My Letter to you:
This time last year was your due date. With you being my first pregnancy, I was anxiously awaiting the feel of contractions to happen at any moment. Little did I know you would make me wait almost a week later to deliver you. You weren't quite ready when we had anticipated. I went through another week of pack pains, swelling, growing larger and peeing every 5 minutes but it was all well worth it to see your sweet little body on February 10, 2011. There are not enough words to express how much I love you, how much fun I had with you your first year in the world, and how much I look forward to spending every waking moment with you the rest of your life, or at least until you move out;). You bring so much joy to our lives.
Let me share with you the ways you have changed my life. I have realized the importance of keeping my relationship with God through Christ of the utmost importance for you. I want you to see His love for you in the way I love you, discipline you, teach you and how I treat my relationship with your Daddy. We've already noticed how much of a sponge you are. You are learning everyday by watching us interact with you, with each other and with others around us {You are already starting to copy the things we do}. I knew before I had you I wanted to be a Mommy but not until I met you did I realize how much I would enjoy being a Mommy and how much I wanted to nurture, love, teach and train you. Some have even seen the bear claws come out in order to protect you and maintain my role as Mommy {Watch out, no one will want to mess with this Mama Bear}.
Throughout your life our prayer is that you will grow to become a man of God and live your life for Him and to do greater things for Him then your Daddy and I ever have. If you are anything like your Daddy {which I'm sure you will be}, I'll have to keep my eye on you as I'm sure you will get into all sorts of things being a boy. I'm certain you will give me plenty of heart failure moments as you already have within your first year {Which I am thankful to believe in a Sovereign God who protects you more than I ever will be able too}. I pray His hands of protection and healing on you as you will be into everything, I pray our Lord gives us {Mommy and Daddy} wisdom and guidance in the way we love, teach and discipline you.
To sum your little personality up: You are just the happiest most content little man we've met. You really have such a great personality and are so outgoing. You're always laughing and giggling. You're bashful with most everyone at first but are soon to warm up and be social with others. You love to make others smile by waving, cuddling, and pointing at them. You LOVE to play with other kids and you are happy to play contently by yourself also. Sometimes you can be such a busy bee with your tasks {you work so hard to get things in and out of boxes and screw and unscrew tops}. You like to sit and listen to Mommy and Daddy read books to you. You even laugh when the character looks silly.
My little Luke I love you so much. You truly are "my sunshine that makes me happy when skies are gray."
Lastly, I'll leave you with a few verses that your Daddy and I try to uphold for the glory of God. We pray our living testimony will express God's love for you throughout your years...
"As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with Thanksgiving." Colossians 2:10
"I beseech you...by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1-2
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalms 139:13
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalms 139:14
Love,
Mommy
Let me share with you the ways you have changed my life. I have realized the importance of keeping my relationship with God through Christ of the utmost importance for you. I want you to see His love for you in the way I love you, discipline you, teach you and how I treat my relationship with your Daddy. We've already noticed how much of a sponge you are. You are learning everyday by watching us interact with you, with each other and with others around us {You are already starting to copy the things we do}. I knew before I had you I wanted to be a Mommy but not until I met you did I realize how much I would enjoy being a Mommy and how much I wanted to nurture, love, teach and train you. Some have even seen the bear claws come out in order to protect you and maintain my role as Mommy {Watch out, no one will want to mess with this Mama Bear}.
Throughout your life our prayer is that you will grow to become a man of God and live your life for Him and to do greater things for Him then your Daddy and I ever have. If you are anything like your Daddy {which I'm sure you will be}, I'll have to keep my eye on you as I'm sure you will get into all sorts of things being a boy. I'm certain you will give me plenty of heart failure moments as you already have within your first year {Which I am thankful to believe in a Sovereign God who protects you more than I ever will be able too}. I pray His hands of protection and healing on you as you will be into everything, I pray our Lord gives us {Mommy and Daddy} wisdom and guidance in the way we love, teach and discipline you.
To sum your little personality up: You are just the happiest most content little man we've met. You really have such a great personality and are so outgoing. You're always laughing and giggling. You're bashful with most everyone at first but are soon to warm up and be social with others. You love to make others smile by waving, cuddling, and pointing at them. You LOVE to play with other kids and you are happy to play contently by yourself also. Sometimes you can be such a busy bee with your tasks {you work so hard to get things in and out of boxes and screw and unscrew tops}. You like to sit and listen to Mommy and Daddy read books to you. You even laugh when the character looks silly.
My little Luke I love you so much. You truly are "my sunshine that makes me happy when skies are gray."
Lastly, I'll leave you with a few verses that your Daddy and I try to uphold for the glory of God. We pray our living testimony will express God's love for you throughout your years...
"As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with Thanksgiving." Colossians 2:10
"I beseech you...by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." Romans 12:1-2
"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those are the called according to His purpose." Romans 8:28
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." Psalms 139:13
"I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well." Psalms 139:14
Love,
Mommy
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