As I sit to write again, I am dismayed to realize that it has been 2 whole months since I last updated! Many of you (especially those of you with children) know that time just gets away from you and it is so so true!
I cannot believe that our sweet boy is 4 months old! Here is an update on the new things Peter is doing since our last post:
Josh has started back to school and is doing really well. I have also begun my new job nannying for a sweet family. I watch their two little ones: Caleb and Ella. Caleb is almost 3 years old and Ella is about 1.5. They are a precious pair. Caleb is super energetic and he is a smart cookie. He certainly knows how to make me laugh too. Ella is so adorable and sweet and beautiful and she knows it too. Just ask her! She nods her head yes if you ask if she is beautiful. :)
And for a random tangent: this is a beautiful thing. In a world that constantly tells us that we need to be "more beautiful" and we are "not good enough as we are", it is a beautiful and precious thing that we can and need to instill in our children. They ARE beautiful. We are all beautiful just as God has made us.
And back to the post. Caleb and Ella are so sweet to little Peter too. They always bring him his paci if he is crying and they pat his head. Caleb even squeezes Peter's Sophie the giraffe to make him laugh :-) And Peter LOVES the attention. He loves watching them play and interact. He has even enjoyed watching TV with Caleb a couple of times. And I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not yet but Peter loves watching TV. He is entranced by the colors on the screen and I even find him cooing and talking to the TV sometimes. We have so much fun each day and I am so incredibly blessed with this job.
And now for a look inside at what God has been teaching me through this crazy journey:
As I look at my life over the last couple months one theme rings out loud and clear:
Peter is completely dependent on Josh and me for everything... to feed him, play with him, clothe him, wipe his butt, suction out his boogers, give him a paci, snuggle him, and love him. He cannot do any of this for himself. As a parent we have to put his needs before our own. We have to stop what we are doing and put him first. This is super demanding and let me tell you that it is a huge change to our previous life style. It is a great insight into how the Father cares for us. We do absolutely nothing to deserve his love, in fact we sin and do things that He hates. But He loves us still. HE LOVES US STILL. Peter has done nothing to deserve our love, in fact he takes and takes and takes from us and doesn't give us anything in return (except a super sweet smile that melts my heart every time) but we love him. We love him at 3:00 in the morning when he needs to be rocked and comforted. We love him when he is screaming his head off and we don't know what's wrong. We love him no matter what and our Heavenly Father loves all of us the same. Praise be to Jesus. Let this truth ring in our hearts and spur us to repent of our sin and trust in the One who is faithful and loves us.
Motherhood can be an exhausting calling but it is so rewarding too. It has opened my eyes to my selfishness and the great deal of sin that is in my heart. In doing this it has deepened my view of the grace God bestows on us through His Son, Jesus and how desperately dependent I am upon him. Our society tells that we should be strong, brave and independent people. But the opposite is so true. That is just not how we were created. We were created to be dependent upon our Creator and let me encourage you to take a moment to think about how beautiful that is. When you are exhausted and weary, our Creator says it is okay. "Come to me you who are weary and I will give you rest." When we are burdened with worry and anxiety our Creator says to cast our burdens upon Him. There is no need for us to be strong and independent. In fact, we cannot be this way. Our strength is in the One who created us. I am so thankful for this truth because there is no way I could go throughout my day without relying on the Lord's strength. "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength"
Praise be to the One who died for us that we may live. "For God sent His only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16.
And some lyrics to my current favorite song:
"Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take Him at His word
Just to rest upon His promise
And to know 'Thus say the Lord'
Jesus, Jesus how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus precious Jesus
Oh for grace to trust him more"
And now for some pictures of our sweet boy to make you smile:
I cannot believe that our sweet boy is 4 months old! Here is an update on the new things Peter is doing since our last post:
- He is a BIG boy (18lbs 4oz at 4 months and 27.5 inches tall)
- He loves to blow spit bubbles!
