having already done this in Tallahassee, initially we didn't see the need to do it again. But as we were praying and seeking God for Samantha we really felt like God wanted us to do it again and that he had some very specific words he wanted to speak over her. The dedication was really neat. The pastors went through each child one by one anointing them with oil and praying a prayer over them and they followed that up with a prophetic word that God had been speaking to them since they started praying for them a week or two before today. Each baby had such a strong and encouraging word. Here is what they felt like God was saying about Samantha Grace:

He first said that when he was praying for her he got a picture of Samantha spinning about in a flowing long skirt and a flower in her hair...like a hippy but sanctified. She has all of Casey and I's best qualities, yet her personality will be like nothing we have ever seen. She is going to be a whimsical yet very intense and competitive child. She will be the type of child who challenges her Dad to a staring contest and will not give up until she wins. Although that would make it seem like she would be a difficult baby, she won't be. She will be an easy baby in regards to her obedience and love for the lord. She is joyful and will thrive in freedom. We are to give her boundaries as parents, but within those boundaries we are to give her much freedom. We will sometimes wonder if she is trying to be disobedient but in fact it is her just being her whimsical self. Where we will have some difficulty in training is that she will not be the type to just sit down and read her bible, she needs to be able to have fun and find joy in what she is doing in order to see the benefit and learn. Learning about Jesus will have to be fun for her. So in that respect, if we are too administrative in our parenting style, that will not really work with how God has made her. Sometimes we will wonder if she is getting it, but she is. And we will know by her intensity and joy in Christ.

In addition to Pastor Keith's word, the worship leader also got a strong sense that Samantha just as she strongly resembles me, she will look to me, to be the example of how she is to be. She and I will have a very special relationship and I will be who she models her life after essentially. It was an encouragement, but also a word of warning because she is watching everything I do and will believe and value what I do. He also encouraged me that she will be passionate about Christ just as I am and that she will serve the Lord at a young age.

So praise God, we are very encouraged by her word and can already see much of what they are saying in her. I feel like a lot of this lines up with a previous word we got before she was born and agrees with much of what I have heard from God when I have been praying for her. I feel like worship and dance will be the main venue in which Samantha really connects with Jesus. After hearing this word I also feel like we will be singing scripture to her and making up our own worship songs, in order to keep her engaged and in his word:) I look forward to watching her walk with God unfold, and seeing her become all that god has called her to be!

Now a video of our whimsical daughter on the swings!