That's when moms have time to reflect, right?
I remembered the "moments" of the day.
Cutting my hand doing breakfast dishes . . . Zeke running off to get herbal save and a band-aid right away. He wanted to make it better for me. He's sweet and tender that way.
Charis sitting at the little school table after Zeke and I had finished our brief session. She opened the Bible and started jabbering up a storm. Her hands doing "motions" for her imagined words.
Eden walking all over the place! She went from her first step to walking in no time at all. She is so proud of herself. Zeke sees her and say, "Oh, good walkin' Eden!!" They clap for her. She smiles and claps for herself.
The afternoon of cake baking. Then realizing with a sink full of dishes that I had pushed too far. Sometimes I forget that I am seven month pregnant . . . until I can't be the kind of mom I want to be (in their face loving and teaching them . . . correcting where needed and smiling a love for living into them).
All in all my heart was full of awe. Grateful that this pregnancy has been so normal and "easy." I have a lot of energy for someone who has been either pregnant or nursing non-stop for over four years. Yeah, there are days when I crawl to my bed in exhaustion wondering if anyone has ever died before just from being tired? (A little sarcasm. ;-)) But the good, high-energy days have outnumbered the hard ones.
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We've been enjoying Luke's new cell phone and found ourselves enjoying our kiddos and taking pictures this way today. . .
My favorite was of Charis "climbing" a tree. She was pretty happy up there . . .
I am captivated by this age. So small. So smart. So teachable. So forgiving. So cute. :-) I asked Luke the other night, "Is there any way we can always have a two year old in the house without me being pregnant every year?"
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