Category: living in their world

Time Marches On

Happy two months, Eliyanah baby.

We’re thrilled to get to encourage you as you wake up and explore your world more.

You’re working hard these days on your milestones, even if diaper/clothing changes and getting burped are still your arch nemesis. 😂🤦🏽‍♀️

Your playful smile still melts us to the core.

And you’ve even decided to start taking on a 7 hour stretch of sleep at night, which makes us all smiley too! 🙌🏼

We love you, Smalls. You’re such a sweet blessing in our lives. ❤️

And thank you for joyfully finding that stroller peephole on our morning walks.

I love sneaking a peek at you too, baby girl. 🥰

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One Month

You love to be held close, listening to us breathe

Feeling our hearts beat.

We’ll happily hold you. Too soon you’ll be grown. Time passes in a hurry.

And waits for no one.

You love to sleep, but sometimes we get eyes.

We’ll wait for your eyes as you study our faces.

We smile at yours and coo over your cuteness.

(Our rainbow holding our rainbow)
(Your sisters love to sing to you)

You love to find a cozy spot, snuggling in like you own the place.

(Hebrews 10:23)

And we’ll take every opportunity to make you feel comfortable, knowing that building trust is a constant investment worth making.

(I came into the room to discover your sisters taking turns snuggling you while you settled in to sleep because they know you prefer to be close)

Your life is still pretty simple. Yet your simple life has completely rocked our lives for the better.

(Your original due date and my hospital discharge date three years prior)

And we are still over the moon and completely smitten over your precious self.

(Fully belly sleep smiles)
(Our little sweet tagalong)

Happy one month young, little Eliyanah.

(Right before I snapped this picture you snuggled your bunny lovey close and crossed your legs)

You are such a beloved treasure indeed.

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We Couldn’t Help It

In agreement with your Daddy, sometimes we do dress you up like you’re a toy.

An Ewok toy, to be precise.

BUT we promise we’ll restrain ourselves… many times.

This is not one such time.

In fact, Rachael and I have been planning this for months. We designed and printed your outfit, went to the market and found the hat material (your ears are a bath mat and your hat a sheet). And then we sewed it all together, creating a pattern based on mashing together a couple of tutorials online (with Abi’s design eye help). We even intentionally made it big so we could dress you in it for many months. So technically we conspired against you before you were even born.

But thankfully you don’t appear to mind. 😉

Oh how we love our little Ewok.
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One Month

You love to be held close, listening to us breathe

Feeling our hearts beat.

We’ll happily hold you. Too soon you’ll be grown. Time passes in a hurry.

And waits for no one.

You love to sleep, but sometimes we get eyes.

We’ll wait for your eyes as you study our faces.

We smile at yours and coo over your cuteness.

(Our rainbow holding our rainbow)
(Your sisters love to sing to you)

You love to find a cozy spot, snuggling in like you own the place.

(Hebrews 10:23)

And we’ll take every opportunity to make you feel comfortable, knowing that building trust is a constant investment worth making.

(I came into the room to discover your sisters taking turns snuggling you while you settled in to sleep because they know you prefer to be close)

Your life is still pretty simple. Yet your simple life has completely rocked our lives for the better.

(Your original due date and my hospital discharge date three years prior)

And we are still over the moon and completely smitten over your precious self.

(Fully belly sleep smiles)

Happy one month young, little Eliyanah.

(Right before I snapped this picture you snuggled your bunny lovey close and crossed your legs)

You are such a beloved treasure indeed.

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And Now We Have a Teenager

It was a fantastic day filled with friends, rollercoaster rides and fun!

Then we headed to dinner at a Mexican restaurant.

Where you happily snuggled your baby sister to sleep and ate with one hand because you didn’t want to pass her off.

We topped the night off with cake (that you wanted to make and decorate again this year- naturally decorated with a stethoscope and sutures) and ice cream: of course both were mint chocolate themed. 😉 And also a few sweet gifts from friends and family.

Rachael, you are a delightful young lady. Your heart is so prevalently shared with others and you always look for a smaller hand to hold. You are a wonderful leader of our sorority and model of gentleness, diligence and responsibility. You are blossoming into such a pursuer of Christ and faithfully seeking out servant-hearted ways. I couldn’t be more thankful to be your mom and love getting lost in conversations with you. You know, everyone jokes that teenagers are a pain to raise, but I happen to think that you have broken that stereotype already just on your day 1. Keep living life to the fullest, Rachael, pursuing Christ and His fabulous plan for your life. And I cannot wait to see you embracing all that your first year in the teens has to offer your growth and maturity. Rachael, keep smashing all the stereotypes with your beautiful heart poured out into others’ lives. And this mom will be standing behind you applauding your many achievements.

❤️Happiest of Birthdays, my Rachael! ❤️
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