Oliver's Dedication

"I could have no greater joy than to hear that my children are following the truth."      
-3 John 1:4

I pray that my children know, love, and follow Christ.  I pray that they accept His amazing grace and seek Him in all that they do.  I pray that the Lord helps me to show them His love daily.  I fail so many times.  I pray that He uses my failures to point them to Him!

We dedicated Oliver this past week.  It was a simple and special service held at our house.  I got teary on several occasions just thinking about what a huge blessing our children are, and also what a great responsibility they are.  I love them so much! 

One of our pastors and family friends, Dan Dather, lead the service.  Just as I expected, he did an amazing job!

We had family, community group friends, and a few other close friends come to the service.  We feel so loved and blessed to have family and friends supporting us.  Thank you!

Happy Dedication to our Sweet Oliver!

National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day

I've thought about our two a lot recently.  I don't always, but I have recently.  It is a weird feeling - missing them but knowing that we wouldn't have our sweet Oliver if they had not miscarried.  

Today is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day. 

Today, I am going to rejoice about the time I carried our two, and  I will celebrate their births into Heaven!  Those must have been amazing moments for them, and I know it is incredible for them to only know Heaven!  I am also going to enjoy a few extra snuggles with my Oliver (who happened to turn eight months old yesterday)! He has helped my broken heart immensely, and I thank the Lord for him every single day!  

Most importantly, I am going to pray for those of you who are in the middle of the awful.  I know it's absolutely brutal.  I am going to pray that the Lord draws near to you in a tangible way, and that He will bring someone or something in your lives that will help with the healing.

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted

    and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

-Psalm 34:18

Cul-de-sac Heaven!

The girls have gone outside to play with friends from our street every day this week!  They have loved it, and Mommy has enjoyed chatting with their fun Mommies. =)  How blessed we are to have sweet little ones (and awesome parents) for neighbors!

Catching Up on Things...

Let's be honest, there is never time to blog.  But, I love the printed books of my blog that Matt and my in-laws gave me so I'll make time. =)  

Recently, things have been ca...razy!!  We are in a new world of Mommy working (at a job that I absolutely love), Maggie in Elementary School, Kerri Grace going to K4 five days a week, and Oliver in the baby room two days a week.... on top of our usual commitments to church, never ending laundry, cooking meals, cleaning house, play dates, and the list goes on and on.  I have really been praying that God gives me energy, sanity mental and emotional strength, and makes me mindful of the important things in my day.  

Here are a few recent(ish) things in our never ending, crazy, WONDERFULLY BLESSED life:

We had birthday play dates with the Bryant girls around the time of both Kerri Grace and Maggie's birthdays.  Kerri Grace chose a pool play date with pizza.

Maggie chose to go to the mall to have her nails painted and enjoy a cookie from the Great American Cookie Company.

Both Kerri Grace and Oliver started school.

We mixed in a dance party or two!

Maggie had a fun time at Campbell's birthday bash!

We went apple picking in the rain!

Mommy has almost finished digging through bins of clothes, figuring out which clothes still fit, consigning clothes, and buying new clothes for our adorable kiddos.  That could be a full time job, couldn't it?

Here are my three munchkins in the fall outfits that I found at a great deal - I love it when that happens.

I hope that your recent days have been filled to the fullest with work, friends, and the love of God!  

Happy Fall, Ya'll!