The Lord is at the helm

"Do not Fear."
"What? Not even a little?"
"No, do not fear."
"Surely I may show some measure of fear?"
"No, do not fear."
Tie this knot tight around the throat of unbelief: "Do not fear." "Do not
fear" today. "Do not fear" tomorrow. "Do not fear" any day of your life.
When fear comes, drive it away and give it no space.

When the weather is rough, passengers on a ship can be comforted by the
captain's calm behavior. One simple-minded soul said, "I am sure there is
no cause to fear, for I heard the captain whistling." Surely if the captain
is at ease, the passengers can be at peace. If the Lord Jesus is at the
helm singing, do not fear. "Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him"
(Ps.37:7). "Be strong, do not fear! Behold, our God will come with
vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you"
(Is.35:4).

--Charles Spurgeon


*Reposted from the GirlTalk blog for my own benefit and yours

Sleep

I don't want to jinx anything by writing this post. But I don't believe in luck anyways so here goes! 

This little snuggler is sleeping 6 hours at night! 

He goes from about 10:30 to 4:30 and then again to 7:30.

YEAH!! 

I know, I know, some of you who are reading this, your kids slept 8 hours at 8 weeks. But in the Minton household this is a BIG deal!! 

Snow Bunny

We saw our first snow flurries in Memphis this morning. Good thing Grandma brought Jed a snow suit! It's a little big, but as fast as he's growing I hope it makes it until spring!

Getting ready to go to church in our new snow suit Grandma bought

Worn out after nursery and Happy Mexican

OUT

I had to get him out of it, he still stayed asleep

So sweet, glad I didn't have to worry about him being cold!

Busy weekend

Grandma got to hold Jed all weekend!

The Tree

Love the candy cane sleeves!

Attempting to take a family photo

Much cuter by himself!!

Picture with Grandma!!

My mom came down this weekend and I am so thankful. I finally got my tree decorated.We've had it for a week now. I also got all my Christmas presents bought and wrapped and sent to Little Rock in the Whale. Joel was also super sweet Saturday morning. He got up with Jed at 7:30 and let me sleep in until 10. Then he made French toast and bacon, my favorite So thankful for Joel and my mom serving me this weekend!! It was very restful and productive weekend.

Advent 2010

This is the first year that Joel and I have celebrated Advent in our home. Advent means "coming" and is meant to prepare our hearts for the coming of Jesus on Christmas Day. We were very encouraged by this blog post and have been using the "Born a child,yet a King" devotional. It has been so worshipful. I've had this centerpiece for awhile and it works perfect to represent the Advent season. Each red candle represents the weeks before Christmas and the white candle represents Christmas day. This is a pic from our first Sunday. May we be faithful to keep gazing at Baby Jesus, King Jesus this busy Christmas season!!

Turkey Day

Here are a few pics from Jed's First Thanksgiving:

Morning nap with Grampaw Jay

Sweet Potato

Rocking with Mamaw

Uncle Kyle before he woke him up

Aunt Leah and Uncle Dustin

I think my Grandad sang him every hymn he know before he fell asleep

Cereal

 So the Doc said we could feed him cereal. He said it was best if we spoon fed him so he would learn how to eat baby food later on. We decided to try while we were in Little Rock for the week. Here are the results: