Changing?

So I've been up here for about 4 weeks now, wow, does not seem like that. And let me just say, I couldn't be any more content. Life is pretty amazing. Not only is life wonderful, I can feel the Lord absolutely changing me from the inside out...just rearranging my thoughts and my priorities, my life, my heart.

Upon looking for a "nanny job" many people listed items such as "cleaning, cooking, grocery shopping, child's laundry, etc." in their job requirements -- this totally turned me off, I was thinking, "no way, I'm not going to do that, they can do their own grocery shopping and laundry..." However, let me just tell you how much the Lord has changed my perspective on that...

I absolutely love, yes that's right, love doing these things. It's all of a sudden, fun, doing Charlie's laundry, cleaning the kitchen, going grocery shopping. I love serving this family with everything that I have. I love watching them with Charlie and seeing how much Charlie is changing them. I love seeing that things I do makes their day easier...and I praise the Lord for that! I'm thankful that He has called me to this place, to give my self selflessly to them to serve them. While I do have a life outside of the house, I love the life that I have here with them and the relationship that we are forming... it's much closer to that of a relationship of a brother & sister.

I love that He is changing me - my thoughts, my words, my actions, my heart.
I love that He is changing me and creating me into the woman that He created me to be in His image.

Charlie and I had our first outing this week, well, 2 in one day. The first one - to the grocery store - I was 99% excited and 1% terrified that he would start screaming during the middle of the process. Not to mention the fact that I could barely see over the buggy with the car seat sitting on it! He slept through the whole grocery shopping experience, everyone kept saying how beautiful he was...and I was quick to say that he wasn't mine! We later ventured out to Target and he did perfect there as well!

Last night Rob & Sharla went out for the 11 year, 1 month and 1 day anniversary so I kept Charlie...which included the first bath time I had done with him. He did so great and didn't cry at all. I can definitely say that I'm starting to get emotionally attached to the job.