22 days....I only have 22 more days until Will's arrival. I must be honest with you, I am a little nervous about this whole "2 under 2" deal. But on the other hand I feel completely blessed! Oh, how I truly wish he wasn't due to arrive until maybe mid April (this would give us some time to get settled somewhere instead of having to move his sweet little 2 week old self an hour and a half [thankful we don't have to travel by plane any further than that b-c an hour and a half drive TOTALLY beats a plane ride with 2 little ones ALONE.....can I get an AAAAMEN!?]) Other than that...God's timing is just amazing, isn't it!? I look back on my life within the past several months and just think how blessed I am to serve a God who knows what's best for me and my family. I praise Him for that & for his perfect Will (His plan...and our new son! JUST saw the connection there!) These past 8 months have been a roller coaster of emotions but praying fervently daily has been my refuge!
We are praying so hard to be able to actually bring this little boy home & NOT spend 2.5 months at Children's Hospital this time. Although, I do LOVE Children's and their ENTIRE staff, but we would MUCH rather spend the first 2.5 months of our 2ND child's life holding him the DAY he's born (not a month afterwards) and allll the days remaining. There are no complications to make us worry about not being able to bring him home the 2-3 days prior to his birthday, but there were also no complications with Reagan, that we knew of, until she came into this world. So I ask you to just pray.
February 24th is THE day he'll be here (if all goes to plan....) I have to be at the hospital at 5:30 AM and surgery is scheduled for 7:30 AM. We are not sure if Chad will be able to be there yet. We are still working on that. I have to call Red Cross well in advance (like next Monday!) so that they are able to get all his paperwork squared away and get approval from the commanders or whoever they get approval from. But...here's "the thing", Chad will be right in the middle of "FTX" (Field Training Exercise) and this is a mandatory thing he has to complete in order to graduate. He only has to complete 72 hours of it...soo this, too, is yet another thing we are praying super hard about, that they will be compassionate enough to work something out where he is able to finish up FTX and able to be at the birth of our son. Oh how devastating it'll be for me to not have him there...ESPECIALLY (hopefully) being able to actually have a "normal" birth-DAY, being able to experience that first night with Will in the hospital room and learning to actually nurse him and just having all that to experience with my husband and our new baby would just be soo joyous for me! so please, help me to pray for this.
On a much lighter & mouth drooling note..... Just click here, you won't regret it!
That's right Ladies & Gentlemen...I made that last night! First time EVER frying chicken and it was a successful experience! My husband will be SO proud of me! It actually looked JUST LIKE the picture...go figure! :o) I have ordered this woman's cookbook after hearing such amazing things about her food and I figured my husband would L-O-V-E me for it! (Although, he is THE cook in our family..I have a feeling that will change here shortly!) I feel like I owe it to him to learn some yummy dishes so he can just relax when he gets home from work and enjoy the aroma of this great food swirling around our kitchen! Oh how wonderful....(and all of a sudden I get this mental image of me wearing a dress wrapped in a cute apron and high heels, kids playing calmly in the living room, table set...the whole stepford wife thing....umm..NOT SO MUCH! Reality check...Sweatpants and a t-shirt please...I'll have make-up on, at least!) :o) But seriously..if you haven't jumped on this Pioneer Woman bandwagon...GET TO JUMPIN' SISTER! She posts recipes on her website..DAILY! so have fun! Print them out...order her book and make your husband or man in your life happy for a change! I dare you...Like I said, you won't regret it! :o)
so for now, I'm off...I'm extremely exhausted today and SO WISH I could just crawl in my bed and go to sleep...but alas! I am at work and the previously mentioned is impossible at this moment in time...but oh, honey...when 8:00 pm rolls around...you better believe that I will be in my bed....or at least trying to chase Reagan around to get her in the bath tub! Wish me luck....
God Bless, Ya'll!
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