Intro

We named our blog “Raising Mustard Seeds” after the famous parable in Matthew’s Gospel. We had some mustard seeds of our own laying dormant in our hearts, and finally, the year before our marriage, we began to let those seeds grow. Our journey with Christ hasn’t always been easy, but it has bore more fruit than we could possibly imagine. And through the mustard seeds He planted in our hearts, He opened them to receive little mustard seeds of our own…

While Jesus in this parable is talking about how faith and our relationship with God should grow from something very small to something mighty and powerful, it’s applicable to our children as well. It is our hope that through prayer and proper parenting, our children will grow from small and helpless (tiny mustard seeds) to being mighty in Christ, so that they will be shining lights in the world and people will come to “dwell in the branches” of their faith.

So, this is our little space in the big internet where we will share our most likely crazy experiences as we start our family and we hope those who are close to us will enjoy laughing at us and with us, and maybe even learn something new :)

Friday, November 22, 2013

Some photo peeks into our last few weeks (#9)

Well. I said I probably wouldn't keep up with my weekly posts. Prophecy Fulfilled! In all seriousness though, I'm getting back on the band wagon. Here is a quick picture edition of our last few weeks (in which Gianna turned 9 months old!!!)

 
She's currently into kitchen mischief. Opening cabinets, snooping around the fridge, climbing into (yes, into...and onto, for that matter) the dishwasher. 
 

 
Gianna was particularly uppity on this day in October. So, of course, like any good Mom, I took a picture of her.  I'm considering submitting it to "Reasons my Son is Crying" (the dad takes pictures and captions from other families, too). I guess the caption would be: I put her on a pink blanket. She did not like that at all. 

 
Gianna's breastfeeding acrobatics. Who doesn't love a downward facing dog and other invented yoga poses while eating? 

 
Sometimes, all the bibs are dirty. Enter the bandana bib! It works pretty spectacularly, especially with the crumb catcher mechanism. In my adult life, I have experienced this before with scarves. 
 
 
Something about the faces she was making just cracked me up as we were waiting for Chris to answer the phone. Oh yeah. That was when Chris HAD a phone. He lost it almost a month ago and we haven't replaced it. We miss our daily Facetime with Papa. The FaceTime feature on the iPhone is pretty much one of the only reasons I still have an iPhone.
 
 
I play piccolo for Gianna almost every day (some Baroque/Classical music like Telemann, Mozart, and Vivaldi, but also some songs she's familiar with like Do Re Me and Turkey and the Straw). It's so fun to watch her try to figure out where the sound comes out. She loves it and immediately lights up when I play. I opted to let her hold the piccolo versus my flute. The cheaper option by a long shot. 
 
In October, we took Gianna to the park for the first time and she LOVES the swings. LOVES them. She's also into climbing onto all the jungle gym areas and sliding. She can slide by herself going backwards on her belly and scootches down until her feet touch the ground.

I haven't posted videos in a while, but our computer makes it really complicated. I will have a video heavy post soon :-)
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