Showers of Blessing

Ezekiel 34:26 "And I will make them and places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessings."

What a beautiful weekend, full of so many showers of blessings! We are so thankful for where we are in this season of life, especially knowing where we came from just a few short years ago. January represents some of my darkest times, before our prayers were answered with you boys. And then, January began to represent such joy. January was your due date month and the month we finally got to bring you both home. January represents a point in my pregnancy now that we prayed and hoped we would see, but were always uncertain. And this weekend, we wrapped up this January month celebrating showers of blessing through our marriage, our family of four-soon-to-be-five, and celebrating you, Baby Peanut!

Friday night, your daddy and I were able to enjoy a much needed date night (and our first in seven plus months when we went out on vacation). It was so nice to enjoy some adult conversation with your daddy or as you sometimes refer to him, "you best friend, Mommy." While we don't get out of the house on physical dates often, we know the importance of keeping our focus on one another, but even still that can be challenging. We try to show you boys the importance of maintaining that relationship and teaching you what love looks like. We pray you see it in us and that one day you all will find that love with the person God has in store for you.

We were so grateful to Zsu Zsu and Paka for suggesting we go out and taking their own time together to watch you boys. (They tried to give us a night away two weeks ago, but due to traffic and Baby Peanut acting up, we weren't ever able to go out. So we were especially grateful for this take two, chance!) We are so blessed to be surrounded by family, so that when we leave, you don't cry for us, but instead celebrate and get excited about the time spent with grandparents, uncles and aunts, etc. Growing up away from my own extended family, this is something I so treasure and am grateful you boys get to experience.

Saturday the showers of blessings continued with an actual shower...our baby shower! Nenny hosted a most perfect and beautiful baby shower for us four, with all sides of the family invited and together for the afternoon. It was so nice to have all of your grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins together. I love watching your relationships develop with all of your family members. It is so special to sit back and watch you little boys interact with our family and to see how loved you are by so many family members.

Again, we are beyond grateful for the love and support we feel from our family on a daily-basis, but were especially blessed today. Baby Peanut, it is amazing how loved you are already! We can't wait (...but we will, a few more weeks!) to welcome you into this big, caring, crazy, wonderful family!