My kitchen

smells like chocolate cake! Yum! Today is my daddy's birthday, so I'm baking a cake to take up to him tomorrow. I love to bake but seem to be having trouble finding time to do so... hmmm... couldn't have anything to do with a 3-year-old running around the house and a 1-month-old needing to eat every 3 hours. ;)

My weekend with Brittany was wonderful! It was very relaxing even with Josiah. It did take a couple days to get back into the swing of things, though. I don't think I realized how tired I was until I finally got home and just crashed.

Life as a family of 4 has been such a joy. Of course, we have our difficult days, but overall, this transition has been much smoother than I ever anticipated. I began praying at the beginning of my pregnancy for Jenna's heart to be prepared and for my recovery to go smoothly and quickly. God most definitely answered those prayers! After I had Jenna, I feel that I came close to postpartum depression... maybe even more so than I originally thought. The only thing that got me through it was the fact that we were living with my parents at the time and there was almost always someone at the house with me. Having struggled through that, I was terrified of going through the rollercoaster of emotions that comes postpartum. I have to say, I have only faced a few very difficult days in the last 5 1/2 weeks that we have had little Josiah. Praise God! I am convinced that He is the reason this transition has gone as smoothly as it has.

I'm relearning the power of prayer. I know I mentioned that in my last post. I am just constantly amazed at God's answers to our requests. Parenting has given me glimpses of God that I never knew before-- the love that He has for his children, the heartbreak He feels when He must discipline them, and the joy He feels when He blesses them with gifts that may not even be needs.

Thank you, God, for being a God who hears our requests and answers!