Over the past month, my husband Alex has been traveling quite a bit and so having him home the past weekend was the best thing we could wish for. It was great just to hear that he had no fixed plans for the day.
Sunday morning came and we had some lovely family time,we mounted a bed together for Samara as she watched from her play pen, went for a school visiting day at Mang'u and got back home later in the day. My day's highlight was when Alex read for Samara a story. She was tucked safely in his arms and as he read and varied his voice, Samara laughed and laughed until she coughed. At that point I just felt so blessed to have them both in my life.
Samara turns 17months tomorrow and so we have bought a potty. For now we want her to familiarize herself with it and I watched her go sit on it and I was so moved. I actually couldn't believe that our baby, born just the other day, was now ready to potty train. I called her to myself, hugged her dearly and blessed her. She says "Amen" these days as we pray, so as I prayed for her she said amen.
Another highlight was that I was feeling so fatigued by end of day and needed a shower just to feel better. I had mentioned this earlier to Alex but somehow the evening got busy and I had resigned to the fact that I had to put Samara to bed before thinking of taking that shower. So as I took her to sleep, Alex came, volunteered to stay with her as I took my hot shower. Again I said thank you to him and to God. When I came back, I hoped Samara would be asleep but her dad decided to entertain her with music. However instead of the music soothing her to sleep did the opposite.Thankfully Samara was exhausted and when she saw me, she asked for breast milk 'nyonyo' and slept quite fast.
All in all that was a lovely weekend spent with my beloved and my daughter. I am so grateful to God for the little and big things He has done in our lives.
Sunday morning came and we had some lovely family time,we mounted a bed together for Samara as she watched from her play pen, went for a school visiting day at Mang'u and got back home later in the day. My day's highlight was when Alex read for Samara a story. She was tucked safely in his arms and as he read and varied his voice, Samara laughed and laughed until she coughed. At that point I just felt so blessed to have them both in my life.
Samara turns 17months tomorrow and so we have bought a potty. For now we want her to familiarize herself with it and I watched her go sit on it and I was so moved. I actually couldn't believe that our baby, born just the other day, was now ready to potty train. I called her to myself, hugged her dearly and blessed her. She says "Amen" these days as we pray, so as I prayed for her she said amen.
Another highlight was that I was feeling so fatigued by end of day and needed a shower just to feel better. I had mentioned this earlier to Alex but somehow the evening got busy and I had resigned to the fact that I had to put Samara to bed before thinking of taking that shower. So as I took her to sleep, Alex came, volunteered to stay with her as I took my hot shower. Again I said thank you to him and to God. When I came back, I hoped Samara would be asleep but her dad decided to entertain her with music. However instead of the music soothing her to sleep did the opposite.Thankfully Samara was exhausted and when she saw me, she asked for breast milk 'nyonyo' and slept quite fast.
All in all that was a lovely weekend spent with my beloved and my daughter. I am so grateful to God for the little and big things He has done in our lives.
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