SNOW!!!!

It finally snowed when they said it would! A grand total of about 3 inches! Enough to cover almost everything.

We...I use that term generously... painted our house! Thank you Dan, Jason, and John! It is the exact same color as another house in our neighborhood. How do we know that it is the exact same color? Because Dan went up to their front door, knocked, and used his good looks and charm to coerce the name of their paint color out of them. Not really, they gladly told...apparently they had done the same thing to someone else!

Back to our snow day...

 

And I finally had a good excuse to put Luke in one of his fuzzy, bear outfits...for the whole 30 seconds that we were outside. It was more for the 300 picture photo-op that we had with him...:) Super cute! Thanks Talia!

Crystal, yours is coming out with the next snow/ice!

Goodness gracious I love that face!

It almost makes me forget about the 4 times I had to get up last night...almost.

One Crazy Wonderful Month

This past month has been one crazy wonderful month! One month ago today I gave birth to my little man, Luke William!

 

Our life has changed so much! We have become first time parents, we have made our parents grandparents (again for Dan's parents), and we have fallen more in love with each other and our son than we could ever imagine!

I'm not sure why I am starting this blog. Partly because I have so many friends blogging, partly for our parents to hear updates and see pictures, and partly because I want a place to record our journey. 

 

 

Being a mom is awesome, humbling, and completely overwhelming! Only through the grace of God do I make it through each day! Don't get me wrong, Luke is so fun, but to be so physically needed is exhausting! I am his source for comfort, protection, and food. He is so needy that it makes me realize my own neediness.

At first, my neediness was focused on Dan. Poor guy...not only was he a first-time dad and working full-time, but his wife turned into a sobbing, pathetic mess! 

Thankfully we serve a loving, gracious, and patient God! As amazing as Dan is, he couldn't meet these needs... I 'needed' to feel capable, I 'needed' to feel rested without getting much sleep, and I 'needed' to feel pretty again. All those 'needs'...what I really needed to was to turn to my Father.

 

Just look at that face!

One of the things that Luke does that I LOVE...besides smile at me every now and then...is his fake sneeze. One day I will catch it on video and post it because it is so stinkin' cute!

I am praying that as Dan and I walk through the journey of parenthood that we would be an encouragement to our family and friends, that our lives would be a testament to the truth of our Saviour, and that we would be willing to do whatever our Father asks of us.

Thanks for being a part of our journey!