This one's for you Melynda....

Okay, so it's been a LONG time.

I click on new post frequently and decide I have nothing to say that anyone would care to read!

Heath is gone to MO again (Yuck) and I have been feeling REALLY sorry for myself. Pining and whining way too much. But as little as I write on my blog I LOVE to read other blogs. Well, I was reading one called Generation Cedar and she was requesting prayer for a fellow blogger. This fellow blogger's husband and oldest child were killed in a care accident just this August. She looked about my age and had 4 children. She and her husband had just decided to have more children.

Boy....how stupid did I feel.

Taking my blessings for granted. Nice Heather, real nice. Way to go.

I cried for her (then again I seem to be crying about everything these days...I swear...this pregnancy is odd like that) and I prayed for her. And she is on my mind a lot.

So everyday I'm working on thankfulness. I have so much. And so often I'm grumpy. Just like the Isrealites in the wilderness who had all their needs supplied and always grumbled. I alwasys think I would NEVER be like that. But then I am.

I'm still here.

Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart plans his way,
But the LORD directs his steps.

Boy ain't it the truth!

Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious for nothing,
but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God;
and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

And this is what I'm trying to do. We have been through a whirlwind of change over the last few months. Heath resigned from Christian Life and started a home church. It didn't work out. A church in AL contacted him wanting him to be an associate pastor. It looked promising....and then it didn't. So he went to work for BP cleaning up the oil on the beach. That paid really well, while it lasted. Now my husband is a car salesman. Yes, I'm serious. He has only been doing it for about 3 days. Hopefully this will be short term.

Sigh.

I have no idea where we are going to end up. And I'm not really the kind of person who likes the adventure of the trip. But I'm counting my blessings everyday and clinging to knowledge that God does know where we will end up and He is ordering our steps.

A Big Announcement

Well, I'm sharing the big news. I'm pregnant! I'm about 8 weeks now. We are all very excited and anxiously awaiting the new arrival. My due date is March 26th. It seems like the wait is FAR too long. It has been such a long time since we have had a new little one and I am just beyond myself with excitement. :)

I went to my midwife on Monday and she had my lab results. My progesterone levels were borderline. She said normally she wouldn't be concerned but since I lost the last one so late she wanted me to take some. She said it would make me feel awful. I have a friend who was on it with one of her pregnancies and she said it wasn't bad. Well, I have been on it for about 3 days now and I have noticed that I am a little bit more exhausted. That's quite a statement because I was already VERY tired! But the major difference I have noticed is that I cry...A LOT. About everything. It's absurd. I have never been an emotional pregnant woman....until now. Honestly it's kind of fun. I will be sobbing and shaking my head in bewilderment wondering why on Earth I can't control myself. But whatever. If it will possibly help my baby then let's open the flood gates!

I also am having issues with just doing what I need to do, like cleaning. I don't want to, so I don't. I feel completely unable to pry myself off the couch. It's insane. That part is NOT fun. I miss my clean house. I miss doing fun stuff with my children. But it's only for one more month, and the payoff will be totally worth it. :)

Of course Heath is being incredible through all of this. I really can't believe it. Sometimes I think he is too good to be true. When I cry he makes it better. When I don't clean, he is understanding. When I want a nap he lets me take one. I really love him. I couldn't ask for a better husband.

Thunder Hoof

We got a new pony!! We have been looking for one for months now. We finally found him. He is a cute little thing. My children LOVE him. The children named him Thunder Hoof. We are spending a lot of time these days riding him,brushing him, feeding him, petting him and picking out his itty bitty hooves. It's great fun. I'm praying that he will be a blessing to our family for many years to come. If I had a camera I would post a pic. One of these days (like the day that I quit using my money for ponies and start using it for a camera) I'll get a camera and post a pic. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words. :)

Londynisms

Last night the dog started barking in the middle of the night and Londyn said, "Quincy is barking but there is no one here. I don't know what he's talking about."

Tonight she fell out of her chair while she was eating goldfish crackers and she said, "I'm okay." Quincy was watching her the whole time and she said, "I fink (think) Quincy thinks it was sad. He looks BERRY sad. He looks too much sad."

I love the precious things my children say. They are such a blessing to me.

Tonight I wanted to go for a walk. I figured that at 10:30 it might be endurable. It wasn't. It was HOT. H-O-T. At 10:55 I came back into the house dripping with sweat. Lovely. I only made it 25 minutes. Maybe I'm just a sissy. Maybe I'm getting old. My birthday is in just 4 days. Maybe 31 year old people just can't take the heat. Geez. I'm going to try again tomorrow night. Maybe I will be able to go 30 minutes! LOL I think I need a treadmill for my birthday.... :)

As good as Disney

Tonight we had a wonderful night. We went to Wal-Mart where I bought a new book for myself and Heath bought himself his first ever pair of steel toed work boots. Then we headed over to Target to let the kids each pick out a toy. We don't do this often so it's a big deal. Luke got a new Magic Treehouse book, Levi got a hippo Webkinz, and Londyn got a doll stroller. Then, to really top off the night, we all went and had supper at What-a-Burger. We have never eaten there. Seriously.

I sent Levi to go get napkins. I told him to get about 10. When he came back he said, "I accidently got one more than 10."

Also I saw Londyn wisper something in Heath's ear. Then she crawled under the table. Then I saw her little hand put her chocolate chip cookie on the seat of the booth beside me. She knows how I feel about chocolate chip cookies. Especially ones that have been laid on public booths. ;) And this was her very sweet gift to me.

I told the children to make sure that they were full because they weren't getting any snack tonight when they got home. (It was 10:30 when we got there.) Luke said, "How could we after this feast?!

I don't know why tonight felt perfect and special...but it did. And I'm not the only one who thought so. Levi said as we were leaving, "Tonight was as good as Disney." :)