I want to share a song that I can't stop listening to these days. I actually first heard it last 4th of July weekend. I drove over to the lake by myself after work and Erin had just burned me a copy of "A Grateful People" by Watermark (an EXCELLENT praise CD by the way!). The last song is called "Elliana's Song" and I teared up when I heard it because my hearts desire was to be a mommy! God is so good, because we found out we were pregnant on the 4th of July when we got home from the lake! Anyway, I listened to that song a lot when I was pregnant, and now that Sydney is here I can't stop playing it! I feel like it perfectly captures my heart's prayer and I wanted to share it with others. For my purpose, I'm inserting Sydney's name when she says her daughters name. I want to upload it into the blog, like a utube post, but I don't know how to just put a song. If anyone does, please leave directions in the comments! For now, I'll leave you with the words...
Baby woman- tiny in stature
But your heart is a treasure
Little Princess- Come follow behind me now
I am reaching for you
Sydney, God has answered my prayers
Sydney, God will conquer my fears
Oh, to mother a daughter
To look you in the eye
To know that I did everything to walk with you in life
To give you to Jesus
that He would impart
the wisdom that I'm longing for to mother your heart
Sydney, God has answered my prayers
There will be others, to lead and to guide you, girl
But only one you'll call Mother
The honor is all mine
To show you what a woman is like
I'm so glad you're mine
Oh, the tenderness of God is twirling around in our living room tonight
Oh, and lighting up your Daddy's eyes
I know he just wants to freeze you in time
Sydney, God will conquer our fears
To care for a daughter
To look you in the eyes
To know that we did everything to walk with you in life
To give you to Jesus
that He would impart
the wisdom that we're longing for
to love your little heart
Sydney, God has answered our prayers
Sydney and I, Melissa and Jackson, Merrit and Greet, and Stephanie, Kale and Cameron went to the zoo for a little bit yesterday. Of course, the Mommas enjoyed the walk more than the babies enjoyed the animals, but the rain held off and we got to walk around and see several things and then eat lunch. Sydney and I will keep working on naming the animals and making the animals sounds for the next visit! :)
What a special first Mothers Day! This morning at church was Sydney's Baby Dedication. What a wonderful time to be surrounded by family and friends who will continue to pray for us as we raise Sydney. The verse we have chosen for Sydney is Ephesians 3:17-19 "...I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge- that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."
I may have a new hobby! Here are our finished projects that Sydney and I painted, OK mostly painted, with some help from Casey and the owner of the Painted Pig. The flower is a scalloped trivet that we made for Sydney's grandmothers for Mothers Day presents. Allie (the owner) also made a plate with Sydney's footprints and made an example for the store. So, if you are by there, be sure and look in the window for Sydney's plate!
I swear she is rolling over. The first morning she did it was my birthday and she has continued to at least once every day now since May 4th! I keep thinking it will fade out and then come back in a few months from now, but I won't even for a second leave her on her changing pad alone because she is getting quick at flipping when she wants to! The only problem is that once she gets on her stomache she can't move and cries. So cute!!
Sweet Sydney is 2 months old already! We are loving hearing her "talk" more and more and smile only when Mommy doesn't have the camera! We have had kind of a rough week because we are having to supliment some formula, but your little tummy doesn't seem to like it to much! The last 3 days have been much better with some different bottles and more feedings with less at each time. Right now you are taking 3 ozs. most feedings about every 3 hours. We go for our 2 month shots in the morning- yuck!
What a fun afternoon! Trina, Trish and Vicki hosted a very sweet Sip-N-See for Sydney today, for people to drop by and meet her. Thank you to the hostesses and friends who came by! Oh, and thanks to Merrit for the precious outfit!
We had a great lunch with the Napiers, Boyds, and Wolfes. I swear that 10 years ago all we cared about was prom dresses and leaving NLRHS, and now here we are with kids!!! Not only that, we are the moms that have "playdates" over lunch and all 4 grab their cameras!!! Oh, who am I kidding- I am loving every minute of it!
