I Loved You Before I Knew You: February 2016

Oh, my sweet boy, Mommy hasn't handled having two babies very well! I haven't been on here to praise you for all the new and wonderful things you have been doing! You are such a sweet big brother and Adayla is lucky to have you. When she was first born, you came right in and wanted to touch her on the head. Made this momma's heart swell!

You are saying so many new words and sentences since you started preschool in January. It's amazing to see how quickly you are learning from your friends. Speaking of friends, you hav been in preschool! Miss Samara had to close her daycare to take care of her mom, and then right after that her husband got a new job and they moved away! We miss her very much and we know she misses you.

And I need to tell you now God worked out the preschool situation: time was drawing near for me to go back to work, and I still hadn't found a daycare for you and your sister. I had heard good things about Bethel Christian Daycare and Preschool, so I called. Well, the director told me that she had room for you each day of the week except for Thursday, but she didn't have any room for Adayla. I made an appointment to tour the campus anyway, and decided I would just pray about it, believing that God would work it out. So we arrived on a Friday morning at the preschool, and the director told us that the previous night, two full-time spots opened up for you and Day! So we knew God wanted you to attend there.

It hasn't all been wonderful, though. You've been sick pretty much since you started. (You actually got sick in the nursery at church when we went to my work Christmas party, and had just gotten over that first cold when you started at Bethel.) And you had a hard time with me leaving you there for the first week, but now you love school. You actually get pretty upset when I come to pick you up.

OH! Important note: you learned how to use the iPad all by yourself. You learned to read the alphabet and numbers because of an app, too! You are SO smart.

I am so sorry I haven't taken more time to write to you since your sister was born. I spent all my time actually hanging out with you in person! Here are a few moments from the past several months: