We Are So Blessed

Last night we got to be a part of a very special Otter Creek tradition: the Baby Blessing! What a wonderful night it was!!! We, along with all of the other families that have had babies in the last year stood in front of our church family, and vowed to the Lord and to each other that we would raise Ben and Drew in the church, raise them in a home that honored Jesus and His sacrifice every day, and pray for them as long as we are alive to do so. It was such a special night, and I couldn't help but be overwhelmed at the responsibility that God has given to me. We got to share the whole experience with our LifeGroup, who has walked with us every step of this journey!!! We are so thankful to you all for the roles you play in our lives, and in the lives of Ben and Drew. As you can see from the picture, we all have babies about the same age...there again, God's sovereign hand. The only couples we were missing were the two couples that are expecting a baby any day now. Layton's and Essner's, we missed yall. But we'll be there with you to share in your Baby Blessing for Baby Xander and Baby Jay next year.

On a lighter note, I had to take a picture of how soaked Drew's little outfit got from all the spitting up he did. I mean, the front of it was just drenched. Ick! So much for our attempts at looking nice for the service.


And in case you are wondering what this picture of Ben is, it is a picture of his thumb poking out of the little mittens that are on his sleep shirt. For those of you who don't know it, we have a thumb sucker on our hands, and we have been trying for weeks now to keep his thumb out of his mouth, to no avail. So when I went into the nursery this morning, Ben had somehow wiggled his thumb out, and was happily sucking on it. When I leaned over the crib and he saw me, he left it in his mouth, smiled really big at me and started laughing really loud. I cracked up, and grabbed the camera. It's so hard to be consistent when they're so darn cute!!!