Collin is 1 Month Old

Collin

One Month Old

I can't believe Collin is 1 month old. As all of us mothers know time does goes by too fast. It seems like just yesterday that we were in the hospital anxiously awaiting his arrival. Oh how our hearts have grown everyday that he has been with us. I remember worrying how would I ever love another child as much as I love Carter. Well the minute he was placed in my arms it was love at first sight. I don't know that anything compares to the love a Mother feels for her children. The only thing I can compare it to is the love our heavenly Father feels for us.  And the truth is, He love us more. That is hard to comprehend that my God loves me more than I love my own children, 

Wow, How blessed am I.

As I sit down to type tonight my shoulder aches from carrying a baby around all day, my eyes are heavy from being up all night nursing, the laundry is overflowing, and still I know that this is such a honor to be the mother of these children. I look forward to teaching them about Jesus and training them in his ways. I have days that feel so overwhelming and frustrating. Like when Carter decides to go poo-poo in his pants 5 minutes after we sat on the potty for 30, or when Collin has eaten, been changed, and still I can't calm him from crying, or when in the 20 minutes I'm nursing Cartre can destroy everything in his path. But I wouldn't change it. Instead I reflect on

Wow, How blessed am I.

You hear from people who are done raising their children that looking back it was the best time in their life. Not only have I heard this from other mothers but I feel like God has specifically spoke this to my heart. He has said to me over and over "Natalie, this is the best time of your life!" Being young and newly married, fixing up our first home, and having babies, I know that I will look back on even my most difficult days as a wife and a mother and smile because I do believe this is one of the greatest times in my life. I try to tell myself that daily and take advantage of every moment I have to make memories with my boys. 

Wow, How blessed am I.

So I'm going to retire for tonight and go up stairs and kiss Carter goodnight (who is cuddled up with every stuffed animal he owns in his bed) and go rock my baby Collin to sleep (he doesn't like to self soothe ;)!

Wow, How blessed am I.