Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:
Amelia has been with us for over 2 weeks now, and we are certainly not settling into any good pattern yet. Isabelle has been throwing up this morning (ever so slightly but its there), Amelia has thrush so we are doing the medicine thing 4 times a day. So we are trying to wash and clean paci's bottles, blankets often to prevent recontaminating. I have been on 4 antibiotics in 2 weeks. One in which I broke out into a terrible rash and burn. Im still recovering from the side effects of delivery. And since we've been home Ive had 3 days of fever, 4 days of constant confinement of bed rest and round the clock care for me and my family, and allergies galore! Now im fighting off a sinus infection and hate to hit another round of Antibiotics again so my prayer for this is it will go away soon w.o more medicine. Ive got the normal back aches, and im weak and will be so weak fora while until I recover from everything else and I can start my exercising/stabilization's. I also am fighting a rib that is giving me fits. Chris and Wesley are doing well as of the time I write. Praise the Lord. Chris is sleep deprived. He has been helping me so much with house work, food, the kids, and myself. Constant medicine for someone, or the ever changing diaper epidemic.. There are always bottles to wash or a child to feed. He is also working. He was only able to take off 3 days during the first week of Amelia. Thankfully my mom has been able to step in and help out. She has gone beyond the call of duty. We've been so thankful for meals that have been coming in. That helps me, chris and mom out tremendously. More than anyone outside of these walls would ever know. My dad has been helping with yard projects and chris has been out with him too. (again, i must say bless chris' heart!)
Dad has tore up a side walk, taken out a few retaining walls.. taken down a tree and cut it up, burned brush, and put up a fence in the back yard. As well as leveled the ground and re-seeded. We are so blessed to have a wonderful dad/pappa. He has also been ever so patient with mom helping us out so much.
We have been so blessed in the mix of all the health commotion and chaos. While we are tired, and my health is very pitiful right now and all the other things that come with bringing home a new baby and a full time mommy I have seen the Lord work so much.
We have been blessed by friends and family with gifts and money. People have made such a fuss over me and our new baby it really takes me back. Ive been given 2 baby showers, of which surprised me so much I was really speachless. I also cry very easly so I had to contain a single tear because if I dared let one go, it would be water works!
A real encouragement of friends and family gathering around to support and love on us and be excited.
I want to share the Lord is good in the times our health is frustrating, and in lack of sleep, and 9 months of a very tiring pregnancy, and a fast and furious delivery, and the over all health of our babies. He has been there and He is. He is good. He is not our genie in a bottle, We dont call upon Him when things are only going rough but when things are going well too. We are to count it all joy, throwing up and thrush, and sleep deprivation, and everything else that is hitting us now and has and will. We count it all joy. We see His hand upon us, and reminded of His Love.
I am reminded of situations and families dealing with real true problems, serious life threatening, life shaking issues and reminded all over again, our things are just the Stubbed Toe of life. I will still pray for Grace and strenght and Mercy to get it thru our daily grinds and pray for my health to restore quickly and reminded to pray for our dear friends and families who also have their weaknesses, wither great or small.
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