Lisa

Saturday, April 30, 2011

2011 Project 365: Week 17

Day 113: (both shots taken with my 85mm and an extension tube)

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Friday, April 29, 2011

Ella’s favorite Bible story right now is the story of Noah and the great flood. She loves to talk about the story every night before she goes to bed as she usually requests: “Talk about Noah!” When we discuss the reason that God brought the flood to the earth, sin (Genesis 6:5-7), Ella promptly responds: “Sin is sad.”

Sin truly is sad. It can be easy to forget the true grief that sin can and does bring into our lives. I think the devil wants us to forget that sin is sad. He wants us to think about the passing pleasure that we might have in sin or even rationalize that sin just isn’t really that bad. But it is.

Sin separates us from God (Isaiah 59:1-2). This has been apparent since the beginning when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command (Genesis 3). Sin has consequences: most definitely eternal and often even within our physical lives here on earth.

I hope that as a parent I properly convey and teach the seriousness of sin to my children. I do not want to do a disservice to my children by rationalizing sin away, or deemphasizing the importance of obeying God.

Isaiah 59:1-2

“Behold, the LORD’S hand is not shortened, That it cannot save, Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.”

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Wordless Wednesday: Clouds

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Happy 7 Months Troy!

Seven months old! It is crazy to think you are already seven months old. When I rock you to sleep I’m reminded of when you were younger, but when you are awake, you remind of how much you really have grown!

You enjoy being outside (just like your sister!). You hung out in a “real” swing for the first time this month. I think you liked it, but you were pretty tired when we were at the park. Speaking of tired, when you are tired, you like to be in your bed asleep or in my arms asleep (unlike Ella who just seems to get more and more energy as she gets tired – she never did like to sleep in my arms). You’ve started sleeping better at night – you generally only wake up once, but you still have some nights where you wake up several times.

You started being capable of holding your own bottle at the end of last month, but recently you’ve gone from holding it with your arm (like in the photo below) to really holding it with two hands. You can also put it in your mouth and take it out of your mouth. You are sitting up better and better everyday, but you still don’t sit on your own yet. You’ve started eating solids a little bit more, and you tried puffs this month. You are your mama’s boy when it comes to bananas – you really, really didn’t like the banana puffs! I wish I would have captured the face you made when your dad gave you the banana puffs – it was priceless! Ella happily ate them up though, ha! You don’t like to sit straight or lay straight. You prefer to sit cock-eyed in your bumbo. This might be your mama coming out in you too. :) You’ve also figured out how to bend yourself out of the bumbo – we have to keep a close eye on you now! This month you figured out how to find your pacifier in your crib and put it in your mouth if you want to use it, but lately you seem to prefer to suck on your thumb. I find your thumb-sucking funny because you barely liked it when you were younger, but just recently you’ve really started sucking your thumb. Sometimes when I check on you in the middle of the night you are sucking your thumb. You also enjoy playing and chewing on your toes.

You really love familiar things. You love my voice, and you also love your sister’s singing. She enjoys comforting you when you are sad by singing your favorite song “Jesus Loves Me.” I find it completely precious that the lullaby of choice in our home is “Jesus Loves Me” - by your choice! Other songs just don’t comfort you the way that one does!