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It’s sort’a like a junk drawer thing… No other place to put it.

National Day Of Prayer

Have you said your prayers today?

I must admit that I have stumbled with this; not so much as saying a prayer but just stepping aside from all distractions and sitting down quietly with God and really talking and opening my heart to him. I stumble with this.

I do, pray all the time, otherwise. Throughout the day I’m saying prayers for people that I know. Something will remind of them or my thoughts will suddenly turn in their direction and I just start praying for them. For instance, if I see the color purple, my friend Sarah likes purple, so do my niece’s. So at that moment I say a prayer for them to let them know that no matter what, the Lord is near and ready to provide their every need. Or if I see a certain item that I know someone collects like: roosters, sunflowers, owls, geese, strawberries, spoons, dogs, motorcycles, or whatever it may be. Then I ask God to watch over them and protect them. It’s just something that I do and have always done. My struggle though, like I mentioned before, is with spending the much needed time alone with God and praying. That’s beginning to all change though…

Isabel is getting us to pray as a family more. Whenever we sit down to eat, whether it be for a meal or snack, she folds her hands and gets our attention! Hey, it’s time to pray! She’s getting really good at it!

At bed time, I was reading simple prayers to her from little prayer bibles and books that she has. Because I had wanted to plant the seed in her mind that prayer is an important thing. Now though, I have found that I can really pray with her without the books. She bows her head and folds her hands and we’ll spend several minutes together praying.

So it seems fitting on this national day of prayer, I should take some time and really step away from all the distractions and really thank God for the truly amazing daughter he placed in our care!

“Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.”
– Author unknown

Project Beginnings

As I was getting the door installation blog together, I ran into some photos from just 8 months ago that I thought would be nice to share. You can really get a better understanding of how it’s changed in just that short time. Enjoy!

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This was taken back in August 2007. We began by raking all the rocks up in the backyard and Isabel even did her part, carrying little rocks and just playing in the dirt.

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This is just one month later, in September, still working on the rocks in the yard. I think Isabel must be eating them because that mouth is dirty!

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This isn’t actually working on a “project” for the house but you get a better sense of the changes when you see how she looks today.

Spring Bug And Scrapbook

We have been such slackers on our site but I got sick over the weekend of the 8th and 9th.

It started out as a scratch in my throat that morning and by the early evening I had the chills. The following days produced a fever-up to 100.7, chills, sweats, a cough, aches and pains, and an earache. By Monday evening, Gino had picked it up too. He stayed home all last week with about the same symptoms as me, only difference was his temperature lasted longer then mine did. He ended up going to the Dr. on Friday or Saturday. Come to find out this terrible “bug” was going around. Gino got some antibiotics and is on the mend.

Both of us just have a cough every so often. Spring time “bugs” sure aren’t the nicest way to celebrate spring. Luckily, Isabel didn’t get it to bad, only a runny nose and tiny cough. We kept a close eye on her temperature and made sure to keep her drinking liquids.

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A package from G.G. arrived today with a scrapbook for Isabel!
Thank you G.G.!

She Was M-A-D!

Isabel went to the doctor today for her 2 year wellness check; she was not happy. As soon as they called her name and I began to push the stroller back into the exam room she was already saying “no-no, no-no”. To make matters more stressful, I had to take her clothes off and put a gown on. She didn’t want to be weighed. She didn’t want the nurse to check her height. She got extremely mad when the nurse drew her blood (from her toe). She started thrashing about on the table, screaming bloody murder! The nurse held her feet while I did my best to hold down her torso and her arms! She’s STRONG! After the doctor came to do his exam of her, things went from bad to worse. I tried my best to hear and answer all the questions he had for me. It’s a little hard when you have a toddler screaming in your ear and trying to climb over your head to get away from the really scary man! And if things couldn’t get any worse for my little girlie, she had to get 3 shots! Isabel received her fourth DTap (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), first Varicella (chickenpox), and first Hepatitis A. It just breaks my heart to see her like that and I totally understand what she’s thinking and feeling! Like I’ve mentioned before she remembers everything…her 5 days in the hospital last year! She was so tiny and still is. Isabel is in the 10 percentile for her weight (the doctors children are too!); she weighs around 23 lbs. Isabel is in the 50 percentile for height; she is 34 inches. Otherwise she’s doing wonderfully. She only had one ear infection last year, besides a few colds that we tackled together (if she gets one-I get one or visa-versa).

So it’s been a bit rough for my little girlie today…she’s sleeping now…thankfully. Tomorrow will be better…it’s supposed to be sunny (again!). Woohoo!