So I have eight days until my due date, ughhh is all I can say! I am so ready to have this child! Today was the first time I got emotional for no good reason- I tell ya my hormones are all out of whack. I would like to ask each of you to keep us in your prayers as we near the due date. God Bless and Hope you have a Wonderful Thanksgiving!!
So it's been a little over a month since my last post! Nothing really new has happened, well except my belly getting larger. I have two and a half months to go!! Where has the time gone. And we have Christian's birthday party coming up to plan, I think that he is going to really enjoy himself this year. We are doing a super hero theme. And he's going to dress up like Hulk. Oh, way off the subject but Jenny and Karen if you read this-I wanted to know when your going to put tug and Cy in school and which one. I would really like to try to get Christian in the same time so they all can be little buddies growing up. I will talk to more about this Sunday if I can catch you! Hope everyone is doing well!!
So Christian was chasing our new kitten thursday night and fell in the corner of the wall or around that area (not sure wasn't there), he ended up spliting his forehead open. Josh had put a bandaid on it to try to help the bleeding to slow down, when I got home I took the bandaid off for a very quick glance and noticed it was a gash. I took him to the ER and called my mom to come up because I wan't sure if I could handle this on my own- I was so nervous. When we got in to see the doctor and for them to take a look at the cut it was deeper than I had realized. I immediately started crying and the nurse started yelling at me to stop and be strong for christian. My mom said "she had no idea how deep it was." And I tried explaining that I'm pregnant and my emotions are all wacked out. I was a blubbering fool I'm so glad my mother was there. The cut was deep enough to see the meaty part under your skin. Christian ended up getting three stitches but the doctor said it can take up to six months for it to heal. WOW! For all of you parents out there, kudos for being able to keep strong and a good composer for your children. I definately need a class on this!!
Brandi
A BOY!!!! :) So we got his first butt cheek picture, he was being stubborn and wouldn't let us see him and all a sudden the nurse goes "look those are his butt cheeks" it was so funny. It was like he was saying leave me alone I'm sleeping. I will post this as soon as possible.
Vacation was good, we didn't bring Christian and I will never do that again. I was so sick, I felt like my heart was broken because I didn't have him with me, I blamed it on hormones of course. But, two days after we got back Josh and I got really sick, it was not pleasant.
We also bought a new home on tyler street and we are in the process of trying to move in it.
All good things come to those who wait!!
I finally got a digital camera for my birthday from Christian! YEAH!! So hopefully I will be able to post more photos.
So Josh and I found a house to buy in Litchfield for contract for deed, which is perfect seeing that we are still in bankruptcy basically and cannot get a loan without putting 20% down. Which would be a lot of saving up and we are trying to stay in the the house we are in, in at least amount of time possible. So the new house is on tyler street two houses from our beloved babysitter, the house has three bedrooms and a huge back yard, which we plan on putting an addition on. Not to mention a weeping willow tree which sold me right off the bat!! We are so excited and will be signing papers next week sometime and will be moving yet again in a quickly fashion. Got to love being married to a carpentar, I don't know how many more moves I can handle :)
Also, we will be finding out what the sex of the baby is on July 28th at 12:30 pm. I will keep all of you posted!!
So this movie is Christian's favorite now, any of them, especially "the journey through the mist." He has watched this movie so many times, I went in to check on him last night to find him singing the songs to the movie. It was so adorable with his little voice, and when he wouldn't know the words he would wait and then repeat them. My little guy is growing up :(
P.S. Sorry no pictures to capture this moment I don't own a digital camera.
So Chuck and Denise let us live at there old ( really new) house in Litchfield, they moved to a house in Mount Olive so that worked out very well. If it weren't for them I don't think we would have a place to go, all our leads were turning into nothing. So they are still trying to sell this house so we are going to have to move again in a couple of months. It was a very hectic past four days. We moved everything out on Friday and Saturday and cleaned Sunday and Monday, we worked for twelve hours each day except Friday. And let me tell you all the muscle's in body body hurt, and I feel like I'm a day behind on sleep. I can't wait until all of this is over and I can RELAX!!
