Yo Gabba Gabba First Birthday Party

Getting ready for guests to arrive

Cupcakes my Dad made

Brobee Veggie tray, Muno red cups, and extra treats

                                  

Fufa Cake made by Dad and Grandma

                                           

Brobee veggie tray, Muno Cups and Cake 

The Lootbags at the end of the party

                                  

Some of the props we made for the photobooth

A photo board that had pictures of Peyton with the same bear from her ultrasound right up until now

My Dad and Peyton in intense conversation

My Grandma and Peyton

Opening Gifts- Peyton was so spoiled over the day! 

Auntie Brooke and Peyton

Cake Smash- Cake was made by Wes' mom
We used a table cloth from the dollar store as a background and to keep the ground clean
I made the tutu from toile at the dollar store and some extra buttons/ elastic I had left over from making headbands 

All tired out at the end of the party

Monthly Combo

 

Here is the final installment of the "Monthly Photos" I have been doing over the past year

Each photo is taken a month apart (or as best as I could do if I got busy). 

I didn't think I would keep up with it for the entire year, but I am so glad I could-

So neat to see how much she has grown in the past year!

 

 

12 Months

New Moves:

• Walking with much more stability (Took first steps Dec 27- started walking around house Jan 24)
• Talking much more

Likes:

• Going down slides
• Playing tag
• Eating 
• Singing 
• Swimming 
• Holmes (our cat)

Dislikes:

• Nap (this hasn't changed all year)
• Cold (These past few months have been inside months for sure)

Funny Quotes:

• Peyton always laughs when you are changing her diaper and it is a poo-- she thinks it is the funniest
• Lots of laughing this month:)

Desperate - Chapter 4

Romans 7:19-20 

For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.  But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

Romans 8:1-4 

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.  For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

I think often as a Mom, it is so easy to look at our children and expect them to be perfect.  That is why, when they are putting up a temper tantrum and disobeying what you say over and over again, it can get frustrating to say the least.

This past week, I was reading through the book Desperate which talked on this subject.  While talking with her friends, the author of this book mentioned her friend's comment one day while she was complaining about how her children were not listening.  This reply was simple yet hard hitting:
Honey at what age did you stop sinning?  Because that is the age our children will stop sinning

Ouch... hurts right?

I pray that I can be an example to Peyton and any future children we may have, but also be aware of the fact that they are born sinners, just as I am a born sinner.  It is in their blood to sin.


So I put it out there...
Do you find yourself setting unrealistic standards for your children?
How do you teach them to walk "according to the Spirit". rather than "according to the flesh"?