and we're back

I'm going to keep plugging along here. Updates will happen when they happen and this blog may grow into something to be proud of and it may not. I'm just going to keep trying. "Keep Trying" is what I say to myself about a number of things these days. Housework, baby raising, weight loss, meal planning. If i quit, I die. . so I keep trying.

::News::

KL, finally has a tooth! Albeit its just a tiny little toothlet that's just broken the skin but it'll get there! Fun times. I was beginning to think she was going to be toothless. We know a few other babies around her age who are cutting tooth #4 already. So yeah, we're catching up.

KL gets her casts off next week! Yay! I'm anxious to see what the little girl will surprise us with once she has a little more freedom to move. Maybe she'll shock us and start crawling FORWARD! LOL

COFFEE! Yes, I can have it now It doesn't seem to bother KL anymore for which I am eternally grateful. My productivity has increased because of it, let me tell you!

That's about it for news. Our life looks dull on the outside but it's hopping I assure you. I feel like we are ALWAYS busy. But that's life. You slow down, you die. . apparently.

Our daily life seem full and slow at the same time htough. KL and I usually walk about and hour in the mornings followed by a little play time and then a nap for her. I do chores and relax a little (like now). Then its wake up time for her and more chores (while she plays or eats in the high chair) for me. This cycle plays out about twice and then James comes home and all is right with the worldd once again.

I love my life. I really do.

The good, the bad and the beautiful

This past weekend KL and I took a trip to Natchez, MS to an Old Time Music gathering. It was a good  idea. We rode with my mom and my sister and my mom played with KL much of the day giving me a chance to indulge my dormant hobby. I also got to show off KL to friends that I had not seen in over a year. In fact last year when I attended the same gathering I was about 4-5 months pregnant.

We arrived Friday evening and checked into the hotel. The bad came when it was time to sleep Friday night. KL apparently has something against sleeping in a pack and play in a strange hotel room. I don't know why. It was a very nice room with a King Size bed, with lovely pillows and beautiful comforter for mom. Too bad mom didn't actually get to do much sleeping in it. Oh well. We awoke Saturday morning feeling not so refreshed and proceeded to the grounds of the gathering. That was the beautiful part.

The weather turned out very cool for mid May in Mississippi. Very cool indeed! But it was pretty much perfect because the event takes place entirely outside or in old buildings with no artificial air flow.  The music was enchanting as always. I was privileged to jam a bit with precious friends and listen to other friends. I judged a contest and participated in one as well. If I had known how little sleep I was going to get I'm not sure I would have gone but probably. It was worth it.

(this pic is  of a couple of friends from a couple of years ago at the same event.)

Today

Today is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it. 

Those are such simple and familiar words but ones I need to repeat over and over to myself. Everyday is a new opportunity; to serve; to minister.  Life can seem pretty bleak when your 6 month old baby girl is teething and nothing you do seems to help her feel better. The two of you haven't slept much and the house is a wreck and you wonder how it will be possible to ever have another child since you can't even manage the current chaos very well.

Everyday isn't like this though. Most days she naps when she's supposed to and sleeps decently through the night.  On those kinds of days I forget to rejoice. I take for granted to the blessings of that day and go about my merry way thinking what a wonderful mother I am that my child is so happy and contented today. The truth is I am not such a wonderful mother at all. I am completely dependent upon Christ everyday whether I acknowledge it or not. 

So today, the tough day, I will rejoice and be glad because God has given me a precious little girl and the opportunity to minister to her though her pain. He has given me the opportunity to grow today to be more unselfish and more giving.