PERSPECTIVE

Just doing some laundry and thinking about how my 8 month old is nearly out of diapers. Well she probably has at least a year to go. However when Micah was this age I thought that I would never be done doing diapers. I use cloth diapers at home and disposable when we are out so washing diapers is an issue. However I don't find it any harder to use cloth diapers than disposable. And when you rinse and soak your diapers. And wash every 2 ot 3 days. I don't find that awful, disturbing smell of a poopy diaper in the trash!!!!

This adventure of child rearing which is a life time commitment just seems so short to me now. First riding a bike and then they will be driving a car and shortly after they will be off to college. I wonder will I teach them all they need to know to make the best choices for their life. I pray that I will lead to their savior...that they could learn to seek him for the decisions in their lives. My time as their Mom is so short. They make me really happy. I delight in their acomplishments. I hold them and pray for them when they are hurt. I am excited for all that is yet to come.

MILESTONES

We have had a lot of things happening in our family in the last week. Milestones we all reach them. Last Tuesday Micah finally took off on his bike (two-wheeler). I knew he could do it last summer he was just scared. And I was very pregnant so I didn't have the energy to give him the confidence he needed. But boy is he proud. He had to ride all over the neighbourhood.

Micah, if you know him, usually needs that extra encouragement to try new things. Jaala on the other hand is not so scared to try things. Like pre-school. We are still deciding what to do next year but she went as a drop-in student a couple of times since she turned 4. This is her at the farm. Auntie Ruth said that she was quite the farm girl! She was right in there feeding the animals. She had a great time.

Leah is at that stage where everything is happening! So she could not let last week go by without a few milestones of her own. Tuesday she pulled to a stand! And she has already started shuffling down the couch to get to Mom. She also cut her first 2 teeth.

It is amazing what we miss if we don't keep our eyes open. Our kids are such a joy. There is One who doesn't miss any of our milestones, Who watches every step we take in life.

"Are not two sprrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs on your head are numbered. So don't be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows." Matthew 10:29-31