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Friday, February 20, 2009

IT'S A BOY!!!

IT'S A BOY!!!

Israel Abraham Aho

I'll write more later and post pics, but I am not at home.

Loves. Lexie.

POOP is AWESOME...

IMMANUEL POOPED IN THE TOILET TODAY!!! POOP IS AWESOME!!!

I Wish...This is not the Baby update...

I have shared about my desire to learn more and expand in my knowledge of sewing, other art forms, and floral design.

This is what I wish...I wish that I somehow had an endless supply of flowers and floral supplies so I could make amazing God filled arrangements for nursing homes, and people in the hospital who don't have anyone. There is power in the things of the Lord and flowers are His and only His...they are here to show us one thing and one thing alone...God's power, beauty, and His love. I guess that was three things, but the one thing would be...GOD.

I love working with flowers and being able to see the wonderful joy they bring to other people when they recieve a boquet...a special one. An arrangement not just thrown together by another florist trying to make a buck, but one filled with passion and love. Something special not just a dozen roses and babies breath...same old, same old...there are tons more flowers out there not to say that roses are bad...I love them, but I also love Irises, Cosmos, Sun Flowers, Freesia, Snap Dragons, etc...

Okay...I am close to tears writting this and listening to my music list so...I will close.

I LOVE GOD and I LOVE FLOWERS.

Oh, praise the one who paid my debts
And raised this life up from the dead!

Loves. LExie.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

WooHoo Tomorrow is the BIG day!!!

I am sooooooooo excited for tomorrow becuase tomorrow is my ultrasound and I get to find out who is chillin in my womb!! Woot woot!

Alright so tomorrow my husband and I are going to get to see baby #3 growing inside my womb...wow...we cannot wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl. We are totally cool either way, but geez we just want to know. With two boys already we want to know if we will be having triple trouble boys, or if we will be welcoming a sweet little girl into the Aho family dynamic.

Oh, I can hardly wait...

Yes we have names picked out...and I will share them, however, you must promise not to steal them under penalty of death. Hehe. If it's a boy Israel Abraham will be his name and if it's a girl her name will be Naomi Eden. I know they are pretty rad names, huh. Thanks to the Bible for having some great names in it. Hehe. That's where all our first names have come from and middle names for the first two boys were our fathers first names Michael and Frederick...Abraham is Jonathans only full blooded brothers first name. However, there are simply to many girls in the family to choose from so we just chose another freakin rad name from the greatest book of all...the bible. :)

Check in tomorrow after well...our appointment is at 2:30 so you should probably wait until about 5:00 to check in. I'll make sure to post an update!!

Loves. Lexie.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Me and Mine...

This first picture is me and my husband Jonathan...out on a date...can you believe it? Hehe. We do get away every once in a while...no, we do our very best to keep a consistant very much needed once a week date night. This one was taken on our way to Multnomah Falls. By, the way I must point out that he is the love of my life and is very supportive of DadzDesign. In fact he wishes that it would just take off like crazy so he could stay home and cut out dollz for me. Hehe. I think that could be fun, but I like me time alone too. No offense hun. :p I love you!

These are our two little boys...a bit older now, but a great picture of them with their dollz. Oh, my little misters. Immanuel (back) and Ezekiel (front)...they love to hug my dollz when they are finished before they get photographed and posted in my shop.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I really want to do..and I need to pursue...


It seems that we all have those things that we REALLY want to do, but for some unknown reason we never think we have the time to pursue them...so instead of setting aside the time or giving something else up for it we just forget it. Well, no more...we must pursue those things that will build us up and grow us into usually the people God intended us to be.


For example...


I have a burning desire inside for floral design...I have taken two years in High School and have graduated from the Floral Design Institute in Portland as a certified florist. I want want want to learn more and to do something with it! I long to do some kind of contemporary design and if I could use it in a ministry somehow that would be super rad!!! I absolutely love doing flowers for my friends weddings as their wedding gift not only because I know I will be saving them tons of money if they don't have to pay a flower shop, but because I LOVE it. It brings me joy and I feel like I can worship God our creator while I am creating the arrangements. He has made me good with flowers and design.


I also long to go to school for art...I want to learn to paint, draw, do photography, and become better in my sewing knowledge which I must say is rather limited. These are passions and desires put in my heart by the Lord...I know it, or else they would not keep coming back at the most random moments in my life.


Hey there Daddy, it's me LExie and you know the desires of my heart and I first of all ask that my desires would only be desires that come from you and are yours. If they are just mine and a tangent please take them away or reveal them for what they are. Help me to be patient in waiting until your timing is right for these things and may I be fully content with where you have me right now. I love you and long for your will to be done...thank you for making me so wonderfully complex. In your beautiful sons name my savior Jesus Christ...amen.


