Parker, at 19 1/2 months, is officially full out WALKING!! Walking to school, walking to his room for night night time, walking to his high chair to eat... he is walking everywhere!! And where he used to only walk if he could hold our hand... now he WON'T let us hold his hand as he wants to do it all by himself (now its Good luck to us on trying to get him to go where we want him to go... he's like herding a cat but a walking cat that is... yay!). And on top of all this walking... his new favorite word is "WALK" - he says it from sun up to sun down... its all he wants to do... go figure! I have totally been that worried mommy for so many months now... and after taking him to a physical therapist who told me that we had nothing to worry about that he would walk on his own time... I was still worried! However, little did I know... God was just teaching me a lesson! Phil and I went this past weekend to a marriage retreat with our CLF bible study group and there I for the first time really opened up to Phil about my fear as a failure of a mom because Parker was not walking. Phil and I lifted Parker up in prayer all weekend long as we enjoyed a weekend of lovers bliss... from long walks, lots of talks and diving into the word, Phil and I left rejuvenated and even more in love!! It was AMAZING!!! But as we came home I was still faced with feeling like a failure of a mommy... so after lots of sleepless nights, lots of tears and lots of prayers... I put my hand on top of Parker's head, literally got on my knees and cried my eyes out to the Lord. I prayed till I didnt think I could pray anymore. And the exact second I stopped praying Parker physically got up from sitting on the floor doing puzzles and just started walking... walking like he had been doing it for years! And not only is he walking... but he's really good at it!! I was beyond amazed and truly speechless!!!! We are so proud of our little Parker man and feel beyond blessed!! Guess there is truly something to be said about the power of a mother's prayer! Thank you Lord for your love, for teaching me patience and for giving me the strength to trust and give it all to you!
Parker is walking... be sure to mute the music player on the right hand side of the blog to hear the video
Phil and me on our AMAZING marriage retreat
Philip and Parker getting lots of LOVE from their Mimi and Grande... THANK YOU so much Mimi and Grande for your amazing love and for taking care of our precious cargo while we were away for the weekend... we love you so much and are so blessed to have yall! Hope you got lots of our boy snuggles and kisses!! xoxo
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