Just sittin' here

So, I'm just sitting here doing nothing really. I am watching College Basketball. Yeah! Since we don't have cable, I don't get to watch much basketball at all. March Madness is the best of the best of college games. Although, secretly, I really do prefer the NBA. however, I will not turn down the chance the watch ANY good basketball game. It's freezing outside right now. It's been blowing snow off and on theis afternoon and evening. Nothing sticks of course. But, I am glad to be inside.

This afternoon Thomas went in to get an epidural steroid shot in his back. He's been having some pain for about 3 months, and it started affecting his sleep and his everyday activities. Last week, the doctor sent him for an MRI and they found that he has 2 bulging disks inbetween the L4 and L5 and then between the L5 and S1. Basically, the one just above his tailbone and the one above that. He's been having trouble sleeping and has a lot of pain when he goes from sitting to standing and vice versa. Today, he had trouble just tying his tennis shoes. I'm glad he's getting some releif. He's been waking me up at night with his tossing and turning, and we have a king size bed so he's gotta do a lot of moving around to really wake me up. So, today, they put him under a giant C shaped xray machine and injecting a dye so they could see the epidural space and then injected a steroid. I couldn't go in with him since they were using the xrays. He's also on some muscle relaxers, and now he's asleep on the couch. In about a week, he will start going to physical therapy to help strengthen his back muscles. For about 2 months now, he has taken control over my heating pad. I told him tonight that he has to buy me another one, or he's going to have a fight on his hands.

I went to my first real checkup with Dr. Devine this week. We took the boys along so they could hear the baby's heartbeat. The morning of the appointment, Noah was coughing and I told Thomas that maybe we shouldn't take the boys and that they go the next time. Noah started crying, "Nooooo, I wanna go hear the baby's heart beep." I thought it was soo cute. The termanoloy at our house it seems will be permantly changed to a heart beep instead of a heart beat. The heart beat was 166, so apparently that means a girl, but its only right about half the time. We shall see. I don't get to go have another ultrasound until probably the end of May. I will have to learn to be patient I guess. Ugg, I can't wait to find out what it is so that I can start talking about names.

Oklahoma is totally Whooping up on Syracruse! I guess I will go now and get my boys ready for bed. They didn't nap today, and they will be ready for sleep early.

New Day, A New Post

My sister in law, Tiffany and her husband were here in town for a couple of days. We had a really good time visiting. She is pregnant too, so we talked a lot of baby talk. I shared with her some the stuff that I had wished someone had told me to expect about childbirth and after. You moms know what I'm talking about, all those yucky gross things that no one fills you in on but you wish that they had....

Noah has been potty trained for quite awhile now, but the last couple of weeks, he's decided to forget and has been having an accident at least a couple times a week. It's starting to become a little frustrating. Nathan had a time of regression for a while but that was when Noah was a newborn and he was 2 1/2 not almost 4 like Noah. Could this be an early reaction to another baby coming into the house and him wanting to still be the baby? I wouldn't think so, but I'm no expert. Anyone else have any thoughts?

sorry guys, just realized that i never let anyone know what was going on with my ultrasound. We of course saw our baby's heartbeat! Our ultrasound tech, John, is so awesome! I told him, "you are so good! now can you tell us if its a boy or a girl?" he just laughed. I'm pretty sure that he's not ever going to read this blog, but John from Covenant Imaging Center, You are awesome! thanks! Our official due date is now October 7th.

we are still in middle of our bathroom remodel. however, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. i got a new countertop, sink, drawer knobs, and shower curtain yesterday. the floor is down and the toilet has been put back. thomas is working on installing the new counter right now. next he'll be painting and then i will be on my way to a bubble bath. Let me tell you, i am a 2 hour bubble bath kinda girl. the kind of bath where you have to drain out the water so you can add more hot. This pregnant mama is already having hip trouble and really, really, needs her bath! i can't wait. I have been taking pictures along the way. hopefully, i can figure out how to post some when its all down. i'm telling you, it is NOT pretty. but, its gonna be oh so nice when its done! Honey, you are awesome!

