Time to Brag

Last week I listened to a lady talk about the most incredible gifts God had given her two days in a row. She first saw the most amazing rainbow she had ever seen and the following morning she saw an indescribable sunrise that she could never have imagined. She couldn't stop bragging about what God had blessed her with. So what did I do? I asked God to do the same for me. Sounds silly but as I sit here I can barely contain my excitement of the gift God has given me this afternoon. A few posts down you can see a video of A laughing with her daddy at bedtime. That laugh has been one of the greatest joys I have experienced over the past few months. However, this afternoon there is a different sound coming from A's bedroom that has filled me with excitement. Silence. Yes, silence. A fell asleep on her own in her crib for the second time today; not in my arms, not in our bed, not in her carseat but in her crib. For those of you who have experienced an extremely opinionated and fussy baby you may be able to appreciate just how huge the sound (or lack there of) of silence is to me. After many many weeks of trying everything under the sun to get A to fall asleep on her own and in her crib, God has blessed me with a peaceful sleeping baby in her crib. R and I prayed this morning that A would be able to sleep on her own in her crib and to be honest I did not expect it to the extent that it has happened. She didn't cry, she barely even fussed. I placed her in her crib and a few minutes later...silence. People ask for miracles all the time and I can say after weeks and months of sleepless nights and frustrating napless days today God preformed a miracle!

Thank you Jesus!!

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him. 1 John 5:14-15