Elizabeth is in her new big girl bed for the first time tonight! We don't have the bedding yet, so I am waiting to post a picture. She can't stop talking in bed and it is 9:19. She even "called" Aunt Alicia and Grandma G on the her toy cell phone and told them about the new big girl bed. I don't know why she won't ever talk on a real phone or when people are around, but she is talking up a storm tonight! We are going to work on this for a week or so and then on to potty training!
It makes me excited and incredibly sad as we passed on the high chair, changing table, and now crib. I don't have words to express my emotions. This week Doug Schillenger preached an awesome Father's Day message on Ephesians 4, 5 and how our children imitate us and on how we are to walk after God in the Spirit. He said that when his kids were real young he did the math and figured out that if our kid, God willing, move out when they are 18, then we have 216 months to love them, model Jesus, care, teach, provide, nurish, and sacrifice for them. We have already had 52 months with David and 26 months with Elizabeth. We have 164 months left with David and 190 months with Elizabeth, Lord willing. I needed the perspective and am praying the Lord uses each month to His glory and continues to teach me at an even faster rate, as I still have so much to learn about being a godly and loving mama!
Here is the video Doug started with... you have to watch itall the way through-even if you aren't a fan of country music :)
The G Family
My sweethearts
5 comments:
Wow- a bug girl bed and potty training!!! How exciting! I am punting on both right now- maybe a bad metaphor since I haven't even tried either...anyway, I am thinking closer to 3 for little Luke. He needs more words- plus, we can't do big boy bed until he and Beks can share a room- he is in a loft that I just don't trust him in- scary stairs with no way to gate them, a half-wall overlooking scary stairs, and a foot-wide precipice on the other side of scary stairs...just not kid-friendly. So, we are thinking about moving his crib into R's room after Christmas, get them used to each other, then making it into a toddler bed. We'll see.
I meant bIG girl bed. Not bug... ;)
Andrea, I totally understand! Not sure what the Lord has for us in terms of adoption, but we're pretty sure our baby days are over, and the biological door has been closed "surgically" - as we pass on our baby gear, it's such a bittersweet time! I loved the stages they are in and what is to come, but it makes me teary-eyed to know they will grow up and leave me one day! Though that is the point, I realize! Lord, help me hold these precious ones loosely!
Wow, it seems like less time when I see it in months (not sure why... maybe years seem to take longer than months??). Crazy to think how little our time is with them and how much we should be instilling within them! God's grace, power and mercy is really at play.
Way to go with the big girl bed. We found with Julia, we switch her over really early (toddler bed at 16 mo, twin at 23 mo) and it worked so much better than had we waited. I think we might switch Hannah in Sept/Oct.
That's not very many months. I feel sad about that. Potty training? How about I send Jonah over? I haven't even really thought about it yet. I'm not that brave!
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