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not lonesome.

May 23, 2011

do you ever wonder what it’s like to be alone?

yeah, me too.

i was talking to a friend yesterday

who lamented that her only alone time

was in the bathroom.

i wish i could say the same.

i feel like the only time my children aren’t yakking my ears off

or hanging off of my every limb

is when it’s dinnertime.

then i can’t seem to get them to come to the table.

i hope that doesn’t have anything to do with my cooking.

for just last night, i served tacos

(with fresh cilantro from our garden!)

and D would not eat his meat and sour cream filled tortilla.

that was, until he was allowed to dip it in ketchup.

gross.

he may never complain about my cooking again.

i am not a fan of ketchup at all

(sorry if that offends you)

but i do remember while growing up

that my cousins would put ketchup on everything.

and i mean everything.

that’s probably why i can’t even stand the smell of it.

i think my children are laughing at me in this photo.

laughing at my dream that i might someday get a photo

with all three of my children

smiling and

looking at the camera.

don’t you think?

who am i kidding.

that is not going to happen anytime soon.

but he’ll smile for me.

if i beg him.

even though being in front of the camera

makes him uncomfortable.

and this little man,

he loves it when i take his picture.

actually, it’s sometimes difficult to get a shot of him

when he is not smiling and looking at the camera.

unless, he is with his siblings.

then he never looks and smiles.

not when they do anyway.

i think they’ve formed some sort of pact.

in other news,

L has his first post-op later today.

i am interested in hearing what L

has to say to the doc

because he has fully investigated his own wounds.

yuck.

the past two mornings,

we have found L without a sock on his right foot

and he has also now decided to remove the bandage on that foot.

again, i say yuck.

i’m looking forward

and not looking forward

to the big reveal of his left foot today.

i accidentally saw some of it without a bandage

when we were in the hospital and

i think i will be forever scarred by that sighting.

i don’t remember seeing much foot at all

but lots and lots of stitches and blood.

i don’t think that L will be phased by any of this

but i sure have been.

i’ll be sure to keep you posted.

you can count on that.

fyi, these photos were taken before the operation.

1121. fluid thoughts

1122. a spontaneous visit

from out of town friends

1123. a fun-packed

full to the brim weekend

(more on that soon)

1124. delicious food

(even though D doesn’t think so)

1125. soul-stirring photos

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grateful.

May 20, 2011

we have been reading this book a lot lately.

and giving lots of pretend kisses to mr. L’s piggies.

i’m afraid to touch his feet,

although he loves to grab a hold of them once his meds kick in.

yucko.

i think i’m a good nurse and can handle a lot.

but blood and stitches?

not so much.

i’ll leave that to the doctors.

and K.

she asks to see L’s boo-boos all day long.

for the first time in a long time,

i am able to say that i’m grateful for our trials.

the trials we have endured

and the trials we are enduring.

the trials that affect our minds and

the trials that leave us with stitches and dried blood.

this is because i know that God is working.

He is working in my life and

He is growing me and

He is changing me and

doing what He does best.

He is showing off

(my sweet friend Katherine Wolf’s husband

reminds us that God likes to do that).

Rejoice in the Lord always.

I will say it again: Rejoice!

Philippians 4:4

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,

whenever you face trials of many kinds,

because you know that

the testing of your faith produces perseverance.

Let perseverance finish its work

so that you may be mature and complete,

not lacking anything.

James 1:2-4

1116. trials

1117. wet sidewalk chalk in a bowl

1118. my sweet sis who designs things for me

even on her lunch break

1119. what is to come

1120. children who don’t even

open the front door for the fedex guy

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home again, home again.

May 19, 2011

it’s {embrace} the camera day!

we’re home nowbut here’s what the last couple of days have looked like.

this was right before his physical

bright and early on tuesday morning.

getting a couple last looks at his piggies.

L, after his “happy juice.”

oh my goodness.

that stuff is crazy.

he was instantly

so happy and

so drowsy and

so calm.

it made the pass-off much, much easier

for everyone.

while my parents were dutifully watching the bigs,

Auntie B and Uncle J joined us in the waiting room.

we ate mcdonald’s

(which was located not near but in the hospital)

while sitting at a kids’ table.

amazingly enough, the wait did not seem that long.

not that long at all.

even though it was long.

and it was even longer than we all

(including the doctors) had thought.

but God’s peace was pouring all over us

and He carried us through the long wait.

the sweet little boy

was quite upset when he came to

after the surgery.

once the morphine kicked in,

and he got some hugs from B and me,

he calmed right down.

i love how his pulse ox looks like a little heart here.

our room had a great view.

