A Sweet Season

I was reflecting today on my season of life and came to the conclusion that this is just such a good one that I needed to share.  I love fall.  I love the leaves...the lattes...getting to wear my sweatshirts again.  Beyond that I am really enjoying the season of life we are in right now.  I mean look who I hang out with all day...

Ellie has such a sweet spirit and is an incredibly fun baby.  It was the Lord's kindness to start us with such a gentle, fun little girl.  Her baby stage has honestly been a breeze and I am so grateful for that.

I also came to the conclusion (for the 10,000 time) that our God knows what He is doing.  In just over two years of marriage we have experienced 5 jobs, 2 moves, and the birth of our first child yet our marriage stands ever stronger.  I also see the way God has used each of these transitions to change me and show me new aspects of His character that I would not have seen if we had not endured the transitions.

I have read and prayed over this verse countless times over the past few years...
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? (Matt 6:25-34)

Now that I can look back and see all the ways we have been cared for I can do nothing else but praise the Lord.  I'm not a fan of change and I usually protest but He knows best.  I am grateful for grace in the moments I doubt it.  He hasn't made us rich, He hasn't made us famous...but He has loved us, humbled us and grown us and that is so much sweeter.  

Sniffle sniffle cough cough

Ellie is fighting her second cold...or at least I think it is the second.  It was one rolling right into the next really.  Poor little thing is a hot mess.  She is exactly what I would be when I am sick if I just let go and told everybody EXACTLY how I felt.  You can ask Adam but I think I pretty much do that anyway.  Like mother like daughter I guess.  We've got sniffles and coughs and for the first time a fever.  After being a baby nurse you would think I could handle it; but I still freak out a little.  It hasn't been very high and she has acted fussy but fine...still I run through worst case scenarios in my head all day long.  Thank you University of Iowa College of Nursing for the special kind of crazy you have instilled in me.

We have seen a decent amount of this face the past couple of days...

but today she was looking a little better.

This Mama is not complaining though, my sick baby slept through the night the past 2 nights!  I paid for it both mornings with early wake up calls and frequent feedings but I'll take that any day over a crying baby in the middle of the night.  

Praying for a happy healthy baby girl in the morning!