Baby Dedication

Jedidiah got dedicated at church this Sunday. Nationally this past Sunday is known as Sanctity of Life Sunday. It is the Sunday after the anniversary of Rowe vs. Wade. Jordan preached from Psalm 95:6 and talked about how each one of us was created in God's image for His glory. I worked in the nursery but I am looking forward to listening to the sermon here. As usual, Joel had Jed looking pretty fresh for the occasion.

Pastor Jordan prayed a blessing over each baby getting dedicated. He prayed Romans 15:13 over lil man:

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that you abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

We are praying this for Jedidiah. May we be faithful to raise him in a home where Jesus is King and the gospel is preached to ourselves, to one another and to our sweet baby boy.

Firsts

So this past month has been a crazy one and full of first for Baby Jed:

• December 18th- First Wedding
• We headed down to Little Rock for cousin Leah's wedding on Dec. 18th. This was Jed's first wedding and he got dressed up for the occasion. It was a beautiful wedding at the Marlsgate Plantation in England, AR. We all love Dustin and are excited to have him as part of the family. 



Kyle held Jed most of the time. He's a proud Uncle!



Leah looked gorgeous as always



Sleeping with Grampaw J





Family Picture 

• Decemeber 19th- First Christmas
• While in Little Rock we had Christmas with my parents, my grandparents and my dad's side of the family. I'm pretty sure Jed now owns every toy labeled 3+ months that they have in stores. Here a few pics from all the Christmas action:



Loving some Mamaw



and some fingers.



Grandad being Grandad



Passed out in the recliner after all the fun!



Meeting Uncle Tim for the first time




Mr. and Mrs. Brazil



The cousins: Evan, Shelby and Alex

• December 25th- First Christmas Day
• Well this was my year to work Christmas. Joel was going to spend it with his family at his sister's house. But, his sister got the flu the week before and we were advised by the ped. to not go over there. So Joel and Jed got to spend all Christmas day together at the house. They had good Daddy/Son time and Joel sent me this pic of him in his Christmas PJ's.



Fun times with daddy...



and we got to have some fun that night when I got home!

• December 31st- First New Years Eve
•  We spent New Years Eve with our dear GC friends at First Baptist in West Memphis. We played games and Joel played basketball. Lil man did so good. We didn't quite make it till midnight, we left at 1100, but we rang in 2011 at home as a family of 3!



Lil Man got dressed up for the event

• January 3rd- First Bubble Bath
• Since my last post everything has gone down hill as far as sleeping. Jed now wakes up every 1-2 hours and is unable to get himself back to sleep. I blame myself for all those naps in my arms, but they were worth it! In effort to get him back on a normal sleeping pattern we are establishing a bedtime routine. This night we decided to add the calming bubble bath to his water. Pretty sure it didn't work, but it was fun anyways!

• January 4th-  First Bowl game
• Jed watched his first bowl game with Joel out at Aunt Amanda and Uncle Ryan's (the biggest Hog fan we know) They also got him this adorable lil jersey for Christmas. Jed got pretty upset about the loss..or he might have been a little overstimulated by the massive loud TV and screaming fans..guess we'll never know.

4 months old today!

• January 7th- First Ear Infection
• Friday we went for Jed's 4 month shots. While there we discovered he had an ear infection and put on 10 days of Amoxicillin, which by the way are not very nice to lil man's tummy. He has handled it pretty well, but hasn't been eating a lot, We went back on Wed. to make sure the antibiotics were working and the ear infection was gone. He had lost 3 ounces from not eating as much :(. He also got put on probiotics to restore what the antibiotics killed off. You have to mix it in cold water. Try getting a 4 month old to suck down cold water...impossible. We're hoping once he gets over all of this and starts sleeping!!
• January 8th- First Fever
• Along with his first ear infection and shots came his first fever. It was around 101 even after some Tylenol. It was the weekend so we called the nurse. They just told us that if it got over 105 to go to the ER. Really? 105?? Thankfully it never got that high and he got over it by Monday morning. 
• January 9-10th- First Snow
• We had our first big snow in Memphis that Monday and Tuesday. Since lil man was sick we used that time to stay at home and snuggle and we didn't set a foot in the snow...Maybe next time.
• January 21st- First Apple Sauce
• We gave him his probiotics in apple sauce the other night after talking with our pediatrician. I thought he would love it... well as you can tell by his facial expressions..I was wrong.

We'll it has been an exhausting and exciting past few weeks. Looking forward to keeping you posted on what's happening around the Minton household inside and out!

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!!