Sunday, September 11, 2011

Daddy's Little Helper

Crawling is officially a thing of the past. Maika is up on her feet walking whenever she can. This is great for us as we don't have to carry her all the time, but it is not always good for Maika. She had her first face first dive into the ground this past Friday. Normally she catches herself when she falls forward, but she was moving at top speed and couldn't get her hands out in time to prevent her face from meeting the ground. Thankfully it wasn't pavement or concrete she dove into; dirt was her landing place. A few little scratches and some tears but no worse for the wear.
Watching a child's development is a great thing. The other day Erik told Maika he was going to change her diaper and asked her to get one for him. She went straight to the diaper box, got one out and brought it back to him. It was a great moment and would have been even better if she had willingly allowed her diaper to be change.
Seeing Maika's need for repeated correction is helping us see more and more how it must be for God concerning us. We so much want to be godly examples for her and at the same time know we have so much to work on ourselves. Thankfully, God is patient and His love and grace never run out.
Styling, now if I just had some place to go.Full speed ahead. I know I can get these legs to move faster.Daddy told me to do something, but I'm not sure what he wants.PDA makes me want to run away. How can I get out of this?