God Knew...

Those two words have been playing in my head over the past 12 months. Time Hop is a great app but it also brings up memories that are hard. Last year we opened our home and hearts to three children but as we have shared our family was not a match. As I have looked at the posts and comments from last year my heart has been full of joy but my eyes of tear too because GOD KNEW!!! What do I mean by that you might be asking? Well God Knew that we needed to go through a valley to get to where he wanted us. God knew that we needed to take those ten days to learn and we did. God knew that we were not ready but He let us try. God knew that when the door closed after the children left that in less than a month our doors would open again. God Knew---YES, HE KNEW and we were in for the best surprise ever!!! God has been busy over the past nine months. While we had been preparing our home for our future children…

God knew 10 tiny fingers were formed…

God knew 10 tiny toes were formed…

God knew the rhythm of our baby boys active heartbeat…

God knew our little boy was ready…..

God knew....and now God wanted to share with us the greatest blessing we could ever receive. 

I am still in awe every day of the sweet, chunky 21 pound, 27.5 inches long ten month old (in a few hours) baby boy that we get to wrap our arms around and love on forever. I will never understand how God chose us but we are oh so thankful to be Jonathan's parents. God knew we needed our sweet miracle and He knew when we were ready. Gods plan is soooo much more awesome than I can ever imagine. Some days I sit and stare at his monitor to watch him breathe, move, and play. He loves to kick the sides of his crib and move his little aquarium up and down—let’s just say our alarm clock is pretty cute.

 

Our promise to God and Jonathan is that we will be the best parents we can possibly be. We will pray with you and for you, teach you about our Lord, play with your every day, read you books, take you to explore the world, and give you the moon. We will teach you of the amazing journey we have been on to have you. We will share with you how God continues to use you to inspire others. We will always love you our sweet boy to the end of time. You are the brightness of the sun and the glow of the moon. Mommy and Daddy love you sweet boy.

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What has the Duke been up to?

He loves to eat potatoes, black eyed peas, green beans, yogurt, applesauce and more. He will say Dada all the time and Mama every so often—he has full conversations with himself but we need an interpreter. He loves to roll everywhere, sit up, read books, watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and play with his toys and his dog, Roddy. He plays patty cake too. Bath time is the best time of the day.