Our Baby Girl is 6 months old!!

Well, today is a day of reflection for us:-) To be honest I am happy but also kind of sad. I am happy because we are blessed by God as he has given us such a beautiful baby girl and I am excited for the future as she grows up and my prayer is she will be Saved. I am sad because these past 6 months have flown by and I can't believe it! Imagine how I will be 6 months from now:-) I am thinking about how surreal it was when she was born and how I was just amazed at how God created her. I remember holding her in my arms for the first time and how excited I was the next morning when she came back (mind you after only a few hours of sleep:-)) to us to be nursed and I was just on cloud nine and I could not wait to see her again. I remember bringing her home and J and I looking at each other like what do we do with her now; are we going to do a good job?:-) I remember asking for the Lord's guiding hand and seeing Him move in our lives and He still does everyday. I am so in awe of our Lord and how much He loves us. I remember her first smiles and how much we could see her personality starting to shine. I think about her first laugh. I think about how she still can not stand her bath unless mommy is in there with her. I am certain this is a bad habit that I am instigating but for some reason I am willing to handle that just to have these few precious moments with her because someday it will be Mommy, can you drive around the corner so my friends can't see you drop me off?:-) I am praying that does not happen but the odds are not in my favor, huh?:-)

I feel that today God has reminded me that she has many firsts ahead of her and that we are doing a good job. I need the Lord's affirmation and support because I know I am nothing without Him! I also feel that through C I can see that childlikeness that God wants us all to be with Him no matter what our age. To be completely honest with the Lord is amazing. Remember He knows everything about us anyway's why hide it! I believe that God is doing a work in me regarding fear and there are healthy fears He created in us like not putting your hand on a hot stove or looking both way's when you cross the street but there are those that are unhealthy. Fear often leads into control and I am realizing that I do not want control; it is not mine to have and what I desire most is what God wants. If He say's go I want to go without hesitation. Handing control over to Him is amazing because who knows us best and knows what is best for us? Only the Lord.

Being that it is a day of reflection and that C is celebrating 6 months I have to add some pictures:-) It has been so long:-)

C and Daddy playing together; I think Daddy

would play in it if he could:-)

1st Summer Dress:-)


She liked to play with it and thought it was pretty

funny:-)

1st Trip to the Zoo! She loved looking around!

Thought she would be exhausted after a day
at the zoo but I found out otherwise...LOL:-)
She wanted to tell Mommy all about her day!

New Chapter

Well it has been sometime since I have updated this blog as you can probably tell:-) I have decided to switch things over from just updates on Caitlin to our lives together! I am very excited about this. Two friends inspired me to do this and I felt a tapping on my shoulder from the Lord. I have my own personal journal but I feel that this will be an online journal of how the Lord is speaking to me and what He is doing in our lives:-) I always feel hesitant on how much to share but I am giving this over to God to guide me in my writings. It is very hard for me to open up so here goes:-)

I feel blessed beyond measure!! My friends the B&G who own a Christian bookstore in town reminded me of how I much I have changed since they met me about 4 years ago now. When I met them I was going through a tough time in life and was in a bad relationship. I could not let go of the fact he did not want to be with me and the Lord was giving me very clear signs that this was not the person He had for me. I remember lamenting to B all about it and I remember her telling me to pray for God to provide a husband of His choosing and she said to start praying for this person even though I did not know them. I remember many a night through my brokeness and tears calling out to the Lord. Long story, very short; He answered my prayers!:-) It was not long until J came along and God made it very clear that this was the man He had choosen for me. I constantly was asking God to make sure and everytime He always gave me clear signs! I desired to be married to the person God had for me. I had some physical issues that required healing in the beginning that made life difficult but the Lord healed me and J stood by me the entire time and never once complained or made me feel bad about myself. He is the most wonderful support! I am amazed by how God has blessed me with him everyday. After physical healing of my body; along came our beautiful baby girl:-) Let me tell you she is such a blessing as you all can see on this blog and well anytime you talk to me about her...LOL:-)

