So the morning began with a bang, so to speak. (see post below about vortex.) But by the middle of the day I was humbled by my 4 almost 5 year old.
We have been praying with Micah that God would heal his eyes (he has strabismus, a form of lazy eye) and that God would heal his milk allergy. Today at the grocery store he looked worried and in thought. I asked him what he was thinking about. He said, "Mama, when God heals my milk allergy, can I eat things with milk in them?" (emphasis mine) Not if, but when. To him it is a reality, not wishful thinking, that God will heal him. My son can teach me a thing or two about faith.
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Yesterday Micah asked me what day the baby was coming. I told him only God knows, so he should pray and ask him. He did, then I asked him what God said. Micah said God told him the baby was coming on Saturday. Now, I didn't ask him to specify WHICH Saturday.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
The Vortex
We have reached a vortex in our house here because of 3 things:
1. New baby coming
2. Birthday
3. Christmas
... all happening within a 30 day period. Not good. Not that I had any planning in the matter. God knew what he was doing when he set #1 and 2 in motion for our family, but I'm still getting a headache. I'm enjoying a moment of silence while they watch Curious George upstairs. Away from me.
ahhhhh
its beautiful.
1. New baby coming
2. Birthday
3. Christmas
... all happening within a 30 day period. Not good. Not that I had any planning in the matter. God knew what he was doing when he set #1 and 2 in motion for our family, but I'm still getting a headache. I'm enjoying a moment of silence while they watch Curious George upstairs. Away from me.
ahhhhh
its beautiful.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Indoor Camp-Out
On Saturday night, Micah, Joel and Daddy had their own indoor campout. We made soy hot chocolate and Dad pitched the tent in the living room.
It was quite a big tent for the 3 of them! They read a chapter from Prince Caspian and Aaron told stories to the kids. Right now he is making up stories at bedtime from "The Forest of Aberkazan". Which strangely sounds like "Lord of the Rings". Micah gets really into it.
Even with camping inside they got cold! Thank goodnes for electric blankets!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Update on baby
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are so thankful that soon we will have a new baby!
Due date is a week from tommorow. Too bad babies don't come with a set time and timer like a turkey. For all the trouble of a c-section, that would be nice to be able to plan. I was having a lot of contractions on Monday night and they were regular. But, they went away. My midwife says that 3rd pregnancies tend to have more "false labor".
I love my midwife practice. I see a group of about 3-4 midwives that work in a office with a group of OB doctors at the hospital. They are all Certified Nurse Midwives, meaning they have taken extra training in Midwifery. If you face any kind of complication they can consult with the MDs in the office. I have been so very fortunate to not have any kind of problem. I am VERY thankful for this. I will have the baby at the hospital. This makes me much more secure than a birthing center just for the fact of the baby's health. When Micah was born his lungs had to be suctioned quite a bit.
The difference with having a midwife is she is with you the entire time you are at the hospital. She reads and follows your birth plan, and is with you the whole time as a buffer with the hospital staff. The midwife that delivered Joel (her name is Deb) is very encouraging. I saw her on Tuesday and she was just so positive saying I'd have a quick, easy delivery with no problems. You just go away feeling great. She told me to not have the baby over Thanksgiving because she'd be out of town and she wanted to deliver the baby again! She's delivered something like 4000 babies in her career. When it was time to push Joel out, she told Aaron that baby would be born in 15 minutes. We looked at the camera and I think it was 14:58.
So now we are praying that Deb can deliver this baby too. Thinking about having the baby without my mom to see it brings back lots of sad feelings. Having Deb there would be nice since I am already familiar with her in the delivery room.
Have a great day of thanks!
Due date is a week from tommorow. Too bad babies don't come with a set time and timer like a turkey. For all the trouble of a c-section, that would be nice to be able to plan. I was having a lot of contractions on Monday night and they were regular. But, they went away. My midwife says that 3rd pregnancies tend to have more "false labor".
I love my midwife practice. I see a group of about 3-4 midwives that work in a office with a group of OB doctors at the hospital. They are all Certified Nurse Midwives, meaning they have taken extra training in Midwifery. If you face any kind of complication they can consult with the MDs in the office. I have been so very fortunate to not have any kind of problem. I am VERY thankful for this. I will have the baby at the hospital. This makes me much more secure than a birthing center just for the fact of the baby's health. When Micah was born his lungs had to be suctioned quite a bit.
