I know every parent is super proud of their child/children!! I know we all think of our children as special, which we totally should! They are special...they are a blessing from the Lord. It seems like I realize how much of a true blessing Josiah is as time goes on and he gets bigger and learns more things. Also, as I learn about other's who have experienced loss in their lives, as well as our own difficulties with maintaining a pregnancy!!
I feel like Josiah is at such a fun age! I am having so much fun with him playing, teaching, training and just talking with him. I think it is so cool that I can have a full out conversation with him and he totally understands what I am saying. I love the things that he says that only Josh and I would understand what he means...for example, since moving here we have to check the weather before we get dressed because you never know if it is going to be cool or hot out. So, when he asks about his clothing for the day he always asks "can I wear a sleeve shirt that doesn't pull down? or do I have to wear a sleeve shirt that pulls down?" Which translated means: "can I wear a short sleeve shirt or do I have to wear a long sleeved shirt?" He has other cute things that he says, but I won't fill the blog with those...at least not this blog. Maybe I can make one just for those.
Josh and I feel so blessed with Josiah. We are SO thankful to the Lord for allowing us the opportunity to be his parents. He has done incredible with this move and that makes me so happy!! As a military family, and this being Josiah's first move that he realizes, I was kind of nervous about how he would adjust. So many things have changed in his life. We went from a place where we had lots of friends and we had a routine of things we did each week to make sure we made time to establish lasting relationships with those people, we had a home with lots of room, a yard and a neighborhood where we knew all of our neighbors and Josh had his normal job routine with similar times each day that he would leave and come home. At three years old, he has adjusted so well to the big change. We are slowly meeting people and hopefully he will start to get some lasting relationships with friends here (I can sometimes be completely content with being at home all day doing our thing, but I realize how important it is to establish healthy friendships for both of us so we are getting out and about), we are totally content with the smaller living space we have and I actually enjoy the fact that it takes me no time to clean it and we are all adjusting to Josh's new school schedule and making it all work out! But, anyway, back to our "Blessing" (AKA...Josiah). We are just so proud of him and the flexibility he has had throughout the move. (I would maybe consider myself to be a "not so flexible person"...I like my little routine), but it totally helps that he is older and able to be off schedule here and there without it messing up our entire day.
Over the last several months Josh and I have noticed so much of how much his heart is being molded into a sweet and caring child. Of course, he is a child and there are times where discipline is needed, but we are just in awe of how much he has learned over the last year. (The day he turned three I wasn't so sure...LOL...that was a rough week/month or so of behavior issues - and there have been times here and there - sometimes longer than others that we have really had to discipline more than others.) As a parent that is hard, but we are totally seeing how the Lord is faithful and rewarding us with our commitment to raising our child in His way!!! We have witnessed his kind heart when being around others, asking if children are ok, sharing without being told or asked to and we can just see him thinking things out before he does something. He has also started asking a lot more questions about Jesus and the other day I had the news on and they were interviewing a Priest at a Catholic church about something and Josiah saw the cross with Jesus on it in the background. He immediately said "Mommy, that makes me sad to see Jesus on the cross. I wish he wasn't there." (I explained to him that Jesus isn't there anymore and the reason why he was there in the first place). It melted my heart to hear him say that and recognize the fact that it is sad to see Jesus on the cross!!! At the picnic we went to tonight neither one of us asked him to go up to this little boy who was playing alone, but he did and he handed the boy the bat and asked him if he wanted to play. When we got in the car to come home we told him how proud we were of him for his loving heart and good attitude and we asked him "do you know who else is SO proud of you?" His quick response was "JESUS...Jesus is proud of me."
I am so grateful for that little boy...and I am beyond grateful to the Lord for constantly being faithful! Sorry if this blog is a "Brag about Josiah Blog" but I just think it is important to be grateful for break-throughs in life...to be thankful for a time when disciplining/training pays off!! If you are a parent, I know you know what I am talking about!!!! I would listen or read your brag stories anytime...we have to rejoice with each other when our children learn important lessons in life!!!
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