I can take a hint...

Ok, so I am sitting here with the glorious flu AND streap throat. A double whammy! I spent all day Saturday in bed with a fever of 102. I just knew that I could sleep this yucky stuff off...I thought that I just was not getting enough sleep. Then Sunday, I was not any better...oh, and did I mention that we were at the beach? Matt was teaching a class on Thursday and Friday so me and the kiddos tagged along.  Matt being his sweet self even suggested that we stop by the outlets before returning home.  GIRLS...I was so sick I did not even want to shop!!  Yeah, THAT'S how bad it was! Sunday we start our journey home and I so bummed that I am sick because I am also missing a sweet friend's baby shower and my sweet nephew's 4th birthday party.  We get back to Lexington and I told Matt "please just take me to the doctor...I can't take this anymore! Just drop me off at the curb if you have to!" But being the sweet hubby that he is he did not drop me off at the curb instead he I got front door service.  I walked in to the Lexington Medical urgent care as if I was 101 years old...I was so slow, my neck and face are swollen, I was shivering as if I was wearing a bikini in Alaska, and I could not speak too good.  Even the nurse intern commented on how "bad off" I looked.  God love her....
After being poked and prodded at the doctor said "well, you have a good reason to look that bad.  You have the flu and strep throat!" Geez, thanks Doc! Then she said..."and you should not be around anyone for 5 days"!  Huh????  Oh no!  I have to work this week!!!  It is very important that I am there...oh my word, what am I gonna do!???? Then...it dawned on me...there is nothing that I can do about this.  God obviously wants me to calm it down for a few days.  He not only took away my work responsibilities but my home responsbilities...I can't be close to my sweet kids or kiss my husband...I can cook or clean or stick love notes in my kid's lunch boxes!  Sitting here at home while everyone is away makes me the saddest lady on the planet.  It has made me realize that my wild and crazy kids and husband makes this house a home.  I don't want to be in this house with out them.  I miss them like crazy and I am SO ready to be over this crazy stuff!  They just better be ready because when I am well enough they are gonna get about 5 days worth of sugars for me!  I have missed their sweet little hands that I get to hold when I walk them in to school. And we sing "this is the day that Lord has made" everyday on the way to school...I miss them singing as loud as they can and off key!  I miss the kisses that I get when I leave them at school...and the kisses I get when I pick them up from school!  I miss meeting my husband for lunch so we can have a conversation with out having to cut up someone's meat or take someone to the bathroom. I have lost my voice these last 2 days and all though it has been nice to take a break I miss talking!  I actually LOVE talking...I am sure that takes you by surprise.  Yesterday I was trying to tell Mason that I loved him and I had to repeat it 5 times...he finally said "mom, if you are not going to use your big girl voice, then don't talk at all".  I wonder where he has heard that before!

But as I sit here sick, I remember a conversation that I had with my boss just about a week ago.  I was sharing with her that I thought I needed to step back an get my act together.  I let my emotions worry me and I am not good at time management.  A few things that I need to work on.  Here lately...if my kids say they want to play...then we play!  But that means laundry does not get done and I don't start dinner till their bed time.  I feel that me being sick is God's was of saying...ok, take a break from eveything and start back refreshed and on a schedule!  Although I am a little hard headed sometimes...I did not want to be this sick to hear what God was trying to tell me...but God, I hear ya!  And thank you for all that you have given to me!  I need to do MY part to organize my life better.

To start some organizing...I went through some of my very favorite baby pictures of Mason and Annie!  Here a few for you to enjoy too!!!

This is Annie's very 1st trip to the pumpkin patch...tell us how you really feel, Annie!  This picture makes me laught out loud every single time I see it!  She is so funny!

My sweet baby Mason!  He was such a happy baby!

One of my very favorite pictures of my sweet Annie!  I am proud because I took the picture, made Annie's outfit that she is wearing AND gave birth to that beautiful little girl!

I could just eat him up!!!  He is truly a momma's boy!

Annie wearing Mason's goggles!  BAhahaha!  She cracks me up!

Ah! My 2 favorite boys!  This was taken at a friend's wedding...the music was loud, it was about 8:00 at night and yet the photographer still managed to capture this sweet picture!



Well, that is all for now...my sweet family will be home soon and I look like I have been crying like a girl that did not get invited to the prom!  I am guilty of being emotional...a little too emotional.  But when I think of all that God has given to ME...I can't help but to break down in tears and thank Him for my many MANY blessings.  Even when I am sick...I am have SO much to be thankful for! 

The Youngins

The oldest, my sweet boy: Mason.  He dreams of being Indiana Jones when he is old enough.  He is very sweet and caring.  He is concerned about hurting other's feelings but is also trying to figure out his limits. He has a true love for the Lord and is very excited to learn new things about the Bible.  I feel that it won't be long until Mason accepts the Lord as his Savior and prays to have Jesus to come in to his heart.  What a joyous day that will be...until then we are praying for that time and watching him grow in every way!

And the baby, my sweet little diva: Annie.  This girl was born with spunk!  She is very smart...almost too smart.  She is so sweet you can't stand it and then the next minute she will bop you on the head with a toy.  She is quick to say she is sorry when she knows she made a bad choice.  She has her daddy wrapped around her little finger and I am sure that her future will plant her in some form of management.  She is very confident and I know the Lord has big plans for her as well!  I am just excited to be a part of it!

These two kiddos help make my world go round...I love be their mom!  I am so honored that God chose me to help raise them in to His kingdom. What a joy they are!

So it begins...

So...who uses a journal anyways?  Well, I do...I mean, I did...NOW I am a blogger!  I have always loved the idea of keeping a journal to keep up with thoughts and memories that can be remembered and treasured all over again at a later time.  I am such a memories junky!  I love hearing my grandparent's dating stories and seeing pictures that are so old they look like they will fall apart.  Its a part of my personal history...a part of my legacy...what makes me who I am today and who I am still growing to be.

Did I mention that I am a mom? I was once told that I could not have children...I will have to share my testimony one of these days, but today is not that day.  God gave me and my husband 2 beautiful and amazing kids!  I get very emotional when I think that I once thought that having children of my own was not possible...why did I ever doubt that God would not give me what my heart has always desired. From the time that I could understand what a momma was...I wanted to be one when I grew up.  I just felt that being a mom was such a special mission.  To be able to carry an un-born baby and feel it's every move as it grows...I just HAD to experience God's creation coming to life!

The day that my children were born are 2 of my favorite days!  Both were different experiences just as each child is different...but both were blessings.

This is my very first blog entry...I don't expect the rest will be as mushy...my kids are way to silly and give me way too many funny experiences to fill this blog with tissue-grabbing stories.  I can't promise that there won't be a few but I am looking forward to sharing my life, my legacy with those that want to listen.  And so it begins...