I have a new plan to start blogging much more frequently. I really need to try to keep up with all the crazy, funny, silly, sweet, and not-so-sweet things the girls do on a daily basis. Yesterday was Selah's birthday and my sweet little booger is now three years old! I must admit I bawled my eyes out last night looking at baby pictures of her....something I never thought I would do. I took the girls to the mall with one of my best friends and we had fun just walking around and people-watching. The girls were really good for me and had fun getting out of the house. Another best friend came over for dinner and brought her little girl to play with Selah and Saige. Overall, a very good day!
Nighttime was not so good however. Selah was up at 3am with another nosebleed (she's been getting them a lot lately) and Saige was up at midnight and then again at 4am...she didn't go back to sleep until about 6am! She's been doing this every single night, waking up and staying awake anywhere from 2 to 4 hours at a time. Justin and I are exhausted. We had x-rays done last week and the ENT told me her adenoids are twice as large as they should be and could quite possibly be obstructing her breathing and keeping her awake at night. We are getting her adenoids removed this coming Wednesday which I am excited and scared about. Of course I'm worried about her going under the anesthesia but I'm also afraid of getting her adenoids removed and absolutely nothing changing. I just don't know what we will do if she keeps doing this every single night. Speaking of my night owl, she's awake now so I will go and hopefully post again tomorrow after Selah's Pump It Up birthday party!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Justin's Officer of the Month Ceremony
Justin got his pictures from his Officer of the Month ceremony yesterday so I'm posting those as well as the write up they put in the paper. I'm so proud of him and of the great work he does trying to get drugs off of our streets. Sometimes I hate how much he loves his job because it keeps him away from us so often but honestly I wouldn't want it any other way. How blessed he his to know exactly what he wants to do with his life and to love his job!! 
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Jonah
Last night I was thinking about the Bible study I'm in right now titled Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted by Priscilla Shirer. One of the lessons teaches us that when God gives us a challenge, our lives may not only become more difficult but will also look different from the lives of those around us.
Jonah was an old-testament prophet whose peers were Obadiah, Amos, and Hosea, to name a few. God gave Jonah a task and he really didn't want to do it. Part of his reasoning was that it wasn't fair, he would rather stay where he was, where his peers were. He wanted the "normal" life, the life that matched all of those around him. Because of this, he ran away from what God wanted him to do and ended up making his life much more difficult than it had to be.
What I was thinking about last night was how often we tend to compare ourselves to one another. Unfortunately, this is such a struggle for me. Sometimes I feel so different and wonder why I can't be more like the women around me. Disciplining myself is so hard for me as is patience in general. Some of the friends I have are just so softspoken and graceful in their lives and I constantly find myself comparing my personality to theirs. One amazing friend of mine has kids the age of my kids and yet finds the time to be involved in 1500 different things as well as keep her home beautiful.
What I'm working on and what God is telling me is that He has given me this life. I'm different for a reason and for a purpose. What happens next is my choice: I can accept my personality and grow it in Christ and use it to complete the tasks He gives me OR I can try to hide like Jonah and make my life so much more difficult than it needs to be. The tasks and challenges God gives me may be difficult but I know that God will always give me the tools I need to complete them. If I run...I'm on my own. And that's just no good.
Jonah was an old-testament prophet whose peers were Obadiah, Amos, and Hosea, to name a few. God gave Jonah a task and he really didn't want to do it. Part of his reasoning was that it wasn't fair, he would rather stay where he was, where his peers were. He wanted the "normal" life, the life that matched all of those around him. Because of this, he ran away from what God wanted him to do and ended up making his life much more difficult than it had to be.
What I was thinking about last night was how often we tend to compare ourselves to one another. Unfortunately, this is such a struggle for me. Sometimes I feel so different and wonder why I can't be more like the women around me. Disciplining myself is so hard for me as is patience in general. Some of the friends I have are just so softspoken and graceful in their lives and I constantly find myself comparing my personality to theirs. One amazing friend of mine has kids the age of my kids and yet finds the time to be involved in 1500 different things as well as keep her home beautiful.
What I'm working on and what God is telling me is that He has given me this life. I'm different for a reason and for a purpose. What happens next is my choice: I can accept my personality and grow it in Christ and use it to complete the tasks He gives me OR I can try to hide like Jonah and make my life so much more difficult than it needs to be. The tasks and challenges God gives me may be difficult but I know that God will always give me the tools I need to complete them. If I run...I'm on my own. And that's just no good.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Starting Over!
Alright...so a couple of years ago I started this blog. I didn't keep up with it and lost the username/password. This past April I started a new blog and have since lost that password. I tried to login today and up popped this old blog! I've spent the last hour trying to get the newest one up but google doesn't believe I am who I am so I'm just starting over on this old one. And this time I have the password saved in my e-mail inbox!!
An update on us: Selah will be 3 in December and Saige turned 1 this past July! Can't believe my girls are getting so big so fast. Almost 2 years ago we moved to Mississippi...we are now back in Alabama! We've been back a couple months and I'm already a million times happier. This past year and a half has been the hardest of my life (thanks in part to my little firecracker, Saige).
The girls are waking up so I will write more later....but I'm back!! :)
An update on us: Selah will be 3 in December and Saige turned 1 this past July! Can't believe my girls are getting so big so fast. Almost 2 years ago we moved to Mississippi...we are now back in Alabama! We've been back a couple months and I'm already a million times happier. This past year and a half has been the hardest of my life (thanks in part to my little firecracker, Saige).
The girls are waking up so I will write more later....but I'm back!! :)
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