I love it when the morning sun shines in my office and highlights all of the hair I've lost on my chair. It's quite stunning but mostly disgusting. I just spent about 5 minutes de-hairing my chair...if it wasn't my own hair, I would contemplate looking into voodoo just out of curiosity.
Because Max's "nana" lives so close to us, sometimes I go home and drop my car off, then walk over to pick him up. I would do this more often, but a) it's been winter and b) I am overly concerned with what people will think as they see me walking to her house with an empty stroller. Why am I so worried about what other people think?? WHO CARES! Let me tell you why...it's because I am that annoying person who has too many useless thoughts about what I observe, and I am under the false assumption that everyone thinks the same as me. For instance, Max and I will take dinner to Mike some nights. Last week, as we drove to his office, I COULD NOT SHUT MY THOUGHTS OFF. I was annoying myself so bad. We drive by a paint supply store, and everytime I see the store sign I think...man...that font is so outdated. Do you think they just haven't updated it for a long time? Or maybe the store owner made the sign and doesn't know much about fonts. And they have two separate signs, both with bad fonts. Why? Why two different signs? My brain starts to hurt as I ponder this and then I plead with God to quiet my thoughts.
Last night, Max had his first tantrum and I hate to say it but it was adorable!!! I know he is worked up and frustrated but man...he is so cute. He never enjoys getting slathered in lotion after his bath, and he definitely doesn't enjoy getting boogers removed from his nose, but he normally bounces back pretty well once we start to play again. Last night though, he was in rare form. He was arching his back and screaming, so I set him down to see if that would help. His giant tears fell onto the carpet and he would slam his hands into the ground. I would reach for him and he would just scowl at me before burying his head into the floor. Its times like that when I realize how lots of moms end up breastfeeding much longer than they expected - its just the ultimate comfort option!
Maxer's birthday is just around the corner and I am so excited. I have been pretty adamant about not going too crazy for his party...like, no theme (the theme is birthday!!!) and I don't really want him to get tons of presents. Call me scrooge but I would rather have a simple, memorable experience instead of getting stressed about finding a cute theme and making sure the cake matches the color scheme and bladddy blah blah blah. I did print some photos from my Instagram using Printsagram and daaaaamn gina was that a good move! It links directly to your account, so you basically have to click like twice to have your photos arrive at your door (actually I sent them to work so I could view them the INSTANT they arrived) Real pumped about them. I'll be sure to take photos of the photos.
I have a devotional book, Jesus Calling, that ended up in my drawer at work. Maybe my mom gave it to me? Maybe my sister? Either way, I kept it but, without even cracking it open, thought it was probably too legalistic for my taste. I forgot about this book until I was scanning my IG feed and a woman I recently started following posted her devotional from March 29. It was a passage so beautiful that I scanned the comments to see if she would say what book it was from. Sure enough, she mentioned that it was from a book called...Jesus Calling. God! You are funny! Thanks for showing me that the book in my drawer is right up my alley and it sure wouldn't hurt to take it out every now and then to read a snippet. I loved this post so much that I will now take the time to type it out:
"Stop trying to work things out before their times have come. Accept the limitations of living one day at a time. When something comes to your attention, ask Me whether or not it is part of today's agenda. If it isn't, release it into My care and go on about today's duties. When you follow this practice, there will be a beautiful simplicity about your life: a time for everything, and everything in its time.
A life lived close to Me is not complicated or cluttered. When your focus is on My Presence, many things that once troubled you lose their power over you. Though the world around you is messy and confusing, remember that I have overcome the world. I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have Peace.
--Ecclesiastes 3:1; John 16:33
I read that and thought, NAILED IT. If I read that every morning, and took a deep breath, then I probably wouldn't get so worked up about the paint store sign and how to get my car battery to work properly and if I sent that email to the right person and when will Mike be able to work less. Not complicated. Not cluttered. Peaceful. I like those words.
Well, that about sums up my life lately. Loving on my boys, having crazy brain, and being thankful for the reminders of God's presence.
xoxo
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