Long time....no post....

Hello! Things are going good around here! I am right at 12 weeks pregnant now. My nausea has almost completely subsided (Praise God!). I don't get it bad like some women, but any nausea on a daily basis is not fun! I had an ultrasound on August 15th and my due date got moved back to March 13th. Since Jillian was a big baby and since I've always been induced, my doctor told me to just plan on an induction again. I'm fine with that because I trust the expertise of my doctor. She is AWESOME!

We have a birthday coming up!!! Jillian is going to be 1 on September 13th! I absolutely cannot believe how the time has just flown by! She is clapping now and just the other day she took her first 4 steps (encouraged by her very proud Auntie). I've got to get some practice in for her cake because I'm going to be trying something new. I'm pretty excited!

Well, I'm going to keep this post short....it's lunch time, I'm hungry, and I've got a HUGE LIST to get done!

Have an awesome day!

~Amanda~

Baby #4!

Just when I thought I had it figured out, BAM, God caught me off guard!

I've learned that God's going to do with you what He wants, when He wants!

There was an episode of SCRUBS where one nurse was trying to get pregnant. She took a test (at work, I think) and it was negative so she tossed it out in disappointment. Moments later, someone came and emptied the trash (a friend of hers) and saw the pregnancy test, but it was showing a positive result. So, ever since then, if I have a negative test, I have been known to look at it a few times through out the day - expecting the same negative results.

This time around, I threw away a negative test and hours later it was still negative. I took another test a few days later and it was negative....but when I looked hours later, it was positive! So of course I HAD to take another in a couple of days. Negative. Then another negative turning into a positive hours later! WHAT IS GOING ON! So I googled it and read about why we aren't supposed to look at results after 10 minutes. Okay so I decided that I wasn't going to look after 10 minutes (dumb SCRUB idea!). Negative.  Okay, so I was certain I wasn't pregnant.

I counted 28 days (a normal cycle) from when my last "visit" was supposed to be which turned out to be July 11th....and waited....nothing. There was one more test in my bathroom....so naturally I took it. POSITIVE! Didn't even have to wait for the control line to show up. DEFINITELY PREGNANT! I could hardly wait to tell Trent the news since he had just called to tell me he was on his way home...but I did. :)

I had my doctor appointment today and we are probably around 8 weeks along. I am going to have an ultrasound at 11 weeks to make sure we know the estimated due date. Right now it is March 8th. 

Currently I am experiencing waves of nausea through out the day. No vomiting though with I am EXTREMELY grateful for. And, I'm tired. 

God is good!

Yay for BABY #4!!! 

to laugh!

Molly, Eli, & I were sitting around the table this morning eating our breakfast. Here is the conversation:

Molly: Mommy would you kill a moose?

Me: No....not unless it was hurting you or someone else.

Eli (trying to sound tough, he lowers his voice): I could kill a moose! I could kill a deer!

Molly: No, not my friend the deer! She doesn't even have any horns! (Molly really doesn't have a deer friend)

Me: Deer don't have horns. But boy deer have antlers. They are called bucks. Girl deer are called doe.

Both kids take a minute. Chew their food. Thinking about what they just heard...

Eli: I'll kill your deer so we can make cookies!! Cuz it's dough!

Hysterical!

Have a WONDERFUL Thursday!!!

Food Friday :)

HAPPY FRIDAY, FRIENDS!

I just finished my morning Bible reading and was thinking about the fact that it is Friday and that I haven't done a Food Friday entry in a while. A verse keeps popping into my head so I thought "I must share!"

Proverbs 26: 20

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out;

and where there is no talebearer (gossip/slander), strife ceases.

So, time for WEBSTER...

strife:  Angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict

talebearer:  A person who maliciously gossips or reveals secrets

gossip: 

1. Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true

2. A person who likes talking about other people's private lives

How do those definitions sound?

Uuummmm terrible!

Never do I want to have those definitions be words that describe me.

I am in fact guilty on all accounts!!!

Have I caused strife? Yes.

Have I maliciously gossiped or revealed secrets? Sure have.

Have I taken part or even started casual or unconstrained conversation/reports about other people, including possibly untrue details? Yep.

Do my ears perk up when I hear someone talking about someone else private life? Sadly, yes.

So, for Food Friday....here's some Food for Thought:

What are you using your words for? Causing strife? Gossiping? Talebearing?

Would your day be different if maybe you didn't share those "private", possibly true/untrue details of so-&-so's life over your lunch break?

Would you want that same gossip to be spoken about you.....or any gossip for that matter?

Use your words today for good! Compliment, encourage, listen (instead of talking!), disciple!!!

YES, friends it is possible that we can go an entire day without gossip & slander. Instead of partaking, walk away or just don't listen (if there's nowhere else to go). Change the subject! Say something nice about the person that's being slammed on - weird concept, huh?!?!

Are you possibly causing strife that you are unaware of due to words that have come from your mouth?

Today's challenge:  Cease strife today and choose your words wisely!

Our God is so merciful, just, and faithful to forgive!!!

Now that is awesome!

Have a FANTASTIC day!!!

final tonsil/tube update.

Day 14 came and went! Yay! We went to Eli's follow-up appointment for his tubes/tonsil surgery and the doctor said everything looked great! HOORAY! He healed, and I survived recovery!!!

So, overall it wasn't that bad. I guess being nervous that he would bleed out was the worst part....and trying to keep him calm so that he wouldn't bleed out....that was pretty stressful at times too.

But OVERALL, not bad.

Now, hopefully that was the end.

Hopefully you won't have to read about another one of Eli's ear infections!

That would be a MIRACLE!!!

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers :)



to smile!

Jillian & oatmeal...

Hooray for oatmeal!!!

She makes me smile :o)

another update...

Today is post-op day 6!

YAY! We are almost half way! The doctor said 14 days of recovery which encompasses light activity and monitored diet. Eli continues to do really pretty good about every other day. I think that is due to maybe eating more and just plain over-doing it on those good days. He is SOOO ready to be better so he can run, jump, growl, yell, etc. - everything boys are made to do! It is really difficult to keep trying to restrict him but I know I need to.

Trent has his tonsils out about 2 years ago and on day 10, in the evening, he changed his breaks on his car. (I know, probably not a great idea, but like the current situation, how much can you restrict a boy/man from doing boy/man things!) We went to bed and then around 1:30a.m. I was woken up to my husband puking up blood in the bathroom sink! Maybe a little too much info for some of you, but that's what happened!! I called the ENT on call and we went into the ER. Trent had to go back in for surgery to stop the bleeding because it was so bad. Eli has the same surgeon and not a single appointment goes by without the doctor commenting on how terrible Trent's situation was. Doctor said "that was probably the worst one ever!"

Needless to say, I'm a little uptight about what "light activity" means. Who wouldn't be!

Eli has been waking up, from naps & in the morning, crying :( We haven't been waking him up in the night for meds and drinks because that was going horribly and I figured he needed his sleep. I think he's crying because his throat hurts. I feel terrible but when I would wake him up, he'd cry more which would just dry out his throat. So, I was not only drying out his throat more but I was interrupting his sleep! One had to give. We go to the pediatrician on Wednesday for well-child checks and the following week we have Eli's follow-up appointment with the ENT. I hope all goes well in between :)

No rain in the forecast for this week so hopefully we will get outside and do some fun "light activity". 

Have a great Monday!! :o)