Friday, January 21, 2011

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Reflecting on the Last Year-Amazing Grace

This last year has been a different one. So many things have happened and as always we have grown through it all. God has been good to us. So many times we wanted to, and even did doubt and worry but God has seen us through. The first of the year started out pretty much normal, we were busy awaiting the birth of our baby. In February my parents got to come down and spend time with us, including going to our church Valentine's Dinner. In March Jerrad, Alyssa, and Aspen got to come for my baby shower. In April-David's parents came and spent time with us. May came and so did many life changing events...Our beautiful baby girl Kaitlin Ann was born on May 12th. We have been waiting so long for a baby of our own that we could take home and love and believe me it has been worth it! The day our daughter was born we found out that the Pastor of our church was resigning. So as we got to bring our baby home and get to know her, my wonderful hubby was busy leading the church, through pain, and in finding a new Pastor. Sometimes we felt like we would fail but God kept giving us the strength. In June we got to take our teens to youth camp. Looking back I was probably an idiot for taking my six week old baby to camp but our families got to see her, some meeting her for the first time. It was good. In August the Lord brought our church a new Pastor who has been in the ministry for many years(don't know the exact amount..) He is very knowledgable and has been doing an amazing job with our church. Even though we have lost a few families (which is to be expected) our church is growing, more spiritually than in numbers but I feel we are stronger now than ever. Our baby girl is growing like a weed :) She is full of energy and since she is now crawling she is also into everything :) She has her daddy wrapped around her pinkie and can get him to do anything especially when she says Dada or her new one.. Dadaddy :) She is the princess of our church and will "talk" to and entertain anyone in our community. She has had so many developments lately, it is amazing to see her grow! She has started crawling, "inch worming", she climbed the stairs up to the platform at the church this last week and is also starting to eat regular food. She can pull herself up next to anything and is starting to cruise around the furniture. Her daddy has been working with her on walking and also with standing using only one hand to support herself. My baby will be 8months on the 12th and I am so grateful for the time God has given us with her.
I feel like this blog might be a little choppy but I have been reflecting on the last year and God's amazing grace. I am excited to see what the new year holds and watching my child and our church grow. So even though this is late... Happy New Year!!