Life with the Maxies: Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go...

When I typed my last blog, I honestly was 100% positive that I had written about Kylee Jo’s baby dedication. Once I looked back at my archives, I realized I haven’t posted anything in 2015! Mommy fail. Better late than never, right? I seem to say that in most of my blogs now days.

Kylee Jo Maxie was dedicated to the Lord on January 18^th, 2015. She was dedicated by Kyle and me, as well as her brother at Venture Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Family and friends were there to help witness and celebrate in this special occasion. The verse we chose for Kylee Jo is Psalm 139:13-14 “For You created my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are made wonderful, I know that full well”. As with Kolt, we chose a verse during to pray during my pregnancy. The verse that we prayed during my pregnancy with both babies was their dedication verse.

Kylee Jo is our little miracle baby and a fighter. We praise God for placing His loving hands on her once she entered the world 4 weeks premature. We have witnessed scarier situations to those around us, but our this was our baby girl in the NICU for her underdeveloped lungs. However, God’s plan was for her to lungs to grow stronger each day and to come home with us in exactly one week. During this time we had our faith in God because we knew that He was the one that created her in my womb and that she was wonderfully made Him.

Almost 9 months later we have a happy, healthy, and loving baby girl. She has the sweetest personality and is the perfect last piece to our family. We are thankful for those that love her and pour God’s love into her. Dedicating our baby to the Lord is also us asking for help from the church as well, to help raise a Godly woman. I cannot wait to see the things the Lord does in her life. She already has a precious story to tell and we know God has so much more to add.