The Swaddle

Hmmmm.....1? 2? 3 Years?? How long is this going to last??

Sweet Pea

When you leave your 5.5 year old alone to watch the baby.......you may just get a princess in return.  So sweet!  

Norah is now 8 months!  I can't believe how fast this time is going by.  I have to say I am so blessed.  She is pretty amazing!  I don't think she is going to be crawling anytime soon.  She just loves to sit and observe what is going on around her.  If I even think about putting her on her tummy she screams.  (unlike all my other kids)

She also loves to clap and say 'da da'  I think I heard 'ma ma' a few times

she is very good at feeding herself cheerios, eggs and cheese.  She doesn't like being fed by a spoon as much.  Unless it is sweet potatoes.  

Oh and yes.....she still loves to be swaddled.  I will have to post a picture of that soon :) 

why dwayne is so awesomer then me

He rocks and stuff. He can spin a fire staff. He can grow the coolest beard. Cooler then all the beards in the universe combined. He has awesomest dance moves and power waking skillz. He has awesome style and compton hacking skills. If there was a radness meter and it was used on him he'd probably overload it into a hugist explosion with all his radness.



Collin and Amber

HaPPy BiRtHdAY DWayNE

If you are not allergic to crowds.....

You may want to eat dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Tonight is there 40th Anniversary at Spaghetti is $2-4 dollars.

I saw it on this blog I confirmed it and it is true :)

Birthday Wishes

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Dear ABBEY

Happy Birthday to You!

You are one great gal!!

Hebrews 12:11
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

I would have to say that we have battled with Reese for a long long long time when it comes to eating. It has pretty much been from day 1. I have done what I felt was everything possible to get her to eat dinner.

going to bed

having her sit until it is finished

thinking she just doesn't like meat.....so giving her beans instead

just trying 1 bite

no treats for a week

eating it for breakfast

etc....

She is strong willed and is totally fine with not eating dinner. She is also totally fine with not having a treat and making sure her other siblings who DID eat get some sort of treat.
And why do I care so much?? Because I think it is flat out RUDE & Disrespectful to have a sour face. Because she doesn't just do it to me. And on top of that the other kids pick up on it and have been doing just the same. Needless to say I have started to HATE dinner time. I was envious of friends who kids just ate what they said or were respectful EVEN if it was something they didn't like.

A few weeks back we were at bible study. The Menu..... Roasted Pork, Soup & some vegetable. I immediately knew what was going to happen.
"mom this is yucky" "how many bites" "what is for treat" along with sitting there silent with the face of disgust. When this happens I usually will bring it up with who I am with. I guess this is a way for me to let people know that I have tried "what I felt was everything". So I started talking with Joy. I basically told her that I have tried everything and I just don't know what to do. She went on and said that if they are not doing what we ask them to do then they are being disobedient. It really hit me. This whole time it is not about eating. It is about listening to your parents and obeying them. Now I realize that we do not like everything we eat. And some kids just don't like meat. But for Reese I seriously don't think that is the issue. We have let her control us in this area. So after rapidly asking her to eat her dinner and not listening to us. We calmly took her to her room and disciplined her. We explained that this is NOT going to be a problem any more. That what she is doing is causing her to disobey mom and dad. Strangely she totally got what we were saying. That is wasn't about food it was about obeying your parents.
I have to say that dinner has been something that I now look forward to. She still asks whats for dinner, but that is not because she won't eat it. She is also being a great example to her brother and sisters and I am very grateful for that.
Praise the Lord. I am so grateful for His word that teaches us. I am thankful for the community of believers that has given me wisdom.

Update

What does a sheep say??

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Equals

Praise the Lord!