So we sold our house in Hillsboro!! The people offered us cash and that we have to be out by the end of this month. It is May 8th and I am freaking out! We still don't know where we are going to move to. So if all of you could keep us in your prays that would be wonderful. It seems when we have a group effort things happen to fall into place. Lots of Love.
So my last post had me worried and probably most of you! I appreciate all of your concerns and prays. Christian does still have the rash but he is not contagious. It can actually last up to a month, weird huh? So, my doctor hasn't called me back about the matter. But Chuck and Denise prayed for me and the baby at their group and I guess after going home Don Cui (sorry if misspelled) called Denise and said that there is such a small percentage that fifth disease would affect the baby. He said that it there is just about the same amount of a chance as the baby just having something wrong naturally. So I'm not going to stress out about this anymore. I will keep you posted if there are any changes! Thank you all!!
Brandi
So if you haven't heard this fifth disease is running rapid through the schools and daycares. So parents keep a close eye on your little one's. This is a parvovirus B19 and doesn't usual have symptons until they develop the rash. Now if your pregnant and in your first trimester as I am it can be harmful to the baby. It can cause an infection making it hard for the fetus to get blood to the heart, which can cause a miscarriage. Now I've called my doctor, and they basically said that I might have to get some blood work done to make sure I haven't contracted this virus. And if I don't miscarry and did get this virus I will have to be monitored weekly/biweekly through sonograms to make sure this baby is doing okay. So if all of you could PLEASE pray for this baby and it's health! I'm not trying to stress out, I know that the Lord is with me. Below are some medical information about this virus. If you are pregnant and think your child may have this, you are suppose to stay a way from your child , as hard as that would be.
Facts about Fifth Disease in Children
Fifth disease is one of several possible manifestations of infection by parvovirus B19. The disease is also referred to as erythema infectiosum (meaning infectious redness) and as slapped cheek syndrome, slapcheek, slap face or slapped face. The name "fifth disease" derives from its historical classification as the fifth of the classical childhood skin rashes or exanthems.
The bright red cheeks are a defining symptom of the infection in children (hence the name "slapped cheek disease"). Occasionally the rash will extend over the bridge of the nose or around the mouth. In addition to the red cheeks, children often develop a red, lacy rash on the rest of the body, with the upper arms and legs being the most common locations. The rash can last a couple of weeks (some cases lasting for several months) and may itch. Patients are usually no longer infectious once the rash has appeared.
So Josh and I are expecting again. We found out last Wednesday, I am six weeks along and due on December 3rd. So please keep me in your prayers.
We had group last night and we all gave our own testimonies about " times in our lives that we knew the Lord was working in us." I enjoyed the conversation and different stories that everyone had to share. Like most of our meetings there was a common ground on our subject manner. Which was basically that you learn from your past, and become who you are through those situations, and that we were all VERY Thankful to be at this stage in Life together! So I was reading the bible when I got home and these scriptures called to me...
Colossians 1:3 - 1:6
3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all the saints— 5the faith and love that spring from the hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard about in the word of truth, the gospel 6that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and understood God's grace in all its truth.
Colossians 1:9 - 1:14
9For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[d] to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption,[e] the forgiveness of sins.
Colossians 3:5 - 3:10
5For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how orderly you are and how firm your faith in Christ is.
Freedom From Human Regulations Through Life With Christ
6So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
8See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.
9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form,
Colossians 3:12 - 3:17
12having been buried with him in baptism and raised with him through your faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.
13When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature,[b] God made you[c] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[d]
16Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 17These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
Sorry about all the reading.
"There is a silence into which the world cannot intrude.
There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost."
So after I got my wisdom teeth pulled I couldn't smoke cigarettes for a few days. So I thought well if I can last a few days why not try quiting. So here I am, tomarrow will be a week smoke-free and I am so proud of myself. I will tell you though it has been a rough week- it's like I have to mentally battling it out with my brain that I don't want to smoke. I have to keep telling myself this over and over. It has been REALLY hard! So keep me in your thoughts and prays that I will succeed!
