I think every mom I know that loves the Lord feels the same way as me: our Children teach us SO MUCH about God. Never has the gift of God sending His Son to die for us become so real to me as much as when Liza was born and I felt the love for a child that was my own flesh and blood. What God did for us truly is amazing.
So, lately, since Liza has become this walking and talking real person, I have been even more blown away at the simple little truths God places on my heart through random, and usually funny moments with Liza. (Just to set the record straight.....my sweet Will, mommy loves you just as much as that crazy sister of yours.....your smiles melt me to my core.....you just aren't talking or moving much yet......hang in there......I am quite sure you will give me much to ponder soon enough!).
Anyway.....considering the fact that Will's baby book might still have plastic wrap around it......I become more and more motivated to record moments with the kids that I never want to forget. This blog is an easy way to do it b/c I don't have to send pics to be printed, worry about my handwriting, and it is so much faster to type than write.
Back to the point: lessons from Liza. Liza does some funny things every day that I never want to forget. But, sometimes, they teach me things and I never want to forget that either. I don't consider myself very deep and I am certainly not a gifted writer/speaker or theologian. Do I even know how to spell that word? But, for me, sometimes the best lessons are little simple truths that a child can shed light on.
So, Liza lesson #1:
Liza can be playing so happily and then all of a sudden it hits: her hunger. That girl goes from being completely content to famished in 30 seconds. Thursday it hit her (mid-morning) when I was digging through the freezer trying to figure out what to cook for supper. While helping me, she came across a frozen bag of veggies. She had to have them. So, I got out a little bowl to quickly zap some in the microwave (what mom wouldn't want to give their kid some veggies even at 10 am?). She couldn't wait 30 seconds....she had to have them right then. So, I reached in the bag and pulled out a frozen green bean and gave it to her. While I was saying, "See, they aren't good until you cook them....." she was already reaching for another. She loved the frozen green beans. Crazy girl. : )
So that is the cuteness I don't ever want to forget.....and here is the little truth the Holy Spirit convicted me of:
Elizabeth, how often do you impatiently settle for something that may be good for you instead of waiting for My best?
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
6 months old!
So, I am trying to hold true to my promise yesterday of posting all about you, my sweet boy! Where did half of a year go????
I have to say that you are starting to give me almost as much to write about as that crazy sister of yours! : ) (Which is impressive all things considered....)
At six months:
You still smile more than any baby I have ever seen.
Anyone who has ever kept you or taken care of you, falls in love with you.
You have your two bottom/front teeth (but barely....they are your newest addition and accomplishment.....and by your drool I think the top two are right behind them).
You can sit up on your own......but are still pretty wobbly.....and the extra "love nudges" from Liza aren't a huge help. She means well. : )
You can roll both ways......although I seem to miss it every time. But lots of other people tell me about it.....daddy, grandparents, nursery workers at church, etc. I just like to think that you are playing "baby" for me since you know I love you that way. : )
You can get up on all fours and act as if you are ready to crawl......but you only seem to move in reverse. Your face sure is serious when you are trying this one, though. Not aggressive like Liza was, just serious.
You love to gnaw on your feet......shoes, socks, toes.....anything that is attached to your foot.
You love to grab onto hair.....and not let go. I never experienced this wonderful sensation with your sister.....I first thought it was just because my hair is longer with you as a baby than it was when Liza was a baby. But, I have watched you pull your daddy's hair with just as much muscle as mine.....so I now know, you just love hair.
You absolutely light up when Liza comes around you. She can always make you smile and laugh just as you always make her smile and laugh. I knew watching my children together would be fun.....but I had no idea how fun.
As much as I try to get you to use a pacifier, you love to suck your fingers when you sleep. And, much to my dismay, it is your two middle fingers. So far, you don't really do it when you are awake and playing......well.....thats not really true.....sometimes you stick your whole hand in your mouth.....but I think that is more of a teething thing.
I wonder if you might end up being left handed. As a teacher, I well know that there is no way to know for sure until at least 3 years of age.....and sometimes kids change even after that.....but, you suck your left fingers, you usually pick up toys with your left hand first, and these past two days of feeding you rice cereal, you have reached for the spoon with your left hand every time I try to put the spoon in your mouth. Hmmm? I wonder?
Speaking of that rice cereal.....I know this post is all about you.....but this must be noted for the day when Liza says, "He keeps copying me." This morning, while Liza was enjoying her yummy breakfast, she insisted on having a bowl of rice cereal. Just like her little brother. : ) I tried to explain that what she was eating was much better tasting......but oh no. She had to have some. So, after fixing her a bowl......she scarfed it down! One would think after the delightfulness of maple brown sugar oatmeal, one would never go back to rice cereal mush......but Liza ate it as if I was never going to feed her again. We'll see how long that one lasts.
