Great Things About My Baby

This is a small snippet of the full list. (The full list is in my mind, and I'm not going there!)

1. We haven't used a bottle since Monday.
2. She feeds herself, including oatmeal!
3. Today when she pulled down a package of tea, and all the packets fell out, she put them all back in the box, and put the box back on the shelf.
4. She has figured out how to put the different shapes in their respective holes about 75% of the time.
5. She can sign eat, change diaper, all done, and sleep.
6. She says "Shh" when I put her shoes on her, and "Sha" when she takes off, or I put on her socks.
7. She thinks its her chore to put the silverware away. By that, I mean she comes up as soon as the dishwasher opens, takes out each piece of silverware, one at a time, and gives them to us.
8. She's extra snuggly.
9. She dances by doing trunk rotations with her hands in the air.

And my new favorite reason that she's great...

10. Last night, Apple was between George and I on the couch. She kept going between the two of us. Once, when she was sitting on my lap, she leaned up to give me a kiss. I said "Mamma loves you!" She said "Mamma lahs"

Thoughts on Havah

I read a lot. I love reading. I love how books entertain, teach, and open your mind about new ideas. Sometimes, books just occupy my mind when I have to stay still for awhile. Occasionally, I'll come across a book that just makes me start to view something differently. I'm usually grateful.

I recently read Havah by Tosca Lee. It is the fictional story of Eve. Like most Christians, I've heard this story from the bible many times. I have recently gained more insight to Eve, so the idea of this book intrigued me. The book itself wasn't exactly overly fantastic. I thought the speech to be to flowery with big words thrown in to prove the author knows big words. I could see how this would fit in the book's topic, but I thought it was a little much for me. For a Christian book, it was also a little sensual. Again, I think it fit, just not what I'm used to reading. The majority of the book was also quite depressing. Those things aside, it was fascinating to think of how it could have been for her. To put real, human emotions with the story. Hopes, dreams, expectations, fears, misunderstandings, failings, longings.

The thing that changed my mindset most, wasn't the characters or description of Eden or how they forged their way in an unknown world with only each other, but the realization of just how much it means to be reconciled to God. In this book, Adam and Havah take the words of God when he is kicking them out of the garden to mean that they will have a son who will lead them back to the garden, and make everything right again by destroying the serpent. The majority of the book is her longing to be made right again and everything in the world to be made right again as well.

I've been a Christian for awhile, and I tend to forget how monumental this is. I've been made right with the One Who Is. It's a BIG deal!!!! But the world hasn't been reconciled yet. And still, I cling to this world. I pray every night, thanking God for my life, my husband, and my daughter, and I ask for the three of us to have another day together. Because you never know when it will be the last. But I think when the world is reconciled, I'll be amazed that I ever prayed that, clinging to this faulty life, when we were meant for so much MORE.

Also, and I know I harp on this a lot. Let me pause for a side note. I harp on this because before my husband accepted Christ, he saw no need for a savior. He hadn't done anything terrible. Why would he need to be forgiven? I wonder if Adam and Eve, when thinking about people with this belief say, "Oh yeah? You think your ok? All we did was eat an apple??!!!" I'm just saying.

The Bleak Part of My Day

Today I ran into a screen door. Hard. I bled from the nose. I didn't have a bloody nose. It bled between the eyes. And white stuff came out. I bet it leaves a bruise. Boo. George laughed. Okay, I laughed too. Then I winced. Because it hurt.

Halloween!!!

Our baby girl was a flower for Halloween. We went ot our church's fall festival and helped her play some games. She had a lot of fun looking at herself in the mirror! She also had a lot of fun handing out candy to the other kids who came to our house. Everytime the doorbell rang, she would get excited. After the kids left and the door was closed, she would, without fail, say "Bye-bye!" All our tricker treaters were very polite! I was suprised!

Here she actually has chocolate in between her two bottom teeth! I think she is very fond of Halloween! Check out the video, where you can even hear what a dog and lion say!