Kolt's Baby Dedication

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” Jeremiah 1:5

On June 23, 2013 Kyle and I dedicated Kolt to the Lord in front of our family and church family. Before the dedication, we attended a brief parenting class at our church. This reminded us of ways to be the Christian parents we need to be for Kolt. Also for Kolt’s dedication we are asked to pick out a verse for him. We prayed about it and were lead to use the verse that I prayed over during my pregnancy, Jeremiah 1:5. As soon as we found out we were having a boy, I painted that verse on a canvas for his nursery. The canvas is above his crib.

Kolt’s baby dedication was so special to us. Kyle and I were humbled to dedicate our child to the Lord who so graciously blessed us with this precious child. We also dedicated ourselves to follow our Shepherd in raising our child. “He tends his flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; He gently leads those who have young.” Isaiah 40:11. I am so thankful our Pre-school director shared this verse with us during our class; of course the last part speaks to me the most.

Our baby dedication is always at the very end of the service and only one baby per Sunday. The ladies from the nursery had Kolt dressed and ready to go (they are absolutely fabulous!) when we walked out to go on stage. Once on stage Bro. Jeff Clark took Kolt for the dedication and of course his words made me tear up! He read Kolt’s verse and explained how powerful it is that God knows us before we are even formed. I think Bro. Jeff had our whole row of family tearing up or crying! Kolt did great on stage, a little talking and trying to grab Bro. Jeff’s microphone on his face!

After church we all headed to Mac’s on the River for a fabulous lunch that everyone enjoyed! Once we had all eaten lunch everyone went to our house to enjoy a sweet reception for Kolt. We had cake and punch and time for fellowship to celebrate our blessed day. When I say Kolt never fussed throughout the day, I’m serious. He never cried once and that was with everyone passing him around, being out and about, being dressed up and having tons of people at his house! Kyle and I are so thankful and blessed that we were able to celebrate and share this special day with our family.

We ask for prayers from our family and friends for our sweet Kolt. That he may grow up knowing Christ as his personal Savior. We also ask for prayers for us as, that we may raise this child in the Lord. We thank God everyday for our sweet Kolt!

“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.” Psalm 139:13-14

Here are a few pictures from our day!

Kolt's invitation for his baby dedication!

 

During his sweet dedication

After the service with Bro. Jeff

Kolt & Granny

Kolt & his friend Cannon!

Kolt LOVES Mrs. Debby in the nursery!

(and so do we! But we hate Emmalee wasn't there!)

Everyone at lunch!

Kolt's sweet reception at home!

He enjoyed his first encounter with cake!

Kolt with Pops and MiMi

Kolt with Nana, Big Daddy & Aunt Sarah

Kolt with MawMaw & PawPaw

 

I hate we weren't able to get pictures with all of our guests that afternoon, but I wanted to get him out of his dress clothes!

6 Months!

I remember thinking on December 8, 2012 “My son will be 6 months in June. That is forever away.” However, those 6 months have flown by and our big boy turned 6 months old today! Kolt is definitely one happy, energetic and smart boy. Right now, he is in a squealing phase. He usually wakes up squealing and does it until he goes to sleep. He is very verbal, like “yelling” at us when we are not looking at him or at his toys while he plays. He is a MESS and is always on the go! Kolt is very close to crawling but just can’t quite put it all together. Along with crawling he is trying to sit up and pull up all at the same time which usually results in a flop on the floor! However, he is all over the living room! He constantly has us cracking up or saying “watch him do that!”

We had a fun yet crazy month winding down the school year. During the last couple of weeks of school Kyle developed his infection in his arm which led to him being VERY sick. This also led to Kolt’s first night away from home. He stayed at Kyle’s parent’s house in order for me to be able to take care of Kyle during the night. One thing Kyle remembers from that night is me crying saying “I miss Kolt man!” but we all made and it was for the best! Thankfully, God has healed him and we are well. Kolt got to go to his first crawfish boil and he had a blast; lying in the hammock, eating ice cream, drinking sweet tea, playing in the sand and creek, and getting a bath in the camper sink.

Thankfully, we have been able to actually have some relaxing family time. I didn’t know what it felt like to have my husband coming home around 3:45 every day or being able to spend all day with us! I can definitely say we are all getting a little spoiled! Kolt and I love having “dada” home with us during the day!

