False Humility

Laura and I attend a Parent/Toddler gymnastics class each week, which we both truly enjoy.  I get to hang out with a bunch of moms and LB gets to run around for an hour playing on fun stuff.

Today a small encounter happened that has stuck with me and after replaying it in my mind I wish I had reacted differently.  (For those of you that attended Wiregrass Church on Sunday, you'll know what I'm talking about).

LB was being very sweet today and to one girl in particular.  At one point the mom leaned over to me and said, "Laura has the sweetest disposition."  In that single instant it takes to respond several different thoughts ran through my mind.

1) huh, well you didn't see her last week when she threw a fit in the parking lot and we almost didn't make it to gymnastics
2) she is being sweet....today
3) she just likes your daughter

But what came out of my mouth is what I would like to go back and change.  I said, "Well, she's not always like this."

Looking back, I wonder, was that false humility?  Did I respond that way to downplay the comparison she seemed to be making to the way her own daughter was acting?

Why couldn't I respond with a simple smile and a thank you.  Because now as I reflect I am thanking the Lord for a wonderful day with my sweet daughter and praying that the truly sweet disposition that LB exhibited not just at gymnastics, but pretty much all day is a true observation - a thumbprint of God.  I would be proud to know, not in a boastful way, but in a honored parent kind of way that this is in fact one of God's thumbprint's on LB.

Thank you Lord for Laura's sweet disposition.  May you cultivate and develop the behavior she exhibited today so that she honors not me, but you Lord, with sweet words and actions all the days of her life.

Family Time

I'm here!  I won't say I'm back, yet, but I'm here.  The past two months I haven't done much of anything unless it involved the couch, the bed, or the fridge.  But I'm beginning to rebound as we move into the 2nd trimester.  Yea!  We're pregnant!  11 weeks and 1 day to be exact.  Isn't it amazing they can tell you that much information!  We had our second visit to the doctor today and heard a healthy heartbeat and actually got to see the little butterbean jumping around in an ultrasound.  Maybe he/she will take after his/her big sister who is non-stop these days.

A recent and spontaneous trip to Callaway Gardens last weekend left us speechless.  We had a fabulous time.  We are already planning a yearly trip for our family, if not more often.  It is so family friendly.  I wish we had pictures from everything we did, but we only took our camera into the Horticulture Center.  Here are a few of the pics that Grant took.

Laura making us a snack to eat

On the bridge on the Kids Trail

Checking out the Gardens

I like to call them MumBalls

Mark, Set, Go

The Kids Maze

Look at the water Daddy!

More MumBalls

Cool dragon, lizard, snake thing in the water

Can you tell we really liked the MumBalls?