Sunday Funday

Yesterday I let NJ fingerpaint! Oh my gosh he had so much fun! I put him in his high chair and I taped paper down and then squirted some paint on the paper and he just had a blast...pretty soon the paper started getting really soggy so I just put new paper down and then we even tried some shaving cream! He did so well, he didnt even try to eat it. I was so proud! We made fingerpaint art for Daddy for fathers day. Suuper cute!

Happy 8 months!

Today NJ is 8 months old! I cant believe how fast it's gone! He is now 29 inches long!!! He makes me laugh every day. He has started babbling non stop! Sometimes it's just so loud. He loves being in his jumperoo and he loves to stand. He's not crawling yet but I think he will probably start walking before he crawls!

dadadada

For months now I've been trying to get NJ to say "Mama" or "Dada"....well, last night I was on the phone Gary, and NJ just started saying "dadadadadada"! It was awesome! I put him on speaker phone so his dad could hear and he was so excited! I couldnt even be upset that he didnt say "mama" first because it just seemed so special for him to say dada first. Anyway my little boy is growing up! *sniff sniff*

Missing My Half

So, Gary will be gone for 2 months...maybe more...he went to training in New Mexico for afghanistan. He is just an alternet, but if someone gets hurt then he will have to for a year! I'm having such a hard time with this! I'm staying at my parent's and that helps but at the same time it's so hard to be a single mom! Gary is my support and my help and I just NEED him!

God speaks

Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away.

Each time he said, " My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness."

So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses,

So that the power of Christ can work through me.

That's why I take pleasure in my weaknesses,

and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles

that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

-2 Corinthians 12:8-10

So, all last week I was just really struggling with NJ. It seemed like we were really butting heads. (I know, a grown woman butting heads with a 6 month old!) But, I was just having a really hard time. I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and TIRED! I just had the tears welling up and sitting there waiting for something to push me over the edge.

Sunday came and we went to church as usual, and sometimes during the worship part of the service someone will come up and read scripture and say what God has put on their heart. So, this gal came up and she read the above scripture and then proceeded to say that she felt God was telling her that there was a mom who was feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and TIRED!!!! And, she felt God was telling her to read that scripture to remind that mom that God's grace is enough!

Needless to say those tears, that were sitting there for a few days, sprang to life! I just wanted to raise my hand and say, "YOU'RE TALKING TO ME!!!!!" . It was pretty awesome how God speaks through others. I was to overwhelmed with my issues to ask God for help in yet he was able to speak to me and encourage me through someone else! I just felt so incredibly blessed, and it has been a constant reminder this week that, when I'm struggling, I need to ask God for help and lean on him. His grace is enough!