Saturday, September 27, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
More like a David less like a Paul.
Hey everyone,
So I'm not sure if everyone has been updated on our current status but John and I are going through some ups and downs right now. We have been dealing with unemployment, which has led to stress financially as well as medical insurance stress. At times I have felt so overwhelmed and so tired and then moments later feeling blessed for having a home, food, a healthy family, and Faith in Jesus Christ. He has been so quiet during these past few months and yet so faithful. I was just telling John how I have felt more like a David and less like a Paul. I am constantly asking God "where are you? don't depart from me" and in the same sentence saying "Praise you Lord". He has taught me more in these last few months then I have probably ever learned. I am so grateful for the the trials cause I know He is refining us!! I was on my way to a cleaning job today and tuned into an old album that basically summed up my feelings. I wanted to share it with you for the sake of allowing you to hear where my heart is and ask for your prayers during this time. John has been nothing but a Rock during all of this, he has been such an encouragement to me and such an example of absolute trust and faith.
Written by Downhere:
Lyrics to Calmer Of The Storm :
When everything is wrong
The day has passed and nothing's done
And the whole world seems against me
When I'm rolling in my bed,
there's a storm in my head
I'm afraid of sinking in despair.
CHORUS
Teach me, Lord to have faith
In what you're bringing me will
Change my life and bring you glory and...
There on the storm I am learning to let go
Of the will that I so long to control
There may I be in your arms eternally
I thank you, Lord,
You are the calmer of the storm.
You rebuke the wind and the waves
Once again I find I'm amazed
At the power of your will
Cuz I'm a child of little faith
I feel the wind and forget your grace
And you say, "Peace, be still."
There on the storm I am learning to let go
The white wave's high,
It's crashing o'er the deck
And I don't know where I go
Where are you Lord, is my ship going down?
The mast is gone so throw the anchor
Should I jump and try to swim to land?
There on the storm,
Teach me God to understand
Of the Will that I just cannot control
There may I see all you love protecting me
I thank you Lord,
You are the calmer of the storm.
[ Calmer Of The Storm Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]
So I'm not sure if everyone has been updated on our current status but John and I are going through some ups and downs right now. We have been dealing with unemployment, which has led to stress financially as well as medical insurance stress. At times I have felt so overwhelmed and so tired and then moments later feeling blessed for having a home, food, a healthy family, and Faith in Jesus Christ. He has been so quiet during these past few months and yet so faithful. I was just telling John how I have felt more like a David and less like a Paul. I am constantly asking God "where are you? don't depart from me" and in the same sentence saying "Praise you Lord". He has taught me more in these last few months then I have probably ever learned. I am so grateful for the the trials cause I know He is refining us!! I was on my way to a cleaning job today and tuned into an old album that basically summed up my feelings. I wanted to share it with you for the sake of allowing you to hear where my heart is and ask for your prayers during this time. John has been nothing but a Rock during all of this, he has been such an encouragement to me and such an example of absolute trust and faith.
Written by Downhere:
Lyrics to Calmer Of The Storm :
When everything is wrong
The day has passed and nothing's done
And the whole world seems against me
When I'm rolling in my bed,
there's a storm in my head
I'm afraid of sinking in despair.
CHORUS
Teach me, Lord to have faith
In what you're bringing me will
Change my life and bring you glory and...
There on the storm I am learning to let go
Of the will that I so long to control
There may I be in your arms eternally
I thank you, Lord,
You are the calmer of the storm.
You rebuke the wind and the waves
Once again I find I'm amazed
At the power of your will
Cuz I'm a child of little faith
I feel the wind and forget your grace
And you say, "Peace, be still."
There on the storm I am learning to let go
The white wave's high,
It's crashing o'er the deck
And I don't know where I go
Where are you Lord, is my ship going down?
The mast is gone so throw the anchor
Should I jump and try to swim to land?
There on the storm,
Teach me God to understand
Of the Will that I just cannot control
There may I see all you love protecting me
I thank you Lord,
You are the calmer of the storm.
