Cute Kid Moments

Karis-

So Karis is talking up a storm these days and even is making sentences now and then. She blends spanish, english and signs together to get her point across...which is amusing to witness. Her lastest and greatest phrases are all about activities that she's helping with. She likes to puff out her chest, pat her chest with her hand and proudly annouce "Workin" or "Cook" or "Helper" or "Wash". Its funny. But lately anytime she leaves the house to go run errands with Jeremy or I, she lets everyone know that she is going to "Work HARD" and then she nods her head and says "NNNiiiiiiccccee" with a huge smile on her face. Its priceless.

Adalyn-

Is basically one of the most precious things that you could ever lay your eyes on. She is sweet to the core and such a great patient baby. She cut her first two bottom teeth last week and we are expecting her to start crawling in the next few weeks. She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth with all of her might. She can actually move the pack-n-play she sways so hard. She loves eating, which is visible by all of her leg rolls (knee rolls and triple thigh rolls in the back) you just can't help but squeeze them.

Spoiler alert- coming soon- pictures of Jeremy last trip to the jungle and Karis' 2nd Birthday party!

Confession to make..

So I will publically confess this to you...I am a horrible blogger. I like the idea of blogging, when something awesome happens or one of the girls does something super cute during the day- I think to myself... I should post that on our blog, but then the moment slips by and I get busy with life again and weeks go by with nothing said on here. Those of you that know our family, know that we are fun people and wierd stuff is always happening, yet we aren't that great about capturing it in writing, so to speak. So this is my confession and I am going to attempt to do better. I know people that are busier than we are and still manage to update a blog, so they are serving as my inspiration. =)

Be Imitators of God...Ephesians 5:1

God has shown me several things this month, through reading scripture or seeing the girls doing something and recalling scripture that relates to it. Adalyn was covered in bug bites earlier this month and Karis is covered in a heat rush now, yet I watch them choose joy in their circumstances rather than focusing in on their misery. I think Habakkuk 3:18 kind of sums that up: "...yet, I will rejoice in Lord, I will be joyful in God my savor." and I later read an article about choosing joy. It said that happiness is something you feel but joy is something that you do. You can either submit to the misery & bitterness or to the Holy Spirit and cultivate the fruit of the Spirit into your daily life. Other scriptures mentioned action phrases like: "shout for Joy", "sing for Joy", "cry for Joy". It was a fresh reminder of that choice, watching my girls covered in itchy and miserable bug bites or heat rash yet observing them pushing past the discomfort and being honestly joyful. I’ll quickly highlight some other points God drove home with me this month. Watching Karis choose “good over evil”. To be honest, obedience is a daily struggle for Karis and I suppose we can all add ourselves to that boat on some level. But there are moments when I see Karis try to decide whether she will obey or not and it’s so sweet when she looks at me, smiles, nods her head and says "obey". Her mind made up to be obedient and I thought of those moments when I read "Do not be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good" - Romans 12:21. I think the absolute cutest moments though are watching Karis try to imitate Jeremy and me (espically Jeremy...such a daddy's girl). If Jeremy is leaning up against a wall with arms crossed and one foot over the other...Karis is there mimicking the same stance. If I have my sunglasses on in the truck, Karis wants her sunglass and the examples can just keep rolling. During those moments it makes me ask the question "How am I imitating Christ in my life today? How am I imitating God in my actions and reactions?" Anyways- I know that you really can't draw too many parallels to your children and your faith but God has used our girls to really challenge me in my walk with Him this month.