After Mia eats and falls asleep she often sleeps with her bottom lip puckered out like this. Pretty cute.
This was from awhile back but I love it. Mia doesn’t cry a lot, instead she does this. I think towards the end she may be doing it a little more for show :) Haha. My expressive little girl.
I had a few good friends from Nursing school stop by this last weekend and it was so fun! Kristina lives in Chicago now (sad, sniff, sniff) and was back for a quick visit. Hallie lives here (happy), so I get to see her more often which is great.
Love these girls!
I’ve only been a Mom for a little over three months now but I feel like I’m exploding with new feelings, emotions and thoughts! One thing I’ve been wanting to share is how having a child has taught me more about being a child of God.
Mia can’t do anything for me. She’s actually pretty helpless and quite needy. But, I love her more than I can speak in words. My heart explodes with love for her and not because she does anything for me, but because she is my child. I think it is the same way with Christ and us. We may think we do things to earn Christ’s love but let’s get real, for me at least, I know I am actually pretty helpless and quite needy. Yet I know Christ loves me more than I love Mia, beyond what I can imagine, because I am His child.
When Mia cries or is hurting, I am right there. I try to comfort her, hold her close to me, rock her, sing to her, and try to help her. I think then, how much more would Christ be with us when we are hurting. I have all these instincts as a parent to be right there and try to help her, I will do my best but I am not perfect, I will fail her. But Christ is perfect, and I know his love for me is perfect. It comforts me to know that He is right there when I am hurting, He loves me perfectly and is the perfect comforter.
Lastly, I love, love, love it when Mia sees me and smiles in delight. I love that she knows my face and always lights up. When I talk and play with her and she smiles and laughs, oh my, there is almost nothing better. It’s the best thing in the world. I love that she knows me, it delights me. In the same way, I think Christ wants to be known, wants us to know His face and is delighted when we delight in Him.
I know there’s so much more I will learn as Mia grows, I can already think of other parallels. Discipline, her breaking my heart and still loving her…
If you have a child, what have they taught you?
Here’s a fun night we had with Mia. She’s been smiling so big lately it’s all open mouth. It’s really cute.
A cute picture I had to post. This little girl has my heart for sure!
And lastly, her fight pose. Don’t mess :)
I realized that I haven’t put any pictures of my little girl on my blog! Here she is! She’s a little over three months old right now. She is amazing and I feel so blessed to have her in my life.
The first time we saw her. There are no words to describe that moment. I kept looking at her and then David, back and forth. I think we were both exploding with happy emotions. I think that will always be one of the greatest moments of my life.
This was taken the day after she was born on July 30th. Our sweet girl.
Mia about a month old. With all her cousins that were born this summer! Left to Right, Sadie, Tavie, Kay and Mia. And I love the look on Mia's face - haha
Mia at about 2 months old right before her baptism.
Mia at 3 months, trying on winter hats with Mama at the store. So cute.
Have a new look for my blog! I think David is about ready to shake me silly I’ve been so picky! Haha. Actually, David is just about the most patient person I know. He’s pretty much awesome but anywhoo, back to the new blog look :) I think it’s just about perfect for me. A new look, simple, and the ability to post bigger pictures :)
So for those of you who don’t know – David and I are expecting a little girl this July! :) We are pretty excited. I’ve been so busy I’ve hardly had time to think about baby things but I went to the mall today and had to make my first baby purchase! It was too cute to pass up. Here it is!
I know it’s been along time since I’ve been on here! My excuse is that my husband hijacked my laptop for the last year and it’s where I do all my photo stuff! Now that he got his own computer this last Christmas (meaning I got mine back!)I hope to do some more posts :) Here’s two pictures I took over the last few breaks of my two youngest nieces. Tiki (with John and Julie) and Sonata. What cuties!
Swinging with Mama and Papa!
So Sweet!
These are a few pictures I got to take of some good friends of mine that are expecting in July! It was a lot of fun. They are great and I wish them the best!
Cute pregnant girl!
Soon to be Mama and Papa Salyer!
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