I'm Back!

Praise the Lord, I am off bed rest!

It was a loooooong 5 weeks, but I survived. During that time I went to church once, the book store once, and out to dinner once.
That is it.
3 times I left my house in 5 weeks.

Remember when I couldn't even stay home for 3 days?


I am so thankful for the help that I had while I was down.  Our church was wonderful, what a blessing it is to have family away from "home".  And my husband is the best, keeping everything running when I couldn't (even if I have to completely reorganize the kitchen cupboards now ;~0 ) Thanks, honey!

But, I am back.  Our little baby looks great, growing just right, and everything is as it should be.  The ultrasound tech even wrote down what we are having and sealed it in an envelope so we could open it all together since I was at the appointment alone.  Some of my family doesn't like knowing, but if you want to know, you can email me ;~)

Here is a "Hello" from our little 5 ounce blessing.  In my copy you can see each bone in those 5 little fingers.  It is so amazing!


We are sooooo very excited.

Already?

Pops has been saying potty for about two weeks now. He will shake his head yes or no (in the right direction too) if I ask him if he has a dirty diaper. These are the cues I look for to start potty training, but they don't usually come for quite a few more months.  Pops is only 15 months!

I thought maybe it was a fluke or just because of his advanced speech but few days ago he pulled off his own pants, patted his diaper and said he had to go.  I took off his diaper and he promptly peed on my foot.  It was awesome!

Then he said poo-poo so dad put him on the big potty.

would you believe it, he went!

Twice now!

Did I mention he is only 15 months?

It would be so awesome to have him trained before the new baby comes.

Too bad the smallest big boy undies fall off his tiny little behind.

A Good Laugh

I mentioned to my sweet BFTKC friend that I often struggle with fear during pregnancy.  She sent me this to help out.

Now, if I could just STOP IT! 

Our Snow Day

Last Friday the city of Meridian shut down, including the base, for this little bit of snow.  I must admit it was neat to see the locals all a buzz with excitement.  We dug out what we could find for warm clothes and had a blast playing in the wet soggy snow. 

It was Pops first time and he had a bit of trouble standing in his boots, but he loved it! 

It actually stayed overnight which was pretty impressive.

Our friends in Florida were a bit jealous, they were supposed to get snow too, but their weatherman 

was wrong.

As much as we enjoyed playing in the snow, we all agreed we are ready for summertime.  

From the Mind of a 5 Year Old

Dad- Wonder if the ducks will have ducklings again this year?
Sis- Yeah, during baiting season.
Dad- Baiting season?
Sis- Uhm, I mean mating season.  Baiting season is when the fish bite good.



Can someone please tell me when it is baiting season, I sure don't want to miss it.  Oh man, I love my chuckles.

Happy Boy!

Tonight we had a dessert of pretty Valentine cookies after our dinner.  As soon as Pops saw the cookies he started doing his little dance.  He rocks his head back and forth almost touching ear to shoulder and slowly sways from side to side, while saying "Happy Day" in a sing song voice, filled with excitement.  This totally makes my day happy!  Everyone at the table started laughing and I am pretty sure it made everyone's cookie a little more exciting.

"Respectable Sins" Review

I have been meaning to review this book for sometime but with the morning sickness and everything else that has come up, it got pushed aside like most things around here, but this book was too good to pass up.
I have read a few of Jerry Bridges books, and "Respectable Sins" was true to his straightforward and easy to understand style.
I think this book should be read by everyone, but sadly many would never read it in my opinion because let's face it, how often do we raise our hand and say "examine me!" This book is much needed in these times when it seems everything is acceptable and even the Christian mainstream has forgotten the word Sin is actually in the bible. We make excuses for practically everything and we don't realize the price we are paying for it. If we talk about sin we are usually talking about things like adultery and murder, but what about anxiety, un-thankfulness, impatience, and irritability. Those things are no big deal right? Jerry Bridges does an excellent job of proving that they are a big deal. The consequences are real and often painful.
While this book is highly convicting, Bridges does an excellent job of not being condescending, judgemental or legalistic in any way. He gives practical tips for overcoming these "Respectable Sins" and includes several scriptures for each one as well.
I will be referring back to this book many times as I continue to grow. This is a keeper.
Thanks to NavPress for supplying the book for review.