Now many of you may know but many more may not know the following. Shortly after having C I went in as I was having pains that I brushed off to pospartum recovery. However, J and I thought that it was a good idea to have it looked into. I told my OB all about what I was experiencing and I thought she would of course validate that it was just pospartum recovery:-) I remember her looking at me and saying; let's do an ultrasound I would like to take a look. They went in and found that I had dermoid cysts on both ovaries. I remember hearing the ultrasound lady out in the hall briefing her on her findings and I thought I wonder if that is my results? Sure enough; they were! These types of cysts have solid matter in them. They are actually kind of neat and strange! To have one is rare but on both ovaries is even more rare. In addition, these types of cysts require surgical removal as they have stuff in them that my OB described as cells misfiring and making things like teeth etc. I know weird huh! We did a wait and see approach for several months and once she saw that abnormal amounts of fluid were around my ovaries she said she wanted to do surgery. Of course, Joseph and I were very nervous as we desire more children and we were thinking what is happening and of course me worrying I started thinking of all kinds of things! We were in shock I think for a bit:-) The plan was to go in and take out portions of each ovary where the cysts were. My OB said this would mean that the ovaries would be intact and would not impact future conception or hormones. We were still nervous because you always know there is a risk! We prayed for many months from the time we found out about them that the Lord would heal me and take away the cysts. I honestly was worried that by the time we got to that last ultrasound that my Faith might faulter if they were not gone but it honestly did not. I trusted that the Lord had a plan and I knew whatever He had was the best plan and I put my trust and Faith in Him. I was reading the book of Acts last night. Jesus appeared to the apostles over a period of 40 day's and spoke about the Kingdom of God. In one such meeting they asked Him if He was going to restore the Kingdom to Israel. He replied" It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." I believe it is not accident that I read this last night as God has everything in His perfect timing:-)

We prayed ourselves, asked others for prayer and the church for prayer. So many were praying for us. On the 29th of April we went in for the surgery and my friend T came along with her husband and J was there. We said prayer before they took me away and she later told me that she thanked God for my healing; she spoke that it had already happened! I was very nervous since I have only been in surgery once when I was younger and had my wisdom teeth extracted. God was with me the whole time and gave me such a sense of peace and comfort and love that I can not fully explain! I woke up from surgery and asked J what happened once I was in my room and he said my OB found during it that the masses were completely gone!!!! They were absolutely amazed in the operating room, and my OB told Joseph that that she kept asking the other doctors/nurses if she was missing something!! My friend T said God healed you Kimberly, he answered your prayers; he healed you!! I cried right there! In my fleshly self I asked the Lord why did I have to go through surgery and I later asked J and he reminded me of Mark 1: 40-44 and Luke 17: 11-19. There is an amazing breakdown in our Bible that talks about this. The men in these passages, who were lepers, believed and Jesus healed them and told them to go show themselves to the priests and have them examine them to see they were healed. I believe this is what happened in my case. God has been able to touch so many people through this including people in the operating room and as I have shared this with others and they have gone forth and shared it. I feel so incredibly blessed to be God's servant and to be used by Him!

I share this everywhere I go:-) I know some may chalk it up to a misdiagnosis (two doctors looked at them though and saw the same thing) or something else. However, I know with all of my being that this was God's healing hand and I am to go forth and share! I am so blessed to see how many it has touched so far; it is AMAZING!!

Please always remember the power of prayer; I got an e-mail that summed it up best "Prayer is the best free gift any of us can receive"! Please go forth and share this testimony that God has given me to others!! It is never about us but about Him!

3 month pics!!

Below are pics of C at 3 months! Hard to believe she will be 4 months soon! She made lots of milestones this month including learning to roll from her back to her tummy and making lots more sounds to anyone who will listen:-) I think her personality is starting to show more each day:-) She is such a blessing and we are enjoying every moment of being parents!! She still has her infamous pouty lip and mohawk that are only getting cuter everyday! We are also working on teaching her sign language and she seems very fascinated by the hand signals...it will be neat when she does them back to us someday soon! Enjoy the pics below!:-)

Starting to roll over from her back to tummy for the first time! She just got to her side...

Back to Tummy roll success!!! Mommy was so glad she caught the first time on camera and video! She does it all the time now and is a tummy sleeper most of the time...she loves it!

It is like she is saying where am I...this is so cool??!?:-)

Smiling at Mommy!

I love this playing on my tummy thing!!

Fell asleep while playing; it's tough!:-)

Biblestudy girls were meeting and Daddy had to watch C! Does he look like a Dad or what?!: He is so cute:-) I believe he had every piece of transportation equipment we own with him except for the stroller:-) He greatly enjoyed getting to tell me all the stories of what people said who ran into the two of them together!

There's my lady bug!!