Thanks ;)
So I heard on the news yesterday that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anothony had their twins yesterday morning. And that People Magazine is going to give them $600,000,000 for their children's first exclusive pictures. I mean WOW! I can't imagine getting money for my child's pictures let alone $600,000,000 to boot. So, let's say you have two children and maybe even three can you imagine getting nine figure's everytime you have a child? I know that I could live the rest of my life cushined for that amount. And the ecomony needs a boost? LOL!
So again Jody (thejlaughlins@blogspot.com) just posted a blog about how they decided on there sons names. So I thought I'd share how Christian Xavier came about for us. So Christian was going to be a Donovan, but we were really trying for a biblical name and we could find any that weren't taken or weren't to hard to pronounce. So I decided that I wanted to dedicated my son to the Lord and he gave us such a Blessing that Christian seemed to sum up all that I was looking for: Christian means;
1. Professing belief in Jesus as Christ or following the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
2. Relating to or derived from Jesus or Jesus's teachings.
3. Manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus; Christlike.
4. Relating to or characteristic of Christianity or its adherents.
5. Showing a loving concern for others; humane.n.
6. One who professes belief in Jesus as Christ or follows the religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus.
7. One who lives according to the teachings of Jesus.
and well for Xavier let me explain Josh is a big comic book fan and honestly we got this name from Charles Xavier from X-Men. Funny huh! But it fit very well!
And Xavier means; "bright" "new house"
First of all Zac and Jill got married on Valentine's Day, and I was starting to type this and realized that her last name is Fenton now!! Brain-fart, lol! Any way, this morning Josh comes trotting into the bedroom around 7:00 am stating that Jill is having the Baby. I spring up out of bed, thinking what? And we weren't told that she went in even?(this was all in my head) Then, he corrects himself and says she went into the hospital and she hasn't had him yet. So, I'm a little relized and then I remember I have to work all day long anticapating this little miracle to join the world :( I'm not trying to sound self-centered here at all, I would just like to be around when all the family can go rushing in to see him. Last time I ended up staying up all night with a bunch of girls ( her friends) and our family, which was really exhausting. So I was looking forward to doing the same, silly I know! But, Jill and I have been texting back and forth all day and they have decided to send her home. She is only 40 weeks so they will not induce her and she is only delitated at 2. But, the baby is big enough he is already 8lbs something so he will be okay if he comes early. Anyways, last update was she is going to walk Wal*Mart! Poor girl, who likes to go to wal*mart anyways, now she has to go while having contractions.
Love is everything. It is the key of Life, and it's influences are those that move the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
I love quotes so you may see quite a few of them on here from time to time!
Showing kindness to others is one of the nicest things we can do for ourselves.
*Janette Oke
It is ALWAYS so hard to get him out of the tub!
I think he looks a lot like Josh in the last picture, maybe it's the hair LOL :)
So for any of you potty training, you probably have gone through this once or twice. Christian has a tendency to let me know that he has to poop after he has gone already. And let me tell you, do not try to pull that pull-up off with that in there. It will be ALL OVER YOUR CHILDS LEGS, personal experience. And the pull-ups that we bought are so tough that you can't rip the sides off, so I've had to use scissors. Which can be dangerous so have them lay down. Christian is very good about sitting still while I do it. What gets me is it's like even if I've set him on the potty five minutes earlier he will still go in his pants! Although we are making progress, he has pooped in the potty twice and we made a HUGE deal out of it, he has his own fan club :)
So Josh and I have just started to potty train christian. He does really well for his babysitter, and she says that he hardly has any accidents. But when he gets home it's a totally different story. It's like we have to drag him to the bathroom(not literally). I've even bought him some stickers to praise him with after he goes! So, Wednesday we tried again twice after Josh and I got home from work. And I felt so bad because the first time he went I didn't even notice he went because he does this infamous "ALL DONE" and that usual means I don't want to try. So when we went back into the bathroom the second time I seen pee in his little toilet. What's funny is I went and asked Josh "did you pee in Christian's potty"(LOL) I was just shocked to see it. Anyways, we tried potting again and he went. He got his Dora sticker and Josh and I cheered like we were watching some sports game on the TV. It was a little funny to watch. Christian loved the praise though and I believe it's going to help him want to go.