The difference with having a midwife is she is with you the entire time you are at the hospital. She reads and follows your birth plan, and is with you the whole time as a buffer with the hospital staff. The midwife that delivered Joel (her name is Deb) is very encouraging. I saw her on Tuesday and she was just so positive saying I'd have a quick, easy delivery with no problems. You just go away feeling great. She told me to not have the baby over Thanksgiving because she'd be out of town and she wanted to deliver the baby again! She's delivered something like 4000 babies in her career. When it was time to push Joel out, she told Aaron that baby would be born in 15 minutes. We looked at the camera and I think it was 14:58.
So now we are praying that Deb can deliver this baby too. Thinking about having the baby without my mom to see it brings back lots of sad feelings. Having Deb there would be nice since I am already familiar with her in the delivery room.
Have a great day of thanks!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Non Dairy Pumpkin Pie
From Whole Foods:
Pumpkin Pie
1 unbaked pie crust (9 inch)
2 cups cooked pumpkin (about 1 can)
2 eggs
1/3 cup maple syrup, honey or rice syrup
pinch of salt
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 package silken tofu
Preheat oven to 425 F. Blend all filling ingredients in a blender. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 and bake an additional 45 minute or until set.
I have also seen recipes where you make this vegan by deleting the eggs and adding more tofu.
We have made this for a few years now and I honestly cannot tell the difference. We have had both: traditional made with milk and the tofu version. I have tasted both and you can't tell.
It has about 100 calories less per slice than traditional pie and about 7 g less fat.
249 calories, 9 g fat, 6 g protein (doesn't list the fiber)
Keep the guesses coming below for baby! I can't wait to see who is right!
Pumpkin Pie
1 unbaked pie crust (9 inch)
2 cups cooked pumpkin (about 1 can)
2 eggs
1/3 cup maple syrup, honey or rice syrup
pinch of salt
1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 package silken tofu
Preheat oven to 425 F. Blend all filling ingredients in a blender. Pour into unbaked pie shell and bake for 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350 and bake an additional 45 minute or until set.
I have also seen recipes where you make this vegan by deleting the eggs and adding more tofu.
We have made this for a few years now and I honestly cannot tell the difference. We have had both: traditional made with milk and the tofu version. I have tasted both and you can't tell.
It has about 100 calories less per slice than traditional pie and about 7 g less fat.
249 calories, 9 g fat, 6 g protein (doesn't list the fiber)
Keep the guesses coming below for baby! I can't wait to see who is right!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The Contest
Today marks 38 weeks. And every time I call anyone I get "oh I thought you were going to tell me you were in labor!" No, I don't think I would be calling you with such a cheerful demeanor if that was the case. So, if I call you please don't make that comment. Why? Because my babies have a habit of being late.
So... in the spirit of filling time before baby... because everyone knows I have absolutely nothing to do except wait for baby.. . (except find the carseat, bouncy seat, the swing, pack bags for the kids and for myself, register at the hospital and oh, yah there's Thanksgiving too!).....I'm decided to have a little contest.
Leave a comment if you want to play along with the following information:
1. Your guess as to the birthdate.
2. Your guess as to the sex.
3. Tie breaker: time of day baby is born.
Some of you may or may not know this info that could help you out:
My official due date is nov 30
Both my boys were about a week late.
So... in the spirit of filling time before baby... because everyone knows I have absolutely nothing to do except wait for baby.. . (except find the carseat, bouncy seat, the swing, pack bags for the kids and for myself, register at the hospital and oh, yah there's Thanksgiving too!).....I'm decided to have a little contest.
Leave a comment if you want to play along with the following information:
1. Your guess as to the birthdate.
2. Your guess as to the sex.
3. Tie breaker: time of day baby is born.
Some of you may or may not know this info that could help you out:
My official due date is nov 30
Both my boys were about a week late.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Micah's 5th birthday party
This past weekend we had Micah's birthday party at the Children's Museum. He calls it "my favorite museum". Micah's real birthday isn't until early December, but I wanted to have his party early before baby comes. He had been talking about having his birthday party here for about a year. He was so very excited to have all his friends with him to play at his favorite place.We then had lunch in the jungle party room. The chairs were all animals.
Erin made the cake. What a great job she did! It was wonderful to have such a great cake for Micah--that was dairy free! THANK YOU!
