Halynd's Dedication








Yesterday, October 10, 2010, Halynd was dedicated to being raised in the Lord. This is such a special day that will be marked and recorded forever for her to know. As parents, we want to do everything that is the best for our kiddos. We firmly believe that this commitment to raising Halynd to know that Jesus loves her is the most important aspect in her life. We want to always show our love for her. We want to explain to her that Jesus loves her even more than we do. Even though we would more than willingly die for our little girl, it is Jesus who hung heavily on that cross and died for her sins; for our sins. She has to know that no matter how much we love her and wish her everything noble, pure and true in life, what Jesus has is better. We could not have been blessed with a more beautiful little princess. It is our great pleasure to be ensured with the responsibility of raising her and keeping her healthy and safe on this earth. Thank goodness Jesus already knows Halynds heart.

This also marks her 15th month in our life! Her stats are:
Weight:19.6 lbs (Getting there!)
Wearing 12 month clothes, size 4 shoes & size 4 diapers.
She has developed quite a shoe fetish. She loves all types of shoes of every size. Her favorite thing to do during the day is wear everyone's shoes around the house (even if they are too big).
She has 4 teeth on top and 2 teeth on the bottom. She has been trying to get in all 4 canine teeth and all 4 molars this past month. It has been hectic trying to keep her rash free. We tried many options to relieve her pain from the teething rash-Aveeno rash cream, Bordeaux Butt Paste, yeast infection medication, Hydrocortizone, Balmex, Desitin, Desitin Maximum, corn starch and even olive oil, and many concoctions of mixtures of many creams and ointments! It seemed her rash would lessen in severity, but then flare back up again with a poopy diaper. It is heartbreaking to see the look in her eyes when she knows it's time for a diaper change :( We have gone through 6 types of diapers looking for a reaction (Cloth, Luvs, Huggies, Parent's Choice, Target brank and Kidgets from Dollar General), but the rash continued with vengeance. It's disheartening that we have had to stop cloth for the time being because of how much they cost and adding more diapers into the mix, but whatever helps relieve her pain is what we will do!
We took milk out of her diet, thinking it was a milk allergy, but the rash still remains. We are giving her Lactose Free.
We also took out juice for the time being, thinking that the acidity was irritating her rash. We replaced it with pedialyte because of the frequent loose stools she is having. We even decided to change wipes brand to the Target sensitive skin kind, because our friends say they are miracle wipes :) In all, we are going with the method of:
Parent's choice diapers
Target Sensitive Skin wipes
Eucerin Aquaphor Healing Balm (Which has helped tremendously)
Frequent, frequent diaper changes
Tylenol/Motrin rounds
Orajel. A lot of orajel.

Baby girl,
Mommy and Daddy love you unconditionally. No bout of screaming from teething or poopy diapers could ever mask over this joy we have that you are our daughter. So much more, Jesus loves you and died for you. He raised from the grave and went back up to heaven. He's coming one day, whether we're still alive here on earth or spending eternity with Him in heaven. We have committed our lives to show you the love Jesus has for you and the sacrifice He made. You are our beautiful princess and feel so, so blessed to be able to call you our daughter. Happy Dedication day, sweet girl! We are so happy we've had the past 15 months as your parents.
Love
Mama & Dada


It has been a trying few weeks in the Golden household, but we are getting there. Malachi has seemed to grow up a little bit in just this past month. He is sweet most of the time, with his occasional attitude poking through here and there. He is becoming very independent and will do things like: play with his toys of certain selection in his room for an hour or more, watch an entire movie, pick out a movie and turn it on for himself in his room, "read" books for extended periods of time, play with playdough or color, use the bathroom by himself and get his drink of choice out of the refrigerator to give to you. There has been a couple times where I have realized that Malachi was quiet for far too long, and much to my delight, he is doing one of the above listed activities and keeping himself out of trouble! I am still using caution, but am very excited to see him growing up a little more. His language has exploded and he has become a coherent chatterbox. My favorite saying of his is whenever anything breaks or is broken, "Mommy, Bob the Builder, we can fix it?" With an adorable look on his face with raised eyebrows and raised shoulders in a nonchalant manner.

Comments

Carman said…
Sorry to hear about Haly's rash! Hope you get it figured out soon.

Yes, Malachi is definitely growing into a sweet little boy!
October 11, 2010 at 11:45 AM
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