Some Thoughts

Here's some mommy thoughts I keep having that I want to remember...
1. I've figured out that God does give you all the additional love you need for your 2nd child...what He doesn't always give however are an additional 24 hours in each day to fit in your extra work. My favorite example of this is often putting Caden to sleep for nap and frequently I walk out of his room to hear Caleb's waking up in the next room. Its like somehow they are playing tag and I'm always it!

2. The other night I gave both boys a bath together and they laughed at each other for the first time for a while. It was so precious!

3. I have totally taken for granted how easy it is to put a 2 year old to bed. We read books, turn on his music, say a prayer, get our mandatory plastic balls (Caden prefers sports equipment to a teddy bear, he is such a boy), and I lay him down with a kiss. On my favorite nights I even hear his sweet voice say, "bye" as I shut his door. Putting a 3 month old to bed, on the other hand, involves standing up and rocking in just the right position with his pacifier. Then, when he is asleep, not drifting, thats to soon, but really asleep, I tiptoe to our room make sure the cats aren't there to meow, get his blankets all set with my one free hand and gently oh so carefully lay him down so that he stays in the same position as when I was holding him. Then I pause over his bassinet for a minute to make sure he's still asleep, sometimes some additional rocking of the bassinet is required. Then, ever so slowly I have to tiptoe out of the room. And when all of that is said and done, he usually sleeps for about 10 minutes and then we do it all again, once or twice till he's down for good...which is on average 3 hours at bedtime. Ahhh, the things we get amnesia about once we're ready for more!

4. I love the way that Caden squints his eyes shut when I carry him to the house from the car if he's fallen asleep. Its like he's focusing all his efforts on not waking up (for which I am thankful)

5. I realized yesterday how funny it was that somehow Caden talking to me in his own toddler language actually seems like real words, and when I respond back with my oh yeahs, and ummhums, it feels just as if I was talking in plain English.

6. I love that when I put Caden in "timeout" and make him sit in the corner, he spends the whole time (1-2 minutes) grunting and trying to stand up as if I glued his bottom to the floor. I can't believe that I wield so much authority on anyone, 2 or not!

And here's a bonus, non kid related thought. I'm studying Abraham in my Bible study right now and we were talking about how Abraham died before he was able to see all of God's promise to him come true about living in the "promised land" and his descendants, etc. We make a big deal about Abraham's faith in God, which is awesome, but I was thinking about how in a way, all of us who believe God exists and believe the Bible is truth and believe Jesus lived, and died for us and is truly God's Son have a similar faith. We're most likely going to live our lives and die before we see Him with our own eyes. Most of us probably won't talk to angels in our living rooms or get phone calls affirming our faith. I'm not saying there isn't a ton of worldly evidence to support Christian faith, its just that really everyone has to wait to, well, I guess we have to wait till we die to experience God in that way. So maybe in today's culture, which largely doesn't in my opinion support true belief in the God of the Bible, those of us who do believe are a lot more like Abraham than we think! I guess I'll just have to wait and see!