[ Calmer Of The Storm Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ]
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Not super exciting!
Not the most exciting video but if you haven't seen the boys in a while, it's pretty cool watching them interact, share, fight etc... They have so much fun together and Jackson wants so much to be like his big brother
I think they won?
A much needed trip to an angels game! We were given two tickets to an angels game about a month ago from great friends of ours! It was exactly what John needed. Thanks again Jake and Jenny!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Jackson is Everywhere
For those of you who have been waiting to hear from my blog...all apologies. I have not been doing this in a while but realized my family has not been able to see the boys in a while so here are some updates.
JACKSON IS EVERYWHERE!!
He started crawling about a month ago and he is officially a pro! No place is off limits. John caught him on the treadmill yesterday. I guess John and I just aren't used to such an adventurous child, Caleb never ventured off too far. He loves trying to get in the trash, going into Grammy and Papa's room, or just following Caleb and mommy into their bedroom for playtime!
I love every moment of it but it can be exhausting!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Night Night Time.
Before bed Daddy always asks Caleb to give momma hugs and kisses night night....well tonight Caleb went above and beyond. He decided to not only give momma hugs and kisses but on his way to bed he hugged his basket of toys, the wall, and most importantly his naughty chair (he forgot to wave good night to the TV though, which is a usual custom)
Our Thanksgiving with Family
So here is our very handsome Caleb having an absolute blast with his lovely cousin Naiah. They had so much fun together this past week. John's sister and family came to town for Thanksgiving and everytime those two got together they were having so much fun. Caleb liked to chase Naiah around the house desperately trying to hug her, but as a much more mature young lady she needed her personal space, it didn't usually end well!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Jackson James is Here!!!!
So here is the scoop...
I have been 3 cm dialated for about 2 weeks and having alot of braxton hicks contractions, they were getting stronger and more painful as the days went a long.
Friday morning October 12th I had my checkup at the doctors...I was 38 weeks and 4 days along. The doctor checked me and said I was 4cm dialated and that I was in labor. She said to go home have lunch and expect to go into active labor at anytime. We called our parents and went home to put Caleb down for a nap. Around noon I began having pretty strong contractions, we started to time them, but I wasn't getting too excited cause in the past couple days my contractions have just gone away. So then I decided to walk around the house and see what would happen. they did not go away and they were stronger then normal. We called the doctor and she asked for us to come back to her office so she could check me again. We got over to her office and she said I was still at 4cm but 5cm when I 'd have a contraction. She called the hospital and we headed over there. John's parents met us at the doctors office to pick up Caleb. We got into the hospital at 2pm and settled in. I knew I'd want an epidural but I was doing fine at the time they asked. They recommended that we go ahead and get it done now because if I was to wait it may take way to long to get the doctor to my room. So I said, bring it on!! Everything seemed to be going fine for the first couple hours. My doctor showed up at 5pm and decided to break my water to get the process going faster...as she did they noticed that the baby's heartrate dropped dramatically. They asked everyone to leave the room, and they had some other nurses come in to help. I got a little freaked out as they put me on oxygen and asked me to move positions several times to see if the baby would improve. They checked me and noticed that I had dialated to a 7cm rather quickly after they broke my water and they assumed the baby did not adjust well to the transition. They decided to pump fluid back in incase the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and to help him settle. About an hour later everything was normal. He had settle down and I could finally relax. at about 9:15pm I had finally reached 10cm but the baby was still at negative 1 (which means he was far enough down). They asked me to do a practice push to see if I could work him down further. I went ahead and pushed and his head crowned. So they new I was ready, my doctor was expecting it to happen so fast so she ran to get her scrubs on and get ready. It took 4 pushes and Jackson James had arrived. PERFECT, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING. I couldn't believe he was here!! I got to nurse right away (I didn't get to do that with Caleb) and he latched on right away.
Jackson was born at 9:24pm / 8lbs 2oz / 20.5" long
God is so Good!
see slide show here!
