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Yesterday was my 32nd Birthday. Now...everyone knows that once you have children, your own birthday becomes just another day. Well, thanks to my wonderful family and friends, my Birthday was made very special. My mom and dad gave me a new Vera Bradley tote in the Limited Edition pattern, Seaside. It's got my favorite colors: red, white, and blue. I've always liked the colors together, but they mean so much more to me now since my son and I share a patriotic day! Mine being 9/11 and his being Independence Day! Here is a picture of my beautiful tote:
Then when I went to the mailbox yesterday, I received a box from my sister in law and this is what was inside:
Isn't it gorgeous??? It is a "Family" bracelet that Jonnelle made especially for me! It has each of our 6 initials with our birthstones. It brought tears to my eyes! I put it on immediately and can't wait to show it off to everyone! Then when my sweet and very thoughtful hubby came home, he had each of the girls and Parker hand me a coupon individually and then he brought me his. Here is what they looked like:
Each one said: This is my Scrapbook Sanity Coupon from my loving husband and four beautiful children. Good for one night of stress free, drama free, and diaper free scrapbooking! He has prepaid for FIVE of Stephanie's crops! Is that not awesome??? And the best thing is...I get to use one tonight! I'm so excited! I also got to go to lunch yesterday with my BFF Allyson. I had one of the best birthdays yesterday. I felt so spoiled! Most importantly of all, though, is that I thanked God for all of His many blessings this past year. He is amazing!
He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. Deuteronomy 10:21
I can't believe that 10 days have gone by without a new post! Last week was a very long week. On Thursday Aug. 14th, I went in to see my OB because my incision wasn't healing on the right side (there was a stitch coming out and it looked infected.) Dr. Vick removed about a 3 inch stitch that hadn't dissolved and then the nurse took a culture of the infected area. When I went in for my 6 week postpartum visit on Monday 8/18 I was told that my culture came back positive for Staph Infection. I was shocked and scared! They put me on a strong antibiotic (as strong as I can take with breastfeeding) and told me to get lots of rest. I tried my best last week to rest, but it is so very hard with taking care of 4 small children, and my personality is to keep going and going and going... But, there were SO many people praying for me last week--I could feel the prayers, because slowly every day I was able to find a little bit more time to rest and still spend time with the kids and get some things done around the house in between running Lily and Maddy to their different activities. Then on Friday 8/22 I had to take Parker to Children's Hospital for a Milk Scan. A Milk Scan is a test for Reflux. He wasn't allowed to eat after 3 am, and we had to be there at 6:30 am to check in. Parker cried from 6:15 until 7:00 when he was finally able to drink his bottle. They put a radioactive tracer in his bottle mixed with breastmilk. Then he had to lay on a table for an hour while they took pictures of his tummy. He did not like that one bit! He cried for almost the entire hour. It was breaking my heart because I couldn't pick him up and comfort him! Then after the hour I had to walk him around the hospital for an hour and then bring him back for 2 more pictures to see how fast his tummy emptied out the milk. Needless to say we were both exhausted after that! Hopefully we will hear of the results from Dr. Feld today and our questions will be answered. I will post as soon as I hear something. I am thankful last week is behind us...
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4
