Life and Locomotion

I have been so amazed recently at God and the miracle of life. I find it hard to believe that anyone can have a baby, bring life into this world, and not believe in God.

Watching Christian everyday, as he learns and discovers new things is so amazing.
Almost every morning, we go outside and sit on our swing, and wait for the hummingbirds to come to the feeder; Christian loves to watch them. He also loves to feel the breeze - it is so cute how excited he gets just to feel a breeze. Seeing life through a child's eyes is such a gift, I truly hope I never lose it.

So what is my little munchkin up to these days? Figuring out how to crawl. Today he scooted a little ways for the first time. He's growing independent so fast! Before I know it he is going to be crawling then walking around here, talking away (with words I can understand!) I'm just trying so hard to savor each and every moment I have with him, and not stress the small stuff.

I realized today, I think the one of the more important parts of being a parent is providing a safe, loving environment for your kids to learn and explore in, and giving them the freedom to do just that. Providing the save loving environment is the easy part of that. Giving him the freedom to learn and explore is sometimes quite hard. And right now, it's just the freedom to master the art of rolling over and crawling. It's hard, b/c I know that in the learning process he's gonna bump his head, fall over, and get some cuts and scrapes, but he has to go through that process to really figure out how to get around on his own. And in the big picture, this is the easy part. Later on will be things like riding a bike and sending him off to college.

I've been learning so much about myself just by being around Christian everyday, and I really, really love being a mom.