A Glimpse of our Life in the D.R.
8 years ago
Pictures
Laney & Daddy!
Laney coming down the chute to be 'worked' :)
Daddy & Blane (~ 2 months)
Baby Bunny McKenna found!
Proclaim!
I just have to do a very quick and brief post on God's Goodness! I guess it's a true indicator of my gifting and passion b/c i absolutely cannot go this long without teaching, writing and proclaiming God's goodness and faithfulness and His Truth! Satan wants to kill, steal and destroy. He wants to use times of hardship, darkness, desperation, sleep deprivation, to steal our joy and divert our focus...
Praise God that His Word is alive and active in me and we can claim it, speak it and live it! I have this little Scripture book thing that i made and have been memorizing each page of Scripture every day of Blane's life, staying up with "Jesus Calling", listening to Podcasts and reading 'Created to be His Help Meet' by Debi Pearl (what an awesome book for us wives!)... Some of these days are tough, but I can look back on God's faithfulness, where He has brought us, how He has provided and what He is doing in our lives. He is at work, He is faithful, and He is good. He has really soaked something into the very marrow of my bones over this past season:
Thankfulness. It is to precede our thoughts, our prayers and be woven through our lives, decisions and perspective. Oh how the Lord cherishes thankfulness and humility.
Gratitude and stress cannot coexist.
Gratitude completely alters our perspective and has the power to profoundly change the course of our thoughts and therefore our feelings, emotions and actions.
Thankfulness is the gateway to joy.
What Joy and Color is life with thankfulness! You literally see the glass half full, breathe easier, walk lighter and are able to take struggles more in stride.
Thank You... Jesus.
Praise God that His Word is alive and active in me and we can claim it, speak it and live it! I have this little Scripture book thing that i made and have been memorizing each page of Scripture every day of Blane's life, staying up with "Jesus Calling", listening to Podcasts and reading 'Created to be His Help Meet' by Debi Pearl (what an awesome book for us wives!)... Some of these days are tough, but I can look back on God's faithfulness, where He has brought us, how He has provided and what He is doing in our lives. He is at work, He is faithful, and He is good. He has really soaked something into the very marrow of my bones over this past season:
Thankfulness. It is to precede our thoughts, our prayers and be woven through our lives, decisions and perspective. Oh how the Lord cherishes thankfulness and humility.
Gratitude and stress cannot coexist.
Gratitude completely alters our perspective and has the power to profoundly change the course of our thoughts and therefore our feelings, emotions and actions.
Thankfulness is the gateway to joy.
What Joy and Color is life with thankfulness! You literally see the glass half full, breathe easier, walk lighter and are able to take struggles more in stride.
Thank You... Jesus.
1 Month Old!
Hey guys! What a month it has been! Sweet little baby Blane will be one month old the 8th! We had his 4 week check up yesterday. He was 7.2# at birth and is now 9.96! 20 in at birth and now 22in! Growing little boy! We had kind of a 'honeymoon' week i would call it his first week of life - we couldn't believe it - it was almost scary how well he ate, slept and was just so content! He's been pretty content off and on since then... working through the typical newborn stuff... and I'm afraid we are battlingn a little bit of reflux but we're trying to work through it and hoping and praying it doesn't get any worse. It is still WAY better and a whole different ball game than with Laney. Please continue praying for us! Yesterday and today he was fussy (to put it lightly) at almost every feeding and waking up from some naps (probably from reflux)... it hurts momma's heart when the feedings aren't peaceful and filling :) We'll work through it though!
'Two women looked through prison bars, one saw mud, the other stars". We choose to look at the stars. We are so thankful for this precious awaited blessing and that far outweighs the exhaustion, hard times, questions, etc.
He loves his big sister and she LOVES him so much too! Precious to watch them both.
My health is better this go around than with Laney (have some of the typical postpartum stuff that most if not every mommy experiences and then some of 'Linsey's weird health stuff... but only 2 migraines so far, nerve stuff is calming down and I'm sleeping a little better when i do get sleep...)
Thank you for your continued prayers! We need them and feel them!
(pics below are a bit of a catch up - finally got pics off Brad's camera... the older woman holding Blane is our precious 92 year old neighbor, Mary Ballew. She is one of THE most amazing women i have ever met and one of my greatest spiritual mentors. She was beside herself with joy to hold our precious one.)
'Two women looked through prison bars, one saw mud, the other stars". We choose to look at the stars. We are so thankful for this precious awaited blessing and that far outweighs the exhaustion, hard times, questions, etc.
He loves his big sister and she LOVES him so much too! Precious to watch them both.
My health is better this go around than with Laney (have some of the typical postpartum stuff that most if not every mommy experiences and then some of 'Linsey's weird health stuff... but only 2 migraines so far, nerve stuff is calming down and I'm sleeping a little better when i do get sleep...)
Thank you for your continued prayers! We need them and feel them!
(pics below are a bit of a catch up - finally got pics off Brad's camera... the older woman holding Blane is our precious 92 year old neighbor, Mary Ballew. She is one of THE most amazing women i have ever met and one of my greatest spiritual mentors. She was beside herself with joy to hold our precious one.)
Pictures of Blane!
Papa & Granny with Blane
Mrs Ballew with Blane
Papa and Blane
Working with mommy & daddy
Fishing!
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