Each day that I get to be a mom I am in absolute awe about the greatest blessing I have been given. I am absolutely dreading going back to school in January. Thank goodness it is only for 3 hours on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. I will miss princess buttercup something fierce. I can't believe that at 18 months Jessa decided not to get up and walk but to get up and dance everywhere. She constantly flitters about shaking her hips and booty. I shared on facebook that Jessa has become my little workout motivator and coach. There was a week or so during that certain time of the month where I just had the blahs! I didn't feel like working out much less I would rather just lay around doing nothing. But Jessa being my little motivator kept at it knocking on the basement door and signing "jumpa jump" to me. One day I took her down and decided to put her in her jolly jumper and I would do laundry. She looked at me pointed at the tv and demanded mmmmmm which is her meaning more. I got the hint and we daily do my turbojams.
Another proud mommy moment with Jessa is I wanted to find a way to make Christ the center of our Christmas worship so I made a Christ Advent calendar featuring a picture of Christ each day. It kind of got put on the back burner and sat on the counter for a week or so but every time Jessa sees it she will grab a picture of Jesus look at it, hug it and spend the day carrying it around with her. Tonight as I was giving her some juice after finishing our workout Jessa's attention turned to a picture of Jesus on the wall with children sitting in his lap. Jessa looked at the picture and said dessa... desus. She knew who that picture was and she spent quite some time staring at that photo. I am so grateful to have in my life the knowledge of who Jesus Christ is but I am also grateful that Jessa knows who He is as well. I wonder how much she remembers and knows because each time she sees a picture of Christ. There is a definite sense of reverence and awe stilling quiet that comes as she doesn't just look at the picture but stares at it.
One last mommy moment that made me proud of Jessa is today during lunch, Jessa was busy signing eat so I gave her some egg to nibble on before we started to eat. When we sat down to fold our arms for prayers, Jessa got very mad I tried to take her egg away so we decided to just say the prayer. ABout half way through the prayer I peeked my eyes open to find Jessa had put down her egg and folded her arms and was patiently waiting until the prayer was done. Jessa I love you my little kitten. How my life is so complete with you. I love being your mom.
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