Back to you, sweet boy.
You are incredibly ticklish on your collar bone. You give me big, guttural laughs when I tickle you under your chin. And, you sound just like Liza when you laugh really big like that.
Speaking of laughing and what you and Liza have in common: Y'all both get very silly and delirious at night. Don't get me wrong, you both can get grumpy at the commonly dreaded 5 o' clock hour......but get you through that and into your 7:30 bedtime.....and it becomes comedy hour. I don't know who laughs more during that final diaper change, you or her.
You finally are a good, good sleeper. Well, at least at night. : ) I like to think that you can just run off of less sleep than others during the day. You are like daddy, and Liza is like me......us girls like our sleep and you boys don't like to miss any of the daytime action. But, you now (after some help) are a wonderful sleeper......from around 8pm - 8am every day! :) And the smile that you greet me with in the morning is something that I will never forget!
Will, our sweet little Bubba, you are our bundle of joy and our family just wouldn't have been the same without you these past 6 months!!!
I have to say that you are starting to give me almost as much to write about as that crazy sister of yours! : ) (Which is impressive all things considered....)
At six months:
You still smile more than any baby I have ever seen.
Anyone who has ever kept you or taken care of you, falls in love with you.
You have your two bottom/front teeth (but barely....they are your newest addition and accomplishment.....and by your drool I think the top two are right behind them).
You can sit up on your own......but are still pretty wobbly.....and the extra "love nudges" from Liza aren't a huge help. She means well. : )
You can roll both ways......although I seem to miss it every time. But lots of other people tell me about it.....daddy, grandparents, nursery workers at church, etc. I just like to think that you are playing "baby" for me since you know I love you that way. : )
You can get up on all fours and act as if you are ready to crawl......but you only seem to move in reverse. Your face sure is serious when you are trying this one, though. Not aggressive like Liza was, just serious.
You love to gnaw on your feet......shoes, socks, toes.....anything that is attached to your foot.
You love to grab onto hair.....and not let go. I never experienced this wonderful sensation with your sister.....I first thought it was just because my hair is longer with you as a baby than it was when Liza was a baby. But, I have watched you pull your daddy's hair with just as much muscle as mine.....so I now know, you just love hair.
You absolutely light up when Liza comes around you. She can always make you smile and laugh just as you always make her smile and laugh. I knew watching my children together would be fun.....but I had no idea how fun.
As much as I try to get you to use a pacifier, you love to suck your fingers when you sleep. And, much to my dismay, it is your two middle fingers. So far, you don't really do it when you are awake and playing......well.....thats not really true.....sometimes you stick your whole hand in your mouth.....but I think that is more of a teething thing.
I wonder if you might end up being left handed. As a teacher, I well know that there is no way to know for sure until at least 3 years of age.....and sometimes kids change even after that.....but, you suck your left fingers, you usually pick up toys with your left hand first, and these past two days of feeding you rice cereal, you have reached for the spoon with your left hand every time I try to put the spoon in your mouth. Hmmm? I wonder?
Speaking of that rice cereal.....I know this post is all about you.....but this must be noted for the day when Liza says, "He keeps copying me." This morning, while Liza was enjoying her yummy breakfast, she insisted on having a bowl of rice cereal. Just like her little brother. : ) I tried to explain that what she was eating was much better tasting......but oh no. She had to have some. So, after fixing her a bowl......she scarfed it down! One would think after the delightfulness of maple brown sugar oatmeal, one would never go back to rice cereal mush......but Liza ate it as if I was never going to feed her again. We'll see how long that one lasts.
Back to you, sweet boy.
You are incredibly ticklish on your collar bone. You give me big, guttural laughs when I tickle you under your chin. And, you sound just like Liza when you laugh really big like that.
Speaking of laughing and what you and Liza have in common: Y'all both get very silly and delirious at night. Don't get me wrong, you both can get grumpy at the commonly dreaded 5 o' clock hour......but get you through that and into your 7:30 bedtime.....and it becomes comedy hour. I don't know who laughs more during that final diaper change, you or her.
You finally are a good, good sleeper. Well, at least at night. : ) I like to think that you can just run off of less sleep than others during the day. You are like daddy, and Liza is like me......us girls like our sleep and you boys don't like to miss any of the daytime action. But, you now (after some help) are a wonderful sleeper......from around 8pm - 8am every day! :) And the smile that you greet me with in the morning is something that I will never forget!
Will, our sweet little Bubba, you are our bundle of joy and our family just wouldn't have been the same without you these past 6 months!!!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
liza lingo...
