Leaning on GOD!

O.k. so it has been one of those weeks. Monday started out pretty good until that night when we realized our refrigerator was dying! We had to pull out everything and put in coolers and then wait for the repair guy to come the next day. The good news was he was able to fix it and we did not have to go and buy a new one. He fixed it pretty quickly and I was eager to get to the gym. The fridge made a huge mess and I decided to deal with that after I had a good work out. I must have been at the gym for less than an hour before I heard my name being called to child development. Tanner had bitten another child and was being asked to leave for the day. Now this was not his first time mind you we had spent all last week out of the gym as we were suspended. Tanner is 18 months old and already getting suspended. GEEZ!! I guess things like this are expected to happen but it is so frustrating. I used the time to talk to GOD. I took Tanner to the park, a friend's pool, and just spent more time with him. My son does so well with being rewarded and praised for good behavior. We tried the whole spanking thing and I even bit him back once. That seemed to hurt his feelings and confuse him more than anything and he ended up biting again right away. So for us that does not work. I am not saying I am against spanking BUT for this behavior it was not helping. I started asking God for help on this and he revealed to me patience and tolerance is key. I continue to reach out to the Lord. I wish I could say I was this gentle, patient, soft spoken, easy going mommy. I am not! God knows this though because he created me and he created me to be Tanner's mommy. He knows I need his help and he is so quick to give it to me when I ask. I am so thankful for my time with my Savior. I tend to make mountains out of molehills and to God it is all molehills. I know God is taking care of us. Mostly because all those things I am not I usually can be with GOD's help! Tanner loves going to the Y. He LOVES people. He first learned about biting by being bit at the Y in the first place. BUT still that isn't to blame anyone it is just where he learned it. I have watched enough kids to know they ALL have their days. ALL of them.Just like us adults do too. We have a great routine my son and I. I love being a stay at home mommy. I plan on staying home with him for the next few years. He will not start kindergarten until 2015. I know he bites now to get attention. SO I am doing my best as a mommy to give him more one on one full focused attention. My friend gave me a c.d. by Dr. Charles Stanley and it talked exactly about that. Giving your kids your undivided attention. I started doing that. After lunch now we do his letters and I make a point to put my phone away and not have ANY distractions. I was doing that before but realized just cause I am with Tanner everyday did not mean I was always spending quality time with him. It definately makes a huge difference. I know there are days as a wife and mommy that are just plain hard! BUT SO WORTH IT!! I love my son more than anything. He only has one mommy and that is me. God answered my prayer and gave us a child. He is with me in my parenting because I invite him in DAILY! I had a great day today so looks like my week is turning around. He was cracking up at lunch cause I was letting him feed me the rest of his cheese and I was gobbling it down everytime he fed me a bite. That made him crack up. He is a very smart little guy. There is nothing and I mean nothing better than snuggling with him at night. He loves to climb up on my lap and just be with us at night. I am thankful to be his mommy! Most of all I am so thankful to moms who say I know girl I have been there!! Just knowing you are not alone makes all the difference in the world sometimes. I love hearing words of encouragement. Being a stay at home mom is not glamorous and it surely is not what I thought I would be doing BUT so thankful that this is the plan GOD had for Billy, Tanner, and I! I LOVE taking care of my family!