Growing Up

My baby is not a baby any longer.  She is a sprout that just keeps growing.  I love being her mom and watching her learn.  I feel so privileged that God has given me this opportunity and don't take lightly the responsibility.  Little humans are such sponges and I can see it even more clearly every day!

An exciting development is my munchkin's interest in using her potty.  (She is about 20 months.)  The other day she took her diaper off and used her potty all by herself!  I was sooooooo excited, and her face when she saw my excitement was priceless.  She got excited too and started clapping and gave me a hug. :)  Today she did not want to wear a diaper this morning, but her big girl underwear.  We had several small accidents, but we are making progress.

I have been teaching her to say, "please read," when she wants a book read to her.  It makes me smile to see her walk up to me with a book or two and ask me to "please read."  :)

She has learned two new words the past few days.  The first word is "exercise." We were in the pool and I was swimming some laps.  I explained to her that I was exercising.  The next thing I knew she said "ehs-size."  It actually came out pretty clear and it has become her new favorite word...that and the phrase, "Don't touch."  Lol. :D  I was using the laptop and told my little girl not to touch.  She then proceeds to point to the laptop and say, "Do-n tush." Now she walks around with her babies saying, "do-n tush."  Silly girl!

A verse that I am memorizing and is my prayer not only for my own heart, but for my little girl's is  Deuteronomy 5:29.  "O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!"  The first thing to keeping God's commandments is to first know what they are.  Something that God has been working on in my heart is that I am in His Word and learning more about Him.  How can I teach Neva God's ways if I don't know them or am following them myself.  A big one is my attitude.  I can see bad attitudes in others so easily, but when it comes to me, do I have the attitude that is pleasing to God?  I tell my munchkin when she starts pouting after not getting her way to have a good attitude.  But do I have a good attitude when I don't get my way?  Hmm...