The Below are C and her friend J my friend Amy's baby boy; I had no idea I actually got progressive shots and they are so funny!:-)

J crying and C staring at him like I wonder what is wrong with him??:-)

C crying and J doing a *yawn* like...boooring...:-)

J sticking his tongue out at C like no fair; I should be crying not you!!:-)

J and C made up and looked at the camera for Amy and I!!:-) Too cute huh!

B my friend Laura's baby girl and C...the two girls hanging out:-)

I just had to add this one; it is like she is saying "I know girl that cow over there is the best toy ever for realllzzzz !!"

Fell asleep while playing........again:-)



Woke up from sleeping after playing...

She realized the ball was bigger than her little head!:-)

Such a cute baby girl!:-)

A Little Update...

So, I just got around to adding new pictures (see below). Wow time does fly by! I thought I would write a post about how C and Mommy and Daddy are doing:-) C is getting bigger everyday. At her last checkup on January 26th she was 10 pounds 5.5 ounces and 23 inches long. She is a tall baby:-) I was relieved to know she was doing well with feeding as I have had a lot of problems breastfeeding her and still do but I am sticking with it! She got her first shots and was a very good girl and quite brave! She goes back towards the end of March and the doctor said we will start her on some rice cereal then. I can not believe it she will be going to some solids! She also should be able to do 15 minutes of tummy time by her next doctors visit. Thankfully, she has done quite good at that ever since she was born and she has great head control.

She is making lots of cooing noises now! I plan to take a short video of them to try to post on here. I have taken some video but they are too big too post on the blog. She makes more noises each day she is really discovering all of her sounds! She has a very loud screaming cry; I myself did not even realize how big it was until we were around other babies!:-) She defnitely sets her self apart:-) She is smiling so much more these day's and I love the mornings if I catch her before she starts crying for breakfast because I get these huge smiles and coos...melts Mommy's heart everytime!

I decided to stay at home full time with C. I resigned from my job about 3 weeks ago now. That was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made but after much prayer we both felt it was the right one. We defnitely feel peace about it now. Someday's are better than others...do not get me wrong I love being at home with C and it is a blessing that I had the choice to be able to do so! It is just a transition from career to stay at home mom that I am battling with. It is quite different but so far I feel the reward is so much greater!! The thing I do miss most is that J and I worked at the same company and I loved getting to ride to work and be there with him everyday! I am very thankful though that we live close enough that he can come home from work at lunchtime and be home earlier in the evening it truly is a blessing!!

That is about it for an update for now; I am committing myself to updating the blog more to keep everyone posted:-) Please leave us comments if you visit we would love to hear from everyone!

Some New Pics...

Time is flying by! I meant to add pictures so long ago! Here are some new pics of C! She is 3 months old now; wow does time fly by!

This is one of her first big smile pics! This happened when she was about 7 weeks old:-)

C being too cute!!:-)

Our little family picture:-)

C's infamous pouty lip; looks just like her daddy's!:-) This one was during her first cold; she was not a happy camper!!

C loves her bathrobe!!

C is very active now and Mommy and Daddy find her like this sometimes in the morning!:-) She just started rolling to her side and is sometimes rolling from her tummy to her back...look for more pictures of that to come soon!

C and her friend J! They were born two day's apart!

C's Friends...

Here are a few of C's Friends!!

This is my friend from our smallgroup Suzy and her 6 month old. Is it not so cute how E is touching C's head?:-) He likes to hold her hand too; so cute!



This is my friend Sandi's baby L from smallgroup. They are so cute together!! He accidentally bumped her in the head with his head and she got the biggest pouty lip before the crying came out and he just looked at her like I wonder what is wrong with her:-) It was really cute!


The worlds Best Dog Angel! I want to kidnap her from nana and papa and bring her to our place to live:-) She is a little timid around C now and when she cries she looks at us like can someone please help her! She gets sad too if we pay too much attention to C and do not pay enough attention to her:-) It will not be long now before C will be riding her around:-)

C's First Christmas...

This is C and I after Christmas Eve Service in her cute little Christmas Eve Dress and Coat:-)

C in her whittle Christmas outfit :o)

C and I on Christmas Morning together:-)

Daddy and C on Christmas Morning Together:-)

C with one of her presents:-)



Papa and C together:-)

C's First Christmas was absolutely wonderful! She did not know much of what was going on but she still had fun! Next year she will be all over the place I am sure:-)