I have been working diligiently on having Marissa learn a few sentences instead of just giving her whatever she wants with one word utterances. We have been working on "I want.....", "I need help" and I am constantly telling her " I love you" very slowly. She has gone from telling us "No" when we would say "I love you" to repeating it after us. However, she still has not come up to us and said "I love you" spontaneously. She has been on her own saying things like "I want to go to grandmas", "I want my window down please", "I want to go swimming" and "I want to eat". Today, she came running up to hug me as happy and as proud as can be slowly saying "Mama, I want to love you!" I knew what she meant to say was "I love you", but it warmed my heart even more hearing her say "I want to love you" because she does so badly want to love us!! Even though the sentence was not her intention, it is really how she feels! This child truly has captured my heart! I love her so very much!
Today is our son, Matt's 25th birthday. As you know he is serving our country in Iraq right now. This is his second tour of over a year long each. He is really struggling over there right now. Please keep him in your prayers.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
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3 comments:
Awww....that is the cutest story !! I would love to see more pics of Marissa and I will pray for your son !!
Your son is in our prayers always!
I just love the funny things kids say! I so hope we get to meet sometime in the near future!
i had know idea you had a son in iraq...i will be adding him to our prayer list...let him know he is thought about and respected and honored by so many of us here in texas
i would like some pictures please...i'm sure she is growing like a weed.
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