Updates and A Marriage Prayer

Andrea here! It's been a bit of an absence from me, but I have a couple more substantial blog posts in the works and here are a few little updates!

Pio turned 7 months at the end of October!

Happy boy!

And he is slowly improving in his sitting skills. He's still our lazy boy, though!

What a ham!

And we also have another one cooking away!

We'll find out in about a month if this is a he or she!

I am now 17 weeks along and I feel so much better being on the other side of the first trimester!

I also wanted to share a prayer my husband wrote for our wedding day. We say this prayer together every night and it always seems appropriate no matter what the day was like. 

A Marriage Prayer

Oh dearest Mother, perfect spouse of the Holy Ghost, we entrust our marriage to your Immaculate Heart. Cover us with you mantle. Purify our love in the fire of your love for your Son, and, once purified, offer it to Him and never let us stray from Him. Help us to love each other through and for Him. 

In times of adversity protect us and comfort us. In times of comfort remind us that all that is good comes from God. Help us to be selfless, patient and understanding, seeking to give more than receive. Help us to b the perfect companions and helpmates for each other along the way to heaven, and to raise many little souls for eternal happiness with God.

Protect us from Satan and the world, which want to reduce our love to selfishness and tear us from each other and from the arms of your Son. Above all, let our love for your Son grow daily, until the day when, together, we come home to rest in His heart for all eternity.