To be honest, I am starting this blog as an outlet, which I'm sure is the case for many people. This is a blog dedicated to my middle child, Mercy Norma Jean. We chose this name for her before she was born because of our deep faith & belief in these verses:
Ephesians 2: 4-5
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in MERCY, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Rich in mercy. From the minute our Mercy was born, she has given us a run for our money. We are constantly battling with her to be obedient, quiet & less intense. We have probably given her more punishment than actual mercy.
Which is why I write this. I need to write it down, process it. Her behavior can be so much at times. While I do go on about her behavior, there are many wonderful, fun, endearing, joyful qualities she has as well. Mercy is unique. I can't wait to see what she's going to do with her life. I pray the qualities that give us so much trouble can be channeled into helping others!
Anyhoo, I need to write down what she does, what she says, so I can personally work on having self control with her. And maybe laugh more than 'cry'.
Let's start with these last few days. She's been having some temper tantrums. Hers consist of screaming a terrible screechy yell & saying 'no' a bajillion times. And sometimes repeating over & over again what it is that she wants. Today after church, she was screaming for a mint because Victori & Elise both had one. I told her that sounds delicious but I do not have a mint & I do not know where they came from. I would have been happy to help her find one but she instantly started screaming at me about wanting a mint. Lukas eventually calmed her down & then talked about how they could acquire a mint (when she stopped shrieking). Lol. I'm laughing already at this long paragraph about a mint.
The last 2 nights, she's been waking up at 2am, 5am-either wanting me to sleep next to her in the girls' room or wanting to sleep in my bed. I do allow her to sleep in my bed, which I am not proud of. I need my space & more importantly, my sleep. I am such a bear when I've not had 7 hours. One of those nights, she would not listen to me & kept screaming at me. Lukas intervened & she got multiple spankings. It's painful for me to listen to her scream even more after spankings. He eventually had to take her to the basement she was so loud, waking V up as well.
I hope this doesn't continue on for very long. She had a phase like this last fall for about a month. Ahh!
I should end each blog with a positive about Mercy. It's funny right now, I can't think of a specific example, which saddens me. Another reason to write about her. And all my kids. Jot down the memorable or even just simple, happy times.
I can write that I think all our children are really flexible & loving. They love other people, do respect other authority figures & look forward to going wherever we take them. Tonight, Lukas & I went to a parenting class at church & they love playing with the Bakers. The parenting classes ended tonight. I feel like a learned a bunch but it's actually applying it that matters. The whole gist of it was to establish your family as 'WE' unit. The more together a family feels, the better chance kids will listen & feel part of the group & appreciated. More importantly, respect each other more because we are a family, a unit & we will love & support each other forever.
Goodnight & Have Mercy!
I love you, Victori, Mercy & Pierceson!
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