Faith of our Fathers for a tired preggo momma

The last 2 Sundays we have had a guest speaker at church, Dr. Abe Kuruvilla, from Dallas Theological Seminary. The overarching topic of his talks has been "Faith of our Fathers". The first week was focused on Abraham and the second was on Isaac.

What has struck me the most from his sermons is that these 2 men of God forgot God's promises to them and took matters in their own hands.
Both Abraham and Isaac had moments of weakness where they forgot that God promised them descendents and lied about their wives. They didn't trust that God would take care of them.

I find this fitting in my current "waiting" situation.

Saturday i went to the hospital thinking that i was in labor but was sadly sent home. Since Saturday i have been contracting regularly and not sleeping. I have been in a bad state mentally thinking that this baby is never going to come out (of course i know he is...but feels like never).

These are the things i'm learning from my spiritual fathers:
1) I need to make sure i remind myself of God's past faithfulness...He has brought me 2 beautiful boys in their own unique way and timing. If He was faithful in those deliveries, will he not also be faithful to deliver for this child?

2) I also need to remember His promises. My dad sent me this verse: “Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? Saith the Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? Saith thy God”. He ensures to fulfills his promises and he always brings babies forth! amen! =)

I went to see the doc this morning and she said despite all the contractions i was still only 1-2 cm dialated. She said that he was playing tricks on me. She prescribed me a sleeping pill to take (took it an 1/2 hour ago and my eyes are already getting blurry). Hopefully i get a good night's sleep and maybe delivery this baby tomorrow? But if not then i will trust Watts will be born on the perfect day!

nighty night...this ambien rocks!

staycation 2009

What do you do when your husband has the week off (starts work Monday) and you are 38 weeks pregnant so you can't travel? Staycation!!

This past week we had a great time enjoying each other and the DFW area!

Monday:

cold front=outdoor, non-swimming activity possible!

We took a trip to the Ft. Worth Zoo. I forgot what a wonderful zoo it is...so shaded and so many great animals. Here are the pics:
two cool cats

mommy and her little monkeys

highlight of the zoo...feeding the birds

silly daddy

pure joy at spotting the candy shoppe

pure joy at spotting the train
so happy together

Tuesday:

movie time! Regal cinema has free family movies on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 am. They offer a G and a PG option. we went last week and the boys did great so we did it again this week.

Wednesday:

boys in school means date for mommy and daddy! We went to my doctor's appointment and then went to a nice lunch at Stephen Pyles...this dessert (heaven and hell cake) was amazing!! devils food cake, angels food cake, peanut butter mousse, thick chocolate icing and raspberry ganache! yum-o!

Thursday:

100+ degrees means time for water activities!

We went up to Flower mound and took my teenage niece and nephew to their local recreation cener water park...super fun.

then when brought them home with us (just in case i had to go into the hospital that night...they could stay with the boys).

gotta love wild about harrys...wow i'm so gigantic i make the human-sized hot dog look small.

Friday:

date with quade day!

Bruce took quade out for donuts in the morning. Then quade and i went on an all morning date...hair cut, back to school shoe and clothes shopping (a little early but will be a lot harder for me to do in late august), lunch and birthday present shopping. we had a great time!

My mom got in town friday night. I had contractions all night and then went into the hospital Saturday morning...but it was a false alarm.

So we're still waiting...

movin on up...make room for the 3rd!

Baby #3 should be making his appearance within the next 3 weeks (i'm not even going to consider going past my due date).

About 2 weeks ago i finally realized that we needed to start getting ready for this little guy.

We went back and forth about sleeping arrangements for the boys, etc. Finally i decided that i wanted Watts to have his own room and his own space. Which meant that Price was movin' up to Quade's room. Here are the sequence of events which have had to occur to get the room ready for Watts:

1) get rid of Price's pacifier

-didn't want to go through this traumatic event while he was sharing a room with his brother

-happy to report that we only had one bad nap, the first no "bubba" nap, but then he slept great that night and subsequent naps.

