First animal sound

Jadon is now starting to recognize animal sounds and say them when I ask "what does a ___ say?" I'm sure most kids first animal noise they make may be a dog, cat, cow, etc.  Nope, my babies first animal noise is a penguin!  HA!  Adorable!!  His books for some reason have lots of penguins in them and about 6 months ago Dave and I watched Mr. Poppers Penguins where I learned what a penguin sounds like...I think his name is Loudy?  I could be wrong, but still it is sooo adorable when Jadon walks around making penguin noises or when he opens his book to a penguin he has to make the noise.  LOVE IT!  His second animal sound he learned was a sheep...I better start working on some more common animal noises...

Highs and Lows

Life right now is so crazy.  I really liked the phrase "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."  I think I could really relate to that...but I've realized that phrase can't always be true. Their are storms that there is no dancing in...we are in one of those.  I have family members going through a divorce with kids getting confused and people thinking they are following Christ, but their thoughts/actions are definately not Biblical or of God.  They are destroying relationships in our family and causing a lot of hurt...Yuck.  Then add the other side of the family who are both having chest pain and possible heart problems...Then add a husband who is wayyyy busy with work and out of town a lot and is overworked and tired.  Lastly my high maintance dog has a bad staph infection on his skin (chronic condition) so I give him 10 pills a day (only 4 are antibiotics), make sure he doesn't get an ear infection by cleaning ears a lot, make sure he doesn't lick open feet sores, give him weekly baths, and clean up puke piles...Nice!

But then...God gives me the amazing blessing of being able to see my son's first steps.  To be home with him and experiencing the joy of motherhood.  Watching Jadon walk around and around in circles in our house babbling away...oh what joy it brings be.  I sit back and thank God that in all the storms going on, my dancing in the rain is my son.  And in those moments, you can go back into the world of a child and be so innocent...so calm and peaceful.  Thank you God!  Thank you that your timing is perfect for bringing Jadon into our lives to give us a little more reason to dance in the rain!