Our Baby is One Month Old

Joseph is One month old today! It has flown by! It makes me a little sad that he is growing up so quickly...but I am looking forward to sleeping for 8 hour stretches again at night. :)

This past month has been such a blessing to our family. Most of you that read our blog know that it took us almost 2 years to get pregnant with Joseph. About a year into the process, Rodney told me that he had read this verse in Genesis and it was what he was going to start praying and believing for our family too. So, for a year, every month, we held out hope for our Joseph. (we would have been THRILLED to have a girl, but I always felt from the moment the test told us we were pregnant, that this would be our Joseph).

Genesis 30:22-24 "Then God remembered Rachel; he listened to her and enabled her to conceive. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son and said, “God has taken away my disgrace.” She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”

It still makes me tear up a little when I hear someone talk about our "children" or our "boys" because for so long I thought that might not be a reality for our family. For 2 years we prayed this verse for our family..Psalm 113:9 "He settles the childless woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD." (I was not childless because we already had precious Beau, but we still prayed and belived for more).

Our sweet Joseph is a pretty good eater and sleeper. He loves to be held and does not love to be put down in his bouncer, swing, car seat, or really anything else....yet. Today, he did sit in the bouncer for about 15 minutes while he chewed on a puppy dog stuffed animal that my aunt Betsy gave him....I think he was trying to get some milk out of the dogs ear :) He does sleep great in his crib or pack n play though! Beau loves being Joseph's big brother. He tells everyone the baby's name is Joseph David and wants everyone to call him by both names. Beau loves to help us and the baby. Most of the time, he is a big help! We are trying to enjoy every minute of this stage of life because I know our kids are growing up so fast.

Happy One Month Birthday to our Sweet Answered Prayer...Joseph David King