Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Another Encouraging Day

Today was a good day. It seems I've had quite a few of those lately. A friend invited us to meet up with her at the museum in the afternoon. So I spent the morning cleaning and talking with my mom, and then we went to the museum. William played, away from me and with the other kids. He sometimes came to me and he even nursed once, but mostly he played. Even at home he is just beginning to really be away from me for any length of time. Him playing at the museum made him all of a sudden so grown up in my mind. As Sam said, it's okay, I have another one on the way.

They are all getting so big, and seeing the world in new ways all the time. Today Alexis asked me if the mom of the family we were going to meet was really the kids mom. I said yes and she persisted, "I mean their REAL mom." She eventually asked if she gave birth to her kids. Yes! And when I asked her to explain why she said, "well cause you know there are other people at church that (have the same last name)." Suddenly it made sense. She knew that "Nana" of the family was the oldest female, and assumed that she must, therefore, be the mom of all the kids. She doesn't (and likely wont) have any cousins that share her last name, but I tried to explain it to her as best I could. It was a fun and interesting glimpse into her thoughts.

Emily pretty much took over making dinner for me tonight. I was making eggs and she asked if she could scramble and stir them, and I let her. I came back in after getting something from the other room and told her she was doing well. She replied, matter-of-factly, that she only had to be taught once how to stir eggs and she could do it always. I am grateful that she enjoys cooking and look forward to her skills progressing, since I do not like to cook.

Nater had a lot of fun. He was excited that he was going to get to play with his friends and is beginning to participate more in parallel play and not exclude himself so much. He is so cute, always chiming from the back seat, "eh-coos me mama". He watches everything as we go by and wants me to see it too. He always wants to know, "where going?" and often has opinions about whether or not where we are going is where he wants us to be going.

I am so in love with my family. I am so in love with being pregnant (and happy, not depressed). I am so in love with fulfilling my role as a daughter of God. I love being a part of my kids growth every day and I love learning something new from them all the time. I like these good days, and hope that they keep on coming.

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