No sleep, so tired

Paisley has a new routine. It's called "wake up every hour". From the time she was born until last week Paisley would wake 1 maybe 2 times at night to nurse. Now she wakes up every 1-2 hours and is up by 6:15. Last night was really bad. I read a lot and have always read about children whose sleep schedules are interupted by developmental milestones. Haley and Haven didn't really do this (Haven just never slept) so I never really knew if it actually happened. Paisley is definately doing this. She is in a "growth spurt" of crawling and pulling up. She insists on standing all the time but she can't get down so when she does this at night she screams. Prior to learning how to stand she would put herself back to sleep. I am hoping that as she learns to get back down she'll resume her sleep pattern. Oh and she's getting more teeth. On the other hand, my prince slept through the night last night!!!! I am so proud of Haven. And then on the other hand (because you know moms have a hand for each child) Haley has turned into a sassy, disobedient child :((. What happened to my angel???? Now its "NO! I don't want to" what the heck?? Going to Chicago really messed up everyone but me. Serves me right thinking I could take a break ;). I'm a glutton for punishment so bring on the vacations. LOL. We have an old friend in town until Wednesday. She is down learing from Michael. Her husband graduates from chiropractic school in December and they hope to learn from all our mistakes and bypass the part of practice where you barely make enough money to feed yourselves! That's about it for me today. Off to get rid of that bacon smell **yucky**

Phillipians 4:6

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God"



AEIOU



A: ASK



What is anything? What is everything? What does petition mean? When do I present my requests to God?



E: EMPHASIZE



Do NOT be anxious about ANYTHING, but in EVERYTHING, by PRAYER and PETITION, with THANKSGIVING, present your requests to GOD.

NOT= never

ANYTHING= God can overcome all things

EVERYTHING= Nothing is too big or too small for God

PRAYER= How awesome that God is always there to listen to me

THANKSGIVING= I am so undeserving of God's love...THANK YOU!!

GOD= Master of all things, Great, Magnificent, Loving GOD!

I: ILLUSTRATE

is there a story or illustration you have heard in regards to this scripture?

O: OTHER SCRIPTURES

Ephesians 6:18 "and pray in the spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints."
1Timothy 2:1 "I urge then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone-"

U: USE

God show me how I can use this scripture in my daily life.

Sometimes I want to cry

How does God even stand us? There is so much bad in this world it makes me want to puke. Last week I had heard through the internet water cooler that a mom near McKinney had her baby taken away by CPS. Myself and about 80% of the internet had doubts, many even openly challenged her and called her a liar/scammer. Today my friend Molly asks me if I had heard about her story. I said yes and she told me that is her friend. After my jaw hit the floor (why? because I had to actually accept that this woman who needed my prayers last week was only just now getting them b/c I had doubt) I cautiously asked for details. Being too much to type on IM Molly called and proceeded to horrify me with what exactly happened. It is atrocious. Really the only thing that comforts me is knowing my Father in heaven is protecting this baby. Without having to play the telephone game and type out what Molly told me I will say that the baby (Eric) is in foster care as of today. There are 3 other children at home (iirc their ages are 12, 10, and 6). There are always 2 sides to every story I know that, however, the side I have heard is RIDICULOUS!!!!! Now I'm getting ticked again. I am not going to go crawl in a hole to raise my kids or anything, but it certainly makes me cautious. PLEASE PLEASE pray for Diana, Jason, Eric and the other children. Pray that Eric is returned to his family. Molly just called me again and said Diana has no lost it. She's hysterical. I can't imagine what I would be like.

Lord, awesome Father, there is no problem too big or too small for you. Your infinite greatness can overcome all adversity. I pray, Lord, that you will open the eyes of those being deceived and blinded by mistruths. Bring peace to Diana and Jason. Show them the way to get their baby back. I pray also for CPS. Send someone to that organization who can bring goodness and truth where it should always be. I lay all my worries at your feet, Father. Thank you for comforting me and guiding me on actions to take. Amen

I'm a new woman!!

That's what a vacation will do for you! We just got back from Chicago where the weather is amazingly PERFECT. Atleast in July. I certainly have no desire to be there in the winter. I tagged along with Michael for a business trip. While he was off learning doctor stuff I was walking...and walking...and walking through the Woodfield Mall. That mall is enormous. I should have lost 15 pounds from all the walking (and during that 8+ hours of mall walking I had a 20lb baby asleep in her carrier on my back) but I made sure to counteract that excercise with plenty of tasty food. Now I feel fat but I just include that in the "new woman" package. Paisley came with us and we left Haley and Haven with Grandma. I can't believe how in 2 days the kids look like they've aged a year. Paisley got her fifth tooth while we were gone and got completely spoiled from being held all the time. Now I've got some retraining to do. Although I thoroughly enjoyed my 2 days of watching TV, shopping and eating I am very glad to be home. Not too excited about resuming all of my chores however doing them is much more enjoyable than living in the effect of not doing them.

I need more time!

It's 8:30am, I have 45 minutes before I have to leave the house. Paisley is in the kitchen crying (not crying like "come get me!!" but that whiney cry that says "I really don't know how I crawled all the way across the house away from my mama"), Haven is naked on the couch watching Clifford next to Haley. The fact that Haley is "allowing" him to sit next to her when he's naked is Earth shattering. This is Haven's new obsession...nakedness. But back to the time issue. I am sitting here attempting to create a blog 45 minutes before my LLL meeting and I stink. Don't ya just love it? Why does the good for you natural deoderant have an expiration of 24 hours (if I'm that lucky)? I'm not one to shower daily but I'll spend just as much time at the sink washing and shaving my underarms so I don't scare everyone away. I just melt when my sweet little 3 year old son sniffs his nose and lovingly professess "mommy, you tink". :) So. I shall flee to the bathroom, make myself presentable and then start the insurmountable task of getting the 3 angels ready to leave. And one more note...er rant...why is it that every Sunday morning when "we" are getting ready for church I get stuck getting 4 bodies ready in the same amount of time it takes Michael to get his one body ready??? Every Sunday same thing. Very annoying. But that I'm sure will be discussed more fully at a later, more timely, day. Later.