Blessed and Highly Favored

She has this amazing laugh. So contagious, so wild and free. And the things she laughs about! A game of chase with Daddy. A game of pretend with Mommy. Seemingly nothing at all. Her name means "My Joy, My Delight, Precious One". She is.

He's got the sweetest face I've ever seen. Smiles with his wide brown eyes and nestles into me. I want to keep him just like this all day long. He's already growing so quickly and I cherish the time spent but know all too well that all too soon he'll be running and jumping and won't have time for nestling. I never knew my heart could stretch enough to fit so much love in. It can.

And he's the best partner a girl could ever want. Works all day and then all night. Surprises me at lunch time with ice cream and extra hands to help with little hands for a little while. He's patient when I'm unsure and loving when I'm too tired to be thoughtful. I loved him just a little while after meeting him. Still do.

And He's the One that keeps us all moving, keeps us cycling, keeps us together. It's Him pulsing through our hearts and our joys and delights and fears and uncertainties. It's Him we sing to, and laugh with, and cry to and seek more of. And He has blessed me and highly favored me for when I think of them what else could I say except that I am blessed and highly favored? I am.

And I am so grateful.