It's a Golden Life

It seems the family blog has been taken over by our smallest member. Since he still does not have a baby book AND is growing so incredibly fast, I will just keep jotting down his tidbits right here.  He laughed out loud a bunch last night on 2/24/2016. Deep belly laughs that were SO cute.  He is also rolling from side to side. His legs are super powerful. It must be those thunder thighs?  He also met this really handsome baby in the mirror and thought he was just awesome! He smiled and tried to touch him.  Praise the Lord! He slept in his crib for the first time today! If naps are possible, I can't wait to see if night time is!  The doctor also encouraged us to give him some rice cereal to help with his reflux. It really seems to of helped! His spit up is more watery now than chunky, so I'll call that a win.  Speaking of milestones. Paxton can start preschool in August and I have many mixed feelings about that! How is he not the little baby in the picture a...

Hux is 3 months old today! (Well the day j started writing the update)  He is: -Weighing 14lbs8oz and 24 inches long.  -still sleeping 7:30-3 (sometimes 4) and going back to sleep until 6:30-8ish. -taking 2-3 naps a day. Still unpredictable.  -wearing size 3-6 month clothes (closer to the 6 month size), and size 2 diaper.  - NOT taking a pacifier or bottle. He acts like they taste disgusting Favorites: -bath time. That's his favorite time of day. He pushes his strong legs against the side of his tub and is so proud.  -chewing on his hands. He has started sucking his first two fingers and thumb .  -loves playing in the jumperoo-although he doesn't know to jump yet-he just enjoys looking around at everything. -enjoys laying on his playmat at looking at himself in the mirror. -laughing.  -"talking" up a storm.  -being swaddled in the rock and play with white noise cranked! 

For about a year, I have felt God working and moving. At first I was excited about what that could look like, but it quickly became clear that He was rearranging my life in ways I could not see beneficial. That happens so often-I think I know what I need, but like a child of God, our Father knows better. I can understand clearly now what T.D. Jakes means in saying, "When God removes something he will replace it or become it in our lives".  I dug my heels in deep and tried to be unmoved, but when he continued stripping away the layers-the more exposed I was-raw and broken. I had been exposed for the hypocrite I had been and am-not putting my hope in Christ only.  Psalm 146:3 is a gentle reminder not to put our hope in the people of this world, yet so often I have looked to others to fill me up. While they bring happiness to my heart, they (and I) are capable of causing unimaginable depths of hurt and disappointment too. Slowly, but surely people were absent in my lif...