A new fun development in Noa’s life has been her talkativeness. She just gabs all over the place, whether its to a person or the little bears that hang above her swing. She has so much to say and it makes me wonder if she is going to be a moter mouth when she learns to speak. I have a feeling she will.
Here are some pictures of her chatting with Carly and Tabitha. I’ve thought a lot recently how thankful I am for all my Godly wonderful friends – that means that my daughter will have so many great role models in her life!
Well, I just loved Tabitha’s recent blog about some of her favorite things so I thought I would copy her and do the same…
Here are some of my favorite things:
My wonderful husband,
My beautiful daughter,
My silly sister,
My big crazy family,
And fun times with good friends.
Isn’t it true? I was just printing out pictures to put in her baby book yesterday and and I just can’t believe how much Noa has grown in these last five weeks. We are already seeing so much of her little personality come out and its heaps of fun. I love it when she is well-fed, changed, and wide awake because those are the times that her delightful little smile comes out and her big beautiful eyes watch our every move. That’s not to say that I don’t love cuddling my sleeping daughter or cherish the little cries and grunts of hunger and the sweet mumbles of satisfaction when she’s eating. These, too, show us how unique and special and wonderful our daughter is and each little sound and action seems to be able to tug strings of my heart like nothing else. My prayer these days, when new motherhood can be a little overwhelming at times, is that I would learn to cherish each day of her life and enjoy it. I’m already learning that these days are fleeting.
Here she is, snoozing away in a favorite nitey and her big-girl slippers from Aunt Mary Stuart and Uncle Joel.
i (eric) am realizing how self-centered i am. when i say ‘i love you,’ i often mean ‘i love what you do for me’ or ‘i love when you serve me/help me/make me feel good.’
last week, ken’s sermon really hit home the fact that God’s word preaches a different kind of love. a self-sacrificing love, not a self-serving love. when God says He loves me, He shows me by sending His Son to die. i love you = i will give up what is most precious to me for you, so that you may call me ‘Abba,’ Father.
when i say ‘i love you,’ i want to mean it. i want to back my words with a heart that puts you first. i want the meaning of the words i say to be seen in actions of self-sacrificing love. how does one truly love like that? impossible without Christ. i need to pray about this, because i need God.
“this is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 john 4:9-11
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