little patients

so thankful these are well child visits.

brynne can see God

eve said tonight. it all started with "once upon a time" (eve's favorite thing to do with daddy every night but since he was out, i had to use my not so imaginative imagination) so we were talking about pregnancy and the uterus and pushing babies out and how eve wants to have a baby and how God makes every good thing including babies. and how we can't see God- she thought this meant that He must be in the ground- but can see all the things He made, so she thought that since God put brynne in my "belly"- i swore i would never use this inaccurate terminology so i grit my teeth when it happens- , she must have seen Him when He did it. which started a whole other conversation about brynne not having eyes in the beginning, etc, etc, etc.

butterball brynne

aww

update

is my newborn really 5 1/2 months old? oh, how to sum up these past 5 months... in some ways, i've been very glad; in others, quite sad.

glad: that the nightmare the twins have suffered is- i'm praying- behind them (http://noraandryan.blogspot.com/); that breastfeeding is no longer excruciatingly painful; that brynne sleeps through the night and is a happy healthy butterball; that eve is a startingly super big sister; that don & i are implementing some things to help us navigate this thing called marriage; that the shock of our outrageous tax bill has subsided; that i can (almost) fit into my jeans; that jesus is real (ok, maybe those last two don't really go together or maybe the latter is the reason for the former?)

sad: that there are way too many people suffering around us- way way too many, way way too young; that there are people so desperate to make $ that they will trample on others in the process; that fear still has its ugly grip on me; that my baby girl is approaching 6 months already (i love every minute of babyhood- hmmm, point #2 has apparently slipped my mind); that there's not enough time in the day to do all that i want to: parenting, partnering, part-timing-- referring to work here--, befriending, neighboring, cooking, sunscreening, cleaning -- no wait, that's not something i want to do--, photographing, reading, showering, praying, gardening, couponing (had to throw that in), and oh ya, serving others.

joy

first bath

the CD i never tire of

welcome to the world

 

brynne chilimigras bromley

november 11, 2008

2:55pm

9 lbs 1 oz

21 inches

our little ladybug

getting ready for baby

and, our bedroom was painted too!

at 31 weeks

these were taken a few weeks ago. can't believe there are only 5.5 weeks left!

eve's 3rd birthday party

vacation

my new niece, Anna

fun with cousins

poor baby

woke up to eve crying at 3am this morning. rare event, so i stumbled across the hall. she said she needed a kleenex. why? because someone (that may have been me) forgot to put a diaper on her so she was wet down to her socks (or rather, crib mattress). poor baby.

you will be missed

tracey boone, my friend
http://www.annarborvineyard.org/traceyboone.cfm

special song

I will offer up my life
In spirit and truth,
Pouring out the oil of love
As my worship to you
In surrender I must give my every part;
Lord, receive the sacrifice
Of a broken heart

CHORUS:
Jesus, what can I give, what can I bring
To so faithful a friend, to so loving a king?
Savior, what can be said, what can be sung
As a praise of your name
For the things you have done?
Oh my words could not tell, not even in part
Of the debt of love that is owed
By this thankful heart

You deserve my every breath
For you've paid the great cost;
Giving up your life to death,
Even death on a cross
You took all my shame away,
There defeated my sin
Opened up the gates of heaven
And have beckoned me in

I Will Offer Up My Life by Matt Redman

happy thanksgiving