Last Friday marked Levi's fourth month of life. Time seems to be flying by so fast. It seems like not too long ago we were bringing him home from the and now here we are...Levi is rolling around on the floor, able to hold his head up well - I am awaiting the day when I can hold him with one arm and do things with the other! He's a wonderful baby with a great laugh and personality...Alejo and I are blessed to be able to call him ours.
But parenting is not all rainbows and roses. The first night we brought him home he cried all night. Levi still wakes up every three hours to this day which makes waking up in the mornings slightly difficult for Mommy. We've had spit up everywhere and many outfit changes for baby, Mommy, and Daddy...and we haven't even mentioned the fountains of pee and poop explosions. Right now Levi is going through a phase where he just wants to be held which makes it tough to do just about anything else in the house.
One of the things that I've been learning about recently is how to work on being patient - which is the work of the Spirit in my life and definitely not something I can do on my own (Galatians 5:22-23). With the lack of sleep, the house being a mess, and just in my own sinfulness I seemed to be very irritable, and my speech was not always God glorifying. Praise God for His grace and for revealing to me my sin and other areas in my life that need lots of work -- again nothing that I can do by myself!
Life is different after you have a baby...marriage is different once you have a baby...but we are definitely excited to experience all the things the Lord is going to teach us as we raise this child.
We love you Levi!
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