Mr. 18

Oh Mr. 18. Sweet Mr. 18. How I want to shake thee by thee neck and say pull thee head out of thee buttocks. You Sir, are a man-child. Not a man yet. But it sure is cuuuute when you say you are!!! I want to pinch those lil cheeky weekies and give you a smoochy woochy and say say No Sir you are not quite a Man yet, but keep tryin!!

Ok, in all seriousness my hotty hubby made a valid point last night. God sure knew what he was doing when he sent Mr. 18 here. Having him here divides our attention from Little Miss, helps keep things in perspective. It helps us make sure that we are not focusing on every little thing with her, and just meshing her into family life. (which overall seems to be going well) I believe that if we didn't have things to worry about with Mr. 18 I would be focusing much more energy on the littles and they just don't need me hovering. Tending and taking care, yes obviously. But hovering, ya no. haha. Watching them playing together and figuring things out during this transition has been really neat.

I feel like Mr. 18 will do a lot of growing this year. Or at least has the opportunity for growing. He wants to be grown up so badly, to make all of his own choices to much. But he is just not ready for it. He is not ready spiritually, emotionally, financially, or academically. BUT he COULD be. He has only been here about a month and he has the potential to grow so much. If he set his mind to it, he could have straight A's and do the sports that he desired. But HE has to want it. We are just here to support him and that is something that he is learning. I am not going to hold his hand, call his teachers, ask for extra time. He is learning about responsibility. and about consequences. I just want him to come away from this year with an understanding of responsibility, respect, consequence. If he chooses to go to college he has to learn that the prof.'s don't give you extra time and they get paid whether you come to class or not. They don't really care. I pray that he continues asking questions about God, that he continues seeking out His Word, and finding his own walk.

Sometimes Mr. 18 just cracks me up, like last week we were watching the Duggars and he says "I want to have a bunch of kids like the Duggars."  The dude was totally serious. Just matter of fact, he wants a ton of kids. baahahahaha.