First Celebration:
Happy Father's day to an amazing father (and equally awesome husband). Father's day was always a special that we celebrated my father, but in the past two years this holiday took on a very different meaning. I married Joel knowing that our lives together would not just be us, but us and a family of kids (4 hopefully). Joel was (and still is) the epitome of a family man. One of the first things he stated when we started dating was that he wanted a family of his own. He was so beyond excited to find out about each of my pregnancies. His eyes fill with love, joy, and pride over his boys. I am so proud of his leadership both at work and at home. I am beyond thankful that he is able to provide financially so I can stay at home with the boys. I am excited to see my little men model after their father over the next years!
Second Celebration:
The dedication of our boys. Each church and religion has a different way of handling children in the faith. Joel and I are firm believers that faith in Christ is a personal decision made by each person when they are fully capable of making that decision on their own. Joel and I will never force "religion" onto our kids but instead guide them in the ways that we believe are true and holy. And our constant prayer is that their hearts will be open to hearing about Christ and will someday make that choice to follow in their faith along with us. The dedication ceremony is a time in which Joel and I make a choice and promise to raise our kids according to the Bible and acknowledging that we will fail as parents, but our guidance and strength come from Christ. It is also a time to allow the church to know of our decision and ask for their help and support along our journey of becoming parents!
Third Celebration:
It has officially been 10 years since I graduated from high school. I feel like an old geezer saying that outloud considering the girls I mentored through the COS high school ministry just graduated high school this year! I can honestly say that the past 10 years have been the absolute best years of my life thus far. High school certainly was not the highlight of my life. I was a total dork back then (I still am, but now I am cool by association b/c my husband and friends run with the cool crowd!). The past ten years I have learned a lot about myself and life. I graduated high school, college, and grad school. I got married, had two kids, and bought a house. I am so thankful for the blessings in my life and look forward to the next ten years!
Fourth Celebration:
My sweet baby boy is now 3 months old. The past three months have gone by super quickly! The first 6 weeks were a blur of recovery, sleepless nights, and adjustments. The following six weeks have been a dream! Noah is by far the sweetest baby I have met. He is a genuinely happy boy. He loves to stare, smile, and laugh. He is sleeping consistently 8-9 hours each night (not sure how that happened, but boy am I happy). He is on a pretty good schedule thus far. We follow the EASY (Eat, Activity, Sleep, You time) schedule and that has been a great help to us. He nurses like a champ and is gaining weight beautifully. He has the cutest chubby cheeks and the cutest rolls in his thighs. His hair stands straight up like a mohawk and it is brownish in color. He is weighing about 12.5 lbs, but we wont know for sure until his checkup in July. He is on the brink of rolling over, but hasn't quite been interested enough to do it yet!
That all makes for a very joyful and exhausting Sunday. We are looking forward to closing on the house sometime in early July. In the meantime we are packing, packing, and more packing....
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