Scripture for Isla: 1 Chronicles 16:8

Bible verses to teach your children. 1 Chronicles 16:8

to the moon and back...

Loving this sweet girl to the moon and back every single day! So blessed!

My big girl...

Isla really started sitting up better over the weekend. Joel and I still stay close by for extra support should she need it, but she is doing so well!  

She is so funny. She knows she is doing something special when she is sitting up. She’ll look up at me with a big grin and it’s as if she’s saying, “Look at me, mommy! Aren’t I something?”   Yes, you are baby girl! You are something… something wonderful. 

She is growing and changing so quickly. Sitting up now and I’m sure she will be walking soon. She already loves to stand. Now I know how my parents felt when they used to tell me that I was growing up too fast. 

Slow down baby girl! Let mommy have time to take it all in. :)

 

Scripture for Isla: Philippians 4:4

Bible verses to teach your children. Philippians 4:4

MMM MMM GOOOOD...

Isla started her first solid foods today. I was expecting lots of facial expressions and yummy sounds, but to my surprise she was not impressed. The food of choice today was sweet potatoes. We baked enough for the week and plan to continue letting her try them each day this week. Next up...avacados. Maybe they will please her palate a little more.

Regardless of her lack of enthusiasm, it was so fun to watch her feeding herself and taking her first bites. I look forward to many more messy meals to come.

A mother's love...

My love for my mom has grown even greater since Isla was born. Having a daughter has made me see and feel a true mother's love. I love her so deeply and it has made me realize how much my own mother loves, cares and worries for me.

I've always felt my mother's love, but something happens after you have a baby of your own...you realize how great that love is, you understand your mother's sleepless nights, tireless dedication and endless love.

My mom and I have grown so close. We talk everyday. She comes and visits often and she has been such an amazing help to our family. Anytime we have been in a bind, she has come to our rescue to care for Isla. I love having her here and miss her so much when she leaves.

We feel so grateful to have such loving parents and hope that we can be as wonderful of parents to Isla as our own parents have been to us. 

• A mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled. - Emily Dickinson
• All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. - Abraham Lincoln
• I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine. She helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights. - Terri Guillemets
• Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible. - Marion C. Garretty
• Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs... Since the payment is pure love. - Mildred B. Vermont
• A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy and sudden, fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still she cling to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate the clouds of darkness, and cause peace to our hearts. - Washington Irving

Scripture for Isla: Deut. 6:5

Bible verses to teach your children.Deuteronomy 6:5