On our way to school.....:)
Naomi enjoying some freedom, walking with big brother!!
We have had such a nice weekend!!! We are all on the mend and praise God for our (many) answered prayers in healing us!! Naomi is all smiles again, eating, sleeping and pain free!! What a ride this has been, but at the same time, very sanctifying for me. Allow me to explain:
I started exercising about 9 years ago, and have been "religious" about it ever since....to the point of sacrificing other things in my life and making that too much of a priority and focus. Though I certainly don't intend on stopping all together or giving up and living on twinkies (HAHA, I wish), I am thankful for this time that God has shown me a new perspective on priorities and He has proven to me that I don't "have" to have exercise.....I can exist without it every single day :)
Sanctification is hard and sometimes grueling, but looking at it after the fact is so gratifying....makes me ever so thankful for God and His mercies on my life....
Looking forward to a beautiful week here!!! Nate heads back to school tomorrow and Naomi and I have plans to get OUT OF THE HOUSE!! :) Been a while :)
Scary night last Tuesday.....
I woke up with a high fever and severe shivering that we could not keep under control with medicine. Joel took me to the ER at 3am and after several hours of testing, they determined that I had both pneumonia and mono. WOW - about all I could say at the moment. I knew from others' experiences that mono was not something you got over in 24-48 hours. Here I am almost a week later and still very tired and almost no energy. Joel took off work the rest of last week and made sure the kids had a blast! I was so thankful to find out Saturday that the 3 previous days were full of fun memories for them, as I had slept 3 1/2 days straight.....
Today is my first full day with the kids as Joel went back to work. I am limited on what I should be doing, being sure not to overdo it....they have warned me how that can be a bad thing - to overdo it with mono - so I am listening to their advice. I think the pneumonia is pretty much gone - thankful to see the fever, backache, and overall horribleness in the past.
Please pray for our family that the rest are spared this wretched virus, and that I can recover as expected to get back to normal and back to raising my sweet babies (one of whom goes to kindergarten in 3 days, but I am "too tired" to think about that right now)
Only 10 days left until our little man's life changes forever! I know it's only kindergarten...it just feels so...BIG and DIFFERENT and NEW....for me at least. Nate, on the other hand, is VERY excited and not nervous at all. Good thing, he can hold my hand and tell me it will be OK as we walk to school...that's right, we are close enough to walk! Only 2 blocks away, and I am so glad! I can spy through the windows and check on him...hee hee, just teasing.
This is his "Mock Kindergarten" picture I took today as we had a lil get together here at the house. I played teacher and a few of his friends came over , who are also going into kindergarten, and we played school for the morning - you know, to help prepare (me) them for the big day next week.
Naomi, having fun with brothers' toys while he was away with daddy...see that smile?? She adores him and all his toys!!!
I know, I know...but let me tell you, I got SOOO much done while she (made this mess) read the paper! I planned meals for 2 weeks, made my 2 week grocery list, and cleaned the kitchen - that's a lot for me these (rather busy) days! She had a blast too! She is saying "uh-oh" in this picture and we cleaned it all up after I took this shot.
There he is, eating lunch in his new home away from home - the school cafeteria. We went on Saturday for a picnic and to meet some new friends. He loved eating with them (he sat with his friends, rather than us, which I was glad to see he was comfortable doing that). He enojoyed his hot dog, sprite, snow cone and the firetruck he got to climb on. Hope he does not think those things are a daily occurence at school, boy will he be disappointed.
Nate with the mascot, GO SME TIGERS!!
Walking to school....officially, of course, the big day is August 13, but I took this shot Saturday as we walked to the picnic. I am standing on our street, and you can just barely see the playground of the school behind Nate...that's how close we are! Lovin the whole "walk to school" thing....
All I got for today. Naomi is resting, Nate is having some down time and I am getting ready to pack our bags for an afternoon at the pool.
