Eyes of a Little

I don't know what babies are supposed to do, or the common things that every baby does. People laugh at me because I will say "My little man does this, and this, and this, etc.. Isn't that so cool. He is so smart" and they reply saying every baby does that. Well not as cool as my little monkey does it!!!



Since before my little monkey had the ability to see clearly out his eyes he wonld stare at me. Now that he is almost 6 month old he does it ALL the time. If I am in the room he is perfectly content to stare at me. He will glance over to what is going on in the room every once in a while but then he will fix his eyes back on his mommy.

Well tonight I am sitting here just watching him stare at me (there are a million other things to do in this house of mine but none of them are as rewarding than staring back at my son) As I sat there I realized something. His eyes are going to be fixed on me for the rest of his life. In an instance I felt fear, humility, and then the grace of God. I want what my son sees in me to reflect Christ, so that his eyes in the end will be fixed on Him. I felt the heaviness of this assignment but at the same time I felt God's grace. I knew that just like everything else in my life the Lord will show me how to do this as well. And in that moment I felt so grateful because the Lord chose those little eyes to look at me, knowing that I would show monkey how to look at HIM.

Praying for Poop

My husband is a pipeliner. He travels a lot. I think we spent 3 months together the entire first year we were married. Some of my friends are jealous!! It can sometimes be hard for us but it is doable and we are just very thankful that he has a very good paying job. We both admit that it is a little harder on us now that we our little boy is here but fortunately I am a school teacher so we get to visit him on my breaks.

Well we just had spring break and my little Monkey and I decided to get on a big plane and fly all the way to Michigan. I have flown all my life, my dad is a small plane pilot, but I have never flown with an infant. So I did what I do best, figure out everything that could go wrong and then plan and prepare to avoid any of those things from happening.

I did however learn somethings about taking an infant on the plane:
1. Do not leave home with out one of those pacifier clip thingys.
2. Nursing is not possible on a plane (believe me I tried) Bring a bottle
3. Sit by the bathroom. It gave my little monkey a lot of people to talk to and smile at.

On our way back we were trying to get Monkey to poop. He hadn't pooped in 5 days (which is normal for him), but I didn't want him to poop on the plane. So we forced juice down him and apple baby food and anything we could think of to get that kid to poop. And yes we did pray for poop. But he didn't poop. So the next day we said good bye to daddy and got on the plane. We sat down and just as the plane is taxiing down the runway my little Monkey looks at me smiles and then lets out a sigh of relief. And then I smelled it, and so did the lady next to me because she looked at me and then my child's but and shook her head. Yes he had pooped and there was nothing we could do about it because the seat belt sign was on. And it stayed on for an hour because there were bad winds. Meanwhile the lady next to me kept staring at me and then my kid's poopy but (maybe she wanted to see it). Long story short I finally got to get up and change his diaper.

We did survive our first plane ride and I got lots of compliments of how good Monkey was.

My Life is Way to Funny

I read blogs, well at least the first paragraph of a blog. There are some that I will read all the way through but they have to be funny. So that's when I decided I should start a blog. I'm funny. Actually the truth is that its not that I am funny, but its that funny things always seem to happen to me. I had a friend in college once tell me that the only reason she is my friend is so she can laugh at all the random things that happen to me. Thank you college friend!! I am glad I could give you a laugh at my expence!! Actually I think that all the random crazy things that happen to me is a waste if someone can't get a laugh from it.

I also wanted a place to write down all of my wonderful, and not so wonderful, memories of my son. His nick name is Monkey. His Uncle Bubba (which is also a nick name) gave it to him. He also really loves bananas. We did name him monkey before we knew he liked bananas.

Since I have had my little monkey the Lord has taught me so many lessons in grace and humility and love and..... well I could go on and on. I already have so many stories that I could write (5 1/2 months worth). My goal is to write them as I remember them so they may not be in order. I have a really bad long term memory, I think sometimes my friend Jamie uses that to her advantage!!! Ha ha!!

Enjoy!!