Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Congrats!

Congratulations to some friends, Letisha and Daniel, on the birth of their little girl on Christmas Eve! God is good...what a wonderful Christmas miracle. :)

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Videos

I can't figure out how to post videos anymore, so I'll just have to say look at Jeff's blog for some videos of Benjamin talking and rolling over onto his back! He just learned how to roll over yesterday. :)

Jeff reading to Benjamin

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Stuff Benjamin is learning

I haven't had a lot of time to post but Benjamin is learning and changing every day. He discovered his hand...it is so neat to see him stare at it and realize it belongs to him! He can grasp at toys with more purpose now. His favorite thing to do is grab my finger and start gnawing. He pulls it to him when he wants and then pushes it away when he's had enough. He grins and laughs a lot. His personality is emerging as a happy, easy-going little guy. He is now looking us in the eye instead of at our hairline (highest point of contrast). He realizes the eyes communicate!
His new favorite game is standing up. He does this, supported, for minutes at a time. His head is hardly wobbly anymore and he lifts up his torso and head during tummy time. He also makes crawling motions with his legs and occasionally moves his elbows forward a centimeter or two! He'll be crawling before long!
He's talkative in the evenings and can say compound syllablle "words" now. Favorite sounds are "ow" and "oh." Also "guh." When he's really upset he cries "Maa" so I guess he's learning a few consonants.
It's a lot of fun, but I also am starting to hate any minute without him. We're praying about cutting down my hours significantly next year.



Thursday, December 06, 2007

Thought this was cool.

Things that change when you have a baby:

1. You finally stop to smell the roses, because your baby is in your arms.

2. Where you once believed you were fearless, you now find yourself afraid.

3. The sacrifices you thought you made to have a child no longer seem like sacrifices.

4. You respect your body ... finally.

5. You respect your parents and love them in a new way.

6. You find that your baby's pain feels much worse than your own.

7. You believe once again in the things you believed in as a child.

8. You lose touch with the people in your life whom you should have banished years ago.

9. Your heart breaks much more easily.

10. You think of someone else 234,836,178,976 times a day.

11. Every day is a surprise.

12. Bodily functions are no longer repulsive. In fact, they please you. (Hooray for poop!)

13. You look at your baby in the mirror instead of yourself.

14. You become a morning person.

15. Your love becomes limitless, a superhuman power.