His Own Path

One of the many things I love about Cap is he has no concept of trails, paths, or sidewalks. We walk TONS outside and the path he creates for himself is different every time. We step over big rocks, in and out of flower beds (dirt and weed beds right now), up and over our locust fence, back on the porch and down in between 2 poles. Sometimes we do laps or circles and other times we go from the lake back to our house back to the lake and so forth.

His almost 1 year old self has not been confined in a box or taught that there is only 1 way off our porch. He has not been taught that there is only one way to do things. We have a "free range child". Though he is being taught biblical ways to live life and love people...and there is an order to our home, he is free. We are going to do the best we can, relying on God's wisdom, to teach him, love him, show him what it means to give your life away, and many other things so that when he does have to pick which way to go, which turn to take, which path to make, he will seek God and make the right choice. I know it will be his decision and my job right now is to give him what he needs for when that day comes.

Well, all of that and I really just wanted to say I love his own little path!!!!

On Friday, Cap took his first steps. He was with Bryce and just did it! Bryce thinks it was about 5-7 steps! Cap didn't even really know what he did, but he knew his dad was excited! 1-2 hours later, he did it for me too, but more like 4-5 steps. Crazy! So he is getting there.

It was kind of an emotional day honestly. A few days before this happened, Bryce pointed out that Cap is not always going to need hold my hands all day long like he does now. Sometimes I find myself weary of bending over holding my little guys hands for hours throughout the day, but it will all change one day too soon. Though he still needs my hands and isn't walking fully on his own yet, I know he won't always need them.

Friday night, Cap woke up in the middle of the night. He hasn't done this in a long time and I could tell he wasn't going to go back to sleep easily. He is still fighting some sickness, me and him both. Yes, we are going on 5 weeks now!!! So crying it out was not an option! I went in his room, picked him up, and held him. It might have been my favorite 2 am waking since he was born. I so enjoyed holding him and rubbing his back and letting him know we are proud of him.

I eventually brought him back to our room to try to get a little more sleep. This is only the second time we have done this. He was sick the other time also.

Bryce ended up getting up and going on a very long trail run in the dark. Side note: very sexy that my husband started his long run at 5 in the morning so he could be back with his family for the day. So it was just me and Cap in bed for the rest of the night. He was hilarious in ways where only a video would do it justice. He eventually went back to sleep. I did not. Cap was a snoring fool with being so stopped up. But I loved every waking moment that night. Thank you Lord for my family.