Tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to have dinner with Ashton. It was so much fun to chat with him uninterrupted and have a nice little conversation. My mom watched Thea and Landon while Ashton, Mareea and I went to church and then out to dinner. I really think that having special "dates" with the kids one on one is very important for our relationships with them. It is so much easier to really enjoy a child one on one instead of in the midst of everyone. One idea Dan and I had was that each child would get a date night on the day of his/her birthday each month. So on the 4th of every month either Dan or I would take Ashton out, on the 30th of each month Landon, the 27th of each month Thea and so on. I learn so much about my children and how they think and feel when they're alone with me. I consider these very special times. This job of parenting is sure difficult, but I'm enjoying these little people so much...it really is worth it. God has truely blessed me with these happy, healthy children.
I got to watch Ashton go up and order his own fries by himself and feel like such a big boy :) The lady must of thought he was pretty polite and cute because she gave him the fries for free.
Mareea rolled over from her back to front today! Early this week she started rolling over from her tummy to back. Yesterday she was pushing herself up by her arms and today she was using one toe to try and scoot herself forward. I am amazed how strong she is! Crawling time must be just around the corner...yikes!
I wish I had a picture for this post...i missed a wonderful photo op. Mareea fell asleep on her Uncle Ben tonight after church and it was adorable. Can't believe I forgot to take a picture!
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