Sometimes it takes a child

Last year a dear friend of mine told me how her family prays together every night.  I have been wanting to start this with our family but never have.  Sunday night Dannah said, "Momma, I want you to pray with me."  That's all it took.  We have started praying together every night as a family; it is such a blessing to my heart.  It gives us a chance to tell God how thankful we are and to lift others up in prayer.  Dannah insisted that even Day has to have a turn - so, we all bow our heads and after a few moments Dannah says amen for her!  AMAZING!  It has been such a joy that me and the kids started praying together on the drive to school.  I love to hear their sweet voices talking to God.  We have so much to be thankful for!

Lucky number 13

Daylynn Elyse Knighton

September 13, 2011

13 pounds 13 ounces

24 1/2 inches 

Day is such a happy and healthy baby.  She is just above the 50th percentile in every category.  She occassionally will roll over front-to-back and back-to-front.  She smiles and laughs a lot.  She likes to talk to us before she goes to bed.  We fed her baby food for the first time today - bananas and oatmeal cereal.  She LOVED it - not so happy when it was gone though.

Puzzling...

Jameson LOVES puzzles and is great at them.  Every afternoon when he gets home he works on the same 3 puzzles.  He puts them together then takes them apart and puts them back together.  Well, what is puzzling is that my 'big boy' has started having accidents again.  I think he gets into what he is doing that he doesn't want to stop.  We have tried throwing away his underwear thinking he loves his Lightning McQueen ones so much he won't have an accident - didn't work.  And spankings have not helped this situation in the past, so bribery it is!  If we can go five days without an accident he gets a new puzzle.  He is so excited about getting a new puzzle that he says he will not have another accident.  I hope so!  I can deal with a $1.00 puzzle every week if it means no more accidents!!