What has Landrum been up to lately?

Well Landrum has been awfully busy over the past few weeks - she is doing all sorts of new tricks as you can see in the pictures below! We recently borrowed a play gym mat from some friends and she loves "being in the gym"! She laughs and giggles the whole time as she stares at herself in the little mirror! When she is not chillin in the gym she is lifting weights with her handy rattle! We love to make her hold on to it - but instead of shaking it and hearing the sound she usually ends up hitting herself in the head with it!

I have also recently discovered the wonders of Craigslist here in Jackson - I mean I have heard all about Craigslist and others using it - but I have never experienced the greatness.. Where else can you trade a miniature horse for a 1990 Buick LeSabre!? Last week we bought a jogging stroller on Craigslist for Landrum to cruise in. She is a little tiny as she sits in the big ol' stroller but she will grow into it!

Two weeks ago, Landrum spent some quality time with her cousin, Rylie - they love playing together and Rylie can really make Landrum smile!

Finally - while Landrum is doing so much better about sleeping longer at night - there are still those mornings when both Mom and Baby have been up a few too many times in the night and are having to catch up on some extra sleep. This is what Jared caught us doing the other day!

The Love of a Father

As I was having some quiet time on the porch this morning in the rocking chair with Landrum beside me in her bouncy seat, I thought about the love we have for our children and how that resembles the love God has for us. I couldn't help but wonder if he ever wishes we could truly know how much he loves us just like I wish Landrum knew how much I love her. I try to express that to her, but she's not able to fully comprehend the emotions I feel when I express my love to her. As we get older we love our parents more and more, but never quite like we love our children. As I get older, my love for my heavenly Father grows deeper, but it will never match the love he has for me, his child. I was challenged by Proverbs 25:2 where it says that, "it is the glory of God to conceal things..." and I think it shows a reciprocating love on our part to seek those hidden things out. We may never find them, whatever they may be, but the journey will bring us closer to realizing the love he so freely gives us.

Glory Glory Hallelujah

Last night as we were putting Landrum down for the night and I prayed that God would help her to sleep through the night. Knowing this was a big request as she had only been sleeping in 4 hour stretches, I knew Jayme needed it just as bad if not more than Landrum did. And hot dang, if she didn't make it from 10pm til 5am. She stirred around at 3 and again at 4, but she hung in there and gave Jayme the best sleep she's had in two months. We had heard other friends say how their babies were sleeping through the night at 8 weeks and we were at 7 weeks 6 days thinking, "We won't get to that point anytime soon." Thank you Jesus. Don't think I won't be praying the same prayer tonight hoping it wasn't a one time occurence.