-sadly for price he got his first 2 year molar the first week he went without a pacifier...he's a trooper and did fine.

2) get quade a bed

-we debated whether we get a bunk bed or just a twin...we opted for a twin with a trundle. That way eventually price could sleep on the trundle.

3) move price into quade's room and have him sleep in the thomas toddler bed.

-the first night (after putting the fear of God in both of them) they did really well. We didn't hear a peep from either one and they both slept until 6:30 (a little earlier than we would like but a good start).

-they haven't been as quiet subsequent nights...including tonight (found price playing in the toilet 2x)...but it's a work in progress.

-naptime though is another story...after threatening price and spending an hour or more getting him to stay in his bed and be quiet, we have just decided that it's best for him to nap in the crib. --Quade has started to just hang out in his room and not sleep several days a week. So this allows quade the ability to read books and not sleep and gives price the nap he so desperately needs.

This is what quade does when he is not sleeping at naptime...creating interesting outfits. Bruce and i found this one pretty hilarious. Note: the t-shirt is a 2T and the jacket is 18 months!

Whew! so after 2 1/2 weeks we are ready for watts to have his own room (except from 1 to 3:30 pm) =).

Now we wait!

rockin at VBS

last friday night our church had family VBS night. We weren't sure if the boys would be too young to enjoy it, but decided to go anyway. Well we only lasted an hour but both boys thought it was great!

Here's a clip of him doing his version of the "J-E-S-U-S" song (note him attempting to make the "S" with his leg up).

it could have been worse...

(the title for this post comes from a little book we read the boys about a mouse who keeps avoiding disaster after disaster, but thinks he's had a hard day. when he finally gets home his mom says "it could have been worse") .

For all you non-dallas readers, we've had quite a night and morning here in the DFW area. Heavy rain, thunderstorms, etc..

The term "timing is everything" was brought to life in our family today in a couple of ways.

1) I was at the gym this morning, finished my work out and had just lathered my hair with shampoo when the electricity went out. Actually not bad timing b/c at least it wasn't during my work out and i was completely able to shower in the dark and found it quite relaxing. =)
I had decided that i could go to my dr appt that morning with wet hair and it would be no big deal (since there was torrential rain outside).
However, just when i was ready in my regimen to dry my hair the electricity came back on! (it's the small things).

2) Bruce took the boys to camp this morning (so i could work out and go to my dr appt). When he got home he opened the gate and garage and parked in the garage. Then the electricity at home went out.
The timing on this was good b/c if it had gone out a second earlier he would have been tempted to pull into the driveway to park and not go in the garage...which would have meant that a huge tree limb would have landed on the suburban.

3) Unfortunately, when the electricity came back on bruce was unable to get the suburban out of the driveway b/c of the huge limb that was in the way and kept the fence from opening. But my manly man was out in the pouring ran with a handsaw cutting through that tree so that we could get the car out to go pick up the boys.
we were about 15 minutes late to pick them up...but IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!!

bday dinner for daddy

Last week was bruce's big 36th bday. So we all got dressed in our finest (well not necessarily our finest, but pretty nice) and walked over to The Porch for some yummy food!

The boys...

36 and still young at heart!

yummy breakfast

I am someone who can eat the same thing every day for days on end...especially something delicious.
So my current favorite breakfast is:
- homemade granola (thank you, thank you, thank you Jamie for the recipe),
-mixed with greek yogurt (has more protein than regular yogurt and less fat)
-topped off with fresh berries (raspberries are 99cents at kroger!).

i also enjoy Cran-grape light juice to wash down this delicious meal.

Here is the granola recipe in case you get in the mood for some yummy breakfast as well.

Homemade Granola

8C oats
2C coconut
2C almonds,cashews
1/2C br sugar
1/2C oil
1/2C syrup
1C craisins

Mix first 4 ingredients in lg bowl, combine oil & syrup in separate bowl and mix into dry ingredients. Toast on jelly roll pan at 300 degrees for 1 hour. Turning every 15 minutes. Mix in craisins when granola has cooled.