A Possible Child? Or two?

If you are new here and have no idea the roller coaster of our Infertility Journey go click on the tab at the top of this page.  Go ahead!  Grab a box of tissues, read through our journey, then come back and read our latest news!  

I have to admit a certain amount of unbelief.

Did I mishear God when He promised He would increase our family?

Is He going back on His promise?

(I know!  I know!  HE KEEPS HIS PROMISES!  It is ME who has an issue here, NOT GOD!)

He keeps reminding me of Noah.

Who prepared in the face of others thinking he was crazy.

I've often wondered if Noah kind of thought he was crazy, too?

A few days ago a friend approached me and said her Mom works at an adoption agency and there is an 18 month old little boy who might possibly be placed soon.

His mom is pregnant again as well.

HER mom just passed away, and she had been the person caring for the child.

Were we interested?

Are we interested!?!

OF COURSE WE ARE INTERESTED!

So right now we are asking for prayers.

Prayers for this child whose world is possibly about to be turned upside down, that God would place him where he NEEDS to be not where we desire him to be.

For the unborn child.

For us to have peace through this process.

And for financial blessing if God wants us to have one or both of these children!

I find it amusing that, like Noah, our blessing might come in a pair!

I PROMISE TO UPDATE EVERYONE AS SOON AS WE KNOW SOMETHING!  

In the meantime please, please leave a comment, message, or something letting us know you are praying!  It means a lot!

Flu Season

JMonster and I just had a conversation about an illness I had recently.

"Mommy, I know why you felt bad!"

"Why is that buddy?"

"It's flu season."

"Where did you learn that?"

"I saw a sign saying 'Power to stop the Flu' and Aunt Bambi said it is because it is flu season."

"So you need to get a flu shot Mommy!"

"Except, shouldn't it be a STOP the flu shot?"

Have you had your 

STOP THE FLU 

shot?

(JMonster took this of himself...I think it is HILARIOUS!)

Things I learned from my hairdesser...

For my 40th (Yes, it happened.  No, I didn't post.  Sorry!) The Rev and Doc gave my twin sister and I a spa day.

This was in preparation for our SURPRISE PARTY!

We had our nails done, and we got to have whatever we wanted done to our hair.

I had mine straightened.

LOVE IT!

However, she didn't have enough time to cut it so I had to go back.

Oh darn!

Another shampoo.  Another blowdry.  So sad.

This woman is smart.

VERY smart.

She remembered every. single. detail. of our conversation 2 weeks later!

And then she taught me a wonderful lesson.

"Do you know what worship means?" she asked.

"No..."

"It means to bring war against"

(or something like that...who can remember exactly!?!)

"Hmmm..."

"And if you are ever at a time when you are feeling attacked, WORSHIP!  The Bible says that God inhabits the praises of His people.  If HE is there, evil cannot be.  So worship!  Give halleluia!  Praise his name!  It will send evil running."

I've never thought of that.  Worship as a way of fighting evil.  

Makes sense!

Next time I find myself under "attack"...and we all have been there...I plan to worship!

Our President (According to JMonster)

At dinner this evening the following conversation might (or might not) have taken place:

"JMonster, who do you think will be our next President?

Mitt Romney or Barack Obama?"

"It doesn't matter right now, the vote isn't for a long time!"

"But who do you think will win?"

"I think Arock Obottom"

Yep, folks, we have hit Rock Bottom.

Arock Obottom to be specific.

And THAT is our President according to JMonster.

40 Days to 40!

In forty days I will be forty.

Yep, FORTY!

Fabulous, fantastic, fulfilled forty!

And to honor this, I am going to be "preparing" for my big FOUR OH.

How, you ask?

Well, let me share!

For the next forty days I will be making some changes.

1.  Getting up 40 minutes earlier.

(Why?  Because of discipline.  God is working on discipline with me!)

2.  Going to bed 40 minutes earlier.

(This goes hand in hand with #1!)

3.  40 minutes of prayer and reading Bible each day.

(I already do both of these things, but not for this long.)

4.  Do something uplifting for someone else each day.

(More of others, less of me!  See a trend here?)

5.  Do something active for 40 minutes each day.

(Not necessarily working out, can be playing outside, swimming, etc...)

I am SO excited to be ramping up for my big day!

Wanna join me?

Share what changes YOU are willing to make for 40 days!

THAT should be on YouTube!

During a visit by Grammy, JMonster spent quite a bit of time chasing her around with his new camera taking pictures of her hiney.

In the following video she thinks he is trying to, yet again, take a picture of her backside.  

Only he is videoing.

It. Is. Hilarious!

He even starts the video by saying, "This is a video of Grammy's hiney."

Listen carefully.

And don't you DARE tell her we posted this!

She would KILL me!

But it is too funny not to share.

So go ahead, laugh, but do it quietly so no one will hear you.

Especially Grammy!

Skiing Park City

Yes, yes this post is months late!

But better late than never, right?

(Oh, HOW did I get this far behind?  Homeschooling.  That's right!)

We met up with our friends, the Baloneys.

It was a fabulous trip...friendships were forged, strengthened, and all around solidified.  

I couldn't have asked for better!

Our trip, in pics & videos:

Swizz and JMonster on the lift

JMonster JUMPING!

Tired and Hungry after a morning of skiing!  Time for lunch!

A video of JMonster skiing.  Sorry for the quality!  Most of our pics early in the trip are blue.  Go figure.  I was trying to keep it smooth in the beginning which got me behind so then I had to "skate" to catch up. :o)  And for some reason the audio isn't working on my computer.  Maybe it is on yours?

Michael, The Doc (not OUR doc, but Baloney's), The Rev, Jeremy, Swizz, and Baloney!

Hanging out in "Downtown" Park City

I know you didn't!  (Don't worry, I got The Rev back!)

Baloney thought this was HILARIOUS!  Notice I have my skis with me.

 

 

Swizz and JMonster build an igloo!  (Notice the look in my eyes...THAT is altitude sickness!)

 

Somehow I think the mic was off for most of our videos on the trip.  Dang it!

THANKS TO BALONEY FOR THE PICS I "BORROWED"!