We have been examining our priorities in the last week, prompted by a study in our Sunday morning interaction group. When asked, we would of course say that our priorities are God, marriage, kids, then everything else. But is that always what they truly are?? No. So, we are committing to fix that by setting daily Bible reading times (setting the alarm to get up before the kids do!), prayer nights and adding more prayer times with Sean Jr too. Also, we are committing to spend one hour each week (at least) kid-free to just talk and re-align these priorities. God is amazing, and we know He will do amazing things through us if we give ourselves to Him. Pray for us, if you will, and also I challenge you to take an honest look at your own priorities.
Okay, on to the "funny things." Sean Jr is almost 3 years old!!! I can hardly believe it! He is always doing and saying things that make me laugh (and sometimes make me frustrated, but let's try to focus on the good). *A while back, we got a box in the mail and I was going to open it. Sean Jr said "You don't have a knife. You're not a man, you're a girl, so you don't have a knife." I said he was right, but that I could find some scissors to use :) *I asked Sean Jr to throw a diaper away for me and he said "Not a chance!!!" Anyone who knows [big] Sean probably knows that he got that from him! I started laughing so hard that for about a week every time I asked him something he gave me that answer cause it was so funny. I had to convince him not to say that anymore!*We play music for Sean Jr when he goes to sleep and since his CD player is not working, we've been playing the radio. Well, he can recognize some artists and I hear him calling to me from his room sounding very excited, "Mommy. . . Jeremy Camp is in my room, too!!!"*It may be time to get a new CD player based on the next funny thing he said - I have his radio set on the Fish (Christian station) which has commercials, of course, one being about advertising for your product/business on their station. After his nap one day, we were playing outside and he said to me, "Mommy, how are you abvertising on the fish???"Never a dull moment around here!Just for a little update on Ezra - he is almost 4 months old (on the 25th) and such a joy! He smiles easily and often and laughs now too which melts your heart! He rolls to his side, but hasn't gone over yet. He loves to watch his brother go back and forth and round and round as he plays, although he sometimes gets startled by him too. He is pulling everything he can into his mouth, I think he may be teething already! It's amazing having a little baby around again ("little" does not technically describe him, but you know what I mean). We are enjoying being a family of 4!!!
