A walk to the River

23 of July 2016

A walk to the river

Something to do for free on the holidays? A walk to the river! 

After lunch we decided to go for a walk. I’m not one to love country walks. I prefer cities, museums, not ants crawling on my legs, spiders ( yes, both happened in the one second I sat down!) But I do love nature, the fresh air, the views. It does something to your soul. To see the kids enjoying the outdoors is also part of my enjoyment. They run as fast as they can through the fields, through the long grass. They saved worms and snails that were struggling on the dry road. They feel the different types of leaves, feathers. It is really amazing to see everything through their eyes. Rolling through the grass, playing catch me if you can! Tickle monster, flying and all you can think! 

We were all having a great time. I took some photos of some of those moments. 

It was time to come home. On the way back a sudden group of small dogs came chasing down and running fast towards us. In a second, the smallest puppy went and started to jump on Lainey over and over again. I wasn’t fast enough, Marc came to grab Lainey and push the puppy gently to the side. I was shock that the reaction of the owners of the puppy and the rest of their friends were a hostile one. They were so rude to us! “ It’s just a puppy! “  They gave us the dirtiest looks and I can’t remember what else he said. I started to say : Yes, But It’s OUR little girl, and she is our responsibility to look after…puff , they were gone! Lainey showed us the dog scratched her chest and she was scare they will come back after her! Marc and I were fuming ! So upsetting! If I had a tiny dog who did that to a kid, I would apologise and feel terrible that it happened! I would tell the dog off and keep apologising! They not only did nothing over the care of the puppy but they screamed at us for grabbing Lainey away from his dog! Shocking! 

Don’t you hate after having such a great time, that something like that can taint the rest of your day?Because the matter was not resolved, we felt horrible inside and sad.

On our walk back we talked over the whole situation, feelings of injustice crawls inside. I started to share to Lemmy and Lainey, that some people are hurt, or some part in their lives are miserable, they don’t have God and they automatically get defensive and hurt others etc…( in a nut shell!) you get the point! Even though in our lives we also have struggles, and parts of our lives can be hurting too, we are bless that we do have God, who comforts, who brings peace, who helps us go through the toughest times and ultimately filled our emptiness. We are bless.

Then Marc said, what can we do when we feel so upset and have no resolution with the other person? We pray for them. We bless them. So, we did. We prayed for that guy and his friends. We blessed them and forgave them. 

So, it didn’t ruin our day after all! But brought us a bit closer to the heart of God over his people that still don’t know him. 

8 months old Lainey - back in memory lane from 2013-

My sweet sunshine is growing up! This past month was full of milestones.
She started to crawl on the 6 of July dragging her bottom. Too cute! I really thought she was not going to crawl. I'm use to no crawlers. Apparently I didn't crawl, neither my sisters. Though my mum confess me that the reason was cause she didn't want us to get dirty, so she never put us in the floors. Well, it is a whole load of work when they crawl. I must admit that I do prefer having a no crawler. My son went from sitting to standing and moving around grabing things until he walk on his own at a very early age. Like his dad who walked at 9 months! He could crawl, but why bother, if he could walk faster? It is less work. Now, that Lainey started to move faster and faster, I have to be extra careful. It's not just that, but the fact that now she wants to be on the floors everywhere at anytime. In the church, in the dirt, in the mall, anywhere. So, travelling is not an easy peasy thing to do with her. It's super cute though! Off she goes, and looks back to me and smiles big. She feels proud of her accomplishments.
Every time she stands up and grabs something from the top of a table, or Lemmy's desks, she smiles to herself. I see it. She also likes to stand up on Lemmy's piano and play tunes, she giggles and dances to the music.
Strangely she is not really into books. I say strangley cause we all love books in my family. Maybe it will come later….She is very musical, definatley into all kinds of music.
She has such a sense of humor! She laughs so hard with hats, with peak aboo, with funny noises, with tickles. She loves to be out and about. She is very outdoorsy.
She is not into any baby toys. She inherit all of Lemmy's toys ( he has hundreds!) but nooo…she rathers persuit to grab and play with tiny legos or playmobils of his brother. She gets so frustrated that we keep taking them off her. She rather plays with a piece of paper, rubish, bags, empty toilet rools, bottles, spoons, you name it.
She is enjoying eating so much! She is very independent and likes to eat on her own, she goes crazy for broccolli. We call her the queen of broccolli. She enjoys chicken a lot, sweet potatoes and bananas ( as she started yesterday )
She still wakes up lots in the night. Loves bath times and can say no when she doesn't want something and move her head for a yes. She comunicates very well what she wants. She can wave goodbye and praise God with her hands up in the air. So sweet!
She starts to grant hard when Lemmy takes something away from her hand. She can be loud!
Thanks to the heat we were able to put her down and she is staying a bit longer each time…most of the times! She still loves the sling and buggy. When she is ready to sleep or tired, if I have her already in my arms she moves towards the middle, and snuggles in, ready to be place in her baby ergo. Such a clever girl! She is a bit short but super strong!
She loves to grab and play with my nose when she is nursing and sleepy. Everywhere we go, we get stop for people to admire her big eyes, two brown pools of chocolate as one friend once say. I like that :) My little sunshine, you are shining and brigthening our lives! Not everything is rosey and easy peasy but is all worth it! We adore you and love you our little piglet.

Here there's a few photos of her last days of being 8 months old! Man, I really need to catch up! So many photos, so many memories…I want to share them all! For our families who live far away, for us to read back on a rainy day. One day…most importantly though it will be to live every day to the fullness.

 ok mummy, I think now you can give me the camera so I have something to chew on!