Yesterday, Joshua cracked us up in the car when he cried out "Uh-oh! Tooters!" Uh-oh is right, my dear. 
Yesterday Joshua & I sang "This little light of mine" and he's starting to do the hand motions. He also sang "Jesus Loves Me" by himself to me while we were rocking. When he's feeling under the weather, he becomes my little cuddle bug again. :) We read all his new birthday books (thanks Grandma, Nonie & Poppy, and Miss Suzy!) yesterday, too. He pointed to the pumpkin in the touch 'n feel book Suz got him (which he LOVES!) and said "punkin" and when I pronounced it again, he slowly and carefully said 'PUMP-kin.' I love fall! 
Caleb's new accomplishment? He slept through the night! The night before last it was Joshua who woke him up when he came into our room. We need to work on getting him to stay in his own room, but I hate to do that when he's so wheezy. There was a guy that died of asthma when I was in high school, and I think about that every night I put the Bean to bed. I know God will keep him safe, but I want to be available to him if he really needs help. After all, my kids are way more important to me than a little shut eye. Last night, however, Joshua's disruption of our sleep didn't wake Caleb at all. He woke up at 7 am to eat after his last feeding being at 11 pm. WOOHOO!!! Way to go, big guy!
I'm so proud of both my kids. But, I take no credit for how amazing they are. Yesterday especially I felt like I deserved the worst mom of the year award. Last night as I was doing my homework for Bible study (which I highly recommend the "Breaking Free" Bible study! I'm learning so much!), I was reading about how pride inhibits us from glorifying God or allowing God's glory to shine through our lives. Pride can sneak up in us in a number of areas, and I realized that I'm guilty of this dreadful sin. There is no good in me except that which God provides...may He be the one who is glorified through us! He is the one who makes my children so great - they are His alone. I am honored that He would entrust such precious little lives to us, and most days I feel completely unworthy and incapable at such a job. He gives us grace, though, and helps keep them safe and on the right track. Here is a passage that I thought was particularly good in showing how amazing God is... thus, we have nothing to be proud about in and of ourselves:Job 38
The LORD Speaks
1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm. He said:
2 "Who is this that darkens my counsel
with words without knowledge?
3 Brace yourself like a man;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.
4 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation?
Tell me, if you understand.
5 Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
6 On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone-
7 while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels [a] shouted for joy?
8 "Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
11 when I said, 'This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt'?
12 "Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
13 that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?
14 The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.
15 The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.
16 "Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
17 Have the gates of death been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the shadow of death [b] ?
18 Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.
19 "What is the way to the abode of light?
And where does darkness reside?
20 Can you take them to their places?
Do you know the paths to their dwellings?
21 Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
22 "Have you entered the storehouses of the snow
or seen the storehouses of the hail,
23 which I reserve for times of trouble,
for days of war and battle?
24 What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,
or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
25 Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,
and a path for the thunderstorm,
26 to water a land where no man lives,
a desert with no one in it,
27 to satisfy a desolate wasteland
and make it sprout with grass?
28 Does the rain have a father?
Who fathers the drops of dew?
29 From whose womb comes the ice?
Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens
30 when the waters become hard as stone,
when the surface of the deep is frozen?
31 "Can you bind the beautiful [c] Pleiades?
Can you loose the cords of Orion?
32 Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons [d]
or lead out the Bear [e] with its cubs?
33 Do you know the laws of the heavens?
Can you set up God's [f] dominion over the earth?
34 "Can you raise your voice to the clouds
and cover yourself with a flood of water?
35 Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?
Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
36 Who endowed the heart [g] with wisdom
or gave understanding to the mind [h] ?
37 Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?
Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens
38 when the dust becomes hard
and the clods of earth stick together?
39 "Do you hunt the prey for the lioness
and satisfy the hunger of the lions
40 when they crouch in their dens
or lie in wait in a thicket?
41 Who provides food for the raven
when its young cry out to God
and wander about for lack of food?
God is so amazing and so great, He alone is worthy of honor, glory and praise. Another verse I've pondered is: 1 Corinthians 10:31 "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." WOW! That's tough, but amazing truth. The first week of the study, we learned about Israel's captivity under the kings of Judah during Isaiah's time. During that week, I learned especially that our actions have such a profound impact on our children. The next week, we learned about the five benefits God has for us to lead an abundant life here on earth. Now, each day we're looking at obstacles to those benefits. We're thoroughly dissecting the Word in this study, and I'm enjoying every minute of my time with the Lord. I praise God for my family and what He's doing in our lives. May He be glorified!
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