Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Singing over my daughter
I just got Abby down for a late afternoon nap, finally! She woke up about an hour ago screaming, because of some gas she had trapped in her little stomach. Andy helped her "fart" it out and she felt a lot better, and I just finished rocking her back to sleep- she was exhausted!!
Some of my favorite moments with Abby are right after I feed her, or right before a nap, when I rock her and sing to her. Sometimes I sing silly children's songs to her, sometimes lullabyes, sometimes hymns, and sometimes I just make up songs about how much I love her and how cute she is! Today I sang a song we used to sing at Cov Pres in Harrisonburg a lot, "He will Rejoice Over You." As I sung the words to her, my heart was filled (as it very often is lately!) with such an incredible love for this little miracle that I have been so blessed with. The words became a prayer, that she would hear the voice of her heavenly Father, that she would know how deep and wide is his love for her, that she would know how much he DELIGHTS in her! And then it struck me, as I was "singing over" my child, rejoicing over her, delighting in her, and singing about how the Lord rejoices over her, that he rejoices over me just the same!
You see, it is easy to believe that God rejoices over and delights in my daughter, but it is harder yet to believe that he does the same with me. And as I sang to my sweet Abby, I realized that as much as I love her, the Lord loves her infinately more than I ever will or could, and he loves me with this same love! I have known that the Lord loves me this much, but now that I am a mother with a child of my own, and I know what it is like to love your child with a deep, unquenchable love, I feel that I am beginning to understand just a little bit more how deep the Father's love is for me.
I pray that I will be reminded of my Father's great love for me every time I rejoice over my sweet girl with singing, whether its a hymn that speaks of the riches of the gospel, or just one of those silly songs!
The Lord our God is with you, He is mighty to save.
The Lord will take great delight in you,
He will quiet you with His love.
He will rejoice over you, He will rejoice over you.
If you could only hear His voice, you would hear the Lord rejoice,
Rejoicing over you with singing.
Some of my favorite moments with Abby are right after I feed her, or right before a nap, when I rock her and sing to her. Sometimes I sing silly children's songs to her, sometimes lullabyes, sometimes hymns, and sometimes I just make up songs about how much I love her and how cute she is! Today I sang a song we used to sing at Cov Pres in Harrisonburg a lot, "He will Rejoice Over You." As I sung the words to her, my heart was filled (as it very often is lately!) with such an incredible love for this little miracle that I have been so blessed with. The words became a prayer, that she would hear the voice of her heavenly Father, that she would know how deep and wide is his love for her, that she would know how much he DELIGHTS in her! And then it struck me, as I was "singing over" my child, rejoicing over her, delighting in her, and singing about how the Lord rejoices over her, that he rejoices over me just the same!
You see, it is easy to believe that God rejoices over and delights in my daughter, but it is harder yet to believe that he does the same with me. And as I sang to my sweet Abby, I realized that as much as I love her, the Lord loves her infinately more than I ever will or could, and he loves me with this same love! I have known that the Lord loves me this much, but now that I am a mother with a child of my own, and I know what it is like to love your child with a deep, unquenchable love, I feel that I am beginning to understand just a little bit more how deep the Father's love is for me.
I pray that I will be reminded of my Father's great love for me every time I rejoice over my sweet girl with singing, whether its a hymn that speaks of the riches of the gospel, or just one of those silly songs!
The Lord our God is with you, He is mighty to save.
The Lord will take great delight in you,
He will quiet you with His love.
He will rejoice over you, He will rejoice over you.
If you could only hear His voice, you would hear the Lord rejoice,
Rejoicing over you with singing.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Obsessive??
As I was looking through our pictures of Abby in iphoto, I noticed that at the bottom it said that we have 630 pictures in our "Abigail Shea" folder. I did the math, and this means that in the 70 days that Abby has been alive, we have averaged 9 pictures a day. What in the world did we DO before digital cameras??
Christmas 1
We spent the first week after Andy's surgery and Christmas at his parents house in Virginia Beach. It was SUCH a great week, so relaxing and peaceful, especially after being cooped up in a hospital for a week! We didnt take a lot of pictures because Andy was just starting to get better, but here are a few from the week.
Abby loves being held and cuddled by her grandma!
Abby and her Great Grandpa Wise
In her Christmas PJ's and bunny hat... so cute!
Highlights from the week:
-Trisha's yummy cooking- nothing beats a good home-cooked meal!
-Bruiser got walked at LEAST 5 times a day by Bruce. Needless to say, by the end of the week he had lost a few pounds and was the most well behaved dog we have ever seen. Hmmm maybe we should try walking him more often at home??
-Seeing how big Andy's cousins sweet kids have gotten in the past year. Especially sweet Anna, who will be a fun playmate for Abby in the future.
-Andy went from taking one short (and by short, I mean 5 minutes, TOPS) walk a day to taking several long walks each day
-Christmas cookies and lemon bars!
-Making our family's recipe for Peanut Brittle for the first time all by myself!
-Waking up on Christmas morning next to my husband, five days after his tumor was successfully removed, and realizing the best gift I got this year was him, alive and well, to wake up next to me for many Christmas mornings to come
Abby loves being held and cuddled by her grandma!
Abby and her Great Grandpa Wise
In her Christmas PJ's and bunny hat... so cute!
Highlights from the week:
-Trisha's yummy cooking- nothing beats a good home-cooked meal!
-Bruiser got walked at LEAST 5 times a day by Bruce. Needless to say, by the end of the week he had lost a few pounds and was the most well behaved dog we have ever seen. Hmmm maybe we should try walking him more often at home??
-Seeing how big Andy's cousins sweet kids have gotten in the past year. Especially sweet Anna, who will be a fun playmate for Abby in the future.
-Andy went from taking one short (and by short, I mean 5 minutes, TOPS) walk a day to taking several long walks each day
-Christmas cookies and lemon bars!
-Making our family's recipe for Peanut Brittle for the first time all by myself!
-Waking up on Christmas morning next to my husband, five days after his tumor was successfully removed, and realizing the best gift I got this year was him, alive and well, to wake up next to me for many Christmas mornings to come
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Birthday Buddies
We are so blessed to have a sweet buddy for Abby already, Jaden Coller. He was born on the same day as Abby, in the room right next door! His mommy, Patricia, and I have gotten to be good friends over the past semester as we have bonded over our pregnancies and now, our new babies! It is SUCH a blessing to have a sister in Christ in Blacksbburg who is going through all the same things as me at the same time! She has become a good friend and I hope that Abby and Jaden will enjoy each other, too. THese are the first pictures we have taken of them together- I don't know why it has taken us so long to get some, but Im sure there will be many more to come!
Not sure what to think...
I love my buddy Jaden!
Fascinated by the hokie bird mobile
Not sure what to think...
I love my buddy Jaden!
Fascinated by the hokie bird mobile
Thank You, baby weymouth!
Dear Baby Weymouth,
Thank you so much for the flower robe that you sent to me. It is so soft and the colors are so pretty! As you can see I really like wearing it, it makes me smile and laugh. My mommy likes to put me in it before I take a bath. She says that I am irresistably cute in it. I can't wait to meet you, hurry up and come so that we can play together!
Love,
Your BFF Abby
Thank you so much for the flower robe that you sent to me. It is so soft and the colors are so pretty! As you can see I really like wearing it, it makes me smile and laugh. My mommy likes to put me in it before I take a bath. She says that I am irresistably cute in it. I can't wait to meet you, hurry up and come so that we can play together!
Love,
Your BFF Abby
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