feeding leila

sophia and leila have had a love-hate type relationship so far

sophia loves leila

leila is unsure of sophia...until now

sophia loves to drop food off her high chair to leila's waiting mouth (we are working on this)

or leila hovers around sophia when she plays on the floor...hoping she has a spare cheerio in her hand

then one day, i handed sophia a dog treat and let her "feed" leila

both of them LOVED this activity

their favorite spots in the house

summer time

Easter

so i am just a wee bit late on posting this...see the title...but oh well, better late than never right?

anyway, for this past Easter we went up to john's mom's house and hung out

it was a gorgeous day (which in April in Indiana, one can never guess what the weather will be), so we ate outside and had a great time

sophia of course was a little cutie in her Easter dress

the joy of feeding yourself

friends

every once and awhile, sophia and i get to have play dates with her friends

one of her friends is lina sophia cone

watching them play together is so much fun...and silly

they like to steal things from each other...and then back...and then back again

here's one example of this :)

ps this is about 2 months old

first words

sophia has decided that crawling is not her thing...

she will move herself at times...like scoot her butt across the floor, but no crawling as of yet

if i am completely honest, this has made me a little nervous and anxious

i keep wondering if she's behind or not developing correctly, etc

thankfully i am married to a man that is very laid back and comfortable with her taking her time to do her thing...maybe that's part of the reason she's so laid back and unconcerned about crawling :)

well, i am starting to think that maybe talking is going to be her thing

right now many of you are saying "umm, she is part taylor; of course she's a talker."

her currents sounds include "ba" "ga" "ma" "da"

as a result, her first word is "ma-ma" :)

makes me a just a bit happy!

of course getting a video of her saying it is another thing...she likes to just stare at the camera when i turn it on

and sneaking up on her has proved difficult

so as soon i get a video of her first word, i will be posting it :)

the sin called envy

i know that i struggle with being content and appreciating where i am in life and the things i have

i realize that this is one of my struggles...and i try to pray really hard and change this about myself

it still gets me though at times

but God nicely...sometimes not so nicely...reminds me that this is not just a "bad attitude" but is a sin-called envy

today was one of those gentle reminders

i was telling my mom this story of someone i know that cared for a dying relative (an in-law) instead of placing them in a nursing home like their family suggested

this person had no motive other than caring for their family and knew that a nursing home was something this person didn't want

after the relative died, this person found out how much the care was appreciated...in the form of half a million dollars

well, my first reaction was "i don't want anyone to die, but man i could really use half a million right now"

after i told my mom this story, her first response was "that's awesome! i love when God blesses people for caring and loving people and not expecting anything in return. that is so cool."

that bit me in the butt...

i know i won't always necessarily be thankful for where God has me and my family during hard times (which seems to be right now), but i can thank Him for what He is teaching me and look back and learn from tough times

thanks mom for being the person God used to remind me to be thankful and happy for others when God blesses them