Such an honor to share that our baby BOY has arrived! Welcome to the world
Bishop Kilima Stiver. .
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Born on Wednesday June 12, 2019 at 12:58pm in San Luis Obispo, CA. .
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Weighing 8lbs 8oz, and measuring 20 inches long. He is such a gift!
The word Kilima means Mountain in Swahili. And just like so many others from the Bible who experienced incredible encounters with God on top of mountains, we pray that Bishop’s life will be marked by the ever present reality of God’s strength, power, and heart to draw near to His people.
Oh Bishop-Boy—our little Mountain Man—welcome to this big, beautiful world. You are so, so loved.
This little one is going to rock our world. I’m proud of my body which has worked so incredibly hard over the last 39+ weeks to care for and nourish this little one. It’s been a long road, and it’s hard to believe that we are coming to the end of this journey soon. I’m just thankful. Thankful for my doctors, thankful for my supportive family, thankful for my incredible husband and kids, thankful for God’s daily provision, and for so many others in our lives who have supported us and continue to along the way. It’s all just proven what an amazing community this little love will get to be apart of on this side of the womb. Can hardly wait to share our big news soon. Would appreciate all your prayers in the coming days. 💙🎀
Oh sweet little one, we are so ready to meet you. 👶🏼 Can’t wait to jump back into nursing and begin bonding outside the womb with our baby. (I should also add that the only *new* things that was either bought in a store or online from this picture was our changing pad, that letter board, and the modern art print which I bought as an instant download from Etsy and then had printed at Staples. Literally everything else was purchased 2nd hand, was a gift at some point, or was brought back with us from Tanzania. Buying used is something I love and something that I think we should all embrace more. Our new home is filled with about 98% all second-hand items and I love it. Tanzania trained me well for getting a good bargain without sacrificing personal style and I am loving how this little nursing and diaper changing space turned out.)
We turned 8 this week and I’m just so thankful for this guy. ❤️ I’m massively pregnant with our 4th little one right now, we are in the midst of one of the most interesting seasons of our lives, and now have been living back in America for almost 6 months. Everything is different today then from when these photos were taken so long ago. I have been married to different versions of Brandon and he has been married to many different versions of me. But that’s marriage: being committed and faithful to the many different versions of the one you entered into covenant with and still choosing them each and every day. Committed to seeing and encouraging them to become the person God created them to be as they continue to shed the old ways and daily enter into the New. It’s the beauty of becoming with another person by your side. Bran is my best friend, my better half, and one of my greatest joys. We’re better today than we ever were when we first started off. And for that I am so incredibly grateful. Happy 8 Brandon! Let’s have a baby.
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Happy Mother’s Day from us 6. Thankful for all the amazing women that I know personally or admire and look up to from afar, who are doing the hard, Holy, incredible work of mothering. May you feel how appreciated, needed, and necessary your impact on this World is. You all are HERo’s in my book. (35 weeks pregnant. So thankful.) 🌻
Moses’s first season of baseball ended yesterday, so here’s a little throwback to Opening Day Ceremonies. And because God loves us, Mo was chosen to be on the Dodgers. 😆 It was a sweet season of meeting new families, making new friends, and watching our boy get better as the season went on. He turns 12 in July and joined a team of boys who mainly have been playing since T-Ball. So much to get caught up on and for him to learn. But it blessed my heart so much to hear so many of the other parents cheering him on, speaking life into him, and being just as loud as us yesterday as he made 2 amazing catches in center field and helped his team get so close to moving on to the championships. 💙 God knew our kids needed to be in America during this time. They are coming alive in new ways and learning so many new things. Promise started Art Class and Ballet lessons 2 weeks ago and is having the time of her life. It makes my heart so happy to see her beaming when I pick her up from the local Arts Foundation. She needed this. God’s plans are good and He has continued to remind us that the move back to America was just as much about our kids as it was about us. Just so thankful. ⚾️ (Also, 3-5 weeks away from meeting our sweet babe. Still don’t know the gender and can’t wait to be surprised.)
Gardening in the morning, baseball in the afternoon, seaside by evening. 🐚Thankful for time with my 3 bigs while Brandon works so hard at home to finish this masters term well. He only has one more term of grad school left in the Fall and has been absolutely rocking it. Even through leaving Tanzania, moving to a new home, starting a new job, and now awaiting baby #4, he has been a picture of such consistency and excellence, not once letting his grades or effort slip. So proud of him and can hardly believe that grad school life will be wrapping up and I’ll have my evenings with my man back again. Trying hard to cherish these fleeting moments before our whole world is wrapped around a sweet babes finger this summer. So grateful! 🕊
