You crawled backwards the other day.You seemed to be pretty proud of yourself as you smiled and slowly backed your way into the wall ... into the cedar chest ... and under the couch.
It's actually quite an accomplishment in the short amount of time we've had you.
When we first met you in Colombia at 6 months, you could barely hold your head straight. You couldn't sit up at all.
Now that you're well into your 8th month, you seem to be learning and growing faster than we can keep up with. You're wanting to stand on your own ... but that it is still a work in progress.
It won’t be too many more days before we have to put gates up around the house. You're definitely not ready for the stairs, and we don't want you drinking from the toilet, either. We’ve put safety plugs in the sockets. Your hair already sticks up straight enough as it is.
The days of putting you on the floor and expecting you to stay in the same area are just about over. Your mom was nearly in tears the other night after you suddenly grabbed the bottle away from her hands and wanted to hold it yourself.
We’re not quite ready for you to be so self-sufficient. Since we've only had you for about three months, we want to enjoy the baby phase as long as we can. The reality is that you’re going to keep growing, developing and doing new things whether we're ready or not.
As you grow, I’m sure you’ll do some things -- like crawling -- backwards at first. We don't always do things the right way the first time. That’s part of learning. We get turned around, mess up, fall, get back up and do it again until we get it right.
Your mother and I pray that we’ll be able to help you along the way as you’ll encounter plenty of new challenges and obstacles. Just a few weeks ago, we had you dedicated in church. We were proud to hold you in front of everyone and commit to raise you in a godly home.
It definitely won’t be easy to grow up in today’s world when Christian values are often made into a punch line. You’ll be bombarded with a variety of views on love, happiness and living a fulfilling life. Some of it might not make sense or seem a little odd.
We promise that we will do our best to point you toward what God has to say about it all in the Bible. We’ll cover more of the details later when that time comes.
I’m sure you will have many questions.You’re already pretty curious as you grab, pull at and try to eat just about everything that gets in your path. Just know, Laura, that we're praying for you every day. It’s the best weapon we have, and we pray that you’ll find that true for yourself.
But first things first. Let’s get back to practicing that crawling.
2 comments:
That was beautiful Shawn! Good talking to you the other night.
So great to keep up with Baby Laura! She is adorable!! It's amazing how these little people change. Karina is also doing the "reverse crawl." She flips herself around and then scootches backwards to get what she wants. She just got her first tooth two weeks ago. Or, actually, her first "pokey outy" ... doesn't quite resemble a tooth yet! :) I'm sure you have the same "dadadadadababababagagaga" language going on, too! :) Fun days!
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