The Praise Baby Collection

Twice the joy - by Amanda

When I found out I was pregnant, of course I just assumed there was one baby. Because, really, who just has two babies on her own, with no medical assistance. So at 10 weeks, my OB performed an ultrasound. I’ve seen pictures of other girlfriends’ ultrasounds before, and I knew that the “black hole” was the baby. Looking at my ultrasound, I saw two black holes, but really, I didn’t think anything of it, until my doctor said I was having twins.

Two babies.

You must be joking, I thought. Actually I did ask her if she was sure. Then I asked her to look around and see if she found anything ELSE!

So as the days and weeks went along, the shock wore off. At 19 weeks I had another ultrasound and we found out we were having two boys. This was quite amusing to me, as I’m a girly girl. I took ballet for 13 years, I don’t play sports, and I like pink. Boys, what was I going to do with them? God was showing me His sense of humor here, I was certain.

In two months, those little boys will be three years old. I can’t believe I just typed that. THREE!!! God has blessed me with two sweet, very loving boys. He has also given me much grace to get me through the hairy times that come from two children the same age. One of the great things about this age, is they have very good memories. My boys pick up a song or can memorize a story very quickly. It just fills my heart with joy to hear them walking around the house singing “Jesus Loves Me” or “Go Go Joshua,” or “The B-I-B-L-E”, or any of the other praise songs they have learned. They LOVE music! We have a CD player in their room, and instead of playing “Wheels on the Bus” or “Ba Ba Black Sheep” (which they really do love), they usually request “their” music, which is just fun children’s praise music.

I didn’t have the Praise Baby CD when my boys were infants, so I don’t know how an infant reacts to it. But I can tell you that when I am at my wits end, and facing a dirty house that needs to be whipped into shape, I pop that into the CD player as I scrub the kitchen floor, and instantly I’m in a better mood.

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