10-10-10

Feeling very full. So many special friends, special family and a very very special little girl. God is good,to get us to today...such grace! He has her in his hands and has plans for her future-how refreshing that its not all about us.
Will post some pics soon of her dedication day!

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Some pics of what we've been up to...

Katelyn getting really quite stronng, very exciting

Spending time checking out granny's peacock

Very exciting - holding my rattle!!!

Chair physio recommended...and i sit so beautifully in it! yay!

She cracked 5kg's!

Wow - what a special moment. Seeing that 5.27kg's on the scale was literally like seeing the most beautiful sight you could imagine! The previous weight check she had gained 50g in two weeks, this was a 400 odd gain in two weeks! How good God is.

We've started to get out and about...probably to our and her detriment a bit though, because we always end up skipping something, or not feeding her as much, or sleep goes crazy or something - but its been wonderful starting to go on outings as a family. I think one thing that I've felt I've missed is those special few outings in the early-days of parenthood. Ours was blurred by so many things, that its literally taken us 6months to get to the point where going out is a little easier. She's a complete star when we go out generally - but then we get home and its most often chaos. Anyway, its progress.

She's started sleeping through - not that i know what that actually means, but she's going down around 7:30pm and sleeping until 6ish. Two nights down and she's woken up at 6 and 5:15 - still not sure whether i'd prefer to be getting up at 4am and sleeping until 7, or getting up at 5:15! Its really exhausting starting that early...plus...i really don't know what to do with her at that time!

We're having a small dedication for her this coming week, its been quite an internal process working towards it and what we want to dedicate for ourselves and her. So many thoughts. Simon and I had such a special evening talking about it all.

Other than that, she really is a complete joy. So many people just think she's adorable, so do I!

I'm really really exhausted - time to get ready for bed! 8pm!

Some new pics...5 and 6 months

Some new pics of Katelyn - showing off how strong she's getting...

**though strong is about all she's getting, as she's hardly getting any bigger...still stuck around 4.8kg's. Havent put on 1kg since the op - 2.5 months**

Grateful

I'm feeling so grateful for god director of all in my life. That even when times are tough,or not easing up,its not about the circumstance but about what I have and what Gods got in store still to come.

Reminded today that we need a community to live our life together with,but most importantly that we need god more than we realise. No matter what we going through,those are the most important things.

So grateful its not all about me!
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Commitment

Abraham Lincoln observed, 'Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It's the words that speak boldly of your intentions, and the actions which speak louder than the words. It's making time when there is none... it's coming through time after time, year after year. Commitment is the stuff character's made of... the power to change the face of things... the daily triumph of integrity over scepticism.'

I need more...
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Sweetheart

Katelyn is so sweet!! My little sweetheart is so cute, eventhough we have very little time to just be together - she really does make 3am feel like 3pm.

In between her screaming,choking,medicine moments,feeding and non-sleeping - I just love to hold her close & wish I could squeeze her tight!
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