Emma

Just for a minute I am going to talk about a day in the life of Emma :).  Her day started around 1 o'clock in the morning when she walks into our room and climbs up into our bed and goes back to sleep.  Like clockwork this happens every night.  I used to hate it...but as she gets older I realize that as Darius Rucker puts it "It Won't Be Like This for Long"and I just cuddle up next to her and thank God for her while at other times I am overwhelmed with her innocence and I pray for Gods hand of protection over her.  Anyway..I am getting sidetracked and emotional just thinking about it.  Back to Emma's day.  We wake up in the morning with whispers of "I'm hungry" or "I'm ready to get up".  I am laying in the middle of Emma and Briggs wishing that I could hit Emma's snooze button and be guaranteed another 10 minutes...haha.  This morning is special though.  It is her birthday.  As soon as her Daddy tells her Happy Birthday her eyes light up and she says "yay...everyone gets to come over!".  It is hard to explain to a three year old that we all ready had her party but today is actually her birthday...lol.  So I have to disappoint her first thing with that news, but then I remind her that she gets fruit snacks for breakfast because it is her birthday.  Good thing she is distracted easily...that does the trick...back to happy Emma :).  Her days are filled with "what are we doing next Momma?" and "what is the weather supposed to be?".  All this rain has my little 3 yr old stressed about the weather all the time.  On most days, the only thing in the world she has to worry about is whether or not she will get to play outside or not and she worries about that ALOT!.  She still fights naptime, bedtime and everything in between.  Here lately every time I tell her to do something she is cold, sick, tired, needs to potty or something is just too heavy for her to pick up.  She can not be expected to carry the same toys back to her room that she just got finished carrying in the living room.  For some reason they are always heavier on the trip back.  She loves for us to read books together and color and her favorite foods are Mac n' Cheese, Peanut butter and Jelly, and bean burritos from La Caretta.  She loves to run! Seriously...she could be my jogging buddy.  She runs as fast as I do!!  That really doesn't say too much, but honestly, she is fast.  She is really sweet sometimes.  I give her a hard time on most days, but she can melt my heart in a matter of a few seconds.  She runs up to me and wraps her arms around me and says, "You're the best, Mom"  and sometimes she takes my hand and says "we're best friends".  Today Briggs was putting together a toy and she kept telling him "you can do it, Daddy". 

 

It doesn't feel like three years have come and gone.  She is all ready telling me that when she is five she gets to go to school.  I really just cover my ears and try not to think about it.  I pray for her everyday and I think about all the things that she may have to face that I never had to face growing up.  It does feel like the evil around us just keep getting worse.  I pray that God gives me the faith and strength as a parent to lead her into the right direction.  I never want to be a stumbling block or hindrance.  I pray that He gives me the wisdom to train her in the way that she should go.  Some days I am overwhelmed with the responsibility of raising her.  I feel so inadequate as a parent...and really... I am inadequate.  We all are.  That is why I need God to help me and guide me through every step of my parenting journey.  Three years have all ready past and I can all ready think of things I wish I would've done different.  I can all ready see areas that I need to drastically improve and I know that God will help me with those things, if I only just ask Him. 

 

So tonight, Emma is sleeping in the next room.  She isn't even aware of the impact she has had on my life and Brigg's life.  Before she was born, we weren't growing in Christ like we should have been.  We were in our comfort zone and happy to be there and Emma changed all that.  She was our wake up call.  We realized, Okay, this little girl needs us to be the Christians that we should be.  This little girl is our responsibility and we had better straighten up.  She has changed our lives for the better in every way you could imagine.  Suddenly, your priorities are different.  You see things in a different light and you have a new purpose.  I believe with all of my heart that children are a precious gift from God and we should love and take care of these precious gifts of life with everything that is in us. 

 

 

 

 

 

This song makes me cry...almost every time....