"I'm big now..."

So a couple of stories I have been trying to keep in my brain so that I would not forget.

1. Lillian and I are practicing appropriate responses to requests made by other people. The other day I asked Lillian to do something and I gently reminded her that she could respond with "Yes ma'm or Yes Mommy." Lillian thought for a few moments and said "I am going to say Yes Ma'mmy, like yes mom and yes ma'm." Clever I thought, and agreed that would be okay too.

2. This morning as I was getting Wilson dressed for church I hear Lillian hollering up the stairs "Lisa, Lisa, LISA, lisa...." After she arrived in Wilson's room I looked at her and replied "who am I to you?" and she said  "Mommy, but I am big now so I can call you Lisa." I chuckled and explained that I got to be "Lisa" to hundreds of people but I only got to be "Mommy" to her and Wilson, thankfully she obliged.

Wilson has gone several nights now sleeping through the night! It has been glorious. I feel so relieved and just so much more patient. I know I was surviving those long nights of waking up several times a night but I am confident that I was not being the best wife, mommy, friend, etc. that I could be. Glad there is grace.