Two Cool Websites

I don’t feel like blogging, and I’m totally cool with it.  These days I like my thoughts left in my head.  But if you are bored and need some cool websites to ch-ch-check out, try these:

http://www.ashleighpeakphotography.com

http://www.erinalaine.com

These are my 2 very good friends who are very, very talented!

A prayer for my son

I read this prayer on my favorite Pastor’s blog.  It really touched me!  It’s a prayer that I hope to pray each day as I’m raising my littlest man.

Giver of life,

My heart is melting with joy in the gift of a son whose every breath comes from you and whose days were numbered before time. You have entrusted to me the soul of this life, and I pray by your grace I will steward it well by shepherding him with a passion for the supremacy of Christ. Father, I ask that you will use me to fan into flame this litte fire that he may burn hot and bright with a zeal for your name. I ask that you create in his affections a jealousy for your glory that cannot be quenched by small victories for your kingdom. May he never be satisfied with merely the benefits of the gospel, but I ask that he might be overwhelmed by the glory of God in the face of Christ. Lord, I want him to see you with with eyes of faith that behold the beauty of Jesus and cannot help but be changed into His likeness.

Father, there are peoples who have yet to praise your name, people whom you promised would one day fall before the feet of Jesus with tongues to sing of his infinite worth. I pray Ebin will be an instrument in your hands to bring about the desires of your heart through the in-breaking of your kingdom as the reign of Christ advances in the faithful proclamation of your gospel. May he love your church, the bride of Christ, and give himself in the cause of her purity and progress. Make him one who understands and embraces that dying is gain only when in living Christ is all.

Spare him, merciful Father, from the errors I have committed and cause him to be exceedingly more useful in your service than I could ever dream. When he encounters frowning providences, may your smile gladden his heart. Whatever it is you have in store for him, I ask that you will be his portion and delight so that none rivals, no idols, no other lovers can put out that fire deep down in his soul. Do it, O Lord, I pray for the sake of Jesus and His fame.

Amen

I’ve been absent…

.. from the blog world lately.  A lot has been going on, but it seems like I can’t ever find the time to blog.

Here’s some pics of what’s been going on lately:

We went canoeing –

We celebrated Jason’s first Father’s Day, but we missed his Dad soo very much:

I went to see New Kids On The Block in Concert with my girls:

Ebin starting making SERIOUSLY funny faces:

Everythings a toy

Everything is a toy these days to Ebin, here are some examples:

A plate

Plastic-ware

Door stops

Wooden spoon

I LOVE his age RIGHT now, I wish I could press pause!

Saying NO

Ebin has really started to come into his own these last few months. I LOVE the age he is now! Anything and everything is a toy, he is somewhat mobile which makes his curious self very happy to explore, and he recognizes SO much of his surroundings. Of course, I say I love every age .. but this one is seriously adorable.

With all this new-found independency, Ebin has begun to get into a little trouble. Not fundamental problems of course, just playing with things we don’t want him to play with, or pitching little fits that I think are ridiculous.

Jason and I have started saying ‘no’. We say the word in a firm tone, make eye contact, then correct the issue, and then move forward. It has been VERY interesting to see how he responds to his first little glispe of our parenting. It’s been interesting for me to actually parent a little instead of mother (mothering to me is the feeding, diapering, changing, ect. parenting to me is correcting and molding him into a good person)

What have I noticed during this beginning phase of parenting? He responds to the word no. Sometimes he will stop what he’s doing, look at me for explanation, then go about his business. Other times, I say no and he looks at me for explanation then goes RIGHT back to the ‘no’ task at hand. When he does that I say no once more and we move on, I don’t press the issue, bc DUH, he’s 7.5 months old.

I am a pretty laid back mom. I don’t care if he gets dirty or gets into things, he is exploring and I enjoy watching that curiosity in him. I just want him to learn to stay away from things that will hurt him, and I think saying no is where that foundation is laid.

From ‘swimming’ to ‘army crawling’ … Ebin is ALMOST crawling!

About a month ago Ebin graduated from rolling everywhere to ‘swimming’ everywhere.  He would streeeeeeeeetch out his left arm and kick with his right foot, then streeeeeeetch way out with his right arm and kick with his left.  All the while his head is flopping back and forth, back and forth.  It was a struggle for him, but he got where he wanted.  It was SOO cute watch him swim!  I have it on video, but I haven’t figured out to get videos on this blog.  Anyway, we knew he was on his way to crawling because every day he ‘swam’ more and more.

 Next he progressed to his interpretation of an ‘army crawl’.  I say his interpretation bc an arm crawl is mostly arm movement and your head and neck in the up position.  Well, sweet Ebin’s head is so big (95 percentile to be exact) that he was struggling to keep it up.  So he would dive with his head first then kick his feet as fast as he could and then use his arms to propel himself.  I have that on video too, it’s super cute.  But this form of transportation for him was taking a tole on his face .. what with all the diving.

 Finally, this past week he realized his head and neck go in the upright position and his legs and arms should move together instead of independently flailing.  So it’s totally a coordination issue – which makes since bc I’m his momma, and if you know me, you know I am NOOOT coordinated-  He ‘rocks’ a lot…where he gets on his hands and knees and rocks to the front and back about to take off … but then he puts his tummy back down and scoots.

 Needless to say all this progression was over the course of a month, so I think I’ve got about a week maybe 2 weeks until I have a 100% crawler.  But be clear, Ebin’s interpretation of crawling keeps him in PLENTY of trouble. Right now he’s trying to get in the fireplace … which will bring me to my next blog about saying ‘no’

Month 5

This month mommy really realized how fast you are growing up.  Mommy celebrated her 27^th birthday this month.  You gave her a sweet bracelet that said “God sends an angel to hold our hand through life and He named her Mom.”  You said your first ‘word’ the day after mommy’s birthday ‘da-da’.  It was the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard!  From that babble on you haven’t stopped talking.  You talk from the moment you wake up saying ‘da-da-da-da-da-da’ to the moment you go to sleep saying ‘da-da-da-da-da-da’  It’s music to our ears!  We moved your bed down to the lowest position this month, and that’s when it hit me how fast you are growing!  You had your first Easter this month and got paci’s, bunnies, formula, baby wash, and a lot of other neat presents from the ‘Easter Bunny” aka Ka-Ka and Nana. You sit for about 30 seconds unassisted by the end of this month, which sometimes ends in bonking your head.  But you’re a tough little dude, and don’t seem to mind it all that much.  You love every type of baby food that we give you, you aren’t picky at all!  We are looking forward to everything that month 6 has in store and we wonder when you will crawl!

Before we moved your bed down

You are a very happy baby!  Everyone that sees you or meets you (even strangers) say how happy you are!