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Great is Thy Faithfulness

"It is not a slight thing when those so fresh from God love us." - Charles Dickens

The days when our little Donny will want to be held all day are so short.  I marvel at the feeling of being his favorite arms.  Today, as I cuddled with him, I placed my forehead against his and he turned his face towards mine.  He loves me! 

I am well aware of how quickly the time passes.  I want to share each precious moment with my little guy while he is still willing to stay close to my heart.  I have been thinking about the blessing of being a wife and mom later in life than I would have planned.  I wanted all this when I was 22, but God had other plans for me.  And now I see some of the brilliance of his plan.  Without those years of longing, I might take my Andy for granted.  After three years of marriage, I still marvel at the gift he is to me.  I am trying to make sure that I always hold the same level of gratitude in my heart for him and now for Donny too.  That is why I am so glad to have so many people share him with me.  I have never turned down an opportunity to let someone hold him and find joy in marveling at the little person that has joined us.  Looking at the faces of literally hundreds of people who have loved on Donny has been one of the cheif joys of my lifetime. Here's a small sampling of the people who have held him.  Look at their faces!  Babies are God's best miracles because of how they affect us.

Julianne Posivio

Hannah Grazian

Kelsey RussellKathy Shire

Auntie Jo

Trinity Hemenway, Meleesa Hinds, Debbie Woo

The morning after we brought him home I couldn't stop crying for joy at the beautiful life that we have to love.  I am learning so much about God's faithfulness from him.  I pray that I can learn to be at peace like Donny is with being cared for and held by the people who love him.  I pray that he will always remember how to trust like a little child.

Donny meets his grandmas

What a blessed little boy we have! He has already met four of his grandmas and will meet the other two before he is six months old.

Here he is talking to his Grandma Marie Whittaker

And smiling at Grammy Kathy Shire

And getting acquainted with Great Grandma Zella Kjosness

And admiring Great Grandma Clara Borovec

He can't wait to meet his other Great Grandma Clara in Chicago in August and his Great Grandma Donna Shire in Arkansas in December! 

Life With Donny

It's been too long since I updated you all with pictures of our growing boy.  Here he is at three weeks old with his Giraffe-er-roo:

Enjoying his first ride in the vibrating bouncy chair while we ate dinner:

Sitting at the table while we ate dinner (isn't it amazing how babies know it's time to eat!)

His least favorite past-time: the changing table

Donny arriving at his baby shower and Daddy serving cake:

Donny's favorite new toy, the Rainforest Jumperoo, recommended for babies ages 3 months and up.  But who can wait that long to try out a new toy?  Andy built it and put him right in it.  He was content and fascinated for over ten minutes - he doesn't really fit, but add a couple of phone books and he even jumped a couple of times!  We're going to add a product review to the website we bought it from recommending that 3 and 1/2 week olds love the jumperoo too!

One Week Old!

Here are a few more pictures of Donny and family.  His Grandma is a great photographer!  The picture with him and the giraffe was on his one week birthday.  I will post pictures of him and this giraffe periodically so you can all watch him grow with us!

We have a baby boy!

Donald James Earl was born on Friday, June 29th at 8:10pm.  He was 7lb 1 oz and 18 3/4 inches long. 

We are thrilled with him, and having a splending babymoon at home.  He's a little sleeper, letting us sleep for 6 or 7 hours a night.  And at one week old, he is just starting to make great eye contact with us sometimes - and I swear he smiles at us already!

Daddy can't keep his hands off Donny. Whenever he is home, he is hogging the baby.  He even changes most of the diapers.  Only one of them was too gross for him to handle.  Fortunately, grandma was close by.