Monday, October 15, 2012
JenaBug!
My thoughts today have been crazy, to say the least. I have walked around doing my daily things and I stop to ponder on God's blessings in my life. Three years ago today I laid in a hospital bed not sure if my little blessing growing within was going to make it into my arms. At 28 weeks pregnant, my water breaks late into the evening. By the time I make it to the hospital and get checked, it is very evident that my husband was going home without me. WellStar Cobb was going to be my home for the next several weeks.
The tearful long weeks have pasted and today I have a precious little girl, who is one of God's blessings in my life. Almost 3 or not, I still carry her around on my hip like she is still a baby. Not really wanting her to grow up but oh how she has grown. She is a very independent little girl, feisty, blankie/pacy holder (and don't take either one away from her unless you get her approval). She can sing the ABC's and Jesus loves me better than anyone I know and she can hang with her two older siblings just fine. She is an amazing child and I love her so very much.
Oh and if you ask her her name she will quietly say....JenaBug!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
growing pains....
I'm having a few myself. I'm trying out a new style for my hair. My daughter loves it, Joey likes it and I'm not sure yet. I'm a natural curly headed gal who has to color her hair on a regular basis for....we'll say natural reasons. I get this from my mom's side of the family. Thanks Helton's.
And this year...I'm turning the big 40! I can't believe it. After all these years and now I'm going to turn an age that I used to think was so old. Thankfully my 7 yr old tells my that I will never be old to her. And this is why I color my hair so that I will not look like her grandma instead of her momma.
I'm not the only one in the house having growing pains. Jaci the 7 year old wanted to turn back into a baby last night. She even went as far as saying she wanted to wear a diaper again. In the mist of all this I was going back and forth to bathrooms bathing my kids, getting them out, dried off, putting on pj's and putting on Jena'a diaper. Who still needs it right now. She is only 2! Her daddy did come and "baby" her for a while. She loved it. And I had to carry her into the kitchen this morning, just to make her feel like a "baby" again. OH my back!
Then there's my 3 year old, who got in time out yesterday for not listening to his teacher. Seems this continued when he got home. I was turning on my flat-iron, cause I'm working on my new due, and I tell him not to touch it cause it will be hot. About this time I turn it on turbo so I can hurry. We were getting ready to take Jaci to practice. Well, guess what, he didn't listen again and touched the iron and burned his little, 3 yrs old thumb. Oh my! So now I'm doctoring up this burn which I know is very painful but I could not get on to him cause I knew he was in so much pain. I did tell him, "see what happens when you don't listen to mommy." I got a huge scream out of that one. He falls asleep at the dinner table and so I hold him close. I really felt like a bad mom for this one.
Last but not least is our Jena-bug. The one who is still in diapers cause I think she is just still too little for potty training and she still needs her pacy. I think her growing pains are hurting me more than her. I had a Kodak moment with her today but no memory left on my camera. She put her doll in her high chair and was pretending to feed the baby. She had a bottle and a dish for food and was feeding the baby with a spoon. I almost cried! She is so precious.
All of our gifts from God are so precious, even my hubby that He gave me.
And this year...I'm turning the big 40! I can't believe it. After all these years and now I'm going to turn an age that I used to think was so old. Thankfully my 7 yr old tells my that I will never be old to her. And this is why I color my hair so that I will not look like her grandma instead of her momma.
I'm not the only one in the house having growing pains. Jaci the 7 year old wanted to turn back into a baby last night. She even went as far as saying she wanted to wear a diaper again. In the mist of all this I was going back and forth to bathrooms bathing my kids, getting them out, dried off, putting on pj's and putting on Jena'a diaper. Who still needs it right now. She is only 2! Her daddy did come and "baby" her for a while. She loved it. And I had to carry her into the kitchen this morning, just to make her feel like a "baby" again. OH my back!
Then there's my 3 year old, who got in time out yesterday for not listening to his teacher. Seems this continued when he got home. I was turning on my flat-iron, cause I'm working on my new due, and I tell him not to touch it cause it will be hot. About this time I turn it on turbo so I can hurry. We were getting ready to take Jaci to practice. Well, guess what, he didn't listen again and touched the iron and burned his little, 3 yrs old thumb. Oh my! So now I'm doctoring up this burn which I know is very painful but I could not get on to him cause I knew he was in so much pain. I did tell him, "see what happens when you don't listen to mommy." I got a huge scream out of that one. He falls asleep at the dinner table and so I hold him close. I really felt like a bad mom for this one.
Last but not least is our Jena-bug. The one who is still in diapers cause I think she is just still too little for potty training and she still needs her pacy. I think her growing pains are hurting me more than her. I had a Kodak moment with her today but no memory left on my camera. She put her doll in her high chair and was pretending to feed the baby. She had a bottle and a dish for food and was feeding the baby with a spoon. I almost cried! She is so precious.
All of our gifts from God are so precious, even my hubby that He gave me.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
...is there a spider in my shoe?
Being in a hurry, as usual, I realize it is time to go get Joseph from the Mother's morning out program and Jena has fallen asleep on me while I'm on the computer. Joey has me on assignment to find out how to start him a blog or a free website for his ministry. So I quickly grab my purse with Jena in my arms and I remember that I have some slip on shoes outside the door. These shoes have suffered many days with me. I love these black slip on shoes. But while I'm rushing to lock the door and pull it behind me with my big purse and holding a 2 year old, I slip on my faithful shoes. And quickly I think, almost in a panic, is there a spider in my shoe? Could there be? Sure I think. I move my toes around and I don't feel anything unusual, so I continue on to the car to try and put Jena in without waking her up. I figured that if a spider was going to bite me that it would happen quickly since I did disturb his nice warm spot. Thankfully, I haven't found a spider or bug in my shoe that waits for me outside everyday.
This got me to thinking that I should not take things for granted that maybe one day there will be a spider in there and it might decide to bite. So this also got me to thinking about my children and how they take many things for granted but as they get older they will start to understand what that really means.
Everyday we see the news and more and more children are being taken from their families cause of kidnapping and normally the end is not good. I don't even like for my kids to play on the carport by themselves without me being right there. My husband and I were just talking about when we were kids and we would ride our bikes or walk to the store with our friends and thought nothing of it. And neither did our parents, cause they let us go.
We have to watch for the wolves in sheep's clothing. Not only for ourselves but for our children. We should pray and pray for our children,and our families for God's protection. Cause one day you may have a spider in your shoe.
Blessings to you!
This got me to thinking that I should not take things for granted that maybe one day there will be a spider in there and it might decide to bite. So this also got me to thinking about my children and how they take many things for granted but as they get older they will start to understand what that really means.
Everyday we see the news and more and more children are being taken from their families cause of kidnapping and normally the end is not good. I don't even like for my kids to play on the carport by themselves without me being right there. My husband and I were just talking about when we were kids and we would ride our bikes or walk to the store with our friends and thought nothing of it. And neither did our parents, cause they let us go.
We have to watch for the wolves in sheep's clothing. Not only for ourselves but for our children. We should pray and pray for our children,and our families for God's protection. Cause one day you may have a spider in your shoe.
Blessings to you!
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