Catching up

Sorry it has taken so long for a good update. We are all doing well and have made it through a few busy weeks. I will try to give you the highlights of the past few weeks.

Several weeks ago I started calling our alarm company. We didn't have it turned on because we didn't have a code from the past owner of our home. I called for three weeks and never got a return call with the help we needed. During that third week on Wednesday and Thursday Abby had horrible nights. I got about 3 hours of sleep each night. On Friday it was worse, but I had Jeff to help me. Abby cried from 10 pm to 4 am. God used this in a strange way. At 3 am Jeff and I were in the living room with Abby and we heard a person trying to come in our front door. Not trying to break in just trying to walk in. It was a really drunk young man who had our house confused with the house of a friend of his in our neighborhood. He wouldn't go away and we called the cops. The man stayed in front of our home, even laying down in the front yard. He was asleep on the front porch by the time the police got here. Jeff listened to the whole conversation between the police and the young man. He was a polite man just lost and drunk. So, I called the alarm company on Monday morning and let them know about what happened. The praise is that within 5 minutes our alarm was up and functional. God used Abby to keep both Jeff and I awake. It was very likely that I would have been up alone on any given night feeding at 3 am. Thank you Jesus for keeping us both up.

The next week's drama is centered around our dog, Precious. She is a small curious dog and she likes to escape. I figured out she was missing about 10 am one morning and we had to pick Samantha up at noon that day. I loaded up Mackenzie and Abby and we started driving the neighborhood looking for Precious. As we came back down our street a neighbor had someone out trimming trees. I asked the lady if she had seen our dog and she directed us to a neighbor. We got Precious back, but the drama had only begun. The lady trimming trees told us that our neighbor had tried to give her Precious. So after picking up Samantha I went to the neighbor's house and asked her about what the lady had said. It was true. She felt we were neglectful because Precious had gotten out several times. To say the least I was shocked. We found the hole in out fence Precious escaped out of and fixed it. Each time Precious has gotten out it has been by different means. We have fixed it each time, but our neighbor didn't know this. All in all we have Precious back and our fence is a little more secure.

The next development was Abby's diaper rash that ended up being strep, and the impentigo on her eyelids. She has had medicine for both and everything is clearing up nicely.

I blog in my head a lot. One of the things I have been meaning to blog about deals with my attitude. When I am tired I mentally tell my self what is 'supposed to' happen. Well, as I figured out one night in the middle of the night- the 'supposed to's will kill you. It kills the spirit really quickly to start comparing and setting up expectations that have no basis in truth. So I have been working on keeping myself present in the right now and leave the 'supposed to's to someone else. My only 'supposed to's are to love Jesus, seek Him, love others, and share God's love.

Thank you for your continued prayers for our family. Please pray for Jeff and I to learn to deal with our parenting in a godly way. Too often lately we are tired and get frustrated way too easily. Pray for Samantha that she will learn to look to God for all her wisdom and not look at what the world tells us. Pray for Mackenzie to have better listening ears when it comes to instructions from Jeff and I. Pray for Abby- her development is behind. It may be normal for her, but it is still disheartening to me sometimes. We are just now barely getting a smile and a coo from her. Pray that I will also not get caught up in what she is 'supposed to' be doing.

We are really grateful for all of our loved ones, and for all of the love poured out to us.

Long time no post

So sorry for not posting sooner. Things have been busy here. Abby is growing like crazy and it is wonderful to see. Samantha started 1st grade, and Mackenzie is having fun getting Mommy mostly alone a lot of the time.

Here is a picture of Abby. She is 7 pounds 8.5 ounces today.

From Wordless wednesday