Our Baby Boy!

Date: 08.02.2010

Look who I get to spend all the day (and night) with. We have the sweetest baby boy who we love and adore! Baby was born on Monday, February 8th at 7.30pm. He was 3.3kg and 52cm long and is growing every day.

My labor started with some good contractions around 3.30am and then we finally made it into the hospital around 9.30am, and baby came approximately 10 hours later. The labor actually went by pretty fast for me (even if my epidural stopped working when I was at an 8- ouch). And, within hours we were holding our precious baby... a memory that I will never forget! We are so in love with our baby.

Dear Lord,

God of Light and Truth,
thank you for giving me
a mind that can know
and a heart that can love.

Help me to keep learning every day of my life,
for all knowledge leads to you.
Let me be aware of your presence
in all things and at all times.

Encourage me when work is difficult
and when I am tempted to give up;
encourage me when my brain seems slow
and the way forward is difficult.

Grant me the grace to put my mind to use
exploring the world you have created,
confident that in you there a wisdom
that is real.

Amen.

--- Charles Henderson

Blessing on Bringing a Child into the Home

Good Lord, You have tenderly loved us, and given us this home and good friends. May we make a true home for this child where he will learn trust in us and in You. We ask this through Christ Our Lord. Amen.