She is better...

So it just must have been a very short lived bug that the Princess had yesterday because after her 5 hour nap she woke up just fine!

A Mamas Heart...

Something that any Mama knows is the pain that your heart has when your little is not feeling well, and particularly when there isn't much you can do to help them feel better!

My daughter had a VERY bad case of diarrhea yesterday, I mean the scrubbing the carpet in 2 1/2 rooms a few times, kind of bad! She felt terrible as we have been potty training and she had mastered the stinky end of training and we were just waiting on the 'tinkle' part to be 100%!

Well today she woke up and was better for a short time and then after being up and having a little cereal she started having it again, on a much smaller scale. But after 3 messy diapers she was at the point of just crying and crying. She doesn't have a temp, but she does seem to have discomfort...

So, this is just tearing me to pieces. We are not the run your child to the doctor for every little thing kind of folk...I held her in my arms and hugged her and loved her and kissed her then she wanted to lay down. She is sleeping now, but if anyone reads this and has some advise I would be happy to receive it!

Soaking it ↑ Up!

So I do apologize for the fact that this blog is so young and I have been vacant from it for a few days now...it doesn't mean that my mind is blank, just that I have my wonderful Mother here to hug on her grand babies {that aren't so baby any more 8~( } and we have been enjoying time as a family of 5.

Today we visited a fairly local attraction, Reptile Gardens. We told Princess on Wednesday that we were going to see some snakes and she couldn't wait until she had the chance to say 'hi' to them! All 3 of us adults had been there before, and that was nice. We were able to soak up all the reactions the kids gave us to the different things that we did. Look to my other blog in a couple of weeks for pictures!

If I am not an every day poster for the next week, please forgive me. We are blessed enough to have my Mom here for 10 days and my Dad will be joining us sometime late next week! So excited!

Inside Jokes

So I have had inside jokes with people my whole life...some of them were always pretty obvious to most people around and some were a little more sneaky, but regardless, they were always fun!

I enjoy a good joke as much {or more} than the next person, and really have enjoyed having the kind of people around me as friends that enjoy joking around just as much. It wasn't until yesterday that I had the opportunity to see an inside joke that has been going on for 10 or so years continue once again. The funny thing to me was that I had the chance to 'step out' of it for a little bit when someone asked me what was meant by it and I had not realized before that while it may make perfect sense to those involved....it can be clear as mud to everyone else!

Anyway, I would love to have comments about inside jokes that you have been a part of and how long they have been running....

So today is my birthday...

And Birthdays are a BIG deal to me. I went to sleep last night at 12:01, so it was my birthday then....this made me happy, to be able to enjoy it from the very first minute! There were already several warm wishes on my Face.book at that point (since we are an hour later than many of my friends!) and then I was able to wake up to so many more. Many of them I haven't really communicated with much lately...and I don't know their spouses or how many children they have, but the fact that they took a few seconds to come to my profile page and post on my wall means something! It made me feel special. Now all the daycare kiddos are taking a nap (not normal for this time of day, but I will take it on my birthday to have a few extra minutes to myself!)

But I have been thinking, why is it that Birthdays mean so much to me? So many people wish that they didn't have to get older, thus wishing away birthdays. If it were up to me your birthday should be an automatic day off....to celebrate. I am 26 years young today (I know, just a baby) and proud of that fact! With each special day I look forward to the next one that much more! My husband (not-so-much a romantic) has been working extra hard to make this one special THANK YOU HONEY! I received my birthday gift on the 13th (because there was no place to hide it!) and then least night he brought home a dozen red roses because if he waited until today after he got off work they would be late! Tonight we are going out for supper.

So to get back to the question, why Birthdays mean so much to me. It is a day that should automatically have something special planned with special people in your life. It could be just your immediate family or an all out birthday bash with your friends...either way you get to be around special people. Tonight, it seems that we are just going to be us. Handsome, Princess, Boo, and myself ~ but this Mommy is great with that...because 3 years ago on my birthday it seemed that it would never be more than Handsome and myself! Princess & Boo are so special to me and I never want to take them for granted, NOT.ONE.DAY!

So, to any of you out there who are lucky enough to share a birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

I know there are a few, and I know of at least 2 wedding anniversaries....what a wonderful day it is!

To 'House' Jesus

Last night while praying with our children, something came out of my daughters mouth that hit me like a ton of bricks! We have been praying for God to bring us a baby brother and/or sister, a friend to find a job, another friend to be able to overcome his cancer and his wife while going through the process, and several other things. We always pray for different people to accept Christ as their savior, two of them being our 2 1/2 year old son & daughter. The way we pray with them at this point is that Daddy says a sentence or a few words and then they repeat after him. It is always interesting to see what words they pick and choose to say, or change completely. Well last night one of the words that Princess subbed for one of her Daddy's seemed very fitting, and it challenged me!

My husband prayed for several people and Princess (daughter) and Boo (son) to 'accept Jesus soon'. Somehow Princess translated that into 'house Jesus soon.' This may not mean much to you all, but to me this was almost convicting. Life has thrown so many curve balls at us in the past 3 years, and while I have accepted Jesus and TRY to live for Him daily....do I always house Him in my life? The easy answer would be to say, "YES!" But if you really look back at what the Lord has brought you through in the past have you in each situation made it a point to keep Him #1 all the way through?

I know I have much work to do with this! Oh what we can learn from the little ones!

Randy Travis Concert

So we had a great time at the Randy.Travis concert last night...it was amazing. Sitting out under the starts, in the 9th row that by itself was wonderful. Throw in the smell of pine trees and an every once in a while smell of the camp fires, it was just about the best date my husband and I had ever been on!

So much fun

One of the things I do is run Pumpkin Patch Daycare, which is a small at home daycare so we can keep a family type setting.

Well today was the first day this week we were able to get out of the house because the rain finally stopped (Praise the Lord) and we put some water in the pools and had some fun. We like most things in life...the kids really got into it when it was time to be done. But we got into a water fit today...4 kids vs. ME!

How much cuter could anything be than 4 little ones running around in sun hats & swimsuits squealing hoping they are the next ones I pick to 'get' all the while pretending they do not want to be! What a great time it was...now off to finish packing and then a shower so I can be ready the minute the last Pumpkin goes home for the Randy Travis concert tonight! And then the long drive to my parents house.

I have always remembered...

I was raised on a farm, and that has effected my eating habits my ENTIRE life! Meaning, there will be no vegan meals in my house! Someone recently sent one of those Face.book surveys to me in which I was asked, 'what is your favorite animal?' My response: Probably cows because they provide us with milk and steak! God blessed this earth with animals so we would have food to eat and hide to keep us warm....and that is why I find the whole P.ETA thing so funny!

Especially now, with them sending a live trap to O.bama so that he can capture the flies in the white house without killing them and the set them 'free' outside! SERIOUSLY, is there not enough of these little pests flying around this world that we cannot do without a few here and there!

Somewhere in my tween years my dad would tell a joke and I don't remember everything to it...except that P.ETA stands for People Eating Tasty Animals! I have always remembered this, and THAT is the group I belong in!

J.E.N.E

J.ust E.xactly N.othing E.xciting is my new blog that will have a few pictures, a few verses, very few words of wisdom, but mostly just the little things here and there that come across my mind. Do not look for it to always make sense, and please be advised there may be some talk about fertility, adoption, and life with 2 children 3 months apart! It is going to be far different than Children Are God's Gift, in that the only purpose of this blog is to be my journal...where I write thoughts about silly things. There may be links to stories I have come across, or just a bible verse that 'pops out' at me during devotions.

It will be interesting to see what direction this blog takes, but I have been wanting to start a new one for a while.