And surely I am with you always,

to the very end of the age.
Mathew 28:20b

1111. no complications during surgery

1112. no complications post-surgery

1113. incredible doctors

1114. love and care for L

1115. pain relievers

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L’s surgery went really well yesterday. it was a bit longer than they thought it would take but he did great. he aspirated, slightly during the surgery which got us an automatic night’s stay in the hospital. so while B went home to get some real sleep, my primary job has been to stop L from pulling out his IV and from taking his pulse/ox off. fun times. we did both sleep for a luxurious hour and a half for which i’m grateful for. we are praying to be released super early this am so we can get some real rest at home. we know when his pain meds have thoroughly kicked in as his favorite thing to do then is to try to remove his bandages. no thank you very much. thank you for your prayers. we know that the Lord protected him from numerous complications and for that, we are even more grateful.
xoxo.

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today is a big day.

May 17, 2011

we found this note this morning.

it was for L.

(i’ll post updates as soon as i have them.)

today also happens to be our

eighth wedding anniversary!

our wedding was so long ago that

our wedding photographer actually used film.

can you even imagine?

who gets to hang out all day long

with their spouse

in the middle of the week

on their eighth wedding anniversary?

we do!

we were such babies.

oh, we were so young!

we are going to have one hot date at the hospital.

well, probably not.

but we did get to do that for our sixth anniversary

because that’s when i was on bed rest with L.

and the honeymoon?

oh, the honeymoon.

we got to go to st. barts in the french west indies.

i do hope that we will get to go back someday.

it was

absolutely,

positively

perfect.

i can’t imagine the last eight years

without the laughter and joy that B brings to my life.
he is the hardest working man i have ever known
and he loves his family to the ends of the earth.

i am surely blessed to have him as mine.

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved,

clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,

gentleness and patience. Bear with each other

and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another.

Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues

put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,

since as members of one body you were called to peace.

And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly

as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom,

and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs

with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do,

whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,

giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:12-17

1106. being married to B

1107. being a momma to three

1108. celebrating anniversaries

1109. quality time

1110. the joy of not knowing what is to come

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the heart toe.

May 16, 2011

it was

and then it wasn’t

but now it is really going to happen.

some little friends of ours saw L’s toes when he was only a baby
and quickly said that he had a heart toe.

tomorrow, L’s little heart toe will be gone.

please pray that the surgery goes smoothly,

is without complications and

that our little man heals quickly.

1101. snuggling with a just-waking-up K

1102. post bath soft kiddos

1103. the leaves dancing on the branches in the wind

1104. kite flying

1105. rain in the am,

sunshine in the pm

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if i knew you were comin’.

May 13, 2011

we celebrated babydoll’s birthday (again).

i swear, they say that once you have kids, time flies by

but i really think that once your kids have buddies that celebrate birthdays,

that’s really when time flies.

it seems as though babydoll has a birthday every week.

that’s probably because she does.

just think, if you celebrated your birthday with us,

we could treat you as nicely as we treat babydoll.

on her birthday, nonetheless.

K served the finest treats.

here’s her recipe for babydoll’s birthday cupcakes

(straight from the mouth of the “cooker” as she calls herself):

raspberries, strawberries, ketchup, honey, pizza, honey, bread mix, ketchup, more honey, more ketchup, bread mix again, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate, ketchup, chocolate and that’s all.

okay, sounds easy enough.

i’ll leave you with a little version of this song that my Gram sings:

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

hired a hall, had a ball.

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

well, i don’t know where you’ve come from.

and i don’t know where you’ve been.

but it really doesn’t matter

grab a plate and get your platter

and dig, dig, dig, right in.

if i knew you were coming i’d a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

Finally, brothers and sisters,

whatever is true,

whatever is noble,

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable—

if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—

think about such things

Philippians 4:8

1096. birthday parties

1097. a mid-week morning break

1098. photography help

1099. rediscovering a great lens

1100. B bbqing dinner

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if i knew you were comin’.

May 13, 2011

we celebrated babydoll’s birthday (again).

i swear, they say that once you have kids, time flies by

but i really think that once your kids have buddies that celebrate birthdays,

that’s really when time flies.

it seems as though babydoll has a birthday every week.

that’s probably because she does.

just think, if you celebrated your birthday with us,

we could treat you as nicely as we treat babydoll.

on her birthday, nonetheless.

K served the finest treats.

here’s her recipe for babydoll’s birthday cupcakes

(straight from the mouth of the “cooker” as she calls herself):

okay, sounds easy enough.

i’ll leave you with a little version of this song that my Gram sings:

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

hired a hall, had a ball.

if i knew you were comin’ i’d’ve a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

well, i don’t know where you’ve come from.

and i don’t know where you’ve been.

but it really doesn’t matter

grab a plate and get your platter

and dig, dig, dig, right in.

if i knew you were coming i’d a baked a cake,

howd-ya do, howd-ya do, howd-ya do.

Finally, brothers and sisters,

whatever is true,

whatever is noble,

whatever is right,

whatever is pure,

whatever is lovely,

whatever is admirable—

if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—

think about such things

Philippians 4:8

1096. birthday parties

1097. a mid-week morning break

1098. photography help

1099. rediscovering a great lens

1100. B bbqing dinner

if i knew you were comin’. Read More »