To my beautiful blue-eyed babies,
Today marks another milestone in your life-you are eight months old today! Each month that flies by brings such mixed emotions. The first being complete thankfulness and excitement that God has granted you another month of life and that He has so graciously given you good health and the ability to grow and develop on track! The other is complete nostalgia over the fact that you are growing up way too fast for our liking and we want so badly to freeze time right now and just hold you close! You both are an absolute delight and joy to your daddy and I! Our lives have taken on a whole new way of thinking and living and we think this perspective is drawing us closer to the heart of God. When we snuggle with you and smother you with hugs and kisses, we are keenly aware that there are children out there not receiving this same kind of love and affection and that breaks our hearts. We often think about what if it was you girls not receiving love and this brings us back to our knees praying for God to care for and love the fatherless in this world, and secondly, it urges us to move faster in this idea of adoption that is within our hearts. We love you both girls so deeply and are so thankful for every moment we are blessed to hold you in our arms. Never did we think we would be enamored with every little thing you girls do, but we find ourselves just playing with you girls and staring at you as you learn, discover, examine, and find delight in the tiniest of things! We don’t want to miss a single thing you girls do and we long to share every milestone with you both! We have been fervently praying for your hearts and pleading with the Lord to open your hearts at a young age for your desperate need for Him. Apart from Him, you can do nothing. We hope you desire a relationship with the Lord early on and that you grow in wisdom, knowledge, and love for your Maker! You are fearfully and wonderfully made and seeing you both growing and changing every day and watching your chests rise and fall while you are sleeping reminds us that God alone is making your precious hearts beat and God alone sustains your lives. To Him be all glory for the complete miracles you are! We love you both more than we can put into words and would lay down our lives for you in an instant. We pray you see a sacrificial love from us on a daily basis that models for you the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus for you! You are loved greatly by mommy and daddy but even more so by the Lord! We hope you always know that!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
Today marks another milestone in your life-you are eight months old today! Each month that flies by brings such mixed emotions. The first being complete thankfulness and excitement that God has granted you another month of life and that He has so graciously given you good health and the ability to grow and develop on track! The other is complete nostalgia over the fact that you are growing up way too fast for our liking and we want so badly to freeze time right now and just hold you close! You both are an absolute delight and joy to your daddy and I! Our lives have taken on a whole new way of thinking and living and we think this perspective is drawing us closer to the heart of God. When we snuggle with you and smother you with hugs and kisses, we are keenly aware that there are children out there not receiving this same kind of love and affection and that breaks our hearts. We often think about what if it was you girls not receiving love and this brings us back to our knees praying for God to care for and love the fatherless in this world, and secondly, it urges us to move faster in this idea of adoption that is within our hearts. We love you both girls so deeply and are so thankful for every moment we are blessed to hold you in our arms. Never did we think we would be enamored with every little thing you girls do, but we find ourselves just playing with you girls and staring at you as you learn, discover, examine, and find delight in the tiniest of things! We don’t want to miss a single thing you girls do and we long to share every milestone with you both! We have been fervently praying for your hearts and pleading with the Lord to open your hearts at a young age for your desperate need for Him. Apart from Him, you can do nothing. We hope you desire a relationship with the Lord early on and that you grow in wisdom, knowledge, and love for your Maker! You are fearfully and wonderfully made and seeing you both growing and changing every day and watching your chests rise and fall while you are sleeping reminds us that God alone is making your precious hearts beat and God alone sustains your lives. To Him be all glory for the complete miracles you are! We love you both more than we can put into words and would lay down our lives for you in an instant. We pray you see a sacrificial love from us on a daily basis that models for you the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus for you! You are loved greatly by mommy and daddy but even more so by the Lord! We hope you always know that!
Love, Mommy and Daddy
Things you girls are up to these days:
• No teeth yet, but still drooling like all of them are going to come all at once =)
• Can transfer toys from one hand to another
• Move ALL over the rug/floor-Makenzie can scootch anywhere and Maddie Grace’s approach is more of inching backwards and around in a circle
• Still LOVE tags on ANYTHING-by far the thing that keeps you both preoccupied the longest
• Cry when we leave the room/aware of where we are
• Pincer grasp improving-can pick up things off bumbo tray and table
• Both sleep on tummy- for you Makenzie, the higher you can get your bottom in the air the better you sleep with your tiny legs tucked underneath you (quite possible the most precious thing ever!!)
• Both eating and sleeping well-Makenzie doing MUCH better!
• Haven’t made the transition to 4 feedings a day, still at 5 with two meals of solids-have tried bananas, avocados, peaches, sweet potatoes, squash, apples, peas, pears, carrots, rice and oatmeal; for breakfast-oatmeal & a fruit and for dinner-fruit and veggie
• Sitting up very well and love being able to see everything now
• Still laughing/giggling all the time
• Usually do great in the nursery or when watched by others-happy little girls!
• Love being with other people and babies-especially Makenzie
• Love grabbing paper, remotes, cell phones-we’ve swallowed some paper along the way =(
• Both stare and concentrate very intently on things
• Makenzie still gets startled easily/cries if someone yells or speaks loudly (especially over football, ha!)
• Love, love, love sitting in their high chairs and love banging on trays
• Struggle to get objects out of reach-will work very hard to get them!
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