Friday Night Wife: Forgiveness, Faithfulness, Control...

We feel like the Lord has shown us so much in the years we have been married just with the babies He has given us. It took us three years to get pregnant with Adda and during that time we both had to really listen to God. There were times of trust, and times of anger. There were times of hope, and times of despair. In the end He spoke to both of us and brought some things out showing us His abundance of forgiveness. It didn't matter what we felt we were being punished for. That isn't how He works. He forgives no matter what!! AHHH, such peace in that! So, with Adda we felt like God showed us forgivness!

When we were ready to think about more kiddos we assumed that because of the difficulty and long waiting with Adda that we should start a little earlier than planned. We were wrong! God showed us faithfulness! We were pregnant before we even had time to think about it. That was such a sweet feeling after all the heartache of trying. He was faithful by allowing us to not have to go through another "waiting period" to have a baby! He was faithful to allow us to enjoy the whole process without moments of searching for hope, then finding despair. Wanting to trust, then feeling anger! God showed us faithfulness!

With the twins God is showing us new things each day, but ultimately He is showing us that we are NOT in control. He has a plan for our life and that trumps "our plan" any day! Even thought this road will be hard, stressful, difficult, and crazy it is the right road. He has never lead us astray. Even when we might have been living a life not pleasing to Him, He still had His hands in our journey. God is showing us that we didn't control yesterday, we don't control today, and we won't control tomorrow! I'm glad that's not on my back! We don't have to do "life" on our own when we have Christ! We have put our faith in His plan and know that no matter what He is in control! God is showing us that we are not in control!

Adda and Ella before we opened the box!

Last night we found out that we will have two more little girls! Because they are identical we knew it was either going to be two girls or two boys! We could not be more excited about girls! We were both a little relieved to know that the babies were girls. We know girls, and we do girls! Going into a twin pregnancy and delivery there is some anxiety knowing we have no idea what to expect. With two girls at least we know how to do girls! We can do girls! In the next few months Gonzo and I both will be taking lessons in braiding, french braiding, and any other new and up coming hair style! If you are an expert in girls hair please contact me immediately! I'm just praying that we can sing "kum ba yah" while I do hair instead of screaming and crying as I'm jerking heads around!

No, in all seriousness two more girls just feels right! We both had that feeling all along and we were right. We are so grateful that God chose us to be the Daddy and Mommy to four girls. Our prayer is that God will save them fast and grow a huge hunger for Him! Our prayer is that God will save their husband fast and bring them up to be Godly men! Our prayer is that they will see what God intends for a marriage in us! Our prayer is for Adda, Ella, Chloe, and Claire to love Jesus BIG!

Baby A Profile

She is 16 oz. and head down.