Things are going well out here in our parenting adventure. This past weekend was especially interesting. For some reason, Emily decided that she was going to scream and cry for us, for just about every minute she wasn’t asleep or eating. It was GREAT!  Thank goodness for Robbie, who would come and take her from me and give me a break. We actually found out that he was the key!  Apparently, she just wanted to be a “Daddy’s Girl”! She would just calm down and be all good for him.  I have to say, as the Mama who meets ALL her needs each day, this made me feel kinda blah! But at the same time, watching them bond is kinda precious.

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• teary eyes
• but hugging daddy
• and daddy loves it
• too!
• of course Mama has to get some recognition!
• trying to roll over!! She’s so close!

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Have you ever read the book, Guess How Much I Love You?  It’s a really cute book. I’ve seen it on shelves for years, but, I’ll admit, I never actually read it until this past week.  I grabbed the closest book to keep Emily occupied before bed one night and this is what I came across. The book in a nutshell is the baby bunny telling the bigger/older bunny, “I love you this much….” followed by the bigger bunny saying, “but I love you, THIS much.”  :)   Here’s a quick excerpt:

“‘I love you as high as I can reach,’ said Little Nutbrown Hare.  ’I love you as high as I can reach,’ said Big Nutbrown Hare.  That is very high, thought Little Nutbrown Hare.  I wish I had arms like that.”

And it goes on and on, the little bunny says one thing and the bigger bunny says something even bigger.  I love this story.  Mostly because I see this love much more clearly now.  But, through the relationships I have with Robbie and Emily, I see how “Guess How Much I Love You” is a game I play with God daily!  I tell God thank you and assume my blessings are the “sign” of how much he loves me, but I think that just makes him laugh.  It’s so funny that we attempt to praise God with a sentence “Thank you Lord for my blessings,” or “How great you are, Lord” when he is giving back stuff that is so much BIGGER than we are, because HE is bigger than we are!  If we truly want to attempt to love God as much as he loves us, we’re gonna have to do a lot better than that!  So, I’m praying it out and trying to figure out how to show him how much I love him. It has to be more than words or “worship” (praise and song).  I’m thinking it has to be service, but it’s the where and when I have to keep my eyes open for.

Hope you guys have a great week!! Go read Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney  the next time you’re walking through the book section. I bet you’ll love it, too!!