A Song for You

Dear Sweet Baby,

Long before you were forming in my belly, a song came out by one of your mom and dad's favorite groups - Shane and Shane. The first time I heard the song, I wept. I wept because of the truth the the song holds and I wept because I longed to one day be able to share this with you. Although the song is written for a girl, we do not know if you are a girl or a boy yet, but the message stays the same. Our desire and our prayer for you daily is that you would come to know Christ as your Savior and that you would grow in a personal relationship with him. So for now, here's the lyrics for The One You Need by Shane and Shane:

Hey hey sweet daughter

I am so proud to be your father

Each day is like a gift from God

Hey hey sweet daughter

There's no music like your laughter

And your smile is like a rising sun

You know I loved you from the start

So come in close

Take my hand for daddy shares his heart

I wish that I could be your everything

Be the one to give you all the things you need

Sometimes I'm gonna let you down

But there's someone if you just believe

Be your hero like He's always been for me

Darling, Jesus is the one you need

No matter what you walk through

He will always love you just the way you are

For there's nothing in this world

That I'd walk for my baby girl

That she'll be happy ever after

The story of your life is still untold

I pray the King of all the Universe

Would make your heart His own

I wish that I could be your everything

Be the one to give you all the things you need

Sometimes I'm gonna let you down

But there's someone if you just believe

Be your hero like He's always been for me

Darling, Jesus is the one

Who will never leave

He's been there all along

All ready You can find to love

I wish that I could be your everything

Be the one to give you all the things you need

Sometimes I'm gonna let you down

But there's someone if you just believe

Be your hero like He's always been for me

Darling, Jesus is the one you need

• Writer(s): Shane Everett, Shane Barnard, Jason Ingram
  Copyright: Windsor Hill Music, Sony/ATV Timber Publishing, West Main Music
  Lyrics powered by www.musiXmatch.com

Sweet Baby, we pray that the King of all the Universe would make your heart His own - that's all that matters.

We love you enough to tell you we're not it - 

Mom (and Dad)

For readers, if you want to listen you can find it here The One You Need

The news is out...

Dear Sweet Baby,

The news is finally out! Your mom is relieved. I am grateful that I have not been sick or else our little secret would have been much harder to keep. I'm so thankful everyone knows about you now! People are so excited. Your extended family is eagerly awaiting your arrival and your church family rejoiced at our news this Sunday. On the back of our Christmas card to everyone, we included a sweet verse from James 1:

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

We do believe that you are a good and perfect gift. We also acknowledge that you are given to us as an act of grace from God our Father. We see that He is already using you to not only cause us to grow closer together, but to also bring us into a new level of intimacy and dependence upon Him. Oh are we ever so grateful. 

We love you sweet baby and pray for you daily,

Your mommy (and daddy)

Our First Glimpse of You

Dear Sweet Baby,

We saw you today and you are beautiful, perfect, wonderfully created by God. At one point during the ultrasound, you caused me to giggle the way you were wiggling around in there. When I giggled, you bent your knees and did a tiny little jump up and down. Your little movements that the Lord allowed us to see today made your mommy so excited! We are so thankful for the wonderful gift the Lord has given to us and we can't wait to actually get to hold you instead of seeing you through an ultrasound, but hey, we'll take what we get for now. Let's share your cute little self with everyone. At this point not many know about you, but you are oh so very much loved.

Excited to see you,

Mom (and Dad)

Our sweet little baby!

Everything looks perfect! You measured at 12 weeks and 3 days. 

You gave us a little way just to make sure we were watching!

You can see your little hands and feet.

This is your mom's least favorite picture.
Thanks for looking at us, but at this point you look a little like an alien.

This is when we got to hear your little heart beat for the very first time.

Your heart rate is 175bpm.

Baby White