whatever it is

My Lilah is sick this week with strep throat. It really is a nasty bug, mostly because as a mother of a child who cannot tell you where "ouch" is, my only clue is a fever. My darling bug was so sick and sad, so again, antibiotics. I love this little person so much, that when she is sick it is as if a part of me is ill too. She has go "whatever it is" so to speak that melts my heart.

We were planning as a family, to head to Monterey this weekend, however with the state of affairs among our little family's health, I believe we will have to pass on this. I believe this to be blessing in disguise. I believe that our family needs to slow down, and have sometime being together without having to go go go. God has seemingly been quiet in my life, or rather I have not been listening very well, so I suppose it is time, since he is now yelling, to slow down and pay attention again.


So whatever it is....we will accept, embrace, love and listen.....God, Spirit, Love, Peace, illness, sadness, happiness......

Where we have been

Life is busy, as it always has, but it seems as though my "free time" as definately been less in the last five months. I cannot believe how fast everything is going. All the parents I have known have always told me that time flys, and now I know what they mean. Lilah is now almost 14 months and talking and signing up a storm. She says the following words verbally:


NO! (VERY CLEAR!)
Baby
Ball
Baba(bottle)
more
Yotie(Grandma's Dog)
Papa
Mama
Dadda
Hiiiiiiiii
bye
uh-ohhhhhhhhh
wow
doggie
cat
tag
book
yesssssssssss
Lilah
Jess
Rob
Eyes
Mouth
back
ouch

My darling also uses signs like CRAZY. I am finding myself having to learn new signs every day.
All finished
More
Nurse ( of which she uses ALOT)
drink
eat
flower ( and uses it abstractly too! cute when she sniffs her nose)
please
fan (she uses this one for wind too)

I am loving everyday with her. She is getting so close to walking, she has taken only two steps at a time, but she has done this several times. It is so exciting to watch my daughter grow, and learn and absorb all that is around her.

Delilah is teaching me to take life in stride. Sometimes you fall down, and it is frustrating, and it is okay to cry or whine for a minute, but in the end, you have to get back up again and keep trying to walk.