Micah's favorite spot; the Mexican restaraunt. "Welcome to Taco Time, can I take your order?"
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
White board tip
I have lots of pictures to post from Micah's birthday party which I will try to get up today. I've been busy cleaning out Joel's old clothes and getting out baby clothes. Makes it seem more real! I'm getting excited for baby!
In the meantime I wanted to share a tip I learned yesterday.
If you have a white board and little people in your house this will happen to you eventually. Permanent marker on it. All you have to do to get it off is take a dry erase marker and trace over the permanent marks on the white board. Let it sit for awhile. Then erase it. Magically the marks will come off!
What would I do with out the web for information??
In the meantime I wanted to share a tip I learned yesterday.
If you have a white board and little people in your house this will happen to you eventually. Permanent marker on it. All you have to do to get it off is take a dry erase marker and trace over the permanent marks on the white board. Let it sit for awhile. Then erase it. Magically the marks will come off!
What would I do with out the web for information??
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Halloween 2007
This year we had two cowboys. I tried to get them to be Buzz and Woody from Toy Story. Micah had decided early on that he wanted to be a cowboy. Like last year. And the year before that. He has a costume and its a cowboy. End of discussion. Last year he had a cowboy birthday party where he wore his cowboy costume. Now he thinks every year for his birthday he has to wear his cowboy costume. Wow, talk about a boy set in his ways! Since there would be no talking Micah out of a cowboy, I thought Joel could be Buzz.
My plan did not work because Joel decided that he wanted to be Woody too. "Micah be Buzz Wightyear and I be Woody", is the refrain that I heard over and over. Mostly in the car, which is always lovely. With Micah arguing back that he lay claim to Woody as he wanted to be a cowboy. So I ended the argument by saying they could both be Woody. But I was NOT going to be buying a Woody costume. We have enough cowboy gear around the house. So when I got Joel up from his nap on Halloween and started putting on his "costume", he argued that his cowboy hat: "That not Woody hat, that horsey hat!" Somehow I talked him into it and hence you see the two happy cowboys.
Here are some pictures of Micah as a cowboy over the years:
Age 3 1/2
Age 22 months
I forgot that when Micah was 2 1/2 he was a pumpkin. You can see how that turned out:
This picture is as good as it got. I'm surprised to see Micah with a happy face. I remember lots of negotiation to get him into this costume. The thing was he said he wanted to be a pumpkin since Joel was going to be a pumpkin. Ahhh, 2 year olds. I also don't think the stem on his head didn't stay on very long.Maybe next year we will be able to branch out a bit in the costume department. Joel has a train conductor hat that he likes to wear around the house. Maybe Sir Topham Hat will make an appearance next year. But if he does at least he'll have a cowboy for a brother to protect him.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Freecycle
I wanted to let you know about one of my favorite websites/online groups: Freecycle.
It is an online group based on geographic location a la Craig's List. The only difference is that everything offered is free. The purpose of the group is to find new uses for things that might otherwise hit the landfill. I hate to throw things away. And sometimes I just don't make it to the thrift store very often. So usually if I only have 1 or 2 items to get rid of, or I don't think Goodwill will take it, I post it on freecycle. If someone is interested in it, they will email you and you can set up a pickup time. I have also found some great things to use around the house off of freecycle. For example I've received a couple of trikes to use outside.
When you go to freecycle, it will direct you to your local group. I think most of them are yahoo groups. You will need a yahoo id first (which is free and easy to get).
You never know what you have sitting around that someone else might need or want. Especially if you just want to get rid of it and don't want to pay to drop it off at the dump.
It is an online group based on geographic location a la Craig's List. The only difference is that everything offered is free. The purpose of the group is to find new uses for things that might otherwise hit the landfill. I hate to throw things away. And sometimes I just don't make it to the thrift store very often. So usually if I only have 1 or 2 items to get rid of, or I don't think Goodwill will take it, I post it on freecycle. If someone is interested in it, they will email you and you can set up a pickup time. I have also found some great things to use around the house off of freecycle. For example I've received a couple of trikes to use outside.
When you go to freecycle, it will direct you to your local group. I think most of them are yahoo groups. You will need a yahoo id first (which is free and easy to get).
You never know what you have sitting around that someone else might need or want. Especially if you just want to get rid of it and don't want to pay to drop it off at the dump.
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