Nothing But The Blood

This is such a beautiful hymn that we are memorizing as

a small group.

Nothing But The Blood

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Oh! Precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my pardon, this I see,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

For my cleansing, this my plea,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Nothing can for sin atone,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Naught of good that I have done,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

This is all my hope and peace,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

This is all my righteousness,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Only Jesus can wash away our sin. Thank you God for sending

Christ

on the cross for my sin,

it is only through you that I am

reconciled

and made right before you. Thank you for your

grace!

It has been awhile

Oh my goodness, I cannot believe it has been 6 weeks since I last updated. So much has been going on that I cannot recall all of it so here are some pics instead:)

Bryan and I dedicated Elijah on Sunday. It was a very surreal and amazing thing. I plan to post about more on that when I get the pics from Bryan's Dad. Here is some of the prep work....

I was making cupcakes and Elijah was eyeballing them I never guessed he would get close to them or really have any interest in them, I was wrong....

He got one! Of course I did not let him eat it or his hands until there were clean of all traces of chocolate but it was very sweet. Instead we gave him rice cereal and bananas. We are starting to feed him solids on a more regular bases now, and he loves to eat it. I think today we will venture squash:)

Elijah is teething. Nothing has poked through yet but he is drooling and chewing everything! My little boy is growing up much too fast.

First Haircut

I know it seems early to get Elijah's first haircut, but he lost most of his hair so we decided to cut it all evenly so it can grow evenly. I was looking back from when he was first born to now and the difference in his hair. It was dark brown when he was born and now it is blonde!

I think he was about 3 weeks old at this picture

Almost 4 months in this pic

Here we go, Bryan giving him his first haircut....

Elijah checking out his new cut!

" Mommy, I am not so sure about this..."

Life's busy.....

I am not sure why it is hard to find time to blog, but it is!

My precious little boy is 4 months old now! I cannot even believe it. He is so much fun and I would love him to stay this age forever. Here are a few pics I took in the last few weeks.

Guess what.... I am on the move !!! I can roll over from my stomach to my back!

More pics to follow....

Time....

Time where have you gone my friend.....

Where has the time gone, people say once you start having kids time flys and they arnt joking! 3 weeks ago I went back to work! I am working 2 days a weeks at the salon. We are blessed to have our moms and a good friend willing to watch Elijah while I am at work. Bryan is with him at night which I think is sweet that they some special time together just the two of them.

I cannot believe my little boy is 3 1/2 months old already. I have been enjoying our time together so much that I have forgot to take any pictures. I will try and take some and post soon. There is so many new things that he is doing it is so fun,

-He smiles like crazy, all you have to do is look at him with a smile and he will give you the biggest grin

- He is quite the talker... He coos, razzes, and makes a lot of noise especially if he is excited

- He eats everything that comes near his mouth... his hands, my fingers, his blanket, his toys and his favorite the nookie

- He is becoming more independent, he like to play under his play gym and bat at and try to eat his toys that hang down

- He loves to stand. He likes to hold my or Bryan's hands and stand on our lap, and then try and eat our hands at the same time:)

I will try to post pictures soon as he is growing fast and changing everyday. It is amazing to see how the Lord has made him and how he learns. I think of psalm 139: 13-16

For you formed my inward parts:

you knitted me together in my mother's womb.

I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.

Wonderful are your works;

my soul knows it very well.

My frame was not hidden from you,

when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;

in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there were none of them.

I am so amazed reflecting on these verses that the Lord has His plans with Elijah as He created

him in my womb much before we even knew I was pregnant. What a love the Father has for us!

Duluth

Bryan was so sweet to surprise Elijah and I and take us on our first family trip with the 3 of us! He took us up to beautiful Duluth which I had never been there in the summer and we had beautiful weather, and a great time.

This is at the Leif Erickson Rose Garden. It was a beautiful view and I have never seen so many roses in different colors. They were beautiful!

Mommy and Elijah at the Rose Garden.

This is Daddy and Elijah at the Lift Bridge in Canal Park. We were able to see the lift bridge close and go up for a few boats. That was fun to see. We walked around Canal Park for a few hours, I really enjoyed reading about the history of all the anchors, and different historical pieces around town.

This was about 3-5 miles across the lift bridge on the island at the beach. It was very windy! It is crazy that this is a lake it feels so much like the ocean.

All of us at the beach.

After being up their I have a lot more curiosity about Duluth and the Great Lakes. I know they were used during the war for shipping but beyond that I do not know much of their history. It is so beautiful up there and such a different terrain. It sure did not feel like Minnesota.

Elijah did great for his first trip. It took a bit longer to get there and get home with him, and a few extra bags but it was a great time together, just the 3 of us!

Things we have been up too....

Its official Elijah has graduated to his crib! Well actually he did almost a month ago but I have not had a chance to post it. He slept in his swing for the first 6 weeks of his life, he was pretty against his crib but he is finally in there. Now next will be sleeping through the night.... I would settle for like a 6 hour stretch :)

It is so amazing how much he is growing and how alert he is. He now is starting to play with toys, well sort of. I have been putting him under his play gym and he likes to look around or grab at the toys hanging down. He will just lay there and smile and giggle at the toys. It is really sweet.

This was a few weeks back at Grandpa and Grandma Guenther's house. We were in the play room looking at all the fun toys.

This is one of my favorite pics. This is his bumbo seat, I think he is still a little small in it but he likes to look around in it. It is very convenient while folding laundry or making dinner I just put right next to me and he can see what I am doing.