I am so excited for school to be out for summer! Makayla and I are going to have a lot of fun in the sun. I’m trying to decide if we should get a pool I will fit in and a baby pool for Makayla. Either way, I need to go to Big Lots or Babies R Us and get one for MG. She really likes bath time so I’m sure she will like the water. Makayla is already 11 months old today. I cannot believe how fast time seems to be flying by. It’s definitely true; time flies when you’re having fun.
Makayla has 2 top front teeth coming in. She looks so cute. She has started liking more table foods; she loves chicken, peas, sweet potato, and yogurt (which Nana calls ice cream). She also took her first steps on May 6th! She will take 3 steps at a time and then fall, so technically she isn’t walking yet but she sure is learning, and it’s exciting to watch. I know this baby girl was waiting for her mommy to be off work for the summer to start walking. ;)
The only thing better than me and Makayla getting the whole summer together would be if Tim could have the summers off too! Of course that is impossible right now….but hopefully soon. Tim is still working very hard taking college courses. I am so proud of my husband!
Well, I better get off here because Makayla is finished eating her snack and is ready to play.
Today is my 1st Mother’s Day! I am overwhelmed by the abundance of joy, love, family, and food surrounding me. I have so many blessings in my life; magnificent blessings that I know I don’t deserve.
As a mom I have so many crucial responsibilities. Actually, I sit here in complete awe as I think about the responsibilities I have. God entrusted me (and Tim) to care for, love, and nurture Makayla Grace. I can’t think of a more awesome responsibility! This is a responsibility I am completely thankful for (and a little nervous about). I wanted to be a mom for so long, and was beyond ecstatic when we found out I was pregnant with her. Before Makayla was even conceived I remember Tim and I making a promise to God that we would do our very best to raise a child after God’s own heart. Makayla was born, and she was more perfect than I could have ever imagined. She has brought such joy and love into our lives and we thank God for her. I know that in order to raise Makayla as a child after God’s own heart that I too need to be after God’s own heart. Christian writer Elizabeth George couldn’t have written a better explanation of a “mom’s twofold challenge”. She writes, “To raise (and keep on raising!) a child after God’s own heart, we must till the soil of each tender heart and sow the seed of the Word of God while praying fervently for “Divine Influence”.
So here I am on my very 1st Mother’s Day knowing that I have such an awesome responsibility and duty as a mom. I am so thankful and so very blessed. I am so thirsty to live out God’s plan for me as a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a teacher. I pray that I will continue on that “spiritual milepost” that Rich spoke about this morning in ABF class, and that I will always thank the One who teaches me lessons and convicts me in my day to day life.
