Gia Bug

I wanted to share with the world about my unbelievably amazing oldest child...Giavanna! Sometimes it is so easy to get caught up with talking or blogging about the funny and crazy moments in life, that we forget that even when one of the kids don't do something crazy or what we deem as "story worthy," they are still living out their story. As I watch Gia's story unravel everyday, I am confronted with the realization that she has a spark for life that many kids do not. She is so incredibly smart and very inquisitive (Read "Who, What, Where, When, Why.") She is a learner and it blows my mind constantly not only that she has a strong desire to learn, but her vast ability to absorb material.

Gia's strongest area is reading. The area she needs to work on is math, although she catches on to that really quick, too. What is one thing you think about when you hear that a child is not strong in a subject? The thing I think about is they tend to stay away from that subject. NOT GIA! She begs JT to teach her math whenever he is home. She can't get enough of it. She has sat for over an hour doing math worksheets he printed off for her. Jerry is asking her to play and she just wants to sit and do math. It is beautiful to see, so we just keep on feeding it.

She is also starting to grow up into quite a little jokester. Her sense of humor is becoming much more mature. For instance, the other day she was told to get into the shower. So, she goes. Then we hear, "Mommy, mommy, hurry come quick....the toilet is flooding over, hurry...it's flooding the bathroom, MOMMY! We run in there and she goes, "Gotcha!" She does that when her JT and wrestling, too. She pretends to be hurt and cry and then when he checks on her she looks up and busts out laughing.

She is an amazing daughter and can't wait to see what the Lord does with her! Here's some pics of my sweet girl enjoying life:

Cheesin' it up as usual!

Goofy face at our first live soccer game!

Face painting- Always so girly!

Hot and wore out at the zoo-- but still smiling!