Our First Bumps and Scratches

You know when you get a shiny, new cell phone? It’s perfect until….you drop it for the first time. Well, Lilia is far from perfect, but she has sustained her first bumps and scratches this past week.

This is how it happened: Lilia was so stinkin’ cute playing Miss Martha Stewart in our kitchen. I just had to take a picture.

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I put the camera back on the countertop. The strap was hanging down, though, and she gave it a little yank and BAM it landed on her face. Ouch! She had a scratch and a little bruise for a couple days. Here she is immediately after ‘the incident.’

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Then on Saturday she was climbing around just being Lilia, slipped, and chipped her tooth. Yes, her cute little ‘conejito’. Oh, mommy was traumatized! A dentist friend told us we needed to make sure it doesn’t change colors. Otherwise, she will have a crooked, little smile until that tooth falls out. She wasn’t at all concerned and was hamming it up ‘on the phone.’

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In other news, our daughter lets us know when she’s hungry. I about died when she did this while I was cooking dinner.

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Get Rhythm

Between being a little sick, having a severe case of the ‘NOOOs!’, and daddy being gone most of the time, we have been a little blue lately. So what do we do when we have the blues? We “Get Rhythm” per Johnny Cash’s suggestion. Yup, Johnny Cash definitely cured our case of the blues.

I had a pretty good Mother’s Day. Jon let me sleep in until 7:30 (ooooo, you’re jealous, huh?) and then he and Lilia served me breakfast in bed before church.

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Jon had to be gone with the team most of the day, so we went out to lunch today (Monday.) I feel so blessed to be Lilia’s mommy and after a rough week like we just had, I am so grateful that God is still working on me. He’s definitely trying to teach me patience, selflessness, and dependence on Him. It really is such a blessing to know that He is able to change me into the mom I need to be. I can’t imagine trying to do it with my own strength.

These are the flowers Jon and Lilia got me. GORGEOUS!

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Work and piggie tails

Today I had the privilege in helping out with some of the work that the team is doing. One of the moms in our program is going through a really hard time and we have decided to help her out and encourage her as a sister in Christ. We helped her organize her home a little and also got her a kitchen table and a table to cook on. We also helped provide her with a few grocery essentials to help her back on her feet. It was really a blessing to be able to encourage her in this way.

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AFTER:

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In other news, we couldn’t wait any longer for Lilia’s hair to grow out. It’s time for piggie tails. OK, I know we are far from the cute little piggies that some little girls her age have, but you have to start somewhere, right?

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This pic captures the essence of my little girl: upside down binkie, foot chillin’, coloring a pic for mommy. l.o.v.e.h.e.r.

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