New Dresses!

Thanks Grandma!

My mema just sent me a pretty new dress. I love wearing it but Mommy says I am pretty no matter what I wear. :)

Our New Kitchen

We just got our whole house painted...well, it feels like the whole house to me. Really, it's just the upstairs living area and kitchen, but I love it!

Made to Worship

Carla is at a very neat stage in life. She's beginning to remember things we talk about with her. Just the other morning, we took a moment to talk about the birds. It was fun because the snow is melting here and they are finally beginning to be heard and seen. I told her that morning what Jesus told His listeners in the most famous sermon ever preached:

"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?" - Matthew 6:25-26

The next day, I heard Carla exclaim at the window "Birdies!" I then asked her, "Who takes care of the birds?" to which she responded, "Jesus!" Nothing pleases our hearts more than to see Carla learning truth at such a young age.

Are you smarter than your cat?

That is the question I asked myself as I watched Carla and her new best friend play together this morning. I am quite thankful that Carla and Willie have become fast friends. He used to flee from her in terror, searching for any dark place where he could hide from her. But now, something marvelous has happened - they seem to be entertained by the same things, like, as you'll see in this video, playing with a piece of string for seemingly hours on end. That made me wonder if Carla and Willie's new found affection for each other is based on their sharing similar levels of mental acuity. Oh, one day soon Carla will surpass Willie, leaving his pea-sized intellect in the recesses of her subconscious, but today, it is fun to see them enjoy each other's company.

Brotherly Love

Carla is quite taken with her baby brother. I smiled one morning when I saw Carla sit down on the couch and ask to 'read' to Perry. Before they dove into the latest issue of the POST (Omaha Bible Church's monthly newsletter), they shared a kiss and posed for a picture.