I really wanted to go to the drive-in tonite. there is nothing showing that is worth wasting my money on. the best part about going to the drive-in is the cheeseburger, fries, and coke from the 50's cafe! ummmm, so yummy!! i guess im going to settle for tacos and whatever is on the tv tonite. i don't usually watch on friday nites so im not sure if there's even anything good going to be on.

let's see, what else? Noah has started asking my to do school with him. i think he is jealous of the time that nathan gets to spend with me one on one. his Nana got him a Dora activities book for christmas, so i got that out and he loves following the dotted lines and matching colors and pictures.

Does anyone watch ER? I have been a fan since the very first season. Back with all the good people like Dr. Ross, Dr. Carter, Dr. Green, Abby.... Well, last nite, Dr. Carter came back to the show for the final few episodes. i used to always think that he was soooo cute. or i guess back in high school i would have said he was so fine. can't wait to see how it all turns out. looks like he's probably going to die, i wish he would just be able to live happily ever after.

oh, yeah, and my brother is running a marathon. He rocks!!!

i guess that's a long enough post for now

I haven't blogged in awhile. I noticed today, its been well over a month since i last blogged. I'm actually not sure where to start. There's been sooo much going on with me over the last month. I have dealt with some health issues. Had lots of test run, all to tell me a whole of nothing. On Thursday when I have more blood tests done again, it will be my 5th week in a row of being stuck with a needle at least once a week if not more. And, I still have more blood work to look forward to next week too. It doesn't even hurt anymore. Thankfully, I have really good veins, and the nurses never have trouble.

I recently found out that I'm pregnant! Yeah!!! It has kinda muddled up some my other symptoms I was having. I won't be sure which are symptoms I was having first, and which can be attributed to just being pregnant. Initially, my progesterone levels were really good. But, last week the numbers tanked. So, I am now taking progesterone pills to help with that. I had an ultrasound last week. I was only 5 weeks so we only saw that there was a sac and a yolk inside the sac. Next week I will have another ultrasound. I will be 7 weeks, so we should be able to see the heartbeat. Please keep that in your prayers. Seeing that heartbeat on the screen will be so reassuring.

Nathan and I are trucking along with school. We having been studying about fish: where they live, what they eat, really cool things about them. it's pretty fascinating. He's reading so good now. We are working hard on spelling. He can read a word, but has lots of trouble if you ask him spell or write that same word. We found this really cool book for our Bible lessons. its called The Answers Book for Kids. It has real questions about the bible written by real kids. Then a theologist answers the questions in really cute ways. My favorite so far was "Did Adam and Eve have a Belly Button?" Nathan thought it was really funny.

Well, my kids are both standing here BEGGING for some chocolate milk. so, i guess that is all for now.

BUT all that really matters now is.......

......... I'm gonna have another baby!!!!!!

Rrrre-e-e-eally? Is that So?

Biblical Theology According to Noah

the Back story: My mom has 4 indoor cats. Tiger, Tinkerbell, Sassy, and Buddy. At least more than one cat has been getting sick at night and throwing up all over. not knowing the culprit(s) my dad took all 4 to the vet. turns out, 3 of them had to be put to sleep, only Tink got to come home.

Today, Riding in the car: I told nathan that a very sad thing happened at mimi's house. i told him that all of mimi's cats except for tink were very sick and they died. nathan started crying pretty hard. we've dealt with the death of a couple of pets at home already, so i thought he was going to handle this a little better, but i guess i was wrong. he was saying that he wished that sassy was still alive because she was his favorite. this is the converstaion that took place

Nathan: "why do our pets always have to die?"

Me: "beacuse all things have to die. even people have to die"

Noah: "but only sometimes"

Me: "no, all things die"

Nathan: "but why"

Me: "well, because Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, and now all things have to die. but if you have Jesus in your heart, when you die you get to live forever with him in heaven."

