sleeping through the night

Happy fourth of July for the first time Jack T!!!!

As if you knew how much I needed it, you slept through the night every night for the last 7 nights!! Waking up to get ready for work and actually having to wake you up to eat has been a relief. You have spent the entire week with daddy and you have followed your schedule perfectly. It's really been a great week. The only part that has not been good has been the fact that I have been away from you. I missed you so much that I cried several times feeling physical pain. Your dad has really enjoyed himself it seems- I'll let him tell you someday how it has felt for him- but it has been so fun for me to see him taking charge and making you smile so much. You are in a special phase right now where you look so adoringly at your dad, me and just anyone who knows the right sweet voice to use. Your smiles absolutely melt me.

Your uncle James is doing better. His nose is still numb to the touch but he is on the mend and lucky to be alive.

Today is your first 4th of July and we are going to see tonight if you freak out at the sound of the fireworks. Who knows. I hope this day is a special one for you and that in your life you will recognize the blessing that God gave you to be born in the United States. This place is so far from perfect that it is ridiculous, but you will see war and pain in other parts of the world that you will not have to deal with. God chose for you to be born here not so that you would take it for granted and assume that the rest of the world has this type of affluence but to give to others, to go and be used by God to help those that hurt. The 4th of July is a fun day for a bbq and hanging out at the beach and with friends. But it is also a reminder that God expects alot from us because to us He has given alot.