I have been 3 cm dialated for about 2 weeks and having alot of braxton hicks contractions, they were getting stronger and more painful as the days went a long.
Friday morning October 12th I had my checkup at the doctors...I was 38 weeks and 4 days along. The doctor checked me and said I was 4cm dialated and that I was in labor. She said to go home have lunch and expect to go into active labor at anytime. We called our parents and went home to put Caleb down for a nap. Around noon I began having pretty strong contractions, we started to time them, but I wasn't getting too excited cause in the past couple days my contractions have just gone away. So then I decided to walk around the house and see what would happen. they did not go away and they were stronger then normal. We called the doctor and she asked for us to come back to her office so she could check me again. We got over to her office and she said I was still at 4cm but 5cm when I 'd have a contraction. She called the hospital and we headed over there. John's parents met us at the doctors office to pick up Caleb. We got into the hospital at 2pm and settled in. I knew I'd want an epidural but I was doing fine at the time they asked. They recommended that we go ahead and get it done now because if I was to wait it may take way to long to get the doctor to my room. So I said, bring it on!! Everything seemed to be going fine for the first couple hours. My doctor showed up at 5pm and decided to break my water to get the process going faster...as she did they noticed that the baby's heartrate dropped dramatically. They asked everyone to leave the room, and they had some other nurses come in to help. I got a little freaked out as they put me on oxygen and asked me to move positions several times to see if the baby would improve. They checked me and noticed that I had dialated to a 7cm rather quickly after they broke my water and they assumed the baby did not adjust well to the transition. They decided to pump fluid back in incase the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and to help him settle. About an hour later everything was normal. He had settle down and I could finally relax. at about 9:15pm I had finally reached 10cm but the baby was still at negative 1 (which means he was far enough down). They asked me to do a practice push to see if I could work him down further. I went ahead and pushed and his head crowned. So they new I was ready, my doctor was expecting it to happen so fast so she ran to get her scrubs on and get ready. It took 4 pushes and Jackson James had arrived. PERFECT, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING. I couldn't believe he was here!! I got to nurse right away (I didn't get to do that with Caleb) and he latched on right away.
Jackson was born at 9:24pm / 8lbs 2oz / 20.5" long
God is so Good!
see slide show here!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Jackson where are you?
So no baby yet but a lot of close calls. Wednesday John and i spent the day working on getting this baby out. We went for a morning walk at the beach, then ran a few errands around town. I got home and took Castor Oil, which I have heard induces labor. Two hours later I felt nauseous but was having pretty strong contractions, they soon went away so I decided to scrub the bathroom floors and clean house. After all that was finished we met up with Lauren at the beach for our 2nd walk of the day. When I got home from that I had some very strong contractions for about an hour. We decided to call family to warn them, and we starting timing them. They were about 5 to 8 minutes apart and lasting about a minute long. I was told that if you get up and walk around or change your position and they go away that means that they are braxton hicks or false labor, so I did that and sure enough they went away :( So yesterday I went about my normal routine. I woke up and did some yoga, Caleb and I went to swim class at the YMCA, then we went to Church for a couple hours. This morning is our doctors appointment and I am really curious as to what she will discover. I am praying that all of this is just slow labor and that by the time I am in full labor it will go fairly quickly, but not too quick. I want to get to the hospital in time and I would love for my family to be there. My mom lives about 3 hours away!
Keep us in your prayers!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
9 months later!!
So here is the update! Friday Sept. 28th the doctor informed me that I was 3 centimeters dialated and that it could 
be anytime now! I am 37 weeks today and praying that Jackson sits still for at least another week... my due date is October 22nd. We would love for him to come early but not too early!! We'll keep you updated.
be anytime now! I am 37 weeks today and praying that Jackson sits still for at least another week... my due date is October 22nd. We would love for him to come early but not too early!! We'll keep you updated.
P.S. don't ask me why my head is cut off in the first shot!
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