These Days....

Ive been MIA lately..

Because I've been nursing 2 sick kiddos..

Not just a cold I think ... but a virus.

 

We had some REALLY hard days last week...

And then at the end of the week the kids and now I are all sick.

 

Its so hard to find grace in some things when you're sleep deprived, and have not a lot of patience left on certain areas.  I cried, I was grumpy, I snapped at Mathew, I snapped at Samantha... it was just an all around UGLY week.

 

So sorry if this is a Debbie Downer post..

But this blog is somewhere I go to release my thoughts, and beleive it or not, I really do feel better after writing my feelings down... some sort of release.. and it is good.

 

I turned to my bible last night as (I slept next to a stuffed up Andrew for the 2nd night in a row) and I have a study bible.. and if you turn to an emotion you are feeling, it gives you a verse you can read and take in, and help understand and reflect on it.

 

All my fears, concerns, frustrations, and tears I should offer up to God.. but this verse from James made me feel better too.. and I must keep remembering...

 

James 1:2-4

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing

 

Im getting all religious now, huh?

But seriously.. better days are ahead, and this truly is a trial and test in our lives... and this too shall pass..

 

The kids are feeling better today.. and so am I.

Tomorrow is another school day for Samantha, and we're gonna just take it as it comes, and offer up whatever happens  to God.. and let him worry about it.

 

Im praying though for a good day.

Instead of festering all day today and worrying about what will happen tomorrow, Im going to pray on it, and ask God for strength for Samantha that she can get through a good day tomorrow.

We're having Daddy drop her off to see if this makes a good difference.

 

Our lives are FILLED with so many blessings...Im gonna try not to get caught up in the bad/hard things too much..

 

the end.. =)

 



Bedtime Blues...

Yes Its true I am having some "bedtime blues" of my own.. but this post is about SJ.

She's never been an easy baby to put to bed.. since nursing.. and even then around 9 months she started waking up in the middle of the night for a feeding that was probably unecessary.. But I fed her anyways..

So now she's 2.5 years old.. baby due any day.. and I have to hope the baby due anyday is the reason why she's giving us.. ME a hard time.

She's not completely bad.. she is just a master STALLER... Our routine has been books, brush teeth, in bed, prayers and maybe 2-4 more books in bed.

I know I give in because Im all preggo and emotional.. but tonight she was screaming and screaming and just wanted ONE MORE BOOK.. Thats the phrase she was screaming from down the hallway.

I finally got my point across after caving and reading her more books and she read for a while... I think she fell asleep near 10pm.. but c'mon!

Is she sleeping too much during naptime? She typically goes down when our nanny is here at 12:30 and sleeps till 3pm.. and we WAKE her up.. I think she'd sleep longer!

All I can think of is... how the hell am I gonna do this with an infant in the house?
Im also nervous for the baby.. and how is his crying not gonna wake her up?
Oh good lordy its a stressful night in the house tonight!
If anyone has any suggestions please let me know

This was truly a venting blog post.. and I do feel a little bit better now.. ha!
Good Night,
Joellle

Open Late....

So Samantha.. (my almost 19 month old) hasnt been the best sleeper.. since birth. I guess I could have titled this post "venting". As I sit here and type, she is still not sleeping ... She just woke up after I put her down for bed.. I went up, calmed her down, and rocked her.. then put her down..

2 seconds after closing the door, she gives me the blood curdling scream that all Momma's Im assuming hate hearing. Im being strong, and letting her cry back to sleep.. thats the way my husband and I have been handling her lately...

We need sleep, and she needs sleep... end of story, right? Haha.. yea right.

I feel badly for posting and "venting" about my sweet baby girl. She really is the best part of our lives.. Its just that some days/nights are tough, and it feels better to know Im not the only Momma out there who gets a little frustrated.


I am hoping, when Im brave enough to want another baby, that the second one sleeps better than miss samantha jane! ha!

In all other ways, even the sleeping "problems" I cannot thank God enough for giving us a healthy beautiful girl.

Momma said there'd be days like this, right?


MOVING ON.. Thank you so much to Shannon over at Bless Our Nest! I am so grateful to her for hosting my first giveaway! I think it was a successful one, huh?

Now that I have some more followers Im super excited to share things with you all, craft more, blog more, vent more (ha!), cook/bake more, etc!

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Joelle