Book Of The Month

If you haven't noticed, I changed the title of my blog. I thought this blog would serve more purpose if I talked about things other than the everyday stuff. Don't worry, the everyday stuff has its purpose too and there will be many things to talk about. For instance, this weekend was a bit trying for us. Aleyah decided that she would go to battle many times. Good grief! When she digs her heals in, it can get exhausting! Maybe it was the heat or maybe she just felt the need to express herself the best she could. With her being the smallest in the house you would think she would be more compliant...ha ha ha, right? She can be so feisty. Thank goodness she has a very loving and irresistible side.

We can never know exactly how Aleyah will react or behave when other people are involved. It is still early and she has many insecurities. Alexa had a friend over and Aleyah of course wanted to follow the big girls. Alexa, bless her heart, has done very well in letting Aleyah hang out with her when her friends are over. For some reason though, and I'm sure this is very normal, let me clarify, this is VERY normal, Aleyah decides she wants to keep Alexa's friends for herself. This can cause problems as you can imagine when the girls are ready to ditch Little Aleyah. After several, "Mom, can you come get her?" requests, I have one unhappy camper on my hands. This unhappy camper decides to take out her frustrations on EVERYBODY (and I do mean EVERYBODY, even our dog Misha gets a tongue lashing). She generally goes to the very fun stare-downs. Obviously that doesn't work with us so she had no other choice but to dig her little heals in and refuse to take any correction. All normal stuff, right? Please say right. Anyways...We had a few moments where Little Aleyah was at battle with one or all of us. But I must say that today was a good day considering she didn't take a nap. So yahoo for that!

In my last couple of posts I talked about a book that I'm reading. Well I finished it today and I highly recommend it. If you are a reader and have a heart for children, this book is a must read.

Dr. Stafford puts emphasis on the Lord's compassion and love when it comes to children. The author mentions how many churches are missing the point where children are involved. Stafford highlights that over 40% of Christians choose to follow Christ as children. Unfortunately many churches tend to put their efforts elsewhere instead of their children's ministry or other ministries concerning children. He goes on to describe his upbringing in a village in Africa. As I mentioned before, Stafford is the president of Compassion International, a very large outreach and ministry for children all over the world. Steve and I have been blessed enough to sponsor a young girl Alexa's age, Selamawit, from Ethiopia for about four years now. We hope to sponsor another child in the near future. Below is a picture of Selamawit. We enjoy reading about her schooling and her love for Christ. I regret not contacting her while we were in Ethiopia. Honestly, it was not placed on my heart at the time, so I can only assume that it wasn't meant to be. I'm still having a hard time thinking of how I'm going to introduce my new Ethiopian daughter to her. Hopefully she will rejoice with us.