Not long ago, Clarke got sick. I hate when Clarke gets sick. However, it is the only time that he will snuggle and let me hold him. So, it's a special time.
I got to thinking about it, and I feel like my eyes were opened up to a new aspect of God's love for us. Hang with me for a minute. When do we really crawl up into God's lap and let him hold us and know that he is the only thing that can make it "better"? It's when we are hurting from a loss, or overwhelmed or whatever it is in your life. So, I know God does not love for his children to hurt, but I really feel like he LOVES the sweet time we spend with him in our desperation. I have no Biblical reverences for this thought. So it's free.
Thank you Lord for sweet times with Clarke and for allowing me the opportunity to spend sweet time with you.
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Our Crazy Life
Sorry to both of our readers for my slacker postings lately. We've been busy. Here's a little picture post about what's been going on...
Clarke turned 2 last week. He was really into presents this year. He did the typical boy thing and threw the clothes out of the bag, as if they were tissue paper, until he got to the toys. Clarke has been so much fun lately. Here's a few cute stories:
He's talking a ton...and all of the time. He's rarely quiet unless he's sleeping. We've been doing our numbers lately. Clarke usually just repeats us 1-10. And then we do them in Spanish. Well, last week in the car, he did 1-4 by himself IN SPANISH. Yup, that's right, he's a Mexican.
We've been allowing Clarke to make some of his own (age appropriate) decisions. His favorite thing is to tell us what he wants for lunch. The first time I asked him, he said "Cake". Ha. He also likes and has asked for chicken salad, yogurt, mac and cheese, rice, gold fish, raisins, grapes, tomatoes and a sandwich.
He's in his big boy bed now. We found an incredible deal on a sweet bunk bed on Craigslist. It's "T" shaped and has a ton of storage. It's a twin on top and a full on bottom. He's done so well with sleeping in it. It really only took a few days of him getting up a nap time a couple of times and then getting into trouble to learn to stay in his bed.
When we tell Clarke to shake his booty, he puts his hands on his face and stomps his feet. I'm not sure why.
He loves music. The other day he had a fit in the car because he wanted "the B song". That would be the Blackeyed Peas song "Imma Be".
We took Clarke to Chick-fil-a (his favorite) for dinner on his birthday. He ate a ton of pickles and chicken nuggets. Some time around 1am he woke up crying. It's pretty rare that he wakes up in the middle of the night, so I brought him in the bed with us. Well, he ended up throwing up because he had eaten too much. He looked at me and said "I burped a chicken. I go night night now." Ugh, could he get any cuter???
We've been reading the "Jesus Story Book Bible" every night at bed time. He loves it. After the story, we talk about what the story taught us and then pray for courage, obedience, love etc. The other night, Ginger was keeping him. After she read the story, he wouldn't let her leave. He said "no Gi Gi, prayers".
This is Clarke's hair when he wakes up most days.
After birthday cake.
I'm not sure what' he's telling Gracie Beth here, but I'm sure it's important. He was so good with her when they came to visit. He loves "Gracie Beff". He's always asking where she is.
And there's his sweet face again. Such a great kid. We are so thankful that God has trusted us with this life. Here's to not screwing him up too much :)>
Clarke turned 2 last week. He was really into presents this year. He did the typical boy thing and threw the clothes out of the bag, as if they were tissue paper, until he got to the toys. Clarke has been so much fun lately. Here's a few cute stories:
He's talking a ton...and all of the time. He's rarely quiet unless he's sleeping. We've been doing our numbers lately. Clarke usually just repeats us 1-10. And then we do them in Spanish. Well, last week in the car, he did 1-4 by himself IN SPANISH. Yup, that's right, he's a Mexican.
We've been allowing Clarke to make some of his own (age appropriate) decisions. His favorite thing is to tell us what he wants for lunch. The first time I asked him, he said "Cake". Ha. He also likes and has asked for chicken salad, yogurt, mac and cheese, rice, gold fish, raisins, grapes, tomatoes and a sandwich.
He's in his big boy bed now. We found an incredible deal on a sweet bunk bed on Craigslist. It's "T" shaped and has a ton of storage. It's a twin on top and a full on bottom. He's done so well with sleeping in it. It really only took a few days of him getting up a nap time a couple of times and then getting into trouble to learn to stay in his bed.
When we tell Clarke to shake his booty, he puts his hands on his face and stomps his feet. I'm not sure why.
He loves music. The other day he had a fit in the car because he wanted "the B song". That would be the Blackeyed Peas song "Imma Be".
We took Clarke to Chick-fil-a (his favorite) for dinner on his birthday. He ate a ton of pickles and chicken nuggets. Some time around 1am he woke up crying. It's pretty rare that he wakes up in the middle of the night, so I brought him in the bed with us. Well, he ended up throwing up because he had eaten too much. He looked at me and said "I burped a chicken. I go night night now." Ugh, could he get any cuter???
We've been reading the "Jesus Story Book Bible" every night at bed time. He loves it. After the story, we talk about what the story taught us and then pray for courage, obedience, love etc. The other night, Ginger was keeping him. After she read the story, he wouldn't let her leave. He said "no Gi Gi, prayers".
This is Clarke's hair when he wakes up most days.
After birthday cake.
I'm not sure what' he's telling Gracie Beth here, but I'm sure it's important. He was so good with her when they came to visit. He loves "Gracie Beff". He's always asking where she is.
And there's his sweet face again. Such a great kid. We are so thankful that God has trusted us with this life. Here's to not screwing him up too much :)>
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