My sweet liza, here are some words you say at 20 months and how you say them. I never want to forget....
your own name: Liza - pronounced "i-la" (with a long I)
pretzel - "tet tet" (which you love)
medicine - "sin sin" (which frighteningly enough you also love)
milk - "nulk" (which for some strange reason always gives me the mental image of "the hulk"......weird). : )
Thank you - gank gu
bracelet - "set set"
Will - as we all know, Will has been Bubba since the day he was born.....but you are finally starting to try to say "Will." It sounds sorta like "bll" or "bull." And Bull is actually (as of at least this week) what you are calling him most often.....however....in a moment of weakness, I still hear an excited, "Oh Bubba!" come from your mouth! : )
soft blanket or night night - used to be "nye nye" but you recently have added the t sound and it sounds like you say "nat nat" now. Oh the southern drawl.....
You really have become quite the talker lately.....saying many words just as they are. Which is so amazing, sad, sweet, funny, and scary all at once! You have even begun singing along with me.....you pick and chose the words you want to sing......and usually just repeat them over and over.....and you usually sing them before it is actually time for them in the song, as if just to prove to me you know whats coming next. : )
I truly think that the growth process is simply an amazing gift from our Father. The fact that just a year ago Liza was Will's size, and now she is a walking talking wonder, is simply a gift and a blessing from the Lord. I feel so blessed to share in His amazing creation of life.....I can't help but think how much He must smile over each child of His just as I smile over Liza and Will. And, thinking of growth spurts.....just as much as I rejoice when Liza learns and begins to apply something new.....how much more does God rejoice over me when I finally begin to learn and apply something new He has taught me??? Thank you, Lord, for your gift of children and how much you teach me through them!
your own name: Liza - pronounced "i-la" (with a long I)
pretzel - "tet tet" (which you love)
medicine - "sin sin" (which frighteningly enough you also love)
milk - "nulk" (which for some strange reason always gives me the mental image of "the hulk"......weird). : )
Thank you - gank gu
bracelet - "set set"
Will - as we all know, Will has been Bubba since the day he was born.....but you are finally starting to try to say "Will." It sounds sorta like "bll" or "bull." And Bull is actually (as of at least this week) what you are calling him most often.....however....in a moment of weakness, I still hear an excited, "Oh Bubba!" come from your mouth! : )
soft blanket or night night - used to be "nye nye" but you recently have added the t sound and it sounds like you say "nat nat" now. Oh the southern drawl.....
You really have become quite the talker lately.....saying many words just as they are. Which is so amazing, sad, sweet, funny, and scary all at once! You have even begun singing along with me.....you pick and chose the words you want to sing......and usually just repeat them over and over.....and you usually sing them before it is actually time for them in the song, as if just to prove to me you know whats coming next. : )
I truly think that the growth process is simply an amazing gift from our Father. The fact that just a year ago Liza was Will's size, and now she is a walking talking wonder, is simply a gift and a blessing from the Lord. I feel so blessed to share in His amazing creation of life.....I can't help but think how much He must smile over each child of His just as I smile over Liza and Will. And, thinking of growth spurts.....just as much as I rejoice when Liza learns and begins to apply something new.....how much more does God rejoice over me when I finally begin to learn and apply something new He has taught me??? Thank you, Lord, for your gift of children and how much you teach me through them!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
i heart snow
Cupid brought snow to Macon for Valentine's weekend!
Sunday, on Valentine's day, we made heart cookies. I hate that there are no pictures of Lee because it was really all his idea. He ran to the store for me to grab a few essentials and brought home all the supplies for cookies as a surprise and declared that it was our new Valentine's tradition! : ) Liza discovered that the dough was more delicious that having to wait until we were all done.
Random photo that has nothing to do with snow or valentine's day......but, someone has to pay the bills.
Random photo that has nothing to do with snow or valentine's day......but, someone has to pay the bills.
Celebrity Quail Hunt
Kubota is one of the sponsors for Quail Unlimited. Every year in Georgia, there is a celebrity quail hunt put on by Quail Unlimited. Well, because Kubota sponsors it, and because it is in Lee's territory, he gets to hunt in the celebrity hunt. I know, rough job.
I am quite sure we will have one of these dogs in the near future....
The "celebrity" that Lee got to hunt with? None other than the famous Jett Williams. That's right, Hank Williams, SRs daughter (and Hank Williams, Jr's half-sister). She was born just days after his death, and was never recognized as his daughter. When she was old enough to realize who she was, she hired an attorney and sued for her rights as his daughter. She then went on to marry her attorney. Here is Mrs. Jett and her husband:
Again, tough job.
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