Not to be outdone

Guess who rolled over finally?? Yes, Carly did. One might speculate that she noticed that her big brother was getting a lot of praise for his latest accomplishments and she didn't want to get left out. She recently rolled over - from her belly to her back - with much fanfare and cheering of her own. And then we put her back on her belly - she rolled over again, put her back to do it again, and again, until she made it quite known that she wanted to be on her back!

[Don't all parents do that? try to get their kid to repeat a new trick again and again until the baby cries in frustration?!]

And then it hit me, with our latest child's triumph, our latest Godly Blessing, and for a brief moment, I got scared...

Scared of what will inevitably happen - there's no way we can stop it, it WILL HAPPEN!!

3 kids under 5 - all totally mobile!! geeeeeeez, please no!! Our "Modified Man-to-Man defense" [that's what Kristin and I call it - she takes either Kady or Camden, I the other, and we both listen for Carly] will need modification! Will a "Zone Defense" be enough?

But then I think again...how marvelous it will be to hear the laughter. Lovely laughter. Kady and Camden play so well together [well, most of the time, just like any other siblings!] They'll run through the house laughing and giggling and we just sit back and watch. Such fun. One of the sweetest sounds known to parenting. Add in another one and you have even more fun, right? We'll see...

But I digress, back to Carly. Although she has the belly-to-back roll over figured out, she hasn't gotten the back to belly yet. So we're ok for maybe another week. Amazing. God's Gifts, created in His Image - for us to watch over. Such responsibility!!!!

Keeping up with all the changes around here is challenging too...stay tuned!!