NEHEMIAH CHRISTOPHER REYNA

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Reflections of 2012

I hope each one of you had an amazing 2012 year. I have zero complaints about how my last year has gone, except that it went by too fast.

I am ready to share with each of you what happened this past year...

January

Our baby boy celebrated his 1st Birthday

March

Crispin experienced his first haircut

Our baby girl, Makaila, turned 9

May

My older brother, Michael, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities

April

We participated in our 4th March of Dimes walk

Andrea had her last day of middle school...

Makaila had her last day of 3rd grade...

August

We officially have a 4th grader and 9th grader...ahhh high school!

October

We celebrated Nehemiah's 5th Birthday/Angelversary

Andrea turned 15

November

We have a lot to be thankful for!

December

We had a wonderful Christmas

and rang in the New Year!

I pray each one of you have a blessed new year! Make it the best!

"The Lord bless you and keep you;

The Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace."

Numbers 6:24-26

Monday, December 31, 2012

December Photo-A-Day 31

"Fun"

We:

1. ate homemade chili

2. watched wrasslin

3. played Wii

4. stuffed our faces with ooey gooey goodness

5. watched the ball drop

6. toasted in the New Year

7. poured ourselves into bed

Sunday, December 30, 2012

When I was 16 years old I had started going back to church with my uncle and his family.
I was read my bible and notes daily. I remember one day when I read the book of Nehemiah.

At that moment I decided I really loved the name. The name belonged to strong, hardworking man of the bible. From that day on I knew that name was going to be the name of my first born son.

Fast forward two years later, I am pregnant with my first child. I had already told JD that I had a boy name picked out if it so happened we would have a boy. Well, God blessed us with a beautiful little girl instead.

Now fast forward 12 more years, I am pregnant with my third child. I had a feeling in my heart that it was to be a boy and reminded JD of the name I had picked out. Not knowing that pregnancy was not going to end well.

A few days after delivering my stillborn baby boy, Nehemiah, I was reading my bible. I went to the book of Nehemiah again and was skimming through when I noticed the verse that in chapter 8 verse 10 that reads:

"Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

The Hebrew meaning of Nehemiah is: "Comforted by Yahweh"

This afternoon I was looking through the add for the LifeWay Christian Store and in the add is a book called "The Living Room Series NEHEMIAH a heart that can break" by Kelly Minter. This is how the description of the book read:

"Nehemiah is a call to let God break your heart for a hurting lost world and move you to lead people to Christ. Nehemiah the man was so broken-hearted for those in need that he gave up the comforts of his Persian palace to meet their needs. This Bible study features video sessions, solid teaching of the Bible, music selections, and a relational approach you'll love."

It amazes me how many things we have read, seen, heard and spoken in our lifetime that we never really paid attention to. I feel like I made the right choice in selecting Nehemiah's name. That it was meant to be for me to be broken-hearted so that I may be able to get closer to God. That this little baby I was never meant to hold here on earth, would build me up to be a better person. Wow!

I love you my precious baby. Sleep tight in Jesus' loving arms.

December Photo-A-Day 30

"Your Winter Wonderland"

This was actually the snow we got on Christmas!! Yes, we had a white Christmas!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

December Photo-A-Day 29

"Sky View"

Amarillo has the best sunsets!

Friday, December 28, 2012

December Photo-A-Day 28

"Words"

Thursday, December 27, 2012

December Photo-A-Day 27

"Night Time"

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

December Photo-A-Day 26

"Grateful"

I have 3 beautiful, healthy, lively children. For that I am truly grateful!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

December Photo-A-Day 25

"Morning"

This was Christmas morning...kids opening presents & catching their faces!

Monday, December 24, 2012

New Traditions

So I was watching Sister Wives, before anyone judges, this is a very interesting show. On the show one of the wives made all the children pj's to open on Christmas Eve.

I thought that would be the coolest, easiest gift to make for my kiddos. In the future I hope to make them for my niece & nephews as well.

Anyway, I let the kids pick out the design they wanted & set to Googling the easiest way to make these & looked at countless YouTube videos. Finally getting my nerve up to make them.The whole time Makaila thought I was making them blankets...hehehe

My original plan was to let the kids open them at my mom's on Christmas Eve & let them try them on for everyone. Except something came over me last night & I thought I had better let them open them now. Everyone will see them on Christmas morning anyway.

Oh, thank you baby Jesus that I did. Because the ones I made for Makaila & Crispin where both snug in the waist area & Makaila's were too short.

You can't really tell here because KK is sitting, but they are short..

So, I got up early this morning to make them each another pair. My only dilemma was I did not have anymore of the cute pink material Makaila had picked out.