kisses

Wow, what a wonderful baby God has given me.
Friday she came with Grandma and I to Rochester - we went to the John Marshall HS graduation rehearsal, the galleria to meet Auntie Steph for lunch, and the mall.  Yesterday, we were back in Rochester - this time Auntie Cindy came along.  We had a graduation party for two of my students, she got some new flip flops at TJMaxx, and we went to the JM graduation.  She is such a good traveler and is very patient!  Today, we went to first service for church, and she was awake the entire time!  She laid on my lap and just looked around, enjoying being awake.  She is sitting here awake right now too, here she is ...

She loves the nature sounds and vibration of the chair.  After a busy couple of days, we spent today relaxing.  After church we did a lot of snuggling and napping!  Nursing is going well, and she had her first bottle yesterday.  I have done some pumping, so last night during graduation Cindy was able to give her a bottle.  Nights have been going well too, She is only waking up once, maybe twice, in the night.  She can put herself to sleep too.  Not always, but there have been a couple of times when she is laid down awake but sleepy and will fall asleep on her own.  She definitely does love being rocked, snuggled, or sang to sleep - she loves her forehead being rubbed too.

who do you think she looks like?

Many people, even those that only met Joe once, or only saw pictures of him, say that she truly resembles him.  That excites me, and I am even more excited to see the resemblance grow.  One night she really reminded me of him.  She was going to sleep for the night, but was having a hard time falling asleep.  She was whimpering a bit, so I laid her on my chest.  She fell right to sleep.  This reminded me of him because we always had to be as close to each other as possible.  When we were sleeping we would always have to be super close to each other to be truly comfortable and fall asleep.

There are many things that bring up fear in me - daily things and things to come in the future.  When this fear comes in me, I call on my amazing God.  The fear and anxiety comes upon me, but if I call on God and ask Him to help me through and to take it away, it does not build up or fester inside of me.  He calms my heart, mind, and body.

LIVING TO PLEASE GOD – WITHOUT FEAR
For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Isaiah 41:13