Sunday, September 14, 2008

Moments



Beka
She loves to be outside and especially to swing. She will stand at the door and point "side, wee". She loves to play dress up already and is obsessed with shoes. She will find mine, Tonii's, Dane's or anyone else who may be visiting and try to parade around the house in them. She is also obsessed with the book "Goodnight Moon" which we must read every night and if she had her way every morning and afternoon too. Her favorite part of the book is the "baboon" which translated means the "red balloon".
Dane
He asked me the other day if I was married and I said yes. Then he said "Well who am I going to marry?". I said "Oh Dane, God will make that clear in His timing". Then he said "Maybe I can marry Meg (Terrell from LA). . . . or maybe Noah (Neri from LA). I got a good laugh from that and said "Well, Noah might actually be more submissive, but Meg would definitely be the more God honoring choice."
We were in the car on Friday and out of the blue Dane says "Mommy I don't want to go to college." You can imagine my surprise from not only the statement, but from the subject matter too. So I said "Well why don't you want to go to college?" to which he replied "Because I want to stay with you and daddy." Now come on how can you argue with such a sweet sentiment as that. However, I did assure him that if he truly felt that way that he could live at home while he went to college. I can't believe I am having these conversations already. He isn't even 4 yet!! Marriage and college, this is just too much for mommy to handle.

Waiting for Teta


My mom came to stay with us for 2 1/2 weeks while I was recovering from the complications from my oral surgery. Tonii had to travel for almost 2 strait weeks, so it was such a blessing to have her here. She just left last week and we already miss her. The night that she was arriving Dane asked if he could stay up and wait until Teta got here. I said yes, knowing how much he wanted to see her. So I set him up on our bed with a snack and drink and the movie "Lassie". I wanted him to be able to remember how special it is when he gets to see his grandparents. Well my mom didn't make it here until around 11pm and Dane was still up! In fact, as soon as she got here, he broke out the biggest smile I had seen in a long time and started jumping up and down. He asked her to take him to bed and then he was out!