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For the month of march I am not eating fast food.  This is going to be very difficult for me, because if you know me, you know how much I love Chick-fil-a and Whataburger.  In fact, I probably go to Chick-fil-a and Whataburger at least once a week (twice a week for Chick-fil-a).  Why, you ask?  Here are my top three reasons for doing this.

  1. To save money.  As often as I go eat fast food, by not going I estimate I’ll save about $100 dollars this month.
  2. To lose weight.  I’ve been gaining weight like crazy lately!  It’s time to make some changes, thus, this months challenge.
  3. To challenge myself.  I eat poorly all the time, hopefully this challenge will force me to make some changes.

Today is March 9th and I’m fast food free.

Will Cody go the enitre month without eating fast food?

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John Piper covers some of the themes we discussed in Sunday School last Sunday.  Enjoy.

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“But there is only one Person of whom it can be said that he made us, and then became one of us; that he is the Lord of glory, and a human being; that he died in ignominy and shame on the odious cross, yet is now seated on the right hand of the Majesty on high, having returned to the glory he shared with the Father before the world began.” – D.A. Carson

7lbs and 7.5 oz and very manly! Everyone is doing great and we have a healthy baby boy!

So blessed!

Logan James Dixon is here!

Believe me, we are well aware we have not posted on our blog in a while.  We do, however, have good reason for the delay.  You see, a lot has happened in the last three weeks so I’ll try to summarize.

1.  We moved!  We closed on Dec 31st so you can image why we are so late in bringing in the new year.  We finally have the “major” things in order at our house where we can relax if needed.

Quickly, 10 things the I (Cody) love about our new house.

1.  More space.

2.  I have a study/room that I can close the door and not hear the other things going on in the house.

3.  Shower with a seat in it.  I highly recommend it, even if you have to bring your own seat into the shower.  No lawn chairs.

4.  It’s pretty.

5.  Our new refrigerator has a spot in the freezer for frozen pizza!

Pizza!

6.  Covered back patio.  It’s been too cold to use it but very excited about grill season.

7.  Serious, I’m not trying to be gross here, but the master bathroom has a toilet in it’s own little room.

8.  Kitchen island.

9.  Closer to church.

10.  Amy loves it.

Sage update:

My Angel!

She is growing up so fast.  It is hard to imagine that in a six weeks she is going to be an older sister.  Some of her latest tricks…

1.  Trying to scare Mommy and Daddy by saying “boo” all the time!

2.  She will try to say about any word we ask her to.  The responses we get are often hilarious.

3.  I think she is starting to make some progress on potty training on the number two side.  As of late, she tells us that she has pooped or needs to poop.

4.  Our new house has handles instead of knobs, so she has learned the joy of opening doors.

5.  Wow, she has been an amazing sleeper at the new house too.  We have been here 10 days so far and she has slept through the night every night.  The transition wasn’t hard for her at all.

Amy update:

First off, she is an amazing wife and mother.  She works very hard all day raising Sage, which isn’t an easy task when you are 33 weeks pregnant.  And check this out, the two nights I was home for dinner she had dinner ready for me when I got home from work, like I said, amazing!  Continue to pray for her as the latter part of the pregnancy is the most difficult.

Me update:

Busy as always, but doing well.  I’ve been trying to read a lot lately which has its ups and downs.  I’m not a natural reader, and if you know me, I tend to lose attention pretty quickly.  Anyway, I’m 80 pages away from finishing an Old Testament Theology by Bruce Walte (which is 969 pages long).   My new year’s resolution is to re-learn Greek.  I’ve been wanting too and a buddy from church has really encouraged me to do so I’m going to give it go.

(this post was not proof read, any spelling or grammatical error is the responsibility  Coppell Independent School District).

Love you all!

In case you ever wanted to know the contents of my tummy…

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Amy and I had an awkward married moment this week that I’ve been thinking about a lot, so I decided to share.  It all started Wednesday around 5:45 PM when Amy started to get dinner ready and I went to mow the grass.

The time line is important so I’ll put it in sequence so you see it…

  • 5:45 PM – I started mowing the grass.
  • 6:00 PM – Amy came outside and said she needed to run the store and get a few items for dinner.  She took Sage with her to the store.
  • 6:15 PM – I finished up with the yard and Amy wasn’t home yet so I decided to reorganize the garage.  My motivation to do this is both selfish and selfless, I’ll explain.   Selfish because I wanted more room for my weight equipment.  Selfless because I wanted Amy to have be able to park in the garage with the confidence that she will not be attacked by wasps.  Although I had other motives, I was trying to help my wife.wasp
  • 6:40 – Amy returns home from the store while I am reorganizing the garage.  I help her get Sage out of the car, explain what I’m doing and that I’ll be inside “in just a bit”.
  • 6:45 – Amy begins dinner.  I am still reorganizing.
  • 7:00 – Amy is cooking dinner and watching Sage while I am still cleaning in the garage.  I come in to grab something and see Sage being a little fussy while Amy is stirring dinner on the stove with one hand and feeding Sage with the other.  I get the sense that I’m needed inside rather than in the garage, but as I mentioned earlier, I am “helping” my wife by eliminating the wasps nests in the garage, so I say as I’m opening the door to the garage, “I found 3 wasps nests so far, I’ll be in just a few minutes.”  Thus, in my mind, I’ve reassured my wife that I’m doing the right thing at the moment and continue with my work.
  • 7:15 – I finish up in the garage and come inside for dinner.  We dine at the dinning room table; Amy is sitting with Sage in her lap because I am dirty from yard/garage work.  We make eye contact.  She isn’t happy.  I know why, but I seek to explain myself: “I’m sorry, I was cleaning up the garage so you can park and not be in danger of wasps.  I’m helping you out.”  (Remember, this is partially true ;) Amy responds, “But that’s not the kind of help I needed at that moment.
  • 7:30 – Finish up dinner and conversation.  I apologized for my actions and Amy understood I was trying to help her in some capacity, but not the way she needed at the moment.
  • 8:00 – Put Sage to bed then hung out the remainder of the night.

REFLECTION

First, it is possible to do the right thing at the wrong time, thus making it the wrong thing.  I had my own reasons for reorganizing the garage, but I did want to make Amy happy.  And she will be very happy when the car is in the garage instead of the sun or when she parks in the garage and no wasps attack her.  Part of fulfilling Philippians 2:3-4 is timing.  Don’t forget that husbands.

SO WHY DID YOU WRITE THIS?

I wrote this because situations like these cause more trouble than one realizes.  In my example, I tried to help out my wife only to find out that I wasn’t helping her at all so I felt like I “can’t do anything right even when I try.”  And Amy felt like “doesn’t he know that I need help inside with our daughter and not a clean garage!”  The danger comes when couples do not communicate what is going on by either ignoring the issue or it escalating into an argument.  Wives feel misunderstood by their husbands and husbands feel under appreciated by their wives.  If it goes undiagnosed next thing you know you’re saying to your self, “he doesn’t understand me at all” and “she doesn’t appreciate anything I do for her.”

SOLUTION

Song of Solomon 2:15, “Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.”

Hunt down those “foxes” before they get to the vineyard.  Talk to each other so that unmet expectations do not turn into dangerous feelings of doubt.

Happy hunting.

This past weekend my two best friends had their baby boys.  Grant and Jill are still hanging around Lubbock for some reason so I haven’t had a chance to go say Hi to Tucker yet, but I did get to hold Jackson for a while yesterday.  Congratulations guys!   God has blessed both of you with healthy baby boys!

Grant and Jill had Tucker James Coss.

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Scott and Jenny had Jackson Scott Echols.

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