This is our birthday week! Lilah turned 7 on Monday and Luke 4 on Wednesday.
Lilah Gean was our surprise. Kallie and I didnt plan on having kids so soon into our marriage. Our ‘5 year’ plan as we called it was trumped by God’s ‘6 months in – Guess what, you’re pregnant!’ I wouldnt go back and do anything different. Lilah teaches me so much about faith and God. She looks at everything as possible. She can do anything and if she can’t then someone can. I need to look at God the same way. I try to do so much, but instead of me doing it all, start relying on God, cause he can!
Lilah got ‘A’ honor roll on her first report card this year. I am so proud of her. She’s worked very hard and I know that she loves her school and her teacher!
Luke Gaines…well he’s just a mess! So kidding! I love my boy! Luke will always be a
reminder of my grandmother. Gaines was her family name and it’s an honor to have it as a part of my son’s name. I hope he feels the same way years from now. Luke is so full of energy. When it’s bed time, he always has that little bit of extra juice left to keep me up for another hour! He love Bumblebee (Transformers) and sees every yellow car as BumbleBee! It’s funny. But like Lilah, Luke knows that God is around. The other night we took the dog out for the bathroom and it was chilly. Luke asks, ‘why it is so cold?’ My response was, ‘God wanted it to be like that today.’ His response was to pray…he said, ‘God why did you have to make it so cold…it’s freezing out here!’
Crazy to think about how fast kids grow up. My kids seem older than they should be. Or maybe it’s just that I have loved them so much during this time of their lives I don’t want it to end. Are a few pictures from their special days.
Happy Birthday you Two!
God thank you for great kids. It certainly wasnt in my plans to have kids so young and so early in my marriage, but WOW…what a tremendous blessing they are to me and to my wife. Help me be the best daddy possible for them. I celebrate them, I celebrate your awesomeness for creating such great kids. Thank you for the gift of being a dad! I pray that I dont screw it up! In Jesus Name…Amen
3 Comments
October 16, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Dearest Scott,
What a tremendous blessing it was to read this post. You are a blessing to your children, your wife, and to those who are in your family. We love you dearly. You’re an amazing Daddy… May all the men in our family lead by example.
Love you,
Katty
October 16, 2009 at 10:23 pm
When I grow up, I want to be just like you… Your blog inspires me. It is truly a blessing to have such a great friend. I’ve you an Kallie both and love those two red heads just as much.
October 17, 2009 at 12:15 am
Thanks for the comments you guys! All praise should go to God…just trying to live out what I learn. And ‘los…takes a great friend to know one!