9 Months Old Today - And Cute As Ever

 

Sin and Prayer

It felt like the 9 months I was pregnant seemed to just crawl by (partly because I was miserably sick), and now Mia is 9 months old!!  What?!? In the past 2 weeks she has figured out how to get in a sitting position from being on her tummy, do the army crawl on her tummy, and cut her first tooth! Oh, and I also "caught" her saying Momma a few times - but not on purpose yet!  I look forward to her 9 month check up next week to see how long she is - she already hangs her feet off the car seat. And I guess a "first" that you don't get too proud about is her revealing the anger she has in her heart! For a baby that never cries, she sure knows how to express her anger! It is a unique experience to witness her sinful nature first hand when up until this point it was hard to imagine her doing anything wrong.  We pray for Mia daily for her to know the Lord at a very young age!! It was also a reality check to see one of my own weaknesses brought out in my child. I am very quick to anger and it is a sin I have always struggled with - one of those things that needs constant improvement even after progress is made. However, I am pretty sure that Mia has not "learned" this behavior from me at this point.  Is it really possible for generational sin to pass without it being a learned behavior? 

I know the time we have to mold and disciple Mia is short! And in that time I anticipate God to mold and disciple me along the way. We are learning and growing together and I simply treasure every minute I have with Mia.  As parenting gets a little harder and I am challenged with her sin bumping up against my own sin, I pray for grace in each moment - to respond and teach according to scripture. The "tricky" part is that I need to be covered in scripture daily. I say tricky because finding time for just me and the Lord has proved difficult. It seems as though I am constantly praying - but to sit and open the Bible has been a different story.  Life will only get more complicated and increased demands of my time - this is by far the easy stage. So if I cannot swing it now and make it a habit, how will I make room for it later? There are phone apps and online devotions, but there is just something about having a Bible sitting in your lap!  As though God is jumping off the pages.

Mia and Daddy snuggling to stay warm during our visit to see the Davis family!

Yes Mom, I am a cutie-pie and I know it!

 

 

My first bubble bath!

Just Some Random Facts

There have been so many happenings and no time to post about them. So this is sort of a catch up of random facts.  Mia is still happy as ever!  She giggles at the simplest things and her smile lights up the room. She is a great sleeper - however, some nights she refuses to go to bed. This past Sunday was a 3 1/2 hour ordeal. She just wanted to laugh and play and stand. Oh the standing!! She gets so proud of herself and just LOVES to stand all the time. She holds our hands (and searches us out for them) and walks where she wants to go. You can tell she wants to be moving around but can't quite figure out the whole crawling thing. So she rolls and wiggles until she gets where she wants to go - or get at. Today it was the cat. When Mia ended up with Sam's tail in her hand we had to cut that game short!

I started out strong making Mia's baby food - used the magic bullet and everything. Turns out, she much prefers the store bought baby food.  Tonight she ate 4oz of baby food for "dinner" (before nursing for bed). Since she eats it so much better, we are going with it. I throw in the real stuff every now and then just because I refuse to give up completely:)

Now that the weather is warm, we get out to play and enjoy the sunshine. She loves it outside! And hanging out without socks constantly on her feet makes for some new sensations for Mia. And let's face it - those feet are so stinkin cute to look at!!  With the change in season, there is a change in wardrobe as well. So instead of the 9 month+ winter clothes she was wearing, we have reverted back to 3-6 months sizes.  Her length is all in her arms and legs, and she is skinny so we had to adjust. Which is fine by me - it means I can go longer without buying new clothes!
This Saturday we went for a family walk and ended up at a local playground. Mia went in the swing for the first time:

As you can tell, she had a blast! We may be walking to this playground every weekend for a while.