3 months til 3

I can't believe May is so quickly approaching. A few weeks ago I realized that Andrew is now closer to 3 than 2. WOW. So, I wanted to take the time to catch you up on my sweet sweet boy.

Andrew is still my little cuddle bug. He loves to snuggle up and watch TV. His best friend has seeming had a name change from "lamby" to "Lamb." It almost makes me cry. Andrew continues to have a passion for cars and loves to push (& bury) them in the sand, in play dough, in the bath and takes as many as his little hands can carry with him to bed each night. He is a fickle eater - he used to love mandarins and doesn't so much anymore. He likes yogurt and MILK. He likes to climb on a stool in the pantry and pick out his own breakfast. "All by myself" has become familiar words around our house. This week I've noticed how much he wants Lila to play with him and she just can't hang yet. He got on a riding toy and pulled one up for Lila and said "let's race." When he doesn't want to get dressed in the morning he says "after later." He loves going to school and when we are the first to arrive he asks, "where is everybody?" He has a big book of Disney stories his Gigi gave him a while back that he likes to read at night. Every night he looks for the "big" book. I am the one to put him to bed during the week while Drew is at school. We read a story then say our prayers before singing a few songs. Each night I ask him who he wants to pray for and without fail his first choice is "dad." A few weeks ago Drew & I noticed that the uncontrollable fits have nearly subsided - thank you, God, for getting us through those. Things seem to be a little easier these days. He still has his moments (don't we all). Still many lessons for all of us to learn but I am thinking we've got Terrific Three's in our future.

Lila 15 mos

Lila went for her 15mos check up today. She is 31 inches tall (75%) and just under 25 pounds (75%). She is super talkative; she repeats several words including the not so popular "mine." She is incredibly active but also loves to sit down in your lap and read a "buh." She in attached to her "baby." On the down side, she has been experiencing severe constipation for the past several months and will see a ped GI in March.

Prayer Calendar

I am not creative. I am not playful. I can follow instructions. I work well with lists/tasks. I need suggestions, ideas from creative folks when it comes to parenting (and plenty other areas too). So when I saw Gillian's blog title today I got SO excited. A prayer calendar for my children. Click on this picture to be taken to the site where you can download a PDF for printing.

This is a printable calendar with 31 days (reuse each month) each with a different biblical virtue to "pray into your children." Hope this helps when you, like me, are bone tired and want to pray for your sweet kiddos but just don't have enough brain left to do it.

This could really be personalized for ourselves and husbands as well...because if we aren't praying for them, who is?

Standing on the table...take 2

This week Lila has hit a new milestone - climbing on the breakfast table. This morning I caught her enjoying Andrew's breakfast leftovers. When I started this blog, Andrew had just discovered the mischief offered by the table. Everything old is new again. The second time around I decided it was more important to grab the camera than grabbing her off the table.

I cannot say it better than this

Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation

'Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem. We have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the earth with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on his radio program, 'The Rest of the Story,' and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired. With the Lord's help, may this prayer sweep over our nation and wholeheartedly become our desire so that we again can be called 'One Nation under God.'