someone's listening

My friend Manda gave me a cd of some children's songs about Jesus. I've been playing it in the car while Hudson and I run errands. I know that he loves music, but I discovered today that he's actually listening to the words. A song came on that talks about all the animals and guests that were in the stable where Jesus was born. One of the lines says, "Baa, baa says the sheep. Baaaa!" Hudson heard that line and then started saying, "baa, baa, baa." Later on a song talked about the flowers that God made, and he made the sign for flower.

Turns out that someone's actually listening to what's going on, not just idly sitting by. Guess I'm going to have to make sure that my words are constantly edifying!

rainy day

Today we had a morning rain shower. It was a perfect opportunity to introduce Hudson to rain. I try to teach him signs to use until he's capable of speaking, and he picked up the sign for rain pretty quickly--probably because he was experiencing it! It's funny, rain is normally something that makes me feel kind of mopey and melancholy, but this rain shower made me feel so invigorated. I guess you forget how invigorating a rain shower can be when you don't take time to play in it.

I'm glad that so far I'm letting Hudson learn by experiencing things. I don't want to hold him back just because it might get messy. I guess this kind of goes along with the idea that we want to be "safe." Jesus doesn't call us to a "safe" life. I really want to be completely spent up at the end of my life because I've been passionately pursuing my God. I hope this for our son, too.

playing ball

This was written two weeks ago:

Last night Kyle and I had the joy of playing catch with the football with Hudson. Kyle had worked later than normal, so we let Hudson stay up a little later. We had him pass the ball back and forth between the two of us. He laughed and smiled and clapped for himself the whole time.

There's something so incredibly fulfilling just playing with your child. I never knew that tossing a little sponge football could be so entertaining. God has truly blessed us with this inquisitive, busy little boy.