Ready for a breather

I realize that it is super late, but I have just been go, go, go all night and am finally done.  I thought about going straight to bed, but decided that I was too wound up for that.  The reason I was busy all night is that Graesen and I are leaving on a camping trip with my family tomorrow and I have been packing up a storm.  I love to camp, but have never gone with Graesen so I feel a little unsure about how much of this or that I will need.  I am fairly certain I packed too much, but what's new?  We leave tomorrow night and will be gone until next Thursday or Friday.  The only pictures I got today were while Graesen and I were out shopping for snacks for the trip, and Graesen was really more interested in his water bottle than the picture-taking.  In the store he was cracking me up.  As we walked by clothes he kept reaching out to things saying, "I like it.  It's cute!"  He was also copying everything I said, so I said something about him copying me and he replied with, "Yeah, copy."

I am eager for a breather this week.  I have had enough stress and just need to enjoy the company of my family and the joys of watching my son experience camping for the first time.  I will tell you this, though, I am a lot stronger than I ever knew.  That is not to say that I don't hurt, because I really do.  However, I am able to continue functioning and living life, and even sometimes smiling.  My faith in God is stronger than ever, and I know that He is working in me and has great plans for me.  I do wish sometimes that He would give me a hint as to what those plans are :)  He will lead me, though.  I am confident that He will lead me toward whatever is right and best. 
I have been spending a lot of time thinking about how I am raising Graesen.  How I am showing him God on a day to day basis.  Today Graesen just made me laugh so much.  He has fallen in love with the song "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands."  I was singing it with him and Graesen started jumping and dancing, and kept shouting out people and animals that God has in His hands.  It is a huge joy to watch Graesen learn about God.