Determination

My baby is almost 9 months old and I can hardy believe it.

“Hey Momma, does that picture you just took make my butt look big?”

This past month or so, he’s been trying his hardest to “move”. His preferred mode of transportation is to push himself along our floor and slide on his stomach using his right leg and left arm to army crawl himself forward. In the past week, he’s actually managed to make a few “actual” crawling movements and I’m hoping that real crawling starts soon.

“steady…….STEADY!”

But he’s also been trying with everything in him to stand and to walk. I wouldn’t say that he can confidently furniture cruise, but he can definitely furniture cruise. The little guy falls as much as he stands and cruises, but boy does he ever try…..he is one determined little boy.

He loves to grab a hold of a stool or some other low piece of furniture and to “high center” himself…..that way he has the sense of standing without any of the actual effort….and the added bonus is that he can have his hands free to grab stuff. He is so SO wobbly and his little legs end up shaking and bobbing and wobbling. But, he is just a young baby with 30 pounds of weight that he’s trying to support. That’s a lot for a little guy, although he’s not so little, just young.

“I can do this. I will do this. I am doing this………I think?!?”

One of the things that I LOVE watching about Judah is his determination. He is SO determined. I’m not saying that as a “positive spin” on stubborn-ness. Nope, I actually mean DETERMINED. He wants to try and he will continue to try over and over again to accomplish things until he can do them.

“Hey Momma, How’s it going? Look at me!”

I love watching my kids….all my kids. I learn so much from them. Each one of them has something amazing about them and they add that “something” into our family and we are SO blessed by them. This little boy is no different. I’ve often wondered how being born into the chaos, stress and fear that Judah was surrounded by, would effect him. He is so happy and my kids (and other people) often remark about how happy he is. He has this amazing sparkle in his eyes, his smile is incredible and his laugh…..oh my goodness, his laugh is unbelievable. It’s so contagious and heart warming.

Babies laughs are the best ever!

And when he misses a step, or wobbles off balance or has a low moment…..yes, just like us, he cries……but with a lot of love, snuggles and some hugs and kisses; he keeps on carrying on and tries again.

We all cry, eh?

Hopefully, we all carry on, too!