Lil' G's Dedication

Near the end of August we publicly committed to raise our youngest in the ways of the Lord. Here is Lil' G all ready for the morning worship service.

We were delighted that our good friends from seminary were able to attend and participate in the ceremony. Here we are with CE leading us in prayer asking God to give us wisdom and guidance in raising lil' G.  (EE couldn't help herself...she joined us for prayer too :)

May we always  take our role as parents seriously, teach him God's ways,  and love this lil' one the way God does.

 

G- You are a gift from God, you are created in his image, and your life was given to bring him glory. May you come to know Jesus at an early age and serve him faithfully all the days of your life. We love you, but most importantly, God loves you :)

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Lil' G @ 4 Months

 Our little boy has been growing up way too fast! Lil' G now weighs 17 pounds, 12 ounces and is just over 25 inches long. In everyday life that translates into wearing a size 4 diaper and 12 month clothes. (Which means we have been doing a lot of going up and down into the attic for packing and unpacking clothes! Boy, are we thankful we saved them from each child!)

 Lots of milestones are happening this month. G rolled over for the first time. He prefers to be upright now, and sadly, the cute mohowk you see in the picture above has now grown out too long to stand up like that anymore.

 He prefers lots of face time...and still at this point prefers his mama's face to others. G has some of the most beautiful, blue eyes- couldn't you just stare into those forever?

And the biggest thing we have going right now...TEETHING! He has quite a few teeth on the top that are in the doctor's words "very close." (Let me tell you, we didn't have to be told that!) He gets as many fingers in his mouth as he can and he chews, chews, chews! I still can't believe he is teething this early, but we do look forward to seeing one of those precious pearly white grins soon :)

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BA's 6th Birthday

The priceless look of surprise

Proud Ma and Pa :)

Happy Birthday, BA!

Some of the kids getting read to throw balloons

The three amigos....not sure that this is what you are supposed to do on a slip-n-slide, but they were enjoying themselves!

BA and M

Show me the $$$

Proud of his new Buzz

His new set of guns...all the children love that set!

Walkie Talkies...a must have for all boys :)

Simon Flash...our new family favorite game

BA with his grandparents

It's really hard to believe that BA just turned 6...but as much as I don't want to believe it, I know it's true. He has grown and matured so much over the past few years. He always amazes me with the questions he asks and the things he says. This year for his birthday he actually asked me for a surprise party. He even planned it all out for me...he said he wanted a tiger party, a blue cake, and water balloons. Not too hard, right?! Yeah, it was hard to pull off because he is such a smart little boy! He ended up with a tiger cake and a water party (complete with water balloons, slip-n-sides, and kiddie pools). The morning of the party his Grandma came and picked him up for breakfast. During that time we scurried around and got all of his decorations and food ready. When they pulled up, he was definitely surprised! As everyone started singing to him, he took off running- didn't even hear all of "Happy Birthday." BA said he knew there were water balloons and he ran to get his swimsuit. He enjoyed himself so much...and I think his friends did too! Happy 6th Birthday, BA!

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