I just love seeing my kids accomplish things that involve a lot of perseverance and patience. My girl Adrianna can ride her bike without training wheels! Shawn started working with her a little bit at the end of last year even though she didn't seem interested. Throughout this summer Shawn worked with her as much as he could. My uncle gave us this cool bar you attach to the back of the bike so that the adult helping can hold on and help with balance. Within the last few weeks Adrianna has been out practicing all by herself. We suggested she try and just balance on the bike first and she did that for a while. She then kept trying to ride it a little bit each day and finally today she rode down our entire driveway!!! It was such a great way to point out to her that perseverance and determination pays off by helping us do things we couldn't do before. I am trying not to cry as I write this because it is just another indication of how much she is growing up. Even though I tear up at these moments, I am so thankful and excited that I can be here and experience new "firsts" with our kids.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Off to 1st Grade!
She has always been pretty independent and her Preschool and Kindergarten teachers' were awesome so they prepared her well. She came home the 1st day and wanted some alone time! Yep, she's like her mama!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Update
Life has been pretty busy around here so my blog is one of the things that gets neglected!
Honestly, I really know of only 3 people who read this consistently and I already talk to them daily!:)
Anyway...I recently had a follow-up appointment with my Endocrinologist and most everything is moving along as expected. I have blood tests once a month to check my thyroid levels. Based on those results, my medication is increased. Then I wait a month to see if that dose is working right, if not, there is another adjustment and then another 4 weeks of waiting. My energy is better than it was and slowly getting back to normal. It's just a matter of waiting in between the blood tests and trying to make it through the day without a nap! I have a follow-up appointment with my ENT tomorrow and I go back to my Endo in November. I will also have another ultrasound at that time. I am still dealing with some healing from the surgery and some other physical issues that are from a low thyroid. I'm looking forward to the day when I can function normally!
Another issue has been an injury to my leg. It happened the week of my treatment and I have been going to Physical Therapy 2x a week for about 3 weeks. It is a combination of a pulled/torn muscle and inflammation. Very annoying when you can't walk very well or very far! I am praying that as my levels get back to normal, this pain will go away.
I really am just taking it one day at a time and trying to listen to what God wants to teach me throughout that day. It's about all I can handle right now!
Shawn is back full swing into Marching Band. He has been teaching at a music camp for 2 weeks during the day and he has his band rehearsals at night. There are a lot of extra gigs and events he has also.
He really enjoys his job but it is hard to be away so much. I am praying about my attitude this year and that I can have a positive way of encouraging Shawn and our kids during our long days.
Adrianna is really looking forward to being in 1st grade! I can hardly talk about it right now because it makes me kind of sad to have her gone all day. She is so ready! She is very independent and helpful and I have complete confidence that she will do well. She loves to talk to people and has already mentioned that she looks forward to meeting new friends. She has such a sweet, serving spirit!
Eliza will be home with me for another year. I am planning on doing preschool type things with her at least 1 day a week maybe 2. We will also have BSF to look forward to! We are really trying to encourage her own identity since she gets lost between Adrianna and Caleb sometimes! She is so funny and makes us laugh constantly. I don't want to squash that! I have to keep reminding myself that she is just 3 1/2 and wants to still play with dolls and have the attention.
Caleb is such a delight! He is doing really well with his glasses. He only takes them off when he is mad or doesn't have anything else to do! Since he has been been wearing them for about 5 weeks they have fixed the problems with his eyes! It is amazing how resilient the brain is and how fast it grows and changes. We go back in January for another evaluation so he has to wear them until them at least.
He is all boy! Full of energy, getting into everything, and just a barrel full of fun!
He is repeating most words we say and a few of my favorites is when he says "Mommy, please candy now". He is putting the word now at the end of most things he asks for. He can pretty much communicate what he wants and needs and we are trying to get him to do it without hitting or biting! He loves his sisters but not when they are in his personal space! He is so different from the girls and keeps me on my toes!
A verse to leave you with:
"...I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and song; He is my salvation. Oh, the joy of drinking deeply from the Fountain of Salvation." Isaiah 12:2,3
Honestly, I really know of only 3 people who read this consistently and I already talk to them daily!:)
Anyway...I recently had a follow-up appointment with my Endocrinologist and most everything is moving along as expected. I have blood tests once a month to check my thyroid levels. Based on those results, my medication is increased. Then I wait a month to see if that dose is working right, if not, there is another adjustment and then another 4 weeks of waiting. My energy is better than it was and slowly getting back to normal. It's just a matter of waiting in between the blood tests and trying to make it through the day without a nap! I have a follow-up appointment with my ENT tomorrow and I go back to my Endo in November. I will also have another ultrasound at that time. I am still dealing with some healing from the surgery and some other physical issues that are from a low thyroid. I'm looking forward to the day when I can function normally!
Another issue has been an injury to my leg. It happened the week of my treatment and I have been going to Physical Therapy 2x a week for about 3 weeks. It is a combination of a pulled/torn muscle and inflammation. Very annoying when you can't walk very well or very far! I am praying that as my levels get back to normal, this pain will go away.
