Hurray for parenthood

Today is Adrian's four month birthday. We celebrated by taking pictures of him with the clothes he wore when he was first born, so he could see how much he's grown and I could tell him how proud we are of him for how he's growing!

By doing some tummy time, to see how strong he's getting! And by spending a little time wishing happy birthday to the cute boy in the mirror (one of Adrian's favortie past times).

Then he sat in his bouncy seat and told his owl and hedgehog friends all about his day, and a few funny (judging from his smiles & giggles) stories about this past third of a year he's spent with his crazy parents. It was a great day!!

Happy Birthday my little guy! I love you SO much, and thank GOD every day for letting me be your mom!!

And now as he's fast asleep, I ask GOD to be with and bless those others I know who are expecting their own little miracles in the coming months:
- Mel & Todd & Kirra (due any time now!)
- Jeremy & Denise & Lauren
- Becky & Dan & Noah
- Wendy & Greg
- Chasity & Eric & Kaitlyn
- Frank & Stacy & little Frankie (extra prayers as they await TWINS!)
- Jo & Dan
- Adam & Dina & Parker
- Jess & Jeremy & Jaxon

"A baby is GOD's opinion that life should go on. Never will a time come when the most marvelous recent invention is as marvelous as a newborn baby." (Carl Sandburg)

No Limits

It has been the day of limits. Trying to pay my hospital bill I was told there was a limit to the amount I could pay at a time from my HSA account. Just a few hours later I was told there was a limit on the amount I could withdraw from my checking account. My grocery coupons all said “limit 2” or if it was a really special deal, “limit 4.” And just minutes ago I returned from rushing our video rentals back to the store before the limit of how long we could keep them ran out, on the way back from which I saw a policeman pull someone over for exceeding the speed limit. Limits, limits, everywhere I turn.

In a world of so many limits it is hard to imagine the limitless. Yet I am reminded, the more limits I encounter, of how limitless our GOD is. He exists everywhere without limit. She desires for us goodness without limit. He guards and guides without limit. And She loves us without limit!

Twice today I was brought to tears while playing with my son, realizing how beautiful and miraculous he is and how much I love him. And yet this love is only a fraction of the love that our creative GOD has for us – a love without limits. Today, despite all those that surrounded me, I am grateful for no limits!!!

"Could we with ink the ocean fill, and were the skies of parchment made;
Were every stalk on earth a quill, and every man a scribe by trade.
To write the love of GOD above, would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, though stretched from sky to sky.”

("The Love of God,” by Frederick M. Lehman, 1917)

A prayer for our son

Today is Adrian's two month birthday. I can't believe how much he's grown and changed already! Every day countless prayers are said for our little man, including prayers I share out loud with him. Here is the prayer I prayed with him this morning:

May you always see beauty in the world
and hear music every day.

May you know the touch of gentle hands
and walk the peaceful way.

May the words you speak be loving,
may laughter see you through.

May you be blessed with hope and joy -
these gifts we wish for you.


Happy day my beautiful little boy!!

Lost locks

They're gone! My long locks are gone!!

The last few years of growing my hair out have paid off....yesterday I cut off my hair and donated it to Locks of Love (the organization that makes and donates hair pieces to children who suffer hair-loss from cancer or other illnesses). The first time I did this was inspired by a male RA partner of mine in college who was growing out his hair to donate...two years after that I had enough to donate myself (ask my little brother how that turned out :D). I'm not sure what inspired me to grow it out and do it again, but I did. Here are the results:

BEFORE

AFTER


And luckily Adrian still recognizes his mom (my only worry with cutting it). Thanks Locks of Love for your ministry, and thanks Mike Goodwin for the initial inspiration 8 years ago!