Birth Story Part 1

So, I promised a birth story. It isn’t super exciting really. Thursday early morning, I was having issues sleeping and was having really uncomfortable “couldn’t sleep through” menstrual type cramps with back pain. I got up to use the rest room and had diahrea, but had been havin the the past few weeks, so I didn’t think much of it. Still having a lot of intense cramps, I drew a hot bath and soaked in it for a while. I started timing the cramps and they were 20 minutes apart. After getting out of the bath tub, I went to the bathroom again and had a very slight bloody show. It was definitely show, but it wasn’t bright or anything, so I tried brushing it off not wanting to get my hopes up. I had been having prodromal labor for about a month and so whenever I saw a “pre-labor” sign, I tried to tell myself that it wasn’t labor so I didn’t get disappointed...again.

Week 39 Pregnancy Update

Wow, I haven’t updated the blog in a long time, eh? I haven’t even done a weekly pregnancy update in forever. I guess I just got restless and tired of doing them including tired of doing the weekly pictures. Lol I should update that soon...no time better than the present I guess....

Ever Afraid to Pray? I am...Here's why

I want to be honest about something and maybe this confession will help others as well. Sometimes I am afraid to pray. I know this sounds silly to most of you, so let me explain.

Personality or Lack of Discipline?

This is another post where I am nervous to write it, so I wanted to put out there that I am not writing this with a judgmental tone and since we don’t have first hand experience with this yet, I am going off of what I view in others who have the fruit on the tree.

Using God's Word Selfishly...

I wanted to share something that I wrote in my journal recently. It is something that has been on my heart. I don’t know if I have ever wrote something that I have written in my journal, but I thought this may help others and maybe some of you can help me out and give me some tips, advice, or thoughts.

So here is what I wrote:

Thankful for God's Grace

God is amazing and I wanted to brag on one of the ways He is so awesome. Some days as a mother are difficult, but then there are moments even in the difficult times where I can see God working through my little mans heart and life, even if it is just to encourage me as a mom. For example, when I tell Levi that it is time to change his diaper and he proceeds to pick up ALL of his toys without me even asking then comes promptly over to get his diaper changed. Totally a God thing. What a good helper. Or when it is time for a nap and he runs over the the rocking chair and pats it saying "read! read!" when I was struggling to encourage him to enjoy reading. God is awesome. Or when in the evening, I laid him down and as I was covering him up, he folded his hands and said "pray.". We pray at meal times and he knows that, but I have never prayed with him at bedtime; shame on mommy. Guess we need to start working on that one especially since he's asking to pray together before bed.

Sometimes I am so thankful for how good he is and I wish I could just let him know I am very  proud of him. But since he may not quite understand that yet (though I do tell him often), I can thank God that He is working in Him and it is not me or John as a parent but God who blesses us. Again, there are hard times yes. there are stubborn times. And lately we are getting to that "testing" stage, but it is all a chance to help him to grow as a person and a leader and a man. So, despite it being difficult, there are lots of little blessings to be thankful for. :) (As I finished writing this, I told him to not do something he and he slowly proceeded to do it with a smile.....lol ah.....:P)

My Nurse thank you baggies

I was able to get the nurses thank you gift baggies finished. They seem so simple, but I hope that the nurses enjoy them. I started off using snack size Ziploc baggies, but they ended up being too small, so I went to sandwich baggies....hey now! Lol I made 3 main gift bags because John said with Levi I had two nurses and then my midwife (couldn't remember how many nurses I ended up having, I remember one main one and that was it). But, I made 3 other ones that aren't AS fancy just in case I end up with more nurses or someone just seems like they need their day brightened.

In each bag, I made a thank you note and either a homemade beaded bookmark or a homemade paper bookmark.

On the notes I wrote a note of thanks and appreciation and then a scripture. I used different scriptures for each one and have prayed that God places the right card with the right person knowing that God's Word won't come back void.

Then, at Kroger, I got a few things of dollar candy (I definitely got some chocolate for those lovely ladies! Praying no one is on a sugar free diet like we are.....really hoping, otherwise I will feel awful for them :( maybe I should make one sugar free baggie just in case....hm. I placed the candy in there and that is basically it.

Like I said, they are simple, but I wanted to do something to let them know that I appreciate them and that nurses/doctors/midwifes who care about their job and their patients are amazing.