Walking

Inger took a few steps the week before her birthday, and now she is really starting to get the hang of it!

Happy Birthday!

Our little cherub.

Turned Around!!!

Birthday Party

Taz...

Water Bottle.

Over a few weeks.

It's crazy how much has happened these last few weeks. Inger showed me that she knows how to drink from a straw (I caught her drinking from my water bottle...cutest thing ever!), she turned one year old and now she is starting to walk. One year flies by so fast. And what a fun and crazy year it has been!

I will extol You, my God, O King, and I will bless Your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise Your works to another, and shall declare Your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, and I will tell of Your greatness. They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness and will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful; slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. The Lord is good to all and His mercies are over all His works. All Your works shall give thanks to You, O Lord, and Your godly ones shall bless You. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power; to make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts and the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord sustains all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in due time. You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. The Lord is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds. The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them. The Lord keeps all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and all flesh shall bless His holy name forever and ever. Psalm 145

Taking His Name...

I was reading in a book and part of it was talking on the covenant of marriage. This part really stuck out to me. I had always thought it was neat and kind of old fashion to address letters as Mrs. his name so and so. Not that I actually did it, in fact I thought it was king of out dated. Well, that is actually how God sees us. When God sees us (married that is), He sees our husband first. We are under him, part of him, one with him. So it is to His glory that we are taking our husbands name. And it is to His honor that we acknowledge that. It is the submissive beautiful covenant that God has bestowed on us. Another neat part of this that just came to my mind was thinking about how God, when He saves us, gives us a new name...His. And we are seen as in Christ. We don't have our fathers name anymore...the father of lies. We bear Christ's name! We are His bride and get to enjoy and reflect all that He is! So, when God views us, though we are sinful and wretched, Christ and His blood is what is seen. And Christ is perfect and righteous. So that is how God sees us. How amazing is that!

Say Cheese!!!

Snuggle Bug

The other day Inger took a little tumble and just wanted to snuggle up. It was the best to comfort her in my arms. Oh, how I love my little bug!