Mind of a New Mom: 09/01/2006

Little bits of heaven

Sometimes they can last a day- or just minutes... those perfect moments in time. There are so many in my life- finally saying I love you after a year of feeling it, sitting on a balcony in Moorea with my new husband watching the sunrise; truly feeling God for the first time; seeing our peanut on the sonogram for the first time... Those sweet moments that are so good you forget that anything bad has ever happened in your life. Those are the moments I wish I could hold onto forever and relive over and over. They've been short and simple as a day in the park- watching my son go down the slide by himself. Or they have lasted days like when Dave and I drove up to Santa Barbara to plan our wedding. Today I had one of those moments- Isaiah and I are both sick with colds so neither of us feel great. As I was lying on the couch, Isaiah climbed up into my lap, looked into my eyes and said "mommy". It wasn't what he said, it was the way he said it- like he was saying I love you. His little voice so deep and innocent. The way he looked at me with those big brown eyes and smiled afterwards, the way he snuggled with me. At that moment I thought, I would live this moment over and over, sore throat, stuffy nose and all, it didn't even matter. Maybe God gives us these perfect moments to let us know what Heaven feels like.

DEFEAT

Since my son has peed on the potty one time and proven to me that he can, I've been trying to get him to do it again to no avail. I even bought him Elmo underwear- which he of course peed in as soon as I put them on. He calls his underwear CHONIES (underwear in Spanish for those who don't know). I wonder who taught him that! So yesterday I had to take them off and wash them and he was all upset crying CHO-O-O-NEEES, CHO-O-NEEES! Anway- this morning I was trying to get him to pee pee in the potty again, and we seriously sat in the bathroom for like 20 minutes. 20 MINUTES. After singing every children's song I knew I had had it. Isaiah finally said ALL DONE and then he said SHAKE IT. I was like what did you say? And he said SHAKE IT! I wonder who taught him that? Good times.

VICTORY!

YAY! YAY! YAY!

Isaiah peed in the potty for the first time today!

YIPEEEEE!

WHOOHOOOO!

So much to be happy about

It has been a rough month but I think I am pretty much at peace with what has happened. I will never forget, and some days are better than others... but today- there is still so much to be happy about. I'm finally getting my energy back and am able to pick up Isaiah and play with him again. He has developed quite an entertaining personality! He's headstrong, stubborn, clever, mean, disobedient, angelic, funny, loving and sweet all at once. He's a little boy with a HUGE personality. The best feeling for me is when I walk into the room from being gone and Isaiah has the biggest smile on his face! He shouts MAMA! and runs to me and gives me the sweetest hug! It's as if I had been gone for a week when it was only an hour!

We've been spending a lot of time in the backyard this summer as the weather has been gorgeous in SD. And there is nothing like cold watermelon on a sunny day! Isaiah calls it YEMON and gets very excited when he sees it! It is also a very sticky event for us so it is best eaten outside without a shirt!

YUMMY!