More of our prayers have been answered during the past few weeks. Kyle will be returning to PCS next year and the Forrest County School Board will be voting on me to become a Kindergarten teacher at Earl Travillion Attendance Center in the fall. Hopefully I will be getting a phone call within the next few days with great news!  This week we start Vacation Bible School at First Hattiesburg and I will be doing four year old missions. I can’t wait to see what God has in store for all of us this week. Also, we are excited to say that Kolt will have his baby dedication on June 23 at First Hattiesburg. We look forward to celebrating this blessed event with our family and friends!

Even though it is the summer, we still have a pretty full schedule with Kyle’s football, our church Growth Group, my workshops and hopefully getting things ready for the next school year!  We look forward to a fun-filled summer together!

“You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Psalm 23:5

 

Happy 6 months!

He is never still! :)

Happy Boy!

Just relaxing at the crawfish boil.

Hey boys!

Family picture at the crawfish boil.

Sweet boy in his turle fishing hat!

His first set of wheels..Watch out!

Kolt really enjoys meal time!

His first trip to Krispy Kreme!

 

5 months

Our Kolt man is now 5 months old! We have had so much fun over the past month. There is never a dull moment with this silly little guy! He has the sweetest and funniest personality! Kolt has had an exciting month, with the biggest “change” being baby food. There is no doubt that our child loves to eat! So far we have not found a baby food that he does not like. (Granted we are still on the stage 1 foods) Usually, we cannot get the spoon in his mouth fast enough! He has recently started “helping” by shoving the spoon in his mouth..haha!

Play time is definitely more active! He loves to be on his tummy and play with his toys. However, he gets SO frustrated and mad when he tries to crawl and cannot get anywhere while playing. We know it will not be long before he is scooting around the living room! His new “finds” are his feet and toes. He loves to grab his feet and try to get those toes in his mouth, which is unsuccessful because his tummy gets in the way!

I absolutely love to read and always have. I strongly believe this is from my parents always reading to me when I was little. When I say read, I mean me critically going through the books..haha. I hope to instill the love of reading in Kolt. Even though he is only 5 months old, he loves to be read too. He loves looking at the pictures. Now when I read, he likes to take the books from my hands and hold it himself! Every night before we go to sleep, we pick out a bible story and a prayer to read.

As hard as it is to believe, out first baseball season at PCS has come and gone. We are so proud of all of the hard work and accomplishments Kyle has achieved this season. For the most part, he completely redid the field and it looks great! We have enjoyed being at the games and were glad that the weather decided to cooperate and let Kolt watch daddy’s last games. He stayed awake for most of the time and loved sitting in someone’s lap to watch the game. Pretty sure this was the ONLY season that he will sit still and watch a game! We were also able to go to another Southern Miss game, this time he was actually awake! We sat outside and he sat in our laps bouncing to the music and watching the game.

Kolt loves to go to Kyle’s grandparent’s house. He loves to swing outside! He recently walked in the grass (with help of course) and went and smelled Maw-Maw’s rose bush. This month Kolt also went “fishing”. While mama and daddy did most of the fishing, Kolt did pose with one of the fish! I’m sure he will follow in his daddy’s footsteps and want to be outside all the time!

Kolt blesses us more and more each day. He always has a smile for us and something “to say”. We thank God every day for such a sweet and healthy little boy. We look forward to seeing what this next month has in store for us!  

 Rejoice always,  pray continually,  give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18

Happy 5 months!

He kept trying to pull off his sticker!

                                                          Cheering at Daddy's last games
                                                          

                                                                  Sporting his jersey!

Baseball boys!

Cheering on Southern Miss!

Wresting with daddy!

He took the book from and held it just like this!

 

4 months old - better late than never!

We had an exciting fourth month with our sweet baby boy. We went to the doctor for his four month checkup and shots. Kolt now weighs 15 pounds and 7 ounces which is average. He is 26 inches long which is in the 86 percentile for his age! He is definitely going to be tall! During the month, Kolt traveled, experienced his first Easter, rolled over for the first time from his back to his stomach and of course gone to more baseball games. Kolt has the sweetest personality. He loves to “talk” all the time! Kolt also enjoys watching baseball on TV. He sits in his chair and is mesmerized; he especially loves chopping for the Braves!

Kyle, Kolt and I have been attending First Baptist of Hattiesburg. Kyle and I felt like the time was right for Kolt to start going to the nursery. The church has an amazing children’s program (God’s Big Backyard) and they made the transition so easy for us. Kolt is a part of the “Little Bitty Backyard”. The ladies love Kolt and were so sad when he kept sleeping the whole time in his car seat while he was there! We are really enjoying our time at First Hattiesburg and are taking steps to become members.

