Gardening

WE have planted our garden in the last week. The kids were so excited about it, talking about it for days and days. When we finally got to the actually planting part they were interested for about five minutes TOTAL!!! Sam planted a few watermelon seeds and Sophia planted nothing. She just kept rearranging seed packets. We planted: Sweet corn, broccoli, zucchini, summer squash, pole beans, peas, cherry tomatos, beef steak tomatos, watermelon and one more thing that I can't remember:-)

The craziness of this week....

Lets see:
Over the weekend Matt's rear windshield shattered
Sammy started coming down with some respiratory illness which has gotten
worse, I am wondering if he is developing a sinus infection
Matt got some flu like illness with fever, aches chills etc. He has been
sick since sunday. And actually feels worse again today
Me: I got the approval to go back to patient care after 7months! And no
now believe I have plantar fasciitis!!! Not positive, but spoke
the doctor tonight on the phone and that is what she thinks. I will
get checked in the AM.
Sophia: the little darling was praying for all three of us tonight. She
was so incredibly sweet, and asking God to heal each of us, but
then also thanking Him for healing us. I am so thankful that my
children already are developing a faith that KNOWS what our God
can do.:-)
So that is our week so far in a nutshell. It has been a rough week but God is still God and He is still providing for us. We are praying that everyone feels better in the morning. Sam is supposed to have a sleep study tomorrow night at Children's, I am still unsure of whether or not they are going to reschedule due to his sickness. My friend graciously has agreed to take Miss Sophia while I am in Boston with Sam, again God is taking care of us....
My favorite verse of all time:
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me:-)

Feeling so blessed:-)

Sammy had another wonderful day! He hasn't complained of belly pain since friday!!! Thank you Lord for your answered prayers! I am just so relieved and enjoying having my sweet little guy eat with us and not be in pain. He is so sweet and loving and I am so thankful to be his momma.
Sophia seems to be coming down with a cold. She just wants to snuggle, and this momma loves to snuggle her. I can't believe that in just over a month she will turn three!!! Where does the time go? She is such a joy, she is so spunky and fun loving, she is determined and wants to lend a helping hand always.
We had a wonderful church service today. We actually skyped with a missionary in Indonesia. It was really cool to hear firsthand what God is doing out on the mission field. We so often take for granted how easy we have it in the US, but to hear from someone that has taken the call and gone where God has led him it was eye opening.
We have had a good weekend. Matt went to the church yesterday to help shovel off the roof. We have SO SO SO MUCH snow around here! I can't wait for it to melt so we can see over it:-) The kiddos LOVE painting and so we had a messy painting adventure too:-)

I John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

The recovery process....STINKS!!!!

Sunday was a good day for Sam. Matt and Sophia came to visit which was awesome. It was so nice to actually be a family again. It wasn't too long before the kids were arguing and we were having to referee them. It felt so comfortable:-) I miss being a family and having us all together. Don't get me wrong I am loving spending the one on one time with Sam, and having the time to spend in the evening with my best friend, but I am a wife and mom and I miss being JUST that right now:-)
Monday my parents came to visit which was really nice too. They commented about how thin Sam is, and I guess I hadn't really noticed. I have been complaining recently at the last few doctors appointments that he had been losing weight but I had been reassured that he was ok. But after my parents left I put him on the scale, he has lost almost five and a half pounds! I know that doesn't seem like a lot but he was really thin to begin with, we can see all his ribs, when he sits on my lap he feels frail and boney.:-( Unfortunately this weight loss is probably going to continue for another week or so. He is now down to 32lb and is four years old!!!
Monday evening and night Sam got a little irritable before bed, he woke up twice last night in terrible pain. There was nothing I could do for him to help. I was praying, rocking him, singing, but he was just hurting too bad to notice. I called the doctors office, and they said that increased pain at this stage is completely normal. I am not sure if I agree but I am going to wait another day and see. The poor kid is so irritable. It just seems to me that if plain tylenol was able to manage his pain all last week when we had the surgery, why after a week is it not able to cut it anymore? Ugggghhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
Please pray for my boy tonight. That he is comfortable and pain free, that he can sleep well and feel better tomorrow. And also (the nurses informed me that day 10-14 are the biggest bleeding risks after the first 24hrs) that there will continue to be no bleeding. Thanks!!!

Random

It has been kind of a crazy few days around here. We are having lots of fun, well the kids and Matt are. I am still having a lot of pain in my back, shoulder, and neck. I am not sure what the next course of action will be. I need to call the employee health nurse in the AM, to see what I need to do next in terms of the workman's comp and actually getting this treated. The ER gave me a shot and some medication, but it doesn't seem to be working. I am hoping to be referred to get a deep tissue massage or chiropractor or something, I really don't want to be taking all this medication. Please continue to pray that these spasms go away. Thanks so much!
Matt has been working so hard this summer (well actually since we moved in) to get this fence up. He cut all the pickets and made the design himself. I am so blessed to be married to such a hard working and talented man! Thank you so much Honey I love you!!!





Matt's cousin Traci has come up for a visit with her dog Deely. My kids had such a blast with this dog. She was so sweet and well behaved. I was kind of nervous to have a dog in the house, but if they were all this good we could have a dog all the time:-) It was wonderful to spend time with you Traci:-)


Sam got this bike last year for his birthday and he is having a blast with it. We have had such fabulous weather (kind of hot) lately. The kids have gotten to be outside the majority of each day.

Wood workers

The ENORMOUS WOOD PILE Matt has cut down

My little painter:-)



Matt (Daddy) has been feverishly working day in and day out building a fence (From scratch) that he has designed for the new house. It has become a game for Sophia to run towards the road. It is such a source of anxiety for me. She gets this little grin and says I run to the road, and then she darts! I am so thankful that Matt is building this fence and working so hard after work each day to get it done so quickly. Thank you honey! WE love and appreciate you so much!!!

WE went on a date!!!

Wow! What a surprise tonight was. WE had just finished supper and clean up when my mom called and said that she was coming over so that Matt and I could go on a date. So we did. We went bowling, which we haven't done in forever and I totally got my butt kicked but it was a blast. Matt had like more than double my score. We then went to Starbucks/Barnes and Noble and actually had an adult conversation. It was awesome. Sometimes in the hustle and bustle of life with two little kids we forget to spend time together just the two of us. Thanks mom for reminding us to take that time. Thanks for being willing to take care of the crabby Miss Sophia and for Sammy too.
Sophia seems to be doing better. She isn't spiking fevers as high anymore and her diarrhea has slowed down. She is still quite crabby but prayerfully we are coming to the end of that too. Thanks Nikki for the suggestion. I don't know why I hadn't thought of that, but it worked.:-) Pray for a good night's sleep for all of us.