It has been such a joy spending time with my sweet little girl. Of course there are those moments that I can get so frustrated with the little lady as I ask her not to do something and she looks at me and does it anyways... well those moments are so outweighed by the sweet moments I just breath in and hope I never forget. Those moments that I tear up out of gratefullness for the blessing that the Lord has given me. And He seems to always give them in times where I am needing encouragement. So today we were driving in the car and Allie goes "Nemo Happy". I asked what allie? Nemo makes you happy? (She finally got to watch nemo on the airplane and LOVED it) and she goes "yeah" I asked her what else makes her happy and so she sat thinking in her carseat and just started listing off all the things that makes her happy. She says "baby mad happy, Bella happy, Daddy happy." I say yeah what else makes you happy? She says "baby in mommas belly happy." Allie has really started to connect with this baby growing in my belly. Maybe cause the belly is getting bigger but she is always talking about what she wants to do with the baby when it comes out. She looked at me the other day and rubs my belly and goes. "Belly BIG! Baby big!" Yes yes allie I am getting bigger :)
So I put allie down for a nap after having a real nice lunch together chatting about the day, and saying our prayers where she listed off so many things to pray for... a lot of things I forget to pray for sometimes. After about 45 min of her "nap" time I still hear her playing in her crib. I decide to go upstairs to see if maybe she has a stinky diaper. I stop at the door and listen to her chat (which I do often) and I hear her having a conversation with herself. First she is talking about taking the dogs for a walk and telling charlie to heel (she is learning how to walk charlie) and then just keeps repeating "Come home daddy... come home daddy" over and over. I start to tear up. I tear up cause I know how much that sweet girl loves her daddy and just wants him here. And how much her daddy wants to be with her but he has a job to do. A job that calls him away so often. A job that she has no idea what it is or how important it is for our country. but I stand there at her door crying.. thanking the Lord for the blessing of family. No matter how far apart we are there is a bond between us that can't be broken. Thankful for the work that Rob does for this family and all the other americans out there. And ALL the other men and women that leave their families behind to serve our country. They leave knowing that they are supporting a cause that is so important. So I stand so THANKFUL and feel incredibly blessed. All those hard moments, times where I feel lonely, feel like a single mom, makes everything worth it when I stop and think of the amazing blessing the Lord has given me in my husband, my daughter and the baby He is growing inside me. God is good. And is good all the time. so this was my day. and I know it may seem small to some, but it was so big for me. Something I needed. A reminder I needed.
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Beautiful Linds. I love your little Allie (and your whole fam!). Precious time listening to her thoughts. Can't wait til I can understand Bella's babbling. Although, today she saw a picture of Trav on the fridge and kept asking me to get it for her. When I finally did, she pressed it to her lips. :-) So precious to see these girls love their daddies.
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