God is Good

Ivan has been sleeping well. He seems to wake up at 2:00 a.m. no matter what time he goes to bed which if early enough has allowed me over 4 hours of sleep in that first stretch. I'm very proud of our little man.

Last night we had a late Christmas get together with dad, the Halls and the Bowens. Joel had to work and of course Kathy was in Michigan so it wasn't the whole family but it was most of the grandkids. Ivan did well and made his rounds into the arms of his aunts and his grandpa. He got a cute book from the Bowens by Max Lucado called "A Hat for Ivan". Which I thought was very cute and even appropriate as the book is about following God's plan for your life and God's plan for Ivan's life has been something on my mind since I was pregnant. With Owen I had this confidence of God's purposes for Owen but with Ivan it was different until God spoke to me and said...I have a plan for this one too. Also, Jeremiah 29:11 has been a verse that seems to be a theme for Ivan. While I was pregnant it came to mind more than once, highlighted by a song based on the verse that our choir learned during that time. Also...he was born on November 29th which is 11/29 or in Europe 29/11. Silly? Maybe, but things like that have always been little reminders to me that God has his eye on the details even more so than I do. It was a nice night and the kids seemed to have a good time together.

Kris and I bought matching shirts for all the boys and we got pictures of them all. I want to frame a nice one for dad, maybe for Father's Day. It's nice to see them all getting old enough to play together. Becky's ready to have little Faith and I'm excited to see what happens with that. She and Ivan will be close in age and grow up in church together. It should be fun once again to have cousins the same age.