Daddy's Girl

Yesterday Peanut and Butter were coloring together and I was listening in on their conversation that went like this;

Butter- Sis, do you love Daddy?

Sis- Yes, of course!

Butter-Well, he is MYYYYYY Daddy!

When I say she is a Daddy's girl, I mean it! Every nap time or bed time when Daddy isn't home from work, she will fuss and tell me how much she misses him. The other day when he got home she snuggled up to him and said "Daddy, I want to keep you!"

During that weekend he was in Taos a jet flew over our house and Butter got very excited and announced, "Did you hear that, that was maybe my Daddy's jet, he is looking for me!"

I am right there with her, I think her daddy is pretty wonderful. I just wonder if she knows how she is wrapping daddy around her tiny little finger. I think it is precious.

So What's Up with My Pregnancy?

Once I realized something was wrong I was able to get into the doc first thing and what I went in for ended up being a blessing in disguise. I was told to take it easy, not lift anything, and not stand around. That is all, go home. Oh, and I'd need surgery once the baby is born. Like it was no big deal. Well surgery is a big deal to me, and I am determined to find natural ways to fix the problem and prove them wrong, but I am glad it wasn't something horrifying. I then asked to hear the baby's heart beat, I don't think there is a sweeter sound short of baby's first cry, but, they couldn't find it. This is one of those moments that you feel the whole world crash around you, but you are determined to be positive, so you look at the doctor with a blank stare while the tears well up... so they sent me over for an ultrasound. I was so thankful they didn't make me wait a few days! Praise God they found the heartbeat and baby is looking good, but they also discovered I have placenta previa. This should not be a problem as it is only partial and will most likely resolve in a few months when the baby is bigger, but in combination with the other issue, it could cause some major problems for me right now~ hence the bed rest. This isn't an ideal situation for a momma of 5, but it is totally worth it.

One of the things we have been doing to pass the time during this morning sick, cold, flu, bed rest time is watch movies. We don't typically spend much time in front of a screen, and not having a t.v. has helped with that, (I was shocked when I recently read that it is recommended that children, even 3 year old's should watch less than 2 hours of t.v. per day. Per day?! That is insane! When do kids who go to school and do homework and play basketball see their parents?) but when you are desperate, you do what you can. We have downloaded a few movies from iTunes to enjoy on our big screen Mac. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was decent and had some good teaching messages but I do not recommend watching it while suffering morning sickness. It was awful. Fiddler on the Roof has been watched several times over the last few weeks and has become a real favorite in our house, we are constantly singing the songs to each other. We have also enjoyed Up, all of the Star Wars saga and Ben Hur... Guys received Mysterious Islands for Christmas, and we all enjoyed that very much. If you have any interest in understanding how God could be real since we've been taught evolution is real, I highly recommend it. I highly recommend it even if you don't have any interest in that, it is very good.

Happy Birthday, and Happy Birthday Again

Guys turned 10 years old. I cannot believe how time is flying. Our birthday budget for gifts is small because we make a fairly large deposit into the Birthday child's bank account. This year though, for the special Decade gift, we decided to get something really special and skip out on the bank deposit. Guys really, really misses our piano. We really miss hearing her play. She is very talented and could never keep her fingers off the piano, so we bought her a very nice keyboard and stand. We totally don't have room for it, so we have to pull it out every time she wants to play, but it is worth it. We also always let the Birthday child pick what we are having for breakfast and for dinner. We had homemade pink waffles for breakfast and spaghetti with meatballs for dinner. Happy Birthday Guys!

Butter also had a birthday, she turned 3! The morning before her birthday she woke daddy and mommy up by happily shouting in our ears "It is Christmas Eve of my birthday!" which of course delighted our hearts. Where does she come up with this stuff?! She was sure to remind us all day long that she wanted a purple birthday, a purple doll with purple eyes and purple eyelashes, purple sparkle shoes for herself and her doll, purple presents, a purple cake, and you get the idea. So for breakfast daddy made her requested pancakes- but he made them purple. (This was his first time making pancakes and they were fluffy and delicious!) She also had purple ice cream and purple cake, and even purple presents. She had a hard time accepting that her birthday was over the next day, and she is already making plans for next year. She is so funny!