“The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and sowed in a field. It is the smallest of all the seeds, yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants. It becomes a large bush, and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.” Matthew 13:31-32
Intro
We named our blog “Raising Mustard Seeds” after the famous parable in Matthew’s Gospel. We had some mustard seeds of our own laying dormant in our hearts, and finally, the year before our marriage, we began to let those seeds grow. Our journey with Christ hasn’t always been easy, but it has bore more fruit than we could possibly imagine. And through the mustard seeds He planted in our hearts, He opened them to receive little mustard seeds of our own…
While Jesus in this parable is talking about how faith and our relationship with God should grow from something very small to something mighty and powerful, it’s applicable to our children as well. It is our hope that through prayer and proper parenting, our children will grow from small and helpless (tiny mustard seeds) to being mighty in Christ, so that they will be shining lights in the world and people will come to “dwell in the branches” of their faith.
So, this is our little space in the big internet where we will share our most likely crazy experiences as we start our family and we hope those who are close to us will enjoy laughing at us and with us, and maybe even learn something new :)
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Learn something new everyday...
We got rid of Gianna's swaddle a month ago because ummm, she was escaping a few times a night and it was getting ridiculous. It was really rough going at first, like waking every hour, but she's really taken to sleeping on her side and stomach now and that really helps. She usually wakes up 3-4 times throughout the night now, which is a HUGE improvement (although she would sleep for longer stretches in the swaddle, she wasn't sleeping for as many total hours--usually 11-12 now, so it's a trade off). Two of those times I feed her, the other times Chris usually pats or bounces her back to sleep. It's a good mix because it helps both of us get longer chunks of sleep, gives Chris quality snuggle sleepy time with her, and she likes being comforted in both of these ways--win win.
Well, every once and a while, she wakes up at a time when Chris isn't available. Take tonight, for example. It's about 10:30 and Gianna has stirred herself out of sleep because she has herself perpendicular to the crib and most likely has banged her head on the bars and has her foot shoved in between bars on the opposite side. This is the normal scenario these days, as she becomes more mobile. I'm sure it's quite unpleasant to wake up like that lol.
BTW. Chris observed that she likes to throw her legs back and forth and wiggle into this position and then use her legs against the crib bars to continue turning herself in a circle. Pretty crafty.
Back to the story. So today, Chris was in the shower when this happened, so I was up as Captain Bounce-a-lot. Gianna always tries to eat me as soon as I pick her up, sucking on my arm or shoulder, but then falls back to sleep pretty quickly. Today, she was like sucking on anything attached to me with super desperation. I yelled to Chris that I needed back up because she was trying to eat me, and I wasn't planning to feed her again until she was actually hungry.
When I handed her to Chris, the sucking/eating desperation stopped immediately. I was like..........WHAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?! She doesn't try to eat you, too?!?! Other than chomping or sucking on fingers, which she does basically to anyone, he said no. I really just thought that was what she does all the time. Turns out we are each having completely different experiences when she wakes up. Which is incredible, I think, because she's not even always awake and only opens her eyes half the time. When I pick her up, she smells me and smells food, so she assumes she will eat, with out even seeing me. When Chris picks her up, she expects something different to happen and reacts accordingly, without even seeing him.
Cool, right?
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