I really am just taking it one day at a time and trying to listen to what God wants to teach me throughout that day. It's about all I can handle right now!
Shawn is back full swing into Marching Band. He has been teaching at a music camp for 2 weeks during the day and he has his band rehearsals at night. There are a lot of extra gigs and events he has also.
He really enjoys his job but it is hard to be away so much. I am praying about my attitude this year and that I can have a positive way of encouraging Shawn and our kids during our long days.
Adrianna is really looking forward to being in 1st grade! I can hardly talk about it right now because it makes me kind of sad to have her gone all day. She is so ready! She is very independent and helpful and I have complete confidence that she will do well. She loves to talk to people and has already mentioned that she looks forward to meeting new friends. She has such a sweet, serving spirit!
Eliza will be home with me for another year. I am planning on doing preschool type things with her at least 1 day a week maybe 2. We will also have BSF to look forward to! We are really trying to encourage her own identity since she gets lost between Adrianna and Caleb sometimes! She is so funny and makes us laugh constantly. I don't want to squash that! I have to keep reminding myself that she is just 3 1/2 and wants to still play with dolls and have the attention.
Caleb is such a delight! He is doing really well with his glasses. He only takes them off when he is mad or doesn't have anything else to do! Since he has been been wearing them for about 5 weeks they have fixed the problems with his eyes! It is amazing how resilient the brain is and how fast it grows and changes. We go back in January for another evaluation so he has to wear them until them at least.
He is all boy! Full of energy, getting into everything, and just a barrel full of fun!
He is repeating most words we say and a few of my favorites is when he says "Mommy, please candy now". He is putting the word now at the end of most things he asks for. He can pretty much communicate what he wants and needs and we are trying to get him to do it without hitting or biting! He loves his sisters but not when they are in his personal space! He is so different from the girls and keeps me on my toes!
A verse to leave you with:
"...I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord is my strength and song; He is my salvation. Oh, the joy of drinking deeply from the Fountain of Salvation." Isaiah 12:2,3
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Still pressing on....
I haven't posted in a while and I wanted to give you all an update!
This has been an incredible journey so far. I find myself not wanting the old "normal" anymore. I don't want to forget what I have learned or forget what it felt like to be so close to my Savior that I felt such an ultimate sense of peace. A few people I see ask me how I am doing. I can tell in their faces that they want me to say "I'm great! I'm all better". They want me to hurry up and get back to normal. Honestly, I don't want to. Because "normal" is different now. The old "normal" is filled with angst, selfishness, and joylessness. I have learned so many things throughout this time and I am trying to cling to the new. I don't want to fall back into old habits. It is sometimes hard stay in the new place because our sin nature can cause us to forget to listen to God's voice and walk in His spirit. I want to be aware at all times what God delivered me from and that I need to listen to what He wants me to do next. I need to remember the places of darkness and then turn them around to light. I hope someday I can use my journey to help others. Right now it is still very raw and it is not past us yet but I feel myself moving towards that place of having a complete zest for life. A place of complete thankfulness that God took us here and He has been with us every step of the way. The passions I had before have changed. I am trying to figure out what they are now and what God wants me to do with my life!
I know this will be a daily surrendering of myself. I will need to daily commit myself to Christ and how He wants me to live. To always look and listen as I go throughout my day.
I am anxiously waiting for the day when God will show me what the purpose of this journey was.
I read this passage in Isaiah that really summed up more effectively what I am trying to convey!
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter---when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say; Here am I. If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."
Isaiah 58:6-11
This has been an incredible journey so far. I find myself not wanting the old "normal" anymore. I don't want to forget what I have learned or forget what it felt like to be so close to my Savior that I felt such an ultimate sense of peace. A few people I see ask me how I am doing. I can tell in their faces that they want me to say "I'm great! I'm all better". They want me to hurry up and get back to normal. Honestly, I don't want to. Because "normal" is different now. The old "normal" is filled with angst, selfishness, and joylessness. I have learned so many things throughout this time and I am trying to cling to the new. I don't want to fall back into old habits. It is sometimes hard stay in the new place because our sin nature can cause us to forget to listen to God's voice and walk in His spirit. I want to be aware at all times what God delivered me from and that I need to listen to what He wants me to do next. I need to remember the places of darkness and then turn them around to light. I hope someday I can use my journey to help others. Right now it is still very raw and it is not past us yet but I feel myself moving towards that place of having a complete zest for life. A place of complete thankfulness that God took us here and He has been with us every step of the way. The passions I had before have changed. I am trying to figure out what they are now and what God wants me to do with my life!
I know this will be a daily surrendering of myself. I will need to daily commit myself to Christ and how He wants me to live. To always look and listen as I go throughout my day.
I am anxiously waiting for the day when God will show me what the purpose of this journey was.
I read this passage in Isaiah that really summed up more effectively what I am trying to convey!
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen; to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter---when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard.
Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say; Here am I. If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail."
Isaiah 58:6-11
Monday, June 28, 2010
Our Daddy!
This is the one thing we love most about you Daddy, that you spend time with us!
We love you very much!
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