Good Stuff...

Dear Elijah,

This morning in church you were so funny! Your uncle Jake was sitting next to me, and he saw you moving around inside my tummy! You were making my tummy make funny shapes, and it was so cool that your uncle got to see what I get to see on a daily basis these days. Every day you get a little bigger, and I feel it and see it. On another note, our pastor, pastor Nathan, said some very powerful things today in service. Your daddy and I were blessed by the teaching today. It was soooooooooooooooo simple, and really back to the basics of following Jesus. So refreshing to hear someone speak with such passion, not at you, but to you. It was a very personal message to Christians. In our daily lives, God chooses us to do His work, and we sometimes overlook the fact that our message can be spread in whatever we are doing. Or we get caught up in the planning part so long that we never actually get around to doing it. Hahaha, it seems so simple and elementary, but I swear I get caught in so many webs along the way, that at times it's hard to remember what I was working towards. Haha. So it got me to think about you and our growing family. I thought about how I'm always telling your dad that we would be good at this or that, or we should really get involved in this or that, and then we get so busy doing other things! It's not like we do that with everything, but enough things to make me notice. I have been feeling like God wants us as a couple to do some, what seem to me like CRAZY things, but I know God will make it possible. I shouldn't even question if we are good enough, or if we will be able to, I should just trust that if God is asking, we should be doing. Again, so simple, but so hard to grasp sometimes. I pray that we will be able to nurture Gods calling in your life, and that you will always have the courage to do what God is asking. It's not always easy, and I totally get that! So I guess we will all be learning together. We love you Baby Elijah!

p.s.

You have some pretty great (and funny) grandparents Eli. They came over tonight for a valentines dinner/game night, and we were all laughing all night! Can't wait till you can be a part of it all!