Sweet Girls ~

The Lord blessed Dave and I with four bouncing, very active, cute, noisy boys! Our house was filled with truck noises, yo yo's dancing, 'shoot em up' ramblings, fish bowl filled with fish, baseball hats, turtles, cowboy boots, patches on jean knees, every shape and kind of 'ball' made in the western world, and every size and color of play 'sword' you can imagine! It was a boy filled home. And we loved it! Forts were often found in every room. I loved the giant 'sheet fort' in our basement family room that had 5 big sheets all clothes-pinned together. I even crawled in with them one evening and ate our evening snack together, laying in the fort! Of course that particular fort was built over and over and over again. The longest a 'fort' could stay up was a couple days! After all life does go on---smile! Company was coming, or we needed to vacuum or there would be a 'spill'. I kept a stack of sheets in the laundry room just for said fort building.

Then the Lord surprised us with a new baby. Mommy is PG!!!! What fun we had guessing what the baby would be. Boy? Girl? Boy? Girl? I just knew it was a boy! I do well with boys! I understand boys. I am a boy 'type' mother (what was I thinking?---there isn't even such a thing!) So I was sure it was a boy!

SURPRISE! Dr. Zacchheo said "It's a GIRL"!!! What? A GIRL!!!! I laughed and said " Please check again...are you sure?" Yep! A GIRL! Dave and I were just tickled pink. We were so happy! The nurses thought Dave with the four boys coming to see Rebekah and I at the hospital was quite something to behold. Rebekah Lynette was born on Mother's Day Sunday. She and I even had our picture in the Newspaper! Rebekah did not wear anything but PINK and PURPLE for over a year! Sweet, sweet, sweet. What can I say? Our lives CHANGED!!!! Rebekah was followed less than 3 years later by Hannah Joy. She is pure JOY to us. Yes, girls are definitely different than boys. I had no real idea about all that!

There are all kinds of girls, just like there are all kinds of boys. Yet they are very different other than just the plumbing. My little girls were quieter as babies. Ours were shy and not real out going. Our little girls were so caring, affectionate to all, and very very in love with daddy. Rebekah never did take to baby dolls, not for lack of the number of them she was given. She'd rather play 'swords' with her brothers. I'm sure birth order had something to do with that...ha.

An example of the differences is seen in a snapshot of Rebekah and Caleb having a 'tea party' together. It took some doing, but she talked him into it. As they sat at the tiny table having tea Rebekah wanted to 'chat' with Caleb. He was all about gobbling down the cookies and being 'done' with it. On to playing with the legos. It was over before it began. Tears. So Rebekah and I sat and had tea at her tiny table, with tiny cups and saucers. We chatted. We smiled. We refilled our tiny tea cups. We had tea together. No rush. No 'when are we done'. We just sat and enjoyed the moments together.

Children are so special. I love all shapes and sizes. Not just mine either, although mine are special to me in special ways. Jesus told us we cannot come to HIM unless we come as little children. Trusting, believing and without anything to 'bring' to make us desirable!

Today's blog is getting too long. Short...I like short blogs! More tomorrow about 'Girls' ~ I am one, you realize!

Delighting in Jesus today, hugs, Lynette