Noah: "yeah, and if you're REALLY bad and mean, then when you die you have to go to Jail"

Me: "actually, Noah, if you break the law you can go to jail. if you don't have Jesus in your heart when you die then you have go be with the devil."

Noah: "oh, no, thats not good."

i have no idea where noah could have gotten that from, but i thought it was soo funny. i had to call daddy and nana and mimi too. it is so funny how kids sometimes rationalize and work things out in their mind. they pick up bits and pieces of stuff from everywhere and then try the best their little minds can work to figure stuff out. anyway, hope that gave you a chuckle.

by the way: mom, my sisters, and yes my dad too even though he'd Never admit it were pretty sad, but everyone seems to be okay.

A dream for Thomas

its time for a new post. i had a very relaxing christmas with my family. it was kinda cruddy that thomas had to work on both christmas eve and on christmas day, but it was workable. he didn't miss out on much. we just had to change a little bit of our traditional routine.

what am i looking forward to in the new year? Hmm, let see. The typical, i want to exercise more, eat healthier, figure out how to get my kids to eat more veggies. i want to better at cleaning and keeping my house 'guest' ready all the time. i want to find a way to spend more quality time with my husband. We will celebrate our tenth anniversary this July. Maybe finding a way to do date nite more often. I would like to have another baby this year, but we'll see what God has in store. i want to do better at emailing and staying in contact with friends and family that i don't see regularly. i also want this to be the year we are finally out of debt. we've worked hard over the last year and half, and we're almost there. Our van will be paid off this year, yeah no more car payments!

what i really want for this coming year, is for Thomas to FINALLY experience his dream. His dream of being in full time ministry. He has know he's been called since he was young. It has been many and many a year that his dream has gone unfulfilled. I have seen my childhood dreams, my marriage and my children. Not, that to thomas those things are not important, because he loves us all dearly. But, something about seeing him day after day trekking off to work towards one more day of an unfulfilled dream. For those who don't know, my husband has this awesome ability to teach. I promise, he knows EVERYTHING!!! he is so close to finishing his theology degree. However, its really hard to go to school at night, when your job mainly consists of working at night. i desire for him to realize fruit in his abilities. If you've ever seen him with youth, those kids adore him. he is not teaching his youth sunday school this year. the opportunity is no longer there. it truly breaks my heart that he has all this talent and love to give to the kids and yet it stays all bottled up inside him with no place to pour it out. A couple of summers ago, he got to fill in for a youth pastor at a small church. We had so much fun! Im telling you people, this guy would make the world's best youth/college pastor. he is a perpetual teenager. he loves his video games, staying out late, going to movies, hanging out with people, playing games... and so much more.

so, all of you out there is blogger world, if you know of or hear of a need, my hubby needs a job where he gets to daily pour into the lives of those who need to know about Christ. Youth who need to be equipped with the tools to lead and know why they believe. In our country where our faith is being squashed and diluted, where are our leaders going to come from? That's a whole different direction that i will leave for thomas to blog about.

will you keep thomas in your prayers? pray for 2009 to be the year that thomas sees the callings and the prophecies spoken over him to be realized and fulfilled.



i know its a hunting picture, but i promise, he will not hunt any kids or teach them to do so without parental approval.

Why oh Why

why oh, why does that googy guy always think he needs to butt his head in somewhere that it doesn't belong? huh? I guess because that's what he does. He is here to steal, kill, and destroy. Here I have been cruising along, getting ready for Christmas and "whadda ya know?" Here he comes rears his ugly head and tries to steal my joy! i could go on and tell all the little things going on that are not right. But, mostly i would be whining and he would be winning. i have so much to be thankful for!

well, I say: oh, no you don't! not this time! you may not steal my joy! i do not belong to you. i belong to God my Father! i am going to celebrate the birth of my Saviour and you can't stop me! you are under my feet, you dirty little snake! so, get thee behind me!