My how you've grown and developed these past few months! We've hit a milestone, month 9! As you get more active these letters get harder and harder to complete on time. I'll try to write one at least until your first birthday, then after that....we'll see how frequently I can do them!
Right now you're napping in the swing, or hopefully going to nap in the swing. Momma needs to get the hang of having you nap in the crib. I must say though, it's nice when you do nap in the swing because you get a good 2 hours of rest at least which means that momma gets 2 hours to do what she needs to do around the house and for MAF. We have a little less than a month before we leave to go to Mission Aviation Fellowship for their summer candidacy. I must say, momma's a little nervous because you have to spend your days with someone else for a month! So much can happen in a month and momma hopes she doesn't miss too much while we're in classes. Momma's also nervous about leaving you with someone we've never met for those hours. BUT while Momma is nervous about things, she knows it's important to trust in God with the things we can't control and even the things we can. We know that God will protect you always, even when momma and daddy have to be in class.
We are super excited to be joining Mission Aviation Fellowship this summer though. Because God's called us to be long-term missionaries it means that you'll get to explore the world, learn about new cultures and learn new languages. You'll also get to see more clearly what it is to really live by faith and how to impact those around you with that faith. We are really excited you are going to get this opportunity. It will be a drastically different lifestyle than the one you've been living the past few months, but we think you'll like it even better.
But back to what's been happening in the here and now! Well lately you've been crawling ALL over the place. Climbing into bookcases, under chairs, under your exersaucer and wherever you can fit. You've also been using your hands to pull yourself up onto whatever you can find and you "cruise" (or walk) along the sofas, boxes, chairs and anything else that's your height. You love bringing a little friend along with you in your travels and often are seen carrying something either in one hand, both hands or even your mouth! You are a very smart little lady and figure out how to take things with you, even when it seems pretty difficult! We are amazed daily at what you figure out how to do! Lately you've also carried two toys with you and sometimes you bang those toys together to make sounds. You love bouncy balls,cars, airplanes and you adore your ride on bike and ride on car.
Momma's been feeding you breakfast daily now and dinner daily. Soon we'll feed you some lunch but momma's gotta figure out how and when to do that. We do feed you lots of snacks! For breakfast these days you have oatmeal and applesauce and for dinner we just started you on meals that have meat in them. It's kinda weird to feed you meat meals out of a jar, but for right now that's what we're going to do. :) You love using your hands and are a good little eater. You get the food all over your face!
You are still kind of a social butterfly when it comes to playing with other kids, but that's okay. Sometimes you think Momma is the safest place to be when we're in a large group and well you'd be right. I know it's hard sometimes when you want to play with a toy and the bigger kids take it away from you. You do a very good job of just moving on from the situation and not fussing about it and I am proud of you. I hope as you get older we can teach you to confront important situations and walk away from not important situations. Even though you are a social butterfly, you do love watching older kids and following them around. I think the younger kids do stuff that you already know how to do so they are less interesting to you. :)
You still love to be in the hiking pack and being outside. I have a feeling you will be quite the adventurer when you grow up. Your daddy and I are excited about that. We'll see how you like airplanes this weekend because if the weather cooperates you'll be taking your first airplane ride when we go camping with friends. You'll be in the front pack on me with your little headset so we'll see how you like that! Hopefully the air pressure doesn't get to you too much and you decide it's okay to sleep in the front pack. :) Speaking of camping...this will be your first camping trip too AND first time at the ocean. We just like to get these firsts all out of the way at one time I guess. I am not sure how smart that is, but oh well! We hope you'll like it in the plane, camping and at the ocean. It's especially fun because we'll be with friends!
Momma has a lot to do, but she wanted to get this letter mostly written before she went back to work. Hopefully I can wrote more later to you and perhaps fix up the grammar in this letter so it flows better. But know that Momma and Daddy love you very much! We are so proud of all your accomplishments and can't wait to see what you do next!
Love,
Momma
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