Gifts...

Sunday morning I was laying in bed with Miley on one side of me and Emma on the other, between Jason and I. Miley's cradle is next to my bed, and she now sleeps in her carseat, in the cradle (acid reflux). Emma has her own bed in her room, but she has now gotten in the habit of visiting our bedroom in the middle of the night. She does a good job of going to bed on her own, but if she wakes up at night, she'll come climb in bed with Jason and I. (Any advice on correcting this would be appreicated!) So anyway, we were all laying in bed together and I was the only one awake. I had just fed Miley and put her back to bed and I was trying to go back to sleep myself. I was laying there, just looking at Emma and I thought to myself, "I just can't believe that God has entrusted me with such a beautiful baby." I know she isn't a baby anymore, but really, she'll always be my baby no matter how old she gets. Then today I was holding Miley after I fed her and we were talking back and forth (she's totally in to cooing and grunting at this point), and I thought, "God is so incredible that He can take a few cells and shape them into such beauty." It's amazing that God allows us to give birth to and raise our children. He could've picked any other way for people to be "born" into our world. He couldv'e just zapped humans into existence every few days, or some other wierd way that would seem "normal" if that's all we knew. Instead, he chooses to let us be a part of the whole experience. Maybe I'm a little emotional today or some other strange hormonal thing, or it may be the fact that I'm looking at the end of my maternity leave from school and it's almost time to leave my girls every day, but I just had an overwhelming sense of thankfulness for my babies today.

God, thank you so much for my girls. I never knew that love for another human being could be so deep and full until I became a mother. I love them more than words can express and I thank you so much for entrusting them to me. I pray that they will both grow up with a total reckless abandon when it comes to serving you. Help them realize that Your dreams for them are bigger than any dreams they could dream up on their own. Draw them both to You so that they learn to love You and serve You. Help Jason and I teach them how to love You and show them what it means to follow You. I love You.

Babies...

Today I went to a baby shower for a friend of mine. She's having a little boy on September 9. I'm so excited for her. What's so funny is that her other son is 11 years old. They weren't expecting to have any other kids, so they of course got rid of absolutely everything that remotely had to do with a baby. It was so awesome to see all her friends there to support her. I'm so pumped for her to see once again, after 11 years, what a total miracle it is when God sends a family the beautiful gift of a child! And really, on the inside, I'm thrilled to have someone else who is getting up in the middle of the night right along with me!!!

Never mind, I figured it out!!!

Emma

Girls

Ok, so my computer is doing something wierd and it will only let me add one picture per post...

Pictures

Sisters...

Jamie and I took the girls to Cape last week and had their pictures made together. They turned out so sweet! I had some made of each of them separately, of course, but I love the ones of the two together. When Jason and I found out we were going to have another baby, we really wanted it to be a boy. However, now that Miley is here, I can't imagine things being any different. I'm so excited for my two girls to grow up having each other. I love my brother with all my heart, but I have a feeling there's a certain bond between two sisters that's different than one between a brother and a sister. I'm so glad my girls will have each other to talk to when they're not sure if they want to talk to me or not. I know this could get them in trouble... I'm thinking of the teenage years when they're not going to want to tell me anything! Still yet, I hope and pray all the time that they always rely on each other and have an everlasting connection that will keep themselves grounded. Here's to my two beautiful girls...