- He will eat some rice cereal
- He rolls over back to tummy
- He has rolled tummy to back two times, but I think both of those times were just a fluke :)
- He tries to sit up if you lay him down when he doesn't want to be down
- He loves to talk and coo and giggle
- He loves bouncing in an exersaucer
- He can reach and grab onto toys
- He loves chewing on toys and puts just about anything in his mouth
- He loves watching his mobile in his crib
- He tries to put his feet in his mouth but he is a bit to chubby to reach :)
Josh has started back to school and is doing really well. I have also begun my new job nannying for a sweet family. I watch their two little ones: Caleb and Ella. Caleb is almost 3 years old and Ella is about 1.5. They are a precious pair. Caleb is super energetic and he is a smart cookie. He certainly knows how to make me laugh too. Ella is so adorable and sweet and beautiful and she knows it too. Just ask her! She nods her head yes if you ask if she is beautiful. :)
And for a random tangent: this is a beautiful thing. In a world that constantly tells us that we need to be "more beautiful" and we are "not good enough as we are", it is a beautiful and precious thing that we can and need to instill in our children. They ARE beautiful. We are all beautiful just as God has made us.
And back to the post. Caleb and Ella are so sweet to little Peter too. They always bring him his paci if he is crying and they pat his head. Caleb even squeezes Peter's Sophie the giraffe to make him laugh :-) And Peter LOVES the attention. He loves watching them play and interact. He has even enjoyed watching TV with Caleb a couple of times. And I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not yet but Peter loves watching TV. He is entranced by the colors on the screen and I even find him cooing and talking to the TV sometimes. We have so much fun each day and I am so incredibly blessed with this job.
And now for a look inside at what God has been teaching me through this crazy journey:
As I look at my life over the last couple months one theme rings out loud and clear:
Die to yourself every. single. day.
Peter is completely dependent on Josh and me for everything... to feed him, play with him, clothe him, wipe his butt, suction out his boogers, give him a paci, snuggle him, and love him. He cannot do any of this for himself. As a parent we have to put his needs before our own. We have to stop what we are doing and put him first. This is super demanding and let me tell you that it is a huge change to our previous life style. It is a great insight into how the Father cares for us. We do absolutely nothing to deserve his love, in fact we sin and do things that He hates. But He loves us still. HE LOVES US STILL. Peter has done nothing to deserve our love, in fact he takes and takes and takes from us and doesn't give us anything in return (except a super sweet smile that melts my heart every time) but we love him. We love him at 3:00 in the morning when he needs to be rocked and comforted. We love him when he is screaming his head off and we don't know what's wrong. We love him no matter what and our Heavenly Father loves all of us the same. Praise be to Jesus. Let this truth ring in our hearts and spur us to repent of our sin and trust in the One who is faithful and loves us.
Motherhood can be an exhausting calling but it is so rewarding too. It has opened my eyes to my selfishness and the great deal of sin that is in my heart. In doing this it has deepened my view of the grace God bestows on us through His Son, Jesus and how desperately dependent I am upon him. Our society tells that we should be strong, brave and independent people. But the opposite is so true. That is just not how we were created. We were created to be dependent upon our Creator and let me encourage you to take a moment to think about how beautiful that is. When you are exhausted and weary, our Creator says it is okay. "Come to me you who are weary and I will give you rest." When we are burdened with worry and anxiety our Creator says to cast our burdens upon Him. There is no need for us to be strong and independent. In fact, we cannot be this way. Our strength is in the One who created us. I am so thankful for this truth because there is no way I could go throughout my day without relying on the Lord's strength. "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength"
Praise be to the One who died for us that we may live. "For God sent His only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16.
And some lyrics to my current favorite song:
"Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus
Just to take Him at His word
Just to rest upon His promise
And to know 'Thus say the Lord'
Jesus, Jesus how I trust Him
How I've proved Him o'er and o'er
Jesus, Jesus precious Jesus
Oh for grace to trust him more"
And now for some pictures of our sweet boy to make you smile:
At 3 months:
And four months:
Love,
Carly
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