Joyful

 I love this verse I came across the other day in Psalms... actually, its just a snippet of a verse:

"...like a joyful mother of children."
Psalm 113:9b

I love that God uses the word JOYFUL as a description of a mother of children.

So for the past few days, I've been looking at these precious moments with my kids through joyful eyes; the way the Bible declares a mother of children ought to, and it has truly been so precious.

What is this cause for joy, you ask?

 Well, this is what I saw when I walked into Micah's room yesterday morning.... (at 9am when he woke up... yes, 9am everyone!  Micah is our little sleeper.)

For the first real time, Micah pulled up all on his own from a lying down position.  (He has been pulling up tons recently, but this was the first time I came in to get him the morning and was greeted this way... all previous times he was still lying down and waiting for me.)

And that's how it is every time Micah goes in his crib... Micah LOVES his new trick.  He thinks it is a game... A game that goes like this: He's super tired, so I lay him down for nap or bedtime.  He kinda smiles and does a tiny laugh, and rolls to his side... then to his tummy... then pushes up on all fours, crawls to the edge of the crib and pulls up.  If I'm still in there, I'll lay him down again... but if I'm not, he'll start bouncing, looking around, playing, and toss his pacis all over the floor.  And then finally start crying for me because he's so tired...  but is that the end of the game?  Of course not!  No, he will play this game with me for about 30 minutes or so, until he is SO tired, that he'll give in to just lying in his crib and fall asleep.  

But it's cute...  :)  And deep down it brings me joy.  

And so does this...  

and this...

 and this.  :)