If you have strong desires that are of the Lord...pray for them and let Him guide you. Don't run ahead of Him...you might miss the turn you need to take. Don't settle for second best...what you can get, wait for Him and you will be so blessed. Oh, I wish this was easier done than said, but it's worth the hard work...I know. Three years of massive depression for His glory to be shown through my story and these funkily amazing dollz that He has me make. DadzDesign His business and my testimony of His work in my life.


He loves you.


Loves. Lexie.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Jesus Loves Me

Jesus Loves Me...This I Know.

Truely profound words if you ask me...let them penetrate your heart today. Do you really REALLY know deep down in the depths of your soul that HE LOVES YOU? Something we say a lot and even sing with our children, but it's also something that we as "adults" neglect to really let ourselves marinate in. The Love of our Savior, our God, the Creator, our Daddy. I know I need HIM today...it's very evident in my thoughts and attitude today.

So...lets curl up in our Daddys lap and RELAX there is room for everyone...be completely freed of all those balls we are trying to juggle as my mom would say. Just let them drop to the floor and walk over to your Daddy...crawl if you must, or just stand there with your arms up high like my 16 month old...I know what he wants and our Daddy does too.

Loves. Lexie.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Beloved

I just discovered this song and boy...does it speak to my heart, hopefully it will touch you as well.

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need
Give me your life
Lust and the lies
The past you're afraid I might see
You've been running away from me

You're my beloved
Lover I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
Our Love it unites us
It binds you to me
It's a mystery

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need
I'm the giver of life
I'll clothe you in white
My immaculate bride you will be
Oh come running home to me

You're my beloved
Lover I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we'll be
Our Love it unites us
It binds you to me

Well you've been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers it won't satisfy
Won't you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips
And you'll taste new life

Cause you're my beloved
Lover I'm yours
Death shall not part us
It's you I died for
For better or worse
Forver we'll be
Our Love it unites us
And it binds you to me

You're my beloved
Forever we'll be
Our love it unites us
And it binds you to me
It's a mystery
It's a mystery

Wow...God loves us that much, the song...well, God pretty much speaks for Himself.

This song is by Tenth Avenue North and it is called "Beloved."

Monday, February 2, 2009

I am New...Excited to be here...and I have no idea what I am doing!!

I don't have a clue as to what I am doing on blogspot...like how to use it so for my first post...I will just start with my story. My story that I am going to copy straight out of my Etsy profile and paste right here for you to read. Wish me luck!

Hi there! I am Alexis the creator, or rather the tool used by God to start this business called DadzDesign. I am 24 years old and have been married about three and a half years to my husband Jonathan. We have two little boys Immanuel and Ezekiel...they are soooooo much fun!! Oh, did I mention that I am now pregnant with number three!

When I got pregnant (on our honeymoon) with our first son Immanuel, depression struck me like driving your car full speed into a brick wall. It took us about two more years and until the birth of our second son to realized that maybe it was clinical depression and I needed to see a doctor. After seeing the doctor and being put on depression medication I finally feel like myself again and I can actually enjoy my life that is so full of blessings! I also have been able to put dreams and visions into action...including DadzDesign.

I have always seen others and myself as rag dollz...we have been stuffed and stitched up time and time again. Dealing with the painful stuff in life can leave scars and inevitably helps shape us into who we are . After living with depression for so long, feeling like myself again is like getting new eyes or having them replaced. Clearly God is not done with me and had me walk through that time of depression in life to bring me out better, changed, and stronger on the other side. I now understand what it truly means to feel absolutely alone, and to want to give up completely. It is not a pretty or fun place to be, but in this world today I know there are many many people who are in that place feeling all alone with no one to talk to and nowhere to go.

While there is healing for me in the process of making these dollz, I pray that they will bring some comfort and peace to the minds and hearts of those who need healing, or are on the pathway of healing already. These dollz are stuffed with the love of God and the constant prayers of healing, encouragement, peace, wisdom, and strength that flow from my lips.

The plan that God has for DadzDesign and me is my absolute passion...the healing of hurting people and encouragement of those around them. To bring hearts closer to God so that they may know our Creator, the Maker of the universe, and understand that they are a unique one-of-a-kind handmade creation.

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.

Psalm 139: 13-16 (NIV)

Sweet...it worked, however, it took out all of my spacing. Hmmm...let me fix that for you. Alright...now that that is all fixed and it looks super great here is a link to my Etsy Shop!!!

http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=5954987

Check it out! Thanks for the great welcome to blogspot! Woot woot!