Things I have learned since becoming a parent:
No one warns you about how hard it is to cut tiny little
finger nails and toe nails. Even if
they would have told me it is not like there is a parenting class to prepare
for it. It is kind of like threading a
needle in a hurricane during an earthquake. Also no one told me how dirty their
fingernails could get…you’d think the kid was digging in dirt 24/7.
The first time you hurt your child and they bleed and cry it
will break your heart and you’ll never want to do it again. But those pesky fingernails just keep
growing…
The looks of awe how cute your infant is, quickly turned to
dread when you board an airplane with your (used to be) adorable infant. Or people just avoid eye contact all
together.
I think that somehow the weight of my child triples when I
am trying to carry him in the car seat.
Your child will wake up as soon as you sit down to a hot
meal and he will need to be changed, feed, and/or soothed until that hot meal
is cold but you won’t even care because when he smiles at you, suddenly all is
right with the world.
We never knew what a blessing sleeping through the night was
until we couldn’t do it anymore.
Thankfully for the most part that blessing has returned to our
lives.
Our little guy may be the best evangelistic tool we
have. We have been able to have more
conversations and meet more people because of him. His blond reddish hair and blue eyes are a
big hit here.
Since starting to teeth I think Peter has become a fountain
of drool. We are having a drought here
is South Africa. I wish there was a way to bottle up all his drool and do
something useful with it.
It hard to believe that in less than half a year our little
guy could change our world as much has he has, but we would not have it any
other way. We are so blessed to be his
parents and we will try to always remember what a blessing he is and teach him
to be a blessing to others.
Joe and I have done a lot of stuff together but Peter is the
best thing we have been a part of.
