I haven’t posted much lately. I’m staying really busy with the kids and with Christmas coming up. But in the midst of the busy-ness, there are moments that I want to remember!
November 20 was monumental primarily because Carson Elisha Uttke was born. Congrats, Chris & Melissa!!! I watched Corban on November 19-20, so those days were especially busy ones for me and very fun days for Mara. In the midst of all the fun, she said her first “sentence.” She wanted me to help put on her purple shoes. So she said, “Mommy helf!–perkle shoes?” I stopped to catch myself–did she really say that?–because she had never put that many words together at once!
Daniel “presided” in church on the first Sunday of Advent, which of course is the day they begin lighting the candles. The days he presides, I’m always a little nervous, having both children in the congregation by myself, while he is up front, because I never know when Micah is going to suddenly become fussy, and I never know when Mara is going to spontaneously announce something herself in the service.
Of course, when they lit the candle, she was super-excited, calling “TEE-doh! TEE-doh! [candle]” and then seeing Daniel, directly behind the candles, she said in a soft sweet voice, “Hiiiii, Daddy!” I put my finger to my lips, and she kept watching him, alternately saying “Tee-doh!” and “Hiiiii, Daddy!” in her sweet little voice. Fortunately, only the people immediately around us seemed to notice.
This morning, I was praying before Mara’s breakfast. She was excited about the apple slices on her high chair tray. She interrupted my prayer, touching the apple and saying “Pay? pay?” so I thanked God for the apple. Then she touched her banana bread and again repeated, “Pay? Pay?” so we thanked God for the banana bread too. I guess she’s starting to understand praying at our meals. 🙂 I LOVE my little girl!!!!