Not Me Monday!

Feeling guilty about something-Me neither! But there are some things that I may be a little ashamed to admit...but it's very therapeutic! Join in if you must!!!

I did not scrape off the top of some fishy looking frosting and continue to use the rest of it-I ALWAYS use fresh!

I did not put my son on the floor and have the dogs entertain him b/c I was not too lazy to do it myself. I never let the dogs babysit my son ;)

Just to get some cooking done before the little one got up this morning, I did NOT ignore his first waking noises and I didn't continue cooking hoping to get it done until at which point his waking noises did not become consistant whining cries saying, "MOM, I am awake! Get me out of this crib before I do it myself!"

And I am not writing this post at 10:30 pm just b/c i want to admit the embarassing moments in my life-It's just fun!

May Jesus Christ Be Praised

I received this in an email devotional I get everyday and I thought this was awesome. I wish I could do the same and always turn to praise Jesus Christ when I feel a void in my heart or when life doesn't seem to be going the way it should.
How do you get to that point when there is tragedy in your life and your first response is to praise Jesus Christ? I long to be in that position. When tragedy comes my way, my first response is why? or anger or unbelief. Eventually I get to the point where I praise Jesus, but sometimes I don't. Sometimes its more of a cry to God instead of praising him. But when I do praise him, it heals-why don't I seek the healing through praise first and foremost?
so many questions I need to find answers to. Finally, the words I wanted to share initially as my baby boy cries for me to pick him up:

When morning gilds the skies, my heart awaking cries,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Alike at work and prayer to Jesus I repair;
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Wnene'er the sweet church bell peals over hill and dell,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
O hark to what it sings, as joyously it rings,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

When sleep her balm denies, My silent spirit sighs,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
When evil thoughts molest, with this I shield my breast,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

Does sadness fill my mind? A solace here I find,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Or fades my earthly bliss? My comfort still is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!

In Heaven's eternal bliss the loveliest strain is this,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
The powers of darkness fear when this sweet sound chant they hear
May Jesus Christ be praised!

To God, the Word, on high, the hosts of angels cry,
May Jesus Christ be praised!
Let mortals, too, upraise their voice in hymns of praise;
May Jesus Christ be praised!

-Rev. E. Caswell (1800)

Teeth!

My worst nightmare has come true...ok, so not my worst nightmare...but a scary thing has happened. My little biter has had a tooth emerge! Nursing is going to become a very scary thing. Weston has started a nice bonding event for mother and son during nursing.
As he nurses, he will look up at me, smile and then CRUNCH! ok, not really crunch, more like PINCH! SQUEEZE! IF I COULD I WOULD BITE IT OFF! more like that. If my milk sac's crunched we might have an issue, but yes, my son thinks its fun to bite me. Every time he does it, I yelp a little then tell him, "No Bite!" firmly and if he continues I then flick his little cheek.
Now that he has a tooth, I have a feeling it is going to become more painful. Oh boy! I am excited for this phase in his life but I am nervous...why little man, WHY?
if the squirt will let me get a picture of his tooth, I will but he's not very helpful with that yet.
any suggestions would be helpful!

Not Me Monday!

Being a wonderful monther and loving wife, the following post is definitely not an admittance to guilt on my behalf. Believe what you may and enjoy!

A few nights ago, I did not pass off my wide awake little man to his grammy at 4:30 am b/c i didn't want to deal with him. I did not just think that he was being cranky instead of investigating further to find out what was keeping him awake. Sunday morning, we did not discover two little teeth trying to poke through and I did not put 2 and 2 together and figure out why he was awake. NOT ME!

I did not let my son crawl all over a floor without first sweeping up crumbs and whatever else was there. I did not proceed to watch him play with the debris and said floor and just laugh.

On our weekend away from home, I did not let my son crawl out of his pants (which didn't fit b/c he wasn't wearing his cloth diapers) while I took a picture instead of putting them back on.

What about you? Need to get anything off your chest?

Hunting

We are supposed to go hunting tomorrow...well, we'll see who goes hunting anyway. After breakfast today, weston decided to return his breakfast to me by means of spewing it all over the floor. I have no idea why that happened. So soon after I cleaned up that mess, he decided to get VERY cranky when I denied him access to the computer cords which he has been intrigued with for the past week or so.
He has all these toys to play with but decides that he would rather drag himself across the living room to the computer cord and play with that.
My cranky pants earned himself a nap after that. Mama cranky pants was having nothing to do with the tantrum.
I wanted to take him to Taylorsville park and go for a walk this morning, but we'll see if I get to do that. I need to finish up the laundry that he made for me this morning, pack our gear for the trip to Uncle Andy's and Aunt Beth's house, get cleaned up, make some food for cranky pants for the weekend, and whatever else I can think of :)
Have a great weekend!

