Its not by 'luck' but by God's mercy

We are learning to never take good health for granted at our house. JJ came down with another stomach bug less than 3 weeks after getting over the worst one ever. Poor kid! I guess I find that we take for granted the good health God sends our way on most days. I woke up feeling pretty yucky myself this morning. Runny nose, sore throat, and the wonderful sick feeling in my head is not making this the best Saturday ever. I am thankful that JJ is feeling better though, and that no one else is showing symptoms of a stomach bug. I know it could still hit us, but I am remaining hopeful. One lesson I am learning though is that I should stop counting on our luck to keep us healthy. I used a coffee cup this morning that really got through to me. It has a verse on it from James that says, 'The prayer of a righteous man is fervent and effective." I immediately began kicking myself. God is in control. He would be even more in control if I just let Him be. I tend to try and deal with everything on my own. I worry, fret and make myself sick over the anxiety. Sickness can do that to me. Who will get it next? How many days off work will this cost me? How will I clean up yet another throw up? (It is my LEAST favorite activity as a mom). I am going to give this one to God and let Him decide the answers to all those questions. He will surely give me the strength to deal with it all if I just let Him.

Lord...take me away until only You remain.

Snow days and Naps= Perfect!

Today was an awesome day. Snow was in the forecast but no one really believed it would come. We have had several of these 'snow' forecasts and had not yet been blessed with snow on a school day. I was really hoping for it though! It turns out that snow started to fall around 9:30am...we all anxiously awaited the announcement of early dismissal...and it came about an hour later! It was so fun! I picked up the kids, and we all went home to enjoy a much needed nap time. The poor kids had a fun filled weekend that left them both over tired and crabby. I too needed some extra Z's so off we went to dream land...for a good 2.5 hours!! I highly doubt I will be able to sleep tonight but it was worth it. Of course, a half day off is never enough so we are hoping for a cancellation again tomorrow. High expectations I know...but snow days are so fun!

Overall, we are all doing well. Miracle is doing well in school and really starting to understand the reading process. She still has a lot to learn but is doing very well considering the disadvantages she has had in life. She is really starting to figure out that girls are supposed to like boys and vice versa. She commented the other day that the boys at school probably thought she was cute in her new black pants and pink shirt. ADORABLE..yes. SCARY...yes!! JJ is finally starting to get back to his normal self. Aside from being sick and coughing excessively, his little cheeks were all red and chapped from the cold weather and playing outside. After several nights of lotion on the cheeks, cough medicine, and allergy medicine...he is finally starting to look like my cute little man again!

We are all counting down the 3.5 weeks until spring break and looking forward to the summer fun that is soon to follow. It is so nice to know that the along with the warmth will come less sickness...and more time to sleep!

Can we pull off perfect?

OK...the last few weekends have been pretty hectic at our house. It seems that sickness, work, cleaning, sickness, and more cleaning have been filling our agendas like crazy. I am just hoping for somewhat of a perfect and restful weekend this time around. We have an outing planned for tonight and the kids are so pumped to see their cousins, Jack and Riley. JJ was so convinced that we had went to their house without him this morning that Josh ended up having to go and get him from daycare because he was inconsolable. Poor kid. You would think we never see the cousins he loves so much! Saturday is our planned 'rest' day aside from a quick trip to Wal-mart to get a gift for the birthday party we are going to on Sunday afternoon. All in all, it is looking to be fun and hopefully sun filled:) Hope you all have a wonderful weekend to. Just remember--when all else fails--- being with the ones you love automatically makes every day perfect!

Are we done yet?

OK. JJ has gone 24 hours plus some without vomiting. He still isn't eating that well, but he is keeping small stuff down. He still looks weak and pale....but seems to be on the tail end of this junk. It has been quite the week I tell you. My hubby was out of town when all of this started...and I swear that I have NEVER missed him so much. He came home on Thursday afternoon. I hugged him with a forever long hug and told him he is NEVER going to work out of town again....and he nicely informed me that he has to go back in a few weeks. AHHHHHHHHH!! I'm already cringing at the thought of what horrible ailment is going to hit us next time he is unavailable to help me out....I guess I never realized how very valuable he really is around here:) Thats a plus though. Two is better than one on any day...especially when there is vomit involved!

update

JJ is finally sleeping. He woke up this morning acting as close to normal as possible...after all he had spent the day before vomiting. His fever was gone and, he was fine all day until after nap. On our way to get Miracle from school, poor JJ started throwing up again. He continued to do so every ten minutes for an hour afterwards. During this time, mommy was freaking out. He had thrown up on his car seat so I could not drive him to the ER until it was dry...my husband is still out of town so I was stuck with one child stuck at school and one vomiting every ten minutes for no apparent reason. I called for backup. My wonderful sisters rushed to my aid. One picked up Miracle and took her away from the drama, and the other stayed with me to take JJ to an emergency pediatrician appointment. He threw up continuously until he got a shot to stop the nasuea. The Dr. says its just a relapse...I have my doubts. Thankfully, he is now sleeping soundly, and I have a perscription to stop the vomiting if it starts again. I have strict orders to take him to the ER if he starts vomiting uncontrollably again in the night....so keep us in your prayers! Its now been two days....how long can a kid vomit and still survive??? poor baby.....

A very sick boy

My little man has a nasty virus. He has not been able to keep anything down all morning. This is the sickest I have ever seen him. He slept for 4.5 hours, and then I had to wake him up just to make sure he was ok. He stayed up for about 3o minutes and then asked to go back to bed. He is now sleeping soundly again...I hope he gets back to himself again soon. Everyone say a prayer for his sissy. She definitely is at a disadvantage for getting this junk as well as I am. We are in for an interesting week for sure.... I will keep you all posted....I HATE SICKNESS!

PS: the picture above is him trying to be happy....he is so pale and feverish. I hate this for him!

Ta-Da!

My new floor is mostly done! My living room is done and my hallway is almost there. Don't you love it??

In case you forgot how it looked before...look behind the princess at the yucky carpet!

I have a lot of work to do tomorrow. I have to re arrange everything and unpack everything that was packed up to make the floor accessible. Thankfully, tomorrow is Saturday. Not only do I get to enjoy my new floor, but I also get to enjoy my wonderful family and a good, productive day at home!