Ever growing grace

Wow~ So I have been a little slow in getting this post up as both the little ones were sick for a while, and well, life has just been pretty crazy lately as we have been trying to get all settled into our NEW house!!  Yep, that's right!  We are so excited and blessed to finally have a home to call our own.  Eventually I will get around to taking pictures of the house as well for you all to see the incredible work Josh has been doing!  He is awesome!  As far as Shiloh and Thomas go, so so much has been changing!  At 2 months Thomas was cooing and babbling all the time, as he still is and Shiloh is still into eating as much dirt as possible and cracking us up every day with her new facial expressions. Thomas' head control has gotten so much better and even though he wants to be held 24/7, he such such a precious smile that will simply melt your heart!  Shiloh is starting to have a little fun with him and loves to come and talk to him when he have him on a blanket.  And, she gives the sweetest kisses every night to everyone!  Even though we have been going through some incredibly tough days, there is also so much beauty and joy to be found!
     Something I have really been working on over the past month is grace.  More grace for my children, more grace for myself and more grace for others.  When life gets tough it is so easy to just gather up a critical spirit and parade it around with us each and every day.  I know that I am so guilty of this, especially when I cannot get the children to stop crying, and I am tired, worn out and hungry!  (Breastfeeding really takes it out of you! ;) Right ladies?!!) Anyways, each and every day as I pray for more grace in my life, I feel that God never ceases to supply.  He has a never-ending supply of grace and I feel that He is growing more and more grace within me.  It is such a beautiful thing, to be able to slow down time and have more compassion for people, especially my own children.  I have really discovered that most of the times when I am so easily angered it is more an issue of me being selfish really than my children being the problem. (Now don't get me wrong, there are many times where Shiloh is doing something she is not supposed to be doing and she knows it. )  I am just saying, so many times I get to thinking about all the things I would like to get accomplished in a day and start to get aggitated as I see my children as an inconvenience to my day instead of the incredible blessing that they are.  As soon as I change my mindset to that of grace, not only do they tend to start behaving better, but my heart is softened and I begin to feel extreme love, compassion and joy for my children.  So, in these ever changing, sleepless days as they are still so young, I hope and pray that I can have an ever growing grace in my life!!  Here are some precious pictures of the two of them from a few weeks back.  A big thank you to my incredible husband for snapping some of the photos!

~Laura