Happy 1st Birthday Lainey-Bug

Twelve months ago today, we were blessed with one of life's greatest gifts!! A grandchild!! We had waited a long time to become grandparents and yes, we are very much your typical grandparents: "head over heels in love" with this granddaughter! Laine Virginia Swart was born to our middle child, Andy & wife Carman on April 26, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. weighing 7 lbs, 6 ozs., and was 19" long. Hearing that first cry outside the hospital door brought tears to our eyes and it was a very long 45+ minutes until we finally got to see her and hold her. Here is Papa and DeDe and that precious bundle of joy a short time after birth! Some friends of the kids brought this bunny to her at the hospital and I tried to get monthly pictures with it, but didn't do a real good job. But here she is about 18 hours old.

And an hour or so later when we dressed her all up :-)

Her momma, Carman, has done a great job of getting monthly pictures of her and writing monthly posts on her blog (http://carmanandandy.blogspot.com/). The following pictures are ones that Carman used for her blog:

Last month for the sign :-)

Nine Months......
Ten Months......
Eleven Months.......
And One Year Old!!! (doesn't seem possible!)
We are celebrating with a family birthday party on the 30th. Can't wait to see her reaction to her first bite of cake and ice cream!

Thank you, Lord, for giving us this precious little girl to love and watch grow. Our daily prayer is that she will bring joy to all who know her, that she will grow healthy and normal, that she will be protected from harm and evil people and most importantly that she will trust Jesus as her Savior at an early age!

WE LOVE YOU, SWEET LAINEY-BUG!!! HAPPY, HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY, BABY DOLL!!