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She's everything I didn't know I needed

A good friend of mine was telling me about her 1 mth old son and mentioned that he's everything she didn't know she needed. This brought me to tears because I realized how true that is. Clay and I are always asking ourselves what we did before Olivia was here and thinking about how much more lovely our life is now that she's in it. The fact that God has given her to me to let me be her mother and to let Clay be her dad reflects how much He loves me. I am so grateful for everything that He has blessed me with and know that if I died tomorrow, I have known what overpowering joy and love feels like. This is such a good feeling! My prayer this week is that I can be pleasing to God the way Olivia and Clay are pleasing to me! Here are some recent pics!

Olivia's "firsts" this month

First Shopping Cart Ride as a big girl!

First Cheerios

First Hand-holding Experience with our neighbor, Samuel

First Highchair Experience

and lots of bubble blowing and scooting!:)

The latest...

Well, I know I should be better about posting, heck..I'm a stay at home mom now and should have lots of time on my hands, right? Somehow, my days are still getting filled up! I have decided I should by stock in laundry detergent seeing as how often I use it! My most enlightening thought as a mom...whoah, if I love Olivia this much, I can't even fathom how much God loves us!

Anyway, the latest is that Clay has been working his tush off between the fire station and the ER at Lewisville Hospital. I'm about to start my Research class at TWU here in a few weeks. Olivia is growing at an enormously fast rate which scares me to death! Can't believe she's almost 8 mths... Here are some recent pics! (Hope there's enough for you!)

Precious Girl:)

4 Month Update

This just keeps getting better and better! Olivia has grown to be such a smiley, hilarious little girl and her daddy and I are loving every minute of it. Here are some new pics: