Happy Kid

It seems like everyone these days has all these adorable pictures of their happy children. Well, I say Hooray for the less happy ones, too. Actually, this video is from that period of ear infections and eye teeth almost a month ago when Jane was at her saddest. I show it here because it demonstrates one of life's great Catch 22s. Jane LOVES to watch videos of herself. She also gets bored of the videos we have and will sometimes get frustrated when there is nothing new to watch (she's a sweet little narcissist, that child of mine). The problem is, the second I pull out the camera, she wants to watch a video of herself but they are old and boring, making it difficult to take an interesting video of her. You'd be surprised by the number of crying videos we have where Jane is reaching for the camera.



I guess another term for this would be "kicking against the pricks." Being a parent is really an insight into our Heavenly Father, right? How many times do I tell the Lord I want something that I'm unwilling to wait the necessary time for? or for something that I'm not putting the time in to prepare for in the first place? or for something that is really in my control more than I realize? And let's not even talk about PATIENCE!
It's like we are God's toddlers on this earth. And since we are to someday become like him, maybe we shouldn't call ourselves human or mortal or even children of God but the name Goddler? (no, I don't think that's sacrilegious. I KNOW God has a GREAT sense of humor). Comment if you agree!! (Yes, I'm shamelessly looking for evidence that people DO read my blog).

P.S. Did you notice the "puh, puh" at the end of the video? That's Jane's way of saying "please." Jane has a few signs that she hasn't given up, like sorry and please. We've been trying to get her to "use her words" and say please. We thought it would help to break down the word into sounds: say "puh, puh" say "lee, lee," etc. Jane got the first lesson only. Now when ask her to say please she says: "puh, puh"
Also, the snot on her face is pretty gross, I know. But it was really unavoidable that day. Even I had it caked on me just from being near her.