Blessed Be Your Name

I don't know what it is like for those of you who are healing from the grief of losing someone you love dearly, but its very easy for Jong and I to cry while singing praises to our Lord. Well, this was the first song we sang this past Sunday so we got started early this Sunday! The part in bold really gets to us (in a good way).



Blessed Be Your Name
by Matt Redman
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Blessed Be Your Name
In the land that is plentiful
Where Your streams of abundance flow
Blessed be Your name

Blessed Be Your name
When I'm found in the desert place
Though I walk through the wilderness
Blessed Be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's 'all as it should be'
Blessed be Your name

Blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blessed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out
I'll turn back to praise
When the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name

You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
Lord, blessed be Your name

Isaac's growth

Isaac had a check up at St. Luke's Hospital today so we have a new set of measurements:

Weight: 11.51 kg
Height: 86.5 cm

I came home and immediately checked to see where he is on growth charts. I am so happy he is actually ON both growth charts now - based on both his adjusted age AND TADA his actual age!!! Plus this is a US growth chart and Isaac is ethnically Asian so I think he is doing okay!

Please see for yourself!

(Please click on the charts to see a bigger version)
Growth chart based on his adjusted age:

Growth chart based on his actual age:

I also tried out one of those height predictor sites. The problem is I am not sure if we are supposed to be going on his actual birthday or his adjusted birthday. If we go by his actual birthday, his height is predicted to be only 5'6" but if we go by his adjusted age, his height is predicted to be 5'10"! I sure hope we are supposed to go by his adjusted age!

Sonia

Abigail's first attempt at solids plus some sibling pictures

We tried giving Abigail a little bit of rice cereal tonight. Since daddy isn't home to see this, here is the video!



Here are also some pictures. Usually Isaac is not that interested in Abigail but we got him to kiss her. :)
And here is one to show off Isaac's and Abigail's cool ride (its the Doubles Vibe from Phil and Ted's, a Kiwi maker).
Sonia

Children with special needs inspire a very, very special love

The following excerpt was from Sarah Palin's speech tonight

And we were so blessed in April. Todd and I welcomed our littlest one into the world, a perfectly beautiful baby boy named Trig.

You know, from the inside, no family ever seems typical, and that’s how it is with us. Our family has the same ups and downs as any other, the same challenges and the same joys.

Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge. And children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

That completely choked me up. There are a whole lot of other reasons why I am voting for the McCain-Palin ticket this November but when she says this kind of stuff, it definitely helps me feel really good about my decision!

Isaac finally saying La La La La La!!!!

I am so excited. Isaac has been saying La La La La La a lot the past few days. I have never seen him use his tongue in his speech. He is now playing with his tongue while making sounds. Before he would play with his tongue by licking things, using his hands to hold/pinch his tongue. He even goes around saying La La La La La with a more higher pitch tone so I think he is singing.

He is still not saying words except for the word "car" but he seems to be making more different kinds of sounds lately. I started reading the book Becoming Verbal with Childhood Apraxia and have trying out vocal synchrony with him, including imitating the sounds he makes with him (I have been imitating his sounds with him before but I am doing it more since I started reading the book.

Oh and it looks like we should be able to get an SLP to start working with Isaac in October. Please keep praying for that to work out! Thanks!

Sonia