Thank you to all who asked about the Train party. It was a smash hit. Landon absolutely adored his choo choo cake, and still asks people (random people) if they got to see it. I am so glad he loved it because decorating it took every last bit of energy out of my body. By the time the party rolled around, I pretty much sat back and enjoyed watching everyone have a good time. Thanks so much to my mom for preparing the food and cleaning up...it was such a wonderful little party. It was so great to watch Landon revel in such little pleasures as balloons and wrapped presents, and cake and ice cream and candy.
It brought back so many of the exciting feelings I had as a child as my birthday party would near. There is great joy in watching your child find joy in such little, but special things!
It brought back so many of the exciting feelings I had as a child as my birthday party would near. There is great joy in watching your child find joy in such little, but special things!
Monday was a gorgeous day, so I mustered up the energy and took Landon to the park. It was near 70 degrees and he had so much fun playing in the leaves. I was so happy to watch him have so much fun, but I was sad that fall is basically over (yeah we have at least an inch of snow right now) and he only got out to play ONE time. Pathetic. Some of it was my sickness...some the horrible weather, but I still felt bad. Oh well...clearly we made good use of this one day that the Lord gave to us. That day during nap I was supposed to work on grad school...but I fell asleep about two minutes into my reading...I have been SO tired lately!
Tuesday was Halloween. Landon actually remembered bits and pieces of last year and the kid was over-joyed to dress up, get his pumpkin and ask people for candy. He insisted on not allowing the people to put the candy in his pumpkin...he had to have it in his hand. This appears a bit rude, but the reason was that he was so excited about EVERY single piece that he got that he had to show Daddy and Mommy and Aunt Amy and Uncle David before he mixed it in his pumpkin. He was so into everything...the decorations, being outside in the dark...all of it. I just love the age he is at because he finds such enjoyment in such small things. I got excited about next year and pushing around my new little 6 month old in a cute little pumpkin costume 
I am into my second week of school, and thanks to my mom I am currently caught up. She came up Wednesday and took Landon for me so that I could do grad school for a solid 5 hours. After another long day yesterday I am caught up and on track. Now I just have to start thinking about my papers.... 
Last week and this week we have had random people bring us meals. I cannot begin to express the blessing that this has been. I simply cannot cook. So a good home-cooked meal has been awesome...all prepared so I don't have to smell it before I eat it The people who have cooked for me...I have never met either of them before they dropped off the meals. They heard about us from someone we knew...and too the initiave to come by and bless our socks off. The family of Christ...the bond is just amazing. You don't even have to technically know a person, but when you share the bond of the Holy Spirit, there is a communing of hearts and an abundance of joy. 
I thank God for meeting our needs. Speaking of, I have that prescrip for Zofran. I have not filled it yet, Jonathan and I are still debating. I have tried everything from lemon to ginger to accupressure wrist bands (THANK YOU Travis for your suggestion...if you have more let me know. I do not like resorting to drugs...so I am open to just about anything). I just don't know if I am sick ENOUGH to take the drug. I kind of want to wait a few more weeks and see if it will start to get any better. I was sick all 38 weeks with Landon, so I may be with this one too...but I am praying for some improvement in the near future. And just so you all know...I could have it SO much worse. I have a friend, named Abi, that is two weeks behind me in her pregnancy. She has been so sick that she has been hospitalized and is now home with a port in her leg that administered meds to her every ten minutes. She has a little boy who I believe is around 18 months. I know she could use prayer...I really cannot imagine how difficult this must be on them!
The people who have cooked for me...I have never met either of them before they dropped off the meals. They heard about us from someone we knew...and too the initiave to come by and bless our socks off. The family of Christ...the bond is just amazing. You don't even have to technically know a person, but when you share the bond of the Holy Spirit, there is a communing of hearts and an abundance of joy. I thank God for meeting our needs. Speaking of, I have that prescrip for Zofran. I have not filled it yet, Jonathan and I are still debating. I have tried everything from lemon to ginger to accupressure wrist bands (THANK YOU Travis for your suggestion...if you have more let me know. I do not like resorting to drugs...so I am open to just about anything). I just don't know if I am sick ENOUGH to take the drug. I kind of want to wait a few more weeks and see if it will start to get any better. I was sick all 38 weeks with Landon, so I may be with this one too...but I am praying for some improvement in the near future. And just so you all know...I could have it SO much worse. I have a friend, named Abi, that is two weeks behind me in her pregnancy. She has been so sick that she has been hospitalized and is now home with a port in her leg that administered meds to her every ten minutes. She has a little boy who I believe is around 18 months. I know she could use prayer...I really cannot imagine how difficult this must be on them!
Last night I was thinking about Landon and this little one in my belly. I was so overwhelmed with gratitude for all that God has given me. I feel so unworthy, and humbled and blessed that I have such a beautiful, healthy little boy who has the ability to randomly climb into my lap and tell me he loves me....or like last night...yell it from his room until he finally says, 
"Mommy did you hear me?" Just so he knows that I know that he loves me. And then there is this new little life growing inside...with a heartbeat and we are at 12 weeks, and so the risk of losing it is much slimmer. I am just so thankful and overwhelmed by God's goodness in my life. I know that at times I complain because parenting does get mundane. Discipline and dealing with mean words are never fun to deal with, and the normal tasks of day to day living can get old. But ultimately, the rewards so outweigh the negatives. And so I leave you with a heart full of thanksgiving, wishing you all a weekend full of love and laughs!
"Mommy did you hear me?" Just so he knows that I know that he loves me. And then there is this new little life growing inside...with a heartbeat and we are at 12 weeks, and so the risk of losing it is much slimmer. I am just so thankful and overwhelmed by God's goodness in my life. I know that at times I complain because parenting does get mundane. Discipline and dealing with mean words are never fun to deal with, and the normal tasks of day to day living can get old. But ultimately, the rewards so outweigh the negatives. And so I leave you with a heart full of thanksgiving, wishing you all a weekend full of love and laughs!
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