The months are flying by but we love watching Kolt grow. We are so thankful for such a healthy and happy baby boy! He has recently started wanting to hold his burp clothes or little blankets which is so sweet. Every night around 10, he starts to get fussy and he is ready for his “daddy rock time”. He only wants for Kyle to rock him to sleep. It is the sweetest thing! While I have enjoyed every minute of being able to stay at home with Kolt, I am currently searching and interviewing for jobs for the next school year. I had a great interview at a school last week where I taught a reading lesson. I have been asked to go back and teach a math lesson. Hopefully this will lead to good things!

We know this month will bring even more fun and joy into our lives. Kolt has been given the okay to start on baby food and HE LOVES IT! He is trying so hard to crawl; we know it won’t be too long!

“For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100:5

 

 

He is risen!

 

"As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed. "Don't be alarmed," he said. "You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.'”  - Mark 16:5-7

The week leading up to Easter was Spring Break for my mom and Sarah. Since we were all off at the same time, we made plans to go and visit my grandparents in Albertville, Alabama. Mama and Sarah came up on Sunday and spent the night. We got up Monday morning, loaded the car and headed to Albertville. We could not have asked for Kolt to have been any better. He slept the whole way! Well, he did wake up once, in Tuscaloosa! :)

While we were there, Kolt got to meet and visit with family that he had not been able to meet just yet. We all had a great time being able to catch up with family that we do not get to see on a regular basis. Wednesday morning, we packed back up and headed to Monroeville. Once, again Kolt traveled like a champ and slept the whole time!

When we got back to Monroeville, we got ready and headed to church for the Children’s Easter egg hunt. Kolt got some eggs and even got to take his picture with the Easter bunny! He really didn’t care that he was being held by the Easter bunny, which was a relief for me. (Not so sure it will be that way next year!) Thursday while we were home, I must admit, we were lazy! Kolt is trying to cut teeth and wasn’t feeling too well during parts of our trip. So we used Thursday to relax a bit!

If there is one thing I learned this week, it’s that Kolt MISSED HIS DADDY! Kyle is the one who rocks Kolt to sleep every night and when his daddy wasn’t there to do so, he didn’t like it! Kyle came to Monroeville around lunchtime Friday since he was off for Good Friday. Kolt and I were SO happy and excited to see him! When it was time for Kolt to take a nap, he would only sleep if he was touching his “dada”.

Saturday, once again we were kind of lazy throughout the day..which was perfectly fine with us! We all got ready and headed to eat supper at David’s…YUMMY! After David’s, we got back home and Kyle and I began to bake cupcakes. We made Easter cupcakes while Kolt napped. Once Kolt man woke up, we began dying Easter Eggs. He enjoyed sitting there watching Daddy and Mommy compete to have the best egg! That night, Kolt knew he had to go to sleep so the Easter bunny could come, because he slept SO WELL! (However, I think a lot of that is because he was snuggled up with daddy)

Sunday morning, we woke up to see what the Easter bunny had brought before we started getting ready for church. Of course, he brought a lot of fun goodies! Especially, since Kolt had 3 Easter bunnies visit him! :) We got ready and headed to Eastwood for church. Kolt slept through the whole service. As always, Bro. Steve brought a wonderful message!

Despite our Easter activities, my daddy was really sick all weekend. Mama left church early Sunday to take him to the hospital. Once she took him to the ER they decided he needed to be admitted into ICU. So, after we left church, Sarah and I got things ready around the house and packed his bag for him to stay in the hospital. Kyle, Sarah and I worked great as a team, naturally rotating between cleaning up from lunch, doing a load of laundry, watching Kolt or packing. Kyle and I knew we still had to come back to Hattiesburg yesterday afternoon but we had to see my daddy before we left. Sarah was so sweet to keep Kolt while Kyle and I went and visited with daddy. After we left, we all went back to the hospital and Mama was able to come out and see Kolt on our way out of town. My daddy has been and is still very sick. However, his blood sugar is coming down and he is slowly beginning to feel better. Please keep him in your prayers for a total and speedy recovery!

We all traveled many miles this past week but we had a great time and made great memories for Kolt’s first Easter! I am so blessed and thankful that we were able to spend it with my family! :)

 

Kolt meeting the Easter bunny!

FaceTiming DaDa :)

This is how he napped once his daddy got there!

Out to eat at David's

Dying Easter eggs!

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!

Daddy&Kolt

Mommy&Kolt

Kolt cheesing with all of his new goodies!

Loving his new Bumbo seat

A great end to Easter Sunday. Kolt loved me reading to him from his new bible!