Time

How quickly the time goes by!  I blink and months (dare I say it - years?) seem to have flown.  I am sitting here right now nursing our second little one, Selah, who is quickly approaching 6 months old.  It was yesterday that she was born!!!  I insist!  Milestones seem to pass with her with such speed I can hardly keep up.  Currently, she can roll all sorts of ways (from back to belly, and belly to back), push her chest up off the ground (and alternately, get her knees up under her while her chest is off the ground), say "Mama" and the "bababa sound."  Selah is much more chill than Hannah was.  I can lay her down while she's awake and walk away and she will go to sleep on her own.  She has a sweet cry that only gets loud when she's desperate.  I am so glad she's an easy baby.  God knew I couldn't handle another one with Hannah's temperament.

One thing I have gotten to use with Selah that I didn't with Hannah is my Ergo carrier.  I LOVE my Ergo carrier.  I got it after Hannah was too big, when I was being a nanny for a little boy.  But with Selah I got the newborn insert so I've been able to use it the whole time.  Selah just grew out of the insert, but she loves being in the carrier.  I can even nurse her while we're walking around - the hood covers us up so it isn't immodest.  I've had so many people ask me about my carrier so I'm putting some links up here.  It is the best carrier I've ever had, and I have had all the different kinds - the snugglie, the sling, the big backpack with the metal things, but this carrier is the best by far.  It is either a front carrier or a backpack carrier, it holds up to 40 lbs, AND it distributes the weight evenly.  No backaches after hours of carrying.  It is an investment that holds its resale value too, but I don't ever want to sell mine.  Yep, I'm keeping it for the grandkids...

   

Hannah will be 7 in a couple short months!  She will be finishing 1st grade in a couple of weeks.  I will then breathe a huge sigh of relief and possibly cry.  It has been such a tough year not just for her but for all of us.  She has had so much trouble trying to wrangle with and reign in that strong will of hers.  How on earth are we going to get her to use it for good and not for evil?  I just pray every day that we are doing the right things to help raise her into the woman God wants her to be.  She certainly has a lot to overcome.  The sweet thing is so incredibly smart, and I don't know if that helps anything.  Next year is still up in the air - will we homeschool?  Will she continue in public school?  She needs so much to grow socially, but I don't want her to be bored.  So this summer I'm hoping for lots of playdates with other children, and I'm going to be trying to do some school at home to test things out and to help her not be bored (and stay out of mischief).  in the past, me attempting to teach her has not been met with success.  So we'll see...

I am hoping to head up to Kentucky for a few days to see Grandma and Grandpa and whatever other family is there in a couple of weeks.  I want to finish the research I was doing on their lives.  Feel free to leave comments with ideas/questions you want for me to ask and record.  I still haven't posted about Grandpa's time in the military - I still had several things I wanted to add.  So please feel free to leave ideas for questions about that too.