I am home alone

Chuck took all the kids to church and I stayed home because I am still not feeling well. It is so quiet here. I am never away from Ju and I am praying he does well at church today. He still nurses quite a bit but if he is out and busy he can hopefully stay distracted.
I think I am going to go read my bible and then take a nice long bath. (wish I had some Epsom salts) Then maybe watch a movie.
I can talk a bit better than yesterday but still not much of a voice. I am hoping that with no one here I can rest it and it will not hurt as bad as it did by yesterday evening.
I hope you have a blessed Sunday.

Feeling sick

I have no voice today. It sounds really funny when I do try to talk. I didn't really feel that bad earlier but I am tired and not feeling that great now. I may stay home tomorrow. I have not been to church the past two weeks and it looks like I may miss tomorrow too. This morning I thought I would be ok to go but as time went on I felt worse so I think staying home may be the best thing. We stay most of the afternoon at our church so I know I would not be feeling well.
I also didn't get a nap today. Not something I get much with two little ones anyway.
So now I am cooking supper and wasting time. We are having a big pot of brown beans (and leftovers will go to church tomorrow) and cornbread. It was easy and sounded yummy. I started them when I felt better earlier.
So now I just keep taking my colloidal silver and maybe some elderberry. Although tonight I will take some tussin dm to keep the coughing down. Although I am not coughing much during the day yet.

My day has been unproductive other wise. I sat and watched the Duggar family first season. What a fun show. I love their family.

My beautiful great niece

I had my great niece for a while last night. Girls sure are much calmer then boys. LOL
She is such a cutie and so loving.

Cute pictures

I came home from a baby shower last Wednesday and this is what Ju had on. Chuck had taken them shopping for sleepers for Ju and this is what he got. Isn't this the cutest thing?

S's schooling must have been boring. LOL


He LOVES to wear a coat as you can see from the pix above too.

Fun in the snow..

We have snow today. The kids are so excited. Ju and C are having a blast. Here are a couple pics that were just so cute.

Today's party

Today we had V a birthday party with friends. It was so nice. Girl parties are sooo much different than boy parties. Boys are loud and active. Girls are talkative but quiet and calm. They just go in the room and talk mostly.
It was a nice day. V has some really nice friends. She is blessed.
Here is V with her friend K. They have known each other for about 11 years. I will post more pictures when I get them uploaded.

Birthday pix

V got a camera and that chair and that hat. This is my baby sister with V. She has already taken 250 pics. lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Today is my beautiful daughter's birthday. She is 13. I can hardly believe that my only (so far) daughter is 13. I remember when she was born. I didn't know if I was having a boy or girl and when they said girl I just cried. She was so chubby and so cute. She has grown into a beautiful young lady but not only on the outside on the inside too. She has a big loving heart. She is very outgoing and makes friends easily. She is also a very devoted friend to the friends she has.
She is becoming my right hand around the home. She takes great care of her little brothers and loves them very much.
I am very blessed to have her in my life. Thank you God.

How night weaning is going

Great. Saturday night he only cried a couple of times. Sunday night he did not cry at all. He did wake up several times then he asked to nurse around 6:00 I held him off until 7. I really wanted to wait until daylight but I decided not too. But he is doing great. I can't believe it. So my next challenge is to move him out of my bed and in with someone else. (wonder who that will be? LOL)
I am so pleased he is doing so well and not upset. I prayed a lot about it and God really answered.

I am trying to night wean

So I started last night. It was not as bad as I worked myself up to think it could be but it was pretty bad. I did not give in. But Ju was up from 12 to 1:30 and then again at 2:45 and then again at 4:45 then again at 6:30. Then when he woke at daylight I said good morning would you like to nurse and he did and we slept until 10.
I am so tired today. What really raked on my nerves last night was his crawling on my head. I thought I was going to lose my mind. He also would not sleep unless he was lying across my neck. Which made breathing and swallowing quite hard. I can hardly function today but I know that I need to be consistent, three days, or nights in this case, is all it takes. I was consistent last night but I need a nap today. I can't even think straight and am not too nice to be around.
Next will be training him to put himself to sleep for naps and then sleeping in his own bed, or in this case with someone else.
So if you are reading this and think of us please pray. We need it. Ju is very very strong willed. But mom is stronger even if she is exhausted.

And I almost forgot, only 7 days

And my beautiful daughter will be 13. I love her so much. She is not only lovely on the outside she is lovely on the inside too. God has great plans for her.

All my children...

Watching Signing Time. They love it and are pretty good at sign language.
These next two are taken at our friends house. They live in NC and have some beautiful scenery even in the rain.

He misses his wagon. We have not been able to use it because the weather has been cold.

Only 12 days

In 12 days my only daughter (so far) will be 13. She is quite a lovely young lady. I am so blessed to have her. She is my right hand most days. I don't know what I would do without her. It is so fun to have a girl in the house. I LOVE my boys and they are a riot but girls are different. It is nice to have a soul mate in the house. Someone who thinks like me and feels like me. Here is a few pictures of her. I am hoping to do a whole set of pictures of her over the years on her birthday if I can get them scanned. But for now here are just a few.

Another Year

It is 2009. Another year has come and gone. I have nothing wise or deep to say.
My children are growing up. My oldest will be 18 this year, my only girl will be 13 in just a few days, my second son will be 15 and my babies will be 4 and 2. How does time fly so fast? I get the same 24 hour days as anyone else but they just seem to fly by.

I remember when I was a child sitting around talking to my friend about how FAR away the year 2000 was. Talking about how old we would be when that year came. Well now it is 2009 and the time from then to now was not as long as my young mind thought.

As I get older and realize that life changes it makes me ponder more. I do LOVE watching my children grow up. Watching them learn and mature. Watching them grow closer to God in ways I never dreamed of when I was that age. Watching my younger two learn and discover. I am so thankful to God for my toddlers it makes the olders growing up easier for me. Also watching my older 3 with my younger 2 is such a blessing.

I feel very blessed. Last year was full of challenges and blessings. I am sure this year will be the same. The challenges grow us and draw us closer to God. The blessings help us to feel God's love when it can feel so distant at times.

May you all have a wonderful and blessed New Year. May God shower you with blessings of peace and comfort.