contrary to the popular vote, we are sticking with the vare-uh pronunciation. after we learned most people were calling her veer-uh, i considered changing the way we spoke it. i could go either way and i like both. but we need consistency and husband only liked vare-uh. so vare-uh it is. sorry in advance, daughter, for all your teachers pronouncing it "wrong" from kindergarten through college.
2 weeks down, 4 to go. chris is really enjoying his sabbatical and i am so very thankful that i get so much time with my favorite person. he learned quickly that vera isn't always a grumpy baby, but her usual cry-fest happens every day from about 5pm-7pm and that lines up perfectly with the window in which he comes home from work. mornings are her prime happy time. i love it when she is all smiles. she's finding her voice and loves to coo and echo my noises. besides mornings, my other favorite time of day is bath time and pre-bedtime. she is seriously loving bath time. and i do mean seriously. i hope to get a video sometime soon. her face is so stoic when she's in the water, but she kicks and bats her arms and splashes like crazy. it's funny to me that her face is so serious when doing so though. she cries immediately when we take her out because she loves it so much. i faked her out several times tonight pretending to get her out. she would start to cry and stop when she realized i wasn't picking her up. and then a smile would pop up on her face. silly girl. after her bath, i take her to her room, wrapped up in a towel. the space heater is on, so it's already warm. i lay her on the floor and let her have some naked time while i give her a nightly massage. that's my favorite part. i pray over each part of her as i rub it..."thank you, lord, for vera's head and her brain. i pray that she would use her mind to do great things for your kingdom...thank you for her arms and hands. i ask that you would use her to love all people and reach out to those who are in need. thank you for her feet...beautiful are those that bring good news...i pray that she would not have a spirit of timidity, but one of power, love, and self-discipline and that she would speak boldly of your love. thank you, God, for her tummy and back. i pray that you would make her strong to fight off illnesses and strong to fight off spiritual battles. give her armor to stand up in the midst of doubt and fear. mostly though, God, i pray that vera would grow to be a woman who loves you with her whole heart..that she'd follow Your ways, be a woman of purity, and that she would live for You with abandon. give chris and i wisdom as we raise her. i pray that we would always have a close relationship. haste the day that she would sleep through the night and sustain me until she does." that's pretty much my nightly prayer with her. :) then i put her in her sleeper, swaddle her with all of my might (chris is a super-star at the swaddling.), give her hugs and kisses and put her in bed. i turn off the light and walk out!
and i have to say, i am quite proud of her. she's cried for a total of 20 minutes when we started it..and tonight for less than a minute before she fell asleep. that's not to say that she sleeps through the night by any means, but i am thankful we've gotten the hang of bedtime at least.
back to chris's sabbatical though. we enjoyed the first week together, having a lot of down time and appreciating his help with the baby. he helped me with things around the house and helped the things ready for the christmas party. the second week, last week, we were at his parents' house near ft. worth. lots of down time there. good food, good friends, dates, and naps. it was a good time. now we are home and in the middle of week 3. his dad is here and they are working away at a couple of projects; roofing our patio and building cabinets for the laundry room.
i made an apple pie today and i'm thinking it needs a slice taken from it before i go to bed. a la mode. g'night!
2 weeks down, 4 to go. chris is really enjoying his sabbatical and i am so very thankful that i get so much time with my favorite person. he learned quickly that vera isn't always a grumpy baby, but her usual cry-fest happens every day from about 5pm-7pm and that lines up perfectly with the window in which he comes home from work. mornings are her prime happy time. i love it when she is all smiles. she's finding her voice and loves to coo and echo my noises. besides mornings, my other favorite time of day is bath time and pre-bedtime. she is seriously loving bath time. and i do mean seriously. i hope to get a video sometime soon. her face is so stoic when she's in the water, but she kicks and bats her arms and splashes like crazy. it's funny to me that her face is so serious when doing so though. she cries immediately when we take her out because she loves it so much. i faked her out several times tonight pretending to get her out. she would start to cry and stop when she realized i wasn't picking her up. and then a smile would pop up on her face. silly girl. after her bath, i take her to her room, wrapped up in a towel. the space heater is on, so it's already warm. i lay her on the floor and let her have some naked time while i give her a nightly massage. that's my favorite part. i pray over each part of her as i rub it..."thank you, lord, for vera's head and her brain. i pray that she would use her mind to do great things for your kingdom...thank you for her arms and hands. i ask that you would use her to love all people and reach out to those who are in need. thank you for her feet...beautiful are those that bring good news...i pray that she would not have a spirit of timidity, but one of power, love, and self-discipline and that she would speak boldly of your love. thank you, God, for her tummy and back. i pray that you would make her strong to fight off illnesses and strong to fight off spiritual battles. give her armor to stand up in the midst of doubt and fear. mostly though, God, i pray that vera would grow to be a woman who loves you with her whole heart..that she'd follow Your ways, be a woman of purity, and that she would live for You with abandon. give chris and i wisdom as we raise her. i pray that we would always have a close relationship. haste the day that she would sleep through the night and sustain me until she does." that's pretty much my nightly prayer with her. :) then i put her in her sleeper, swaddle her with all of my might (chris is a super-star at the swaddling.), give her hugs and kisses and put her in bed. i turn off the light and walk out!
and i have to say, i am quite proud of her. she's cried for a total of 20 minutes when we started it..and tonight for less than a minute before she fell asleep. that's not to say that she sleeps through the night by any means, but i am thankful we've gotten the hang of bedtime at least.
back to chris's sabbatical though. we enjoyed the first week together, having a lot of down time and appreciating his help with the baby. he helped me with things around the house and helped the things ready for the christmas party. the second week, last week, we were at his parents' house near ft. worth. lots of down time there. good food, good friends, dates, and naps. it was a good time. now we are home and in the middle of week 3. his dad is here and they are working away at a couple of projects; roofing our patio and building cabinets for the laundry room.
i made an apple pie today and i'm thinking it needs a slice taken from it before i go to bed. a la mode. g'night!
2 comments:
I LOVE that Carey! :) So sweet! When did you start your nighttime routine with her & let her cry a bit? I know I have to start sometime but I'm not sure when.
I'm feeling the no-sleep pain and praying for endurance for both of us!
carey! that is a beautiful prayer.
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