Tuesday, October 26, 2010

More pictures....finally!

October 15- Time for some fun in the sun- Ryan is off for the next week!
October 14- Der was such a trooper today.  We babysat J in the morning, visited O. Henry in the afternoon and then went to Bunco with lots of squealing ladies - he was a sweetie through all of it!
October 13- Der got to spend another full day with Meme...which also means I got to go shopping!
October 12- Meme came up to spend time with the little man and give me a break (such a treat!).  No wonder he is having more fun- he is bathing in the cereal :)
October 11- Chilly enough for a jacket- this cutie will warm my heart. so sweet!

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

For moms

I read this on a blog I follow and I thought, that's me! I pray that this encourages you as it has me!

When Worries Multiply

Mothers, we have the gospel: we need not fear. And yet we do. A lot.

Our mothering fears are conceived with our children. We see two little blue lines, and we are tempted to worry. We worry about eating something bad, lifting something heavy, sleeping in the wrong position.

Then our baby is born, and we fret about her life outside the womb—her eating, sleeping, talking, walking, developmental progress.

Our child starts school and we fear he will never finish. Will he make friends, make good grades, make something of himself? No sooner does high school start and we begin to worry about college.

We worry about our children’s health, their education, their friends, and above all, the state of their souls.

But once our children leave home, get a job, get married--then we can stop worrying, right?

Not so fast. Instead of leaving with our children, new worries move in. In my case, I now have 16 people (including sons-in-law and grandchildren) to worry about instead of four!

And the world in which my grandchildren are growing up seems much scarier than the one in which I raised my children.

Mothers, we will never out-grow our need to trust God for our children.

But neither will we ever outgrow the faithfulness of God: “the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children” (Ps. 103:17).


Sunday, October 10, 2010

4 Months old!

October 6- Hello George Washington.
October 5- Der decided that he likes the sling.  He smiled at me when i put him in :) 
October 4- I thought dinner looked pretty enough for a picture-it was yummy!
October 3- It's hard to believe my "baby" brother is 19 and now holding my baby!  On Saturday, he rocked him to sleep and changed his first diaper-such a great uncle!
October 3- What a fun weekend we had with my family.  Der loves his Nonna and Grand Poppy!
October 2- Der's first solid food.  He loved the rice cereal!
October 1- Photoshoot in the morning, shots in the afternoon (notice the cute band-aides).  At 4 months, Der is 25 1/2 inches long, and 13 lbs. 9 oz.- tall and thin like daddy :)  Thank you Lord for a healthy, happy baby, may we never take that for granted.

October 1- Ryan took some 4 month pics of the little guy.  These were a few of my favorites!
September 30- A play date with our friend Hayden, born just 5 days before Der (they didnt do much playing, but I sure enjoyed hanging out with Emily)
September 29- What a QTpie!!