So I've been at home...recovering from chickenpox. But during that time I've also been able to spend some precious time with Linmari. Okay, so itching like crazy and running after your little one can be rather challenging, but that's fine by me. At least she was a welcome distraction! Keeping a steady level of Panado in my bloodstream and Calamine lotion on my body has certainly also been of great help!
Linmari are doing such cute things, SERIOUSLY! Yesterday she started playing 'hide-and-seek' with me, just around our bed. She would walk around the bed to her dad's side of the bed (our bed is very high, with a big mattress) and suddenly pop out to reveal herself. And then she would be reduced to a puddle of giggles when I said "BOO!". Quickly up and walking around the edge of the bed to the other side (my side) and pop out with me saying "BOO!" again. GIGGLES, then LAUGHTER, like the kind of laughter that starts in your belly and erupts from your mouth!
We also played with just plain old cake flour. I put some on a tray, took it outside, and she entertained herself for nearly half an hour, just smearing her hands, then her face and finally her WHOLE BODY with the flour! I also gave her some cookie cutters to play with, which she tried to "fill", but alas, it didn't work ;-) She's too cute!
And THEN my dearest daughter discovered that the hedge between us and the neighbours' gardens could be traversed (with lots of effort and serious dirt-effect). That kept her busy for another half an hour or so. The garden was next, finding all kinds of interesting leaves (dead and alive) in the garden, playing with the ground/dirt, looking at birds in our other neighbours' garden and discovering red flowers (oh, the delight!) in our own. As if that wasn't enough, she then fetched her ball so that we could play with that, after which she decided that the lounge chair on our stoep/porch makes for a lovely jungle gym.
I love the energy this kid has (and sometimes I loathe it, let's be honest) and how she wants to explore and experience every bit of her environment. Yes, everything goes to the mouth...which is rather disgusting sometimes. But I'm SO grateful to have a child who is able to move around in her environment. Who can climb in and on and through things. Who can go and fetch her ball and WALK to me so that we can play with it! What a wonderful privilege it is to share in her development, to be present and able to see it all happening! I am in awe of my child, but mostly I am in awe of GOD, for HE created this beautiful being.
Yesterday, my devotional piece was on Psalm 139, by far one of my favourite chapters in the Bible. GOD knit us together in our mothers' wombs. HE knew all the days destined for us before they came to be. HE knew that Linmari would start walking on Tuesday, 23 July 2013, before she was even born! What an amazing blessing to know GOD and to see how HE designed creation.
I just wanted to share these beautiful experiences with the world. I love my girl and am forever grateful that I can be part of her world! Praise be to GOD for providing to enable me to follow my heart's desires!
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