Just so I never forget

Last night I got my first ever "good night" from Lizzie. What a dolly she is. I almost keeled over from her cuteness.

More importantly though, when I asked her if she wanted to pray (something I haven't done at bedtime yet) she immediately put her hands together and looked at me in anticipation for my prayer. Amazing! I am still awestruck at how much she has learned in just a few short months of BSF. We will really miss it over the summer.

I need to continue both of our studies this summer so we don't forget or fall away. It's only 3 months, but it's 3 whole months! It's my prayer to find a home church quickly, one that we can truly connect and grow with. We've tried a couple around home, but I still feel connected our old church, even though we haven't really been attending there and our pastor has been gone for some time now.

relfection

Elizabeth's 2nd birthday is in a couple of weeks. It's amazing how quickly this year has passed. And she's such a little girl. I can no longer look at her and think "baby." She's Elizabeth, not "the baby" or whatever. I even find myself wanting to correct people from calling her a baby. To me, she's so clearly not one anymore.

I often think about having another baby. We want one, but when is a good time? I don't want to wait too long, but I also would like to be ready for another little hungry person around here.

Granted, I think I could manage a baby better all the time, especially now that Elizabeth is talking more. She understands so much of what is said and really tries to communicate. She says 2-3 word sentences, some of which is understood, but mostly not.

It's quite hysterical sometimes, trying to understand her. I love this: her Ds sound like Gs; and her Ls sound like Ys; so, the word "LID" for example comes out sounding like "YIG." I feel like I'm in the Da Vinci Code, the way I constantly have to decipher her. so funny.

At the same time though, I want to appreciate how very special and fleeting this time is, because sooner or later it will be gone and only a memory. And she will be talking up a storm. in perfect english! and I will be left to think, "where's my cute little baby that said 'yig' and 'gaga'?"

I guess I'm going to have to get used to this sort of thing. Saying goodbye and hello to new stages, new abilities, and new growth. I'm constantly amazed at how much I've grown and learned since becoming a parent. so much that I can't imagine living an entire life not going through this wonderful journey.

What are some things you've learned (about yourself or life in general) as a parent that you never would have known otherwise? I'd love to hear your stories.

No Pie!

All day long this is what I heard from my little darling.

No Pie! ( but it sounds like Nooo Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!)

She LOVES this mother goose rhyme and even acts out the kitties when they "meow, meow meow!" So all day long at totally random moments she'd bust out with "no piiiiiiiiiiii!" and I just had to crack up hysterically.

Remember this one?

Three little kittens, they lost their mittens
and they began to cry,
Oh mother dear, we greatly fear
Our mittens we have lost!
What! Lost your mittens! You naughty kittens!
Then you shall have no pie!
meow, meow, meow!
No, you shall have no pie!

In our book the mother cat looks terribly mean too! When the kitties find their mittens in the next verse, Lizzy will get up and go to her drawer and "find" her own mittens, bringing them to me, just positively beaming. At which point I just fall over from all of her cuteness.

As her grammie always says, "she is such a character!"
That she is, that she is.
And she shall have some pie. but only if it has fruit in it.