Little Enoch

I've been wanting to do this for a crazy long time, and I finally just sat down to remember a bit. This week I'd like to give thanks for sweet little Enoch coming into our lives. Thank you, God for:
479. No colic!
480. ruddy, soft furry baby shoulders
481. kissable cheeks














482. wool sleepers










483. soft newborn hair











484. Grandma's quilts
485. fleece snuggly outfits






486. wet baby curls












487. knitted gifts in the mail
488. sweet, peaceful baby sleep







489. little baby faces, beginnings of smiles








490. loving older brother, passionate one













491. calm...ahhh










492. happy smiles
493. stronger eyes finding people farther away









494. love those cheeks













495. God answering prayers with a double chin!;)








496. that a baby knows his Mama

497. our boys in stripes
498. contagious happy baby grins
499. relief from congestion
500. curly eyelashes
501. coos and baby talk
502. waking up happy
503. baby colds, rashes, innumerable wet diapers, housework not done - for you are in these things, too, Lord!
504. joy

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Cold Thanks

Thank you Creator God, for all of these gifts...

462 brothers in Africa
463 birthday cards for cheetahs
464 little baby long grunts and stretches
465 piling in a tractor together to ride with Daddy

466 challenging questions in sermons...What about my life invites others to worship Jesus?
467 spontaneous thank yous for slippers
468 natural light

469 steam suspended in cold air from the sugar beet factory miles and towns away
470 housework
471 able bodies

472 new friends
473 curious words
474 -13 degrees and a warm house
475 the cross
476 progress

477 pigs and bales in sink, again

478 first tractor ride

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A wild week

Insulation guy coming today...

Electrician coming today...

Need to be out of house yet run house and feed family and will there be dust everywhere???...

Hubby harvesting corn, planting wheat, farming in general...

Semi-truck trips to Caro...

Doctor appointment...

Little one with cold...

Baby due in 2 months, 1 day!


Feeling a bit wild as I look at this week to come...time to thank God!:)


for...#447-461

-a week of harvest joys and fatigue

-kicks in the night from our 31 week old growing babe

-church fellowship

-exhortation from God's word

-Sunday drives with family

-food to eat

-clean water

-brotherly kindness

-hours spent in combine

-little one showing us something "really special"

-forgiveness

-black tie mousse cake...oh yum

-broken glass all over grass

-broken glass cleaned up

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Burned Toast, Butterflies, and Babies

After a month away from blogging, we surely have much to thank God regarding bats, babies, and more:)...

And so we count numbers 418-446 with the gratitude community, because it is good to count all He's done in our lives and recount it to the next generation or any who will hear! Hoping this helps you connect with Him above all and with us a bit, too.

#418-446...
new life planted to celebrate new life coming
heavy peach trees
unhooked pickup
burned toast

glory out our front yard

babies and babies

the pop of sealed jars
little nudges giving reason to can baby food

birthday celebration
39th wedding anniversaries and 40th wedding anniversaries back to back for loving parents

surprise winged beauties on pasture

surprise winged critters outside! screens:)

Daddy's shoulders
forgiveness
little boy loving being with his Daddy
greens

Uncles still farming carpets
rattling in lungs
rattling in lungs cleared

helpers canning peaches
sticky floors
little one learning of death from little butterflies on the road
home fellowship
hurting friend coming home

wonderful visit from Colorado friends
books on cd while snipping beans
gifts of picked green beans
2 year old questions on love and selfishness and meanness
date nights
cyber-friends blessed with two new little ones, sharing their stories of grieving and joy

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