1. During FHE (Family Home Evening) this past week, randomly Eve Mahealani pointed up and said "daddy" we stopped the lesson and just watched her. She then proceeded to find each picture of the Savior in our home pointing to each one saying "daddy, daddy, daddy". It was such a sweet moment, I felt the spirit tickle my heart.
2. Mahealani has started to be kinder to her sister by kissing her all the time. That's how she shows her love because she is shown love that way. Unfortunately she doesn't realize that kissing someone with snot all over your nose and mouth is just not kosher. I feel stuck at those moments because I want to praise her for being gentle and loving towards her sister instead of her old habit of hitting but she's so gross with the snot I don't want her to touch her.
3. One Saturday morning we were all so tired because we had a long night. If it wasn't Kaile'a crying it was Mahealani, if it wasn't Mahealani it was Kaile'a. Anyhow Mark and I didn't want to get out of bed so we brang the girls to us. As I laid there in bed with my wonderful husband and two daughters despite my exhaustion I thought "wow, I'm so blessed". I felt good, peaceful and full of love with my cute little family.
4. I was exercising at the gym the other night and this mother and father started to run on the track, not even 10 seconds into their run I heard this screaming little girl chasing after them about 50 yards behind them. She looked about 6 years old. She was afraid that her parents were leaving her. The parents assured her that they could see her but she was still afraid. I'm sure you've seen something similar happen when you are just a few yards from your child and they freak out. Well I pondered that for a bit while I was running in circles. When I was in the premortal existence I'm pretty sure I had a hard time leaving Heavenly Father. I probably screamed a ton because I wanted to be near him. I just wonder if that's any reason why new Born's cry so much. I mean, besides the physical reasons. Spiritually they need to feel close to their parents. They need to be cuddled & swaddled in arms of love. Can you imagine if they could talk? What would they reveal to us? I think that's why language is developmentally a process. Hmmm?
5. Mahealani has been humming her alphabets and saying a letter here and there through out the song. It's darling to watch. She is also mimicking me in a positive way of course. She pretends that she is the mommy, so she'll quickly slip on my high heels and purse. After that she'll grab one of her bears and place a blanket over it. Then put her bear in Kaile'a's car seat and rock the bear. It's really cute to witness.
6. Mark and I have been taking turns in taking Eve to the park. Getting her out of the house to burn energy, get some sun, and spend quality time with each parent. It has seriously been so fun and adorable to watch her run all over the place. It's really good for me to spend one on one time with her because then I remember she's still a baby to. Because when I'm at home with the both of them I just let her do her own thing because she seems so much bigger then her sister but you know what developmentally she's still a baby. I just need to remember that and stop unconsciously comparing her to her sister.
