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Jacey is working on her crawling... Here's what she can do thus far....

Jacey

Jacey is still a baby, but it seems that everytime I turn around she is begining to become a little girl. Oh so wonderful, but so sad at the same time.

Meals - She's starting to want to feed herself!!! Her fine motor skills aren't developed enough yet to do this with a utensil, but she can pick up little pieces of bread or cereal and successfully get them into her mouth (so cute). She holds a bottle and her sippy cup by herself now.

Crawling - She's working on her crawling now. She can't quite get the whole arm motion thing down. She gets herself onto her hands and knees and kinda wiggles, moving her body back and forth (so cute). Then she inches her knees forward and since she hasn't figured out how to move her hands forward she does a little face plant most of the time. hehe. Grandma says she thinks she might walk before she crawls as some babys do. She is starting to try to pull herself up to the standing position. She definately likes to stand more than sit.

Bathtime - Bathtime is her favorite time. She got a bunch of bath toys for Christmas, which she love to chew and play with during her bath. She always like to SPLASH and put her hands under the running water.

Bedtime - Bedtime is different now. No longer do I need to nurse and rock her until she falls asleep. Now I read her a story and put her to bed when she is still awake. She knows it's time for bed and most of the time just falls asleep without one peep! We follow the same routine for naps. So funny that I writing about nap time right now because Jacey is sitting in my lap right now as I type and she is falling asleep! She would NEVER do that when she was real little.. getting her to bed was always a struggle... but she's getting older.

Yesterday, she cried when I left for school :(. So sad! It was the first time she's ever done that. Oh, it made me feel sooo bad for leaving! When I get home from school at night, she is already in bed, but she hears me come in and always wakes up to say good night to her mommy.

Well I'd better put this little one down for a nap.

How powerful and mighty is HE!

So, this term, I am taking an intro to astronomy class. The first few weeks have been quite frustrating as my teacher and I have different beliefs in how the world began. I started to regret even taking the class because each time my teacher spoke about "The Big Bang" and how some scientist believe that the universe began, I started to tune him out. Thus, not paying attention, and being uninterested. This is not a good recipe for that 'A' that I want at the end of the term. I asked the Lord (how wonderful He is) why he had put me in this class at all!! Then in class we started to discuss the size of the earth, solar system, galaxy, and universe (which has no end). Wow, was I blown away! I am soo happy to be in this class now because I get to learn about God's creation. It is INCREDIBLE! Here's a look.

Our planet (Earth): A view from space

Can you imagine how small we are?

Our solar system: We are the planet 3rd closest to the Sun

Again, can you imagine how small we are?

The Milky Way Galaxy: Our solar system is somewhere on the outer edge

Where???

The Universe (part of it anyway): Each of those specks are different galaxies

We are sooooo TINY!!

"O Lord, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth,

Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens!

From the mouth of infants and nursing babes

You have established strength because of your adversaries,

To make the enemy and the revengeful cease.

When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers,

The moon and the stars which You have ordained;

What is man that You take thought of him,

And the son of man that You care for him?

Yet You have made him a little lower than God,

And You crown him with glory and majesty!

You make him to rule over the works of Your hands;

You have put all things under his feet,

All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field,

The birds of the heavens and the fish of the seas,

Whatever passes through the paths of the seas.

O Lord, our Lord,

How majestic is Your name in all the earth!" - Psalm 8

These pictures sure put our world into perspective. I am so humbled by this, but mostly comforted. Comforted because I know that my life is in the hand of God. Wow! Me? My life? Why would a God so powerful and awesome care about me? It is difficult, almost impossible, for me to fathom.

I love you, Lord. And thank you for loving me (FIRST)!

Due to Popular Demand

I have been neglecting my blog lately... and neglecting my blog is neglecting my friends and family! Christmas time was wonderful this year. It started with Christ-Giving (between Thanksgiving and Christmas) with my cousin Erich, his wife Lindsey, and their little boy Evan, and Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Bill (and of course Jacey and Grammy). Then we had our own Christmas on Christmas Eve. Then Christmas day we went down to Aunt Elizabeth and Uncle Bill's. And finally the day after Christmas we traveled down to vist Uncle Ben, Aunt Ashley and Grandpa. Then - on the way home we stopped in Corsegold to visit Papa Don and Edie. Phew.. We were busy! Here are some pics and videos of Christmas break.

Jacey LOVES her Uncle Bill and Aunt Elizabeth :)

She went to the beach and discovered sand... What this picture doesn't show is her putting that handful of sand in her mouth!!

She met her Grandpa :)

Family pic.

She met her Great Grandpa. This is a priceless photo. :)

I love my Grandpa.

Papa Don and Edie.

Jacey's Christmas present from Mommy.