Big News!!!!

There has been a lot going on lately most of which is VERY exciting.
First of all-if you don't know who Stellan is go to this website: www.mycharmingkids.net and read all about him to catch up. There is a button on the side of the blog that says "Read Stellan's Story". anyway, Stellan had surgery to fix his SVT that he has been struggling with since before he was born and it was A HUGE SUCCESS! Praise God! I know a lot of people have been praying for him, so this is a huge answer to prayer.
Secondly these two

Are going to be PARENTS in June!!!! Congrats!!!
Chad and I are so excited to have another niece or nephew!!

Thirdly, this little guy

Just might be crawling soon as evidenced by this picture


This little guy has been a bit fussy

maybe b/c he was scared of the sweeper or maybe because he's working on some choppers...we'll see soon. As of right now his mouth is full of these (gums)


That's okay though because then it won't hurt when he does this

Rescue is Coming

left this in the comments section of Mckmama's blog:

Rescue is Coming by David Crowder Band

There's a darkness in my skin
My cover's wearing thin, I believe
I'd love to start again, go back to innocent
And never leave

Don't give up now
A break in the clouds
We could be found
There's nothing wrong with me
It's just that I believe things could get better
And there's nothing wrong with love
I think it's just enough to believe

Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming

And there's nothing wrong with you
And nothing left to do
But believe something bigger
And there's nothing wrong with love
I know it's just enough to believe

Don't give up now
A break in the clouds
We will be found
Rescue is coming now

Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming
Rescue is coming



No words needed here except Amazing!

Stellan

Please Please Please pray for this family:

www.mycharmingkids.net

Their little boy Stellan is going to be having risky heart surgery today and everything is on the line.

Politics...Geesh

If you don't want to read about politics...then don't read further!
COME ON OHIO!!! Seriously? The citizens of this state just voted for our state to go further in debt and for the state to allow people to ruin their lives by gambling them away. Do you realize what kind of people are going to venture to the cities now? I'll tell you some things to expect now: Higher crime rates, gambling addiction, family dysfunction, and underage gambling. I guess this means that the health care sector and the police to have more business. What a deal. Gambling = medical problems, social problems, and economic problems. Research it for yourself.
As far as Issue 1 goes, I'm all for paying vets-however, you need to have money to pay them. I don't agree with the state borrowing money to pay for them when there is already a deficit. Selling bonds means taking loans...they just didn't want to state it like that.
Pat yourselves on the back Ohio-it'll be just like the presidential election...everybody's happy now, but just wait...it'll change.
I'm just not very happy right now...obviously.

Who Wouldn't Love Him?

What a cute giraffe! And to think, we didn't even have to stretch his neck to make him look convincing!
You know, even though sometimes he crys and whines and i can't figure out why-I still love him.
When I go into his room and it smells strangely reminiscent of a certain brother's room on Sunday mornings after eating bean soup-I still love him!
Who else could love a boy this much even after cleaning/washing many cloth diapers that are none to pretty-ME! I still love him!
Even after he pukes down my shirt, into my bra and in my hair-I still love him...EVEN MORE!
When I don't seem to get anything done in a day because the little stinker won't nap-I still love him!
After spending tons of money on a hospital and 26 hours of labor and spending even more money-just on upkeep and it just being the beginning of how expensive he is going to be-I REALLY REALLY LOVE HIM!
I don't have the social life that I used to because of the new responsibilities I have-I still love him and I would rather spend my friday/saturday nights hanging out with my little man making him smile and laugh when he's upset than spend it with my very best friend at a party or going out to eat-I love him that much!
I have stretch marks and a soft belly that I am now working on to return to prebaby solidness (well, kind of solid) and if i never get it back, I don't care becuase I love him more than myself! I LOVE HIM SOOO MUCH.
Thank you Jesus for my little guy-he was the best change and interruption of my life ever!

Not Me Monday!

I've been a bit terrible at posting, so I really wanted to get back to my shameless posts because they are so much fun! Here goes nothing:

Since we are such awesome parents, we would never just put our baby boy into his plastic tub in the bathroom while we...ahem...relieve ourselves.
During one such event, Weston did not lean too far forward and tip the tub causing it to fall over on top of him. He did not cry and definitely did not get a bit of a bloody nose-NOT US!

While on the way to a restaurant, a big hairy spider did not crawl up my leg and I did not start screaming and climbing the sides of the car. We did not have to pull over so I could jump out of the car while it was raining outside until we found the spider which turned up on top of the car. I still don't check the car when i get in it :)

and now i'm drawing a blank...soooo...that's it for now :)