Thankfulness...

Yes, the Holidays are going to be much different for us this year.  Hardly a day goes by where I don't get a little teary eyed just hearing the sound of Graham's little laugh or seeing his little eyes light up when he sees something he has never seen before.  There is no way to even begin to describe the amount of gratitude in our hearts but here are just a few things that come to mind:

1. The weekend dance! (it was a huge thing to start school for a little fella that has been through so many changes in just a few months - so we made up this little dance that we do on Fridays to signify that it is the weekend and there is no school tomorrow) "Yeah the weekend dance"!!

2.  The blessing - "God our Father, 
                            God our Father,  
                            We thank you, 
                            We thank you! 
                            For our many blessings,
                            For our many blessings,
                            Amen, Amen"

3. Bedtime conversations:  Laying down at night and almost drifting off to sleep he leans over in my face to whisper
"Mom... Mom,  Wha doing?"  And trying not to crack up laughing - I say: "Shhhh! I'm going to sleep, close your eyes!"  but  "Mom...  Mom! I love you!"    Dad... Dad! Wha doing?  

4.  Knuckle punches and high fives!

5.  Superman, Spider-man,  Iron-man, Captain America, Buzz Light-year, and Woody or basically any super-hero that saves us from any bad guy or evil doer!

6. The Negotiator - it doesn't matter what we are doing, whether it is time to take a bath, or put up the ipad, picking out clothes, we are negotiating.  "1 minute; no! 2 minutes or 10 minutes"!  or in 10 minutes we are going to take a "2 minute bath"!  Good times!!

7. Silly songs - Of course you have the standards "the ABC song" and or "Twinkle twinkle little star" but my favorites are the random made up ones.  So you never know when a song might break out and it could be about anything? It may be about a "frisbee" and the only lyric is the word "frisbee"!  

Kevin and I have always loved family. We absolutely love spending time with our families and treasure every moment.  I think now we pause and soak a little more in every sweet new memory. God is so incredibly good and always on time.


Happy Thanksgiving!!

Dedication Day...

You know with all the musical talent out there in the contemporary christian and secular world, there is not hardly a song that hasn't touched someone in a certain way.  I am so glad God gave us music, it inspires and moves us, it brings people together.  Our youth pastor wrote this song last year during a time where we as a church were really seeking God, wanting and waiting to hear His voice.  We all have times in our lives when the waiting can over take us and it seems unbearable but some how there is the grace that can come pouring in and somehow makes okay for a little while.

I'm waiting on you

to cut through the dark

I'm waiting on you to speak to my heart

All this waiting is hard for my soul

I'm waiting on you

To open my eyes

To see things the way that you see this life

It seems you're saying this is good for my soul

I'm waiting on you
to make sense of these

misplaced pieces and long-stalled dreams

All this waiting is hard for my soul

I'm waiting on you

to take this from me

I thought you said that I'd find the strength

but you must be saying this is good for my soul

So I trust in the promise that steadies my hope

that you never forsake or leave me alone

I trust in the promise for those in the fight

joy comes after the darkest of nights

but mostly I trust cause I've been here before

and you broke through the silence and shouted your love

when I've waited

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So it definitely has been a long awaited day that we get to stand before God, our family, friends and church family to dedicate our son.  What a huge thing for us, we have waited so long for a child and now as an expression of trust and faith we basically are giving him to God, trusting that He will guide our steps and that He has an amazing plan for this little life.

We can't even believe that Graham has already been with us for 4 months, he fits in with us so well that it actually feels like he has been with us since birth.

Soooooo been worth the waiting....