Randomness

Well, I am going to try really hard to do a post a week at least!! Hopefully I will be able to stick with it :) Its seems though, that every time I start my new post, the kids need something.....they're hungry, thirsty, want a book read to them, are bringing every toy they own down the stairs....etc so I have to sneak this time in when I can.  This week has been sort of a bummer week for me, for a couple reasons.  First a sweet woman at our church has a daughter who is pregnant, but just found out she may have cervical cancer.  My heart is just so sad for this mother and daughter, please remember to pray for them. I cant imagine how hard it would be to find out your child may have cancer, that dreaded disease, but to add to it that she is also pregnant, would just be terrifying!  Please, please remember these precious ladies!  

The next, I'll be vague about, just got my feelings hurt by a few harsh words and I guess its just pregnancy hormones, but it has had me bummed out all week!  ugh...

Lastly, last week, Jude had to go to the hospital.  He had been sick all weekend, but on tuesday about 1 in the afternoon, he started complaining about his right side hurting really bad.  Naturally I just thought, "oh no, his appendix" so, I called his pediatrician and on the way to the appointment, Jude started really hurting and crying, it just killed me.  Well, the doc checked him out and told us to go straight to Dayton Children's ER.  On the way, it was horrible, Jude was screaming in pain.  I had never seen him act like that before and it really had me scared!  After a three hour wait in the waiting room ( which was ridiculous) Jude got some x-rays and the dr. pretty much told us Jude was full of gas a poop!!! Ugh, I don't even want to know how much that just cost me!!  So bummed about that whole thing bc, essentially its my fault ( don't we always do this as mom's, blame ourselves?)  b/c we hadn't been eating the greatest, just a lot of snacking around during the day and not eating meals very well ( although, I rarely buy junk food, just not eating regularly or things with a lot of fiber can mess you up)   Anyways, I felt horrible about not being more mindful about my children's eating habits.  Im sure these are things that most mom's can relate to....its daunting being a parent! I think sometimes, " you know, my kids probably think Im nuts!!"  When you're little you always think that your parents should have it all together and never make mistakes.  Now, as a parent, you understand how wrong that idea was.  We are all still human, still learning and growing too, along with our kids.  I have to remind myself of this often, like those days that Elsie has an accident and we had planned on being out all day and it didnt even cross my mind to make sure I had extra clothes in the truck, or when I send my kids to bed for the 3rd night in a row without brushing their teeth. "I am human, I make mistakes, my kids will not be in therapy bc of this silly thing...." maybe this is my new mantra haha!  Anyways,  ( although I highly doubt anyone had it in their heads that I had it all together!! ;) ) I hope this in a weird way, is an encouragement to you, our kids will most likely turn out pretty darn good even though they have cavities and $3 leggings from walmart bc we forgot the extra clothes :)  I'll leave you with a few things that I have been trying to capture from our daily lives....I read this blog www.beckyhiggins.com and she does a POTD ( picture of the day) every single day and has for about 3 or 4 years I think.  This made me really want to kind of document our daily lives with pictures, so here's a few pictures of things that I think describes our lives day to day.........

I'm usually not a big pringles person, but I really like the dill pickle chips flavor ( can someone say "pregnancy stereotype!!")

Please tell me your silverware drawer looks like this too??  With all the kids little utensils and medicine droppers and straws, this is about as organized as it gets!

Each member of our family has a big nalgene bottle that we drink out of here at home ( the kids each have smaller versions too)  We love these!

Is your family brand-loyal to anything?? We are definitely a Mac family.....and I so wish I had an iPad to photograph, but its definitely on my wishlist!! Also we are with Sprint, so Im hoping that by my next renewal that Sprint will have the iPhone!! I just think Mac are such better quality and look sleeker and cleaner, blah, blah, blah ;) 

I'll leave you of a picture of my kids this morning who were still sleepy and wanted a video after breakfast......Have a great weekend!!

p.s. this was Jude's 3rd pancake that morning!!