Three Weeks Old

Rachel turned three weeks old yesterday and is right on schedule with her three week growth spurt. Monday and Tuesday were really rough as she wanted to eat constantly (like every 2 hours) and since it takes her almost 45 minutes to an hour to eat/diaper change/get back to sleep, that only left us with a very short time to sleep in between. We were completely wiped out last night, but thank goodness we're almost past it. She finally went back to the 3.5 and 4 hour feedings last night and hasn't been as "needy" today.

As we were going through this rough time, I was reminded of the passage in the Bible that instructs us to pray without ceasing. We were certainly doing ALOT of that! I was reminded that no situation is beyond God's control and that He will not give us more than we can bear, although it seems like he really tests us sometimes. God loves our small prayers that we may think are menial at times, but He sees them as ways to show his love to us by answering them. I know we've prayed alot of prayers like "God, please help Rachel eat, please help her go to sleep, please help her stop crying or screaming"...and I think God truly heard those prayers and answered them in time. May this remind us that we should praise God for the good days as well as request His help on the rough ones.

I hope you have all had a blessed week. We have seen many blessings this week as Rachel's Nana had a biopsy of a place on her nose and the results came back good. Donnie and Christy also closed on the property they were purchasing. So, we're really excited about that. Now we'll all have a place for bonfires and hot dog roasts as well as camping!

We're posting some Easter pics. Although Rachel and I had to miss out on Easter services at church, we still put her in a little Easter outfit that used to be mine when I was little to capture a few Easter pics. My mom saved the outfit and passed it down to us. There's also a pic of Rachel in her bouncer in a little outfit that her Mimi gave her. We'll post more updates next week. Enjoy!