Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thankful....

I could write a longgggggggggggggggggggggg entry about the things I am thankful for this Thanksgiving holiday. There are just so many and I truly could burst into tears at the thought of each one of them. Oh how blessed I am! But there is one this this season that has really stuck out for me. Oh I've known it for a long time but for some reason, it has really meant a lot to me this year.
I am beyond thankful for Jesus.
I'm not sure if I'm just in a season in my relationship with Him where our relationship is very real. Or if I depend on Him so much right now that I am seeing Him in everything. But I am. I am so thankful that this life is not it. Life brings me so much joy right now, the fact that what is to come is a million times better boggles my mind.
As a mom I also see so much of the devil too. The evil that is in this world that that in itself is enough to drive a mother out of her mind. But the reality that Jesus is here, and is in control bring such peace to me. He has already won! There is no uncertainty there is no anxiety when it comes to the end. And that my friends is worth the world to me.
This was part of our sermon last week but it has stuck with me everyday since I heard it. My whole life I have been "picked" on for being naive. Christians are pigeon holed as being naive, in denial, not living in reality, etc etc. If you have true joy, peace with the things this life brings you, by many, you are considered these things.
Our paster was called a year ago to the hospital because a couple in the church went in to deliver their baby, and ended up delivering a stillborn baby. He came by to pray with the family and show support. He said that it was overwhelming being in that room with a sweet family holding their deceased baby. As he prayed for them there were cries and sobs as one could expect. But then, one of the aunts started singing "How great is our God" and the entire room sang the song. When he left, the nurses outside were listening to everything. And you could tell on their faces that they were very confused and had the "they are in denial" look. But you see, these people were not in denial. They were heartbroken, they were hurt but they had hope. Hope that surpasses our normal understanding of the word. They knew the end. They knew that God was in control and that it was not over.
There was a study done and one group was told that they were going to be shocked every 2 minutes for an hour. The other group was told they would be shocked but not when or what to expect. Their vitals were recorded. The first group, even though they were shocked an upward of 20 times in that hour, they were pretty relaxed. The second group however had major anxiety, worry, stress, etc. The difference was the first group knew what to expect the second group had no idea what was going to happen. Just knowing, just having that knowledge allowed the first group to spend that next hour much better off.
I am beyond thankful that Jesus, in Gods infinite mercy, gave His life for us. So that we would know the end. So that we could live this life with a peace and joy that surpasses our understanding. He has won and we are His!!!

First hospital visit.....

I took Sidney to her two month well baby apt on Monday. My big girl is 12lbs! And really long :) She is growing great! But when the Dr was checking out her hips she heard a clicking in her right hip. Had never heard that with any of the other babies. So she said we needed to go to the hospital and get her hip xrayd. :( That it could be a sign of hip displaysia. Needless to say we were a little worried. It would have been totally fixable... but who wants to see their sweet baby in a hip, leg brace for six months!? So off we went the next morning to the new children's hospital. It was wonderful! The building was nice but the staff was great! Our little Sidney did fantastic!!! She laid there and let the tech take perfect pictures of her hip joins and did so much as whimper as she was pushing her legs all around. Afterwards, when the tech took the photos to the Dr. Sidney laid up in her bed and watched Nemo that they had put on for her :) All the nurses on the floor had to come in and look at her and just fussed over her. When they all came into the room she started smiling and talking to them lol Waving her arms and kicking her legs. Needless to say I think she enjoyed the attention.;)
Praise the Lord her photos look normal!



Thursday, November 18, 2010

Change.....

So I have really know that something needed to change with our mornings. I usually sleep as late as I can until one or two little ones wake me up. I get them up not with a spirit of excitement to see them, but with "how could you bother me a wake me up" attitude. There is nothing worse. I feel like the day was taking on me instead of me taking on the day. What do I need to do? Sadly I know what I need to do. But I'm really not looking forward to it. I need to get up at 6am, before anyone else. I need to have my time with God, pray, get ready for the day, make some coffee for Kyle and I and then be able to greet my children with a spirit of warmth instead of reacting to them interrupting my sleep. Goodness this is going to be terrible, because I am not so good at getting myself out of bed until I must. Once I'm up I'm so glad to be and my day goes so much better. But actually getting my hiney out of bed, not so much. But this is my new goal. Because I want something different for my family. I want our mornings to be sweet, not rushed, and not stressful. I want my children to feel loved and treasured. Not a nuisance. Here goes nothing!!

Saturday, November 13, 2010

MIA

Wow I have been totally MIA! Seven weeks have flown by and I have just had my hands full and not had much energy to blog when I finally have a moment. So much has happened! There is no way I can update all of it so here is a quick overview so that I can get back on it!
Sidney has been a wonderful baby. She is usually very content and is sleeping like a champ. She will be 8 weeks on tuesday which is crazy. She is getting sooo big :)
We are having a great fall and the weather is finally very nice!!