Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
I have been baking and candy making and loving it. I love this time of year. Have I said that? Will is getting excited and it is fun to share all of this with him. He is growing up so fast and he always amazes me. Frustrates and amazes me. His new thing is making inventions. He come up with these little intricate things that are funny and cute. He is getting really creative too. This is the part that I love the most. I so need wisdom with him. There feels like such a fine line between guiding him and allowing him to be himself. I adore everything about him and I just want him to thrive and be the happy little man he is. I am so blessed by him and could not nor would I want to imagine my life without him in it. This time of year reminds me more and more of what I have.
Tobin also is getting so big. He sits up on his own now and is very proud of it. He can entertain himself now and that helps a lot. He also started eating solids which is a huge deal for us. I have been very wary of this with his cleft and I am glad we waited this long. He is doing well and only gets really mad when it goes up his nose but sneezes it out. I could imagine it is somewhat painful to have food go up your nose. =) He is a champ though and wants more once he gets it out. He is getting to be a little chunk. Which I love. I am STILL pumping and even though there are days I want to throw my pump against the wall when I look at Tobi I know it is all worth it. I am over half way to the point I want to get so that is encouraging to me. God has been so good and gracious with me in this area. It by far has been the hardest thing I have ever done.
I am excited for Christmas and to spend it with family. I love giving and the only thing I wish is that I had more to give. Matt teases that if I could I would give the house away and live in a trailer. While that is a little far I do admit that I love giving and would rather give than receive. There is so much joy in giving and I sometimes think what it would be like to have money to bless others with. It is a fun game. So maybe that is another reason why I love Christmas. It is a time to give to those we love and share with everyone. I like to think that this is what Christ would have us to do even though Christmas has become something that has very little to do with Christ himself. I do smile because the lights, candy, trees, and music don't magnify God but yet they are so much a part of what I love. I guess it is a part of joy. Taking a moment to step out of the mundane of life to make things pretty and sparkly and to celebrate family, friends, life and most of all Christ. No matter what God knows the heart and this heart is very thankful and grateful for what He has given me. And that His birthday gets to be celebrated this way.
Tobin also is getting so big. He sits up on his own now and is very proud of it. He can entertain himself now and that helps a lot. He also started eating solids which is a huge deal for us. I have been very wary of this with his cleft and I am glad we waited this long. He is doing well and only gets really mad when it goes up his nose but sneezes it out. I could imagine it is somewhat painful to have food go up your nose. =) He is a champ though and wants more once he gets it out. He is getting to be a little chunk. Which I love. I am STILL pumping and even though there are days I want to throw my pump against the wall when I look at Tobi I know it is all worth it. I am over half way to the point I want to get so that is encouraging to me. God has been so good and gracious with me in this area. It by far has been the hardest thing I have ever done.
I am excited for Christmas and to spend it with family. I love giving and the only thing I wish is that I had more to give. Matt teases that if I could I would give the house away and live in a trailer. While that is a little far I do admit that I love giving and would rather give than receive. There is so much joy in giving and I sometimes think what it would be like to have money to bless others with. It is a fun game. So maybe that is another reason why I love Christmas. It is a time to give to those we love and share with everyone. I like to think that this is what Christ would have us to do even though Christmas has become something that has very little to do with Christ himself. I do smile because the lights, candy, trees, and music don't magnify God but yet they are so much a part of what I love. I guess it is a part of joy. Taking a moment to step out of the mundane of life to make things pretty and sparkly and to celebrate family, friends, life and most of all Christ. No matter what God knows the heart and this heart is very thankful and grateful for what He has given me. And that His birthday gets to be celebrated this way.
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