My precious wife (see Proverbs 31) is 29 years old again today!! And we are off to spend a quiet weekend together (sans children) to celebrate and just get away. She has earned it more than anyone…putting up with me, three kids, and school over the past 18+ months.
19 years ago she actually said “yes” to a crazy kids who got up the nerve to ask her to marry him. Sometimes you just get lucky!!
I love you Anita…I couldn’t imagine a better wife or mother! Happy Birthday!
Twelve years ago today…it happened. Anita told me our baby girls was on her way. I was about to officially become a father.
Twelve years ago today…Lindsay Kay Baumgartner was born.
And life has never been the same! I can hardly believe my little baby girl has grown up so fast! And it has been so fun watching her grow and develop and become the young woman she is today…full of great humor, biting sarcasm (where did she get that?), intelligence, and a love for God. She stole my heart 12 years ago and never gave it back.
Happy Birthday Lindsay!!
Look how much she’s grown…
One of My Favorite Pics of Us Together
Lindsay Today
My Two Favorite Lindsay Moments…
9 years ago today my first baby boy came onto the scene!
I became a father of a bouncing baby boy and we had our package (one boy,one girl).
9 years ago today, Logan David Baumgartner was born!
I remember thinking forward to all the great times we would have as a father and son duo. All the camping trips. All the hunting trips. All of the fart and burping contests. All of the times learning about life, girls, and God (not necessarily in that order). I remember once again feeling completely inadequate to the task…totally freaked out!
And once again, I blinked and my baby boy is now 9 years old. I love him more today than on that first day (and I didn’t think that was possible). I love the young man that he is becoming. He has a heart of gold, compassion like I’ve never seen before, and a love for his family that I could only have dreamed and prayed for. I can’t wait for him to continue to grow and become a young man…the journey is just beginning!
Happy Birthday Logan!
I love you!
Now, some of my favorite Logan pictures…
Logan’s Birth Picture
My Little Outlaw
His First Fish
Flying with Larry
(this was a truly great day)
En Guard!
Logan and Amy
(his favorite pet)
He has learned to ride his bike…FREEDOM!
I find it hard to believe myself, but Journeyman Journal officially turned one year old yesterday. So this post will be a little bit of a retrospective on the last year with some “interesting” facts and a few of my favorite posts from the last 12 months.
First, let’s start with my first post ever where I laid out my goals and intentions for my own personal blog. Here’s a quick excerpt from the post that states what my intentions were, and still are, for this blog:
My intent is for the Journeyman Journal to be a repository of random thoughts and ideas—a place for me to share what God is doing in my life and have a place to sharpen the often wild and crazy ideas the Spirit lays on me. I don’t pretend to have the answers…but I do know The Answer and am getting to know Him more and more every day. He’s got me on a grand journey and I’m along for the ride wherever that takes us.
In December of this year God gave me a Theme Verse for Journeyman Journal (you can read the full blog on December 27th). Here’s the theme verse:
Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be.
Remind me that my days are numbered—how fleeting my life is.
For I am your guest—a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me.
Psalm 39:4, 12b
Here are a few Journeyman Journal statistics over the past 365 days:
Here are the Top 3 Most Popular Posts (by visits):
My Favorite Posts (in date order):
Note that I did a similar list on my 100th Blog…of course it’s hard to narrow the list down out of 180 posts, but these are just 12 of my most favorite (I’m sure I’ve missed a few as I tried to spread out the topics)…
I have absolutely loved the interaction with everyone who reads the blog!! Thanks for taking the time and sharing your own thoughts and comments. If you enjoy it, please pass it along to others. Want to see something (or which I’d stop doing something)? Drop me a comment and let me know.
Here’s to another year ahead as we share the Journey of God together. He never disappoints…it’s always fun! Thanks again!!
Our littlest dude is six years old today…freaks me out how fast time continues to fly. He had a great party this afternoon (with more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles toys than he could have dreamed of) capped off by going and seeing Prince Caspianfollowed by ice cream. What more could a six year old ask for? Here is the little man in his favorite outfits (it’s either jammies or a Spiderman costume). More pics to come, but the PC with the photos is current “under the weather”…
11 years ago today it happened.
I became a Father 
.
Anita became a Mother.
Lindsay Kay Baumgartner was born!
I remember the day like it was yesterday. Anita calling to me early in the morning that her water had broken…I think she had to tell me three or four times before it sunk in and I finally got up to head to the hospital. Long story short…later that day we had a beautiful baby girl.
Blink. 11 years later and now I have a beautiful young girl that is growing up too fast! I am so proud of the woman Lindsay is becoming. She has strong values and a strong self-image. She cares about others and loves God.
Happy Birthday Lindsay!
You’ll always be my baby girl, no matter how old you are.
Some of my favorite Lindsay pictures…
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