Three weeks with Laney!

Laney turned 3 weeks old on Tuesday! She's already changed so much since she was born. Her face looks "older" and she is a lot more alert at certain times of the day and she seems to really like being here now.
A few of her favorite things: listening to her crazy sisters sing to her, taking a bath, lying on her playmat & listening to the Mozart music, napping with mama (that's my favorite thing, too!) and falling asleep in her vibrating bouncy seat!
She is still waking up every 3-4 hours at night, but at least she is sleeping when it's night-time... that is not something I take for granted. Avery & Tatum are such big helpers, they especially like watching me change Laney's diapers... don't know why that is so exciting, but when I announce that Laney's needs a clean diaper, they both race to the changing table and pull their little stool up so they can have the best view of what's in the diaper.

We had our first roadtrip with Laney last weekend... going to San Antonio for Nonie's memorial service. We definitely would never have planned a trip so soon, but it turned out to be a great weekend celebrating Nonie's life and also getting to see family & friends we probably wouldn't have seen for awhile if we hadn't have made the trip. It was fun introducing everyone to Laney. We took all three girls to the graveside service, and they did great. Somehow they knew it was time to be serious and quiet. It was a beautiful service and Nonie was buried right next to my grandpa, PaPa, who went to be with the Lord in 1996.

Thankfully my friend Rachel offered to come over and watch Avery & Tatum during the memorial service at church, which was such a huge blessing. We took Laney with us, and she slept for most of the service. Afterwards, there was a nice reception where we got to visit with family & friends. Nonie had been so special to so many people.

Laney meeting Uncle Matt

Laney meeting PawPaw & MeMe

Laney meeting Lane

The car trip home... Avery was "hiding" from us and fell asleep that way!

If it's possible, I think I love Avery & Tatum even more now that they have a new baby sis to share attention with... I just find myself staring at them in amazement at how beautiful they are, not that my kids are child models, but they are such amazing little gifts from God, I just can't get enough of them. Here's my little Tater-tot feeding herself her chocolate puddin' the other night.

Congratulations to my friend, Amanda, on her precious little princess, Annabeth Ellen, born on Tuesday! She was so eager to meet her mama & daddy, she came about a week early. Her pictures are beautiful and I can't wait to meet her in person!

Please keep little Cole Cattan in your prayers... he is the two week old son of our friends, Cy & Allison, who is fighting for his life every day. His twin sister, Kate, went to be with Jesus last week. Please pray specifically that God will heal the bleeding in his brain and that he will continue to grow and thrive.

Also, praise God that Beth's little boy, Cooper's, brain surgery on Tuesday was successful and little Cooper is recovering well. Please continue to pray that he will not get any infections and that the MRI will show that the surgeons removed everything they were supposed to.

My heart has been so heavy this past week for the above prayer requests. It's hard to think about anything else when friends are going through such desperate times of needing to see the Lord's hand in their lives. God is good all the time, even though His ways don't always make sense to me. Like the disciples said when Jesus asked if they would continue following Him, "Where else would we go? You alone have the words of eternal life!"