Good Bye, Today Show...

Hello, Play House Disney. I have been watching the Today Show for at least the past six years faithfully. I just always turn it on every morning. It is great to get talk points (something in the news to discuss) for work when I was working full-time. But now I have the pleasure of watching "The Little Einsteins", "Micky Mouse Club House" and my personal favorite "Handy Mandy". Wow... how life has changed! Abe has only watched "Baby Praise" DVDs up until this point. He loves music and those could always keep his attention. When he wakes up in the morning now he wants his mommy, a cup of milk and Play House Disney.

My life has totally changed since Abe was born in a great way. My focus has always been serving others through ministry, entertaining friends and being the best at my job. Now my focus is my family, as a wife and mom (which is my ministry), entertaining a toddler, and working part-time. Wow...how life has changed! Instead of shopping, working out, talking on the phone to friends, and dinning out. I now keep up with my friends through their blogs, playdates and facebook. Instead of dinning out at nice restaurants... I now cook almost every meal. The only shopping that I have done lately is for groceries and working out should still be a priority but it's not. My new favorite hobby is sewing and making clothes for Abe. Who would have ever thought that I would sew? It's like my life has went back 100 years in time (with the internet).

I absolutely love my life and I am thankful to God for getting me out of the "rat race" and for all of the wonderful changes that comes along with motherhood.

Seeing the World Through A Child's Eyes

Abe is getting better at assimilating information from all five senses. He will suddenly stop to listen to the sound of a dog barking, squat down to get a better look at the ants crawling in and out of cracks in the sidewalk, and he takes great delight in running sand through his hands. For the first time in years, I have been getting down and playing in the grass, peering at an anthill or poking at a baby frog with him. Just doing those simple things had helped me to remember what it's like to see the world through the eyes of a child.