Meet Ava Grace.

So here is the most precious thing you will ever see until I have my own child. Ha! This is Ava Grace Thomas. I have the blessing of spending every day with her from about 7 in the morning till around 6 at night! I've never seen anything like her! Let me just describe to you the sweetness of this little baby girl. Her smile is the cutest thing I've ever seen! I say "oohhh" and boom! There it is the priceless treasure of this sweet baby's smile! Sometimes she even talks back with an "oooh" herself! The best is when there's no where else she'd rather be than laying on top of my shoulder! Oh my gosh! Melt my heart!

The thing about spending so much time with a baby is that you learn so much about the Lord! Everyday when Ava Grace starts to cry, I know EXACTLY what she wants! FOOD! But there are some days when she puts her tiny little hands in front of her mouth and won't let the bottle in. I tell her, "baby girl, I know you're hungry and if you'd just let me give you this bottle your little restless heart would settle down." Isn't that the same way our Heavenly Father is with us. If we'd just move our hands out of the way, He knows exactly what we need! Let him give it us! Gosh!

I know there will be days with her that are hard. For instance, yesterday her way of saying "good morning" was to projectile vomit all over me! Of course I had to learn the hard way to always bring a spare change of clothes, but for yesterday I sat in throw up. Yum. And there have been moments when her restless heart wouldn't settle down no matter what I did, but I've learned that she LOVES hymns. So I get to do one of my favorite things in the world and sing to her the sweetness of Jesus.

Those are my days for now. And praise God for the sweetness of a little baby.