Lack of sleep has really been getting to me lately. I find myself more and more frustrated when I have to wake up 4,5 sometimes 6 times a night. I wake up in the morning feeling as tired, if not more tired than I was when I fell asleep. Samuel doesn't seem to understand or even sympathize. This is the worst part of the whole thing... he sleeps through the night and most of the time gets at least 7 hours of sleep. I "sleep" for about 9 hours but I am woke up ever 2 hours and when I wake up I am up for 15-30 minutes to feed and soothe Alice back to sleep, then I have to get myself back to sleep. He acts like I sleep all that 9 hours and have no reason to be tired. So I find myself praying for patience- and lots of it.
Our Realtor is in a meeting today with the Tribe and a non profit organization that is hopefully going to help make our home buying experiance even more exciting than it already is. The idea is that we will find a foreclosed home and the non profit organization will then purchase it. They will rehab the property to make everything up to code so that it can pass the home inspection. We will then purchase the home from them. I am not sure how much updating will be done or how much say we will have in the process, but I am excited to find out if the Tribe will allow this. If so we should be meeting with our realtor shortly to get filled in on the details and hopefully we will be looking at properties within a week or so!
I am still praying that God shows us the home He would have us live in and make this process as smooth as possible.
My nephew, Solomon, turns 1 this week. I can't believe it. It seems like only a few months ago that me and Esther were walking the shopping plaza to try and jump start her labor. Then a day later I was holding that tiny little baby in my arms... now here he is walking and he even says "dada" and "hi". He is such a cute little kid!
This is one of my favorite pictures of Solomon
Alice is borrowing Solomon's old Bumbo. She really likes it. It has been a blessing to me and Samuel because we can put her down for a few minutes to get stuff done. I need to get better about putting her down and cleaning the house. This is my husband's largest complaint. Is that I do not do enough around the house. I try to explain that is is because I am tired but he writes it off as an excuse. He works 40 hours a week and is often the one to clean the home as well. I do need to find the energy to clean up and keep it up. It has always been one of my biggest hurdles. I hate to clean but I need to do it and do it joyfully.
Scripture:
Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
Prayer:
Lord today I find myself wearier than the day before. I pray that you supply the energy I struggle to find. Help Alice rest Lord. I know that you know better than us what is wrong with her little body and you have the ability to heal it. I pray in your name that she be healed. Father teach me to be a better homemaker. Remind me to keep up with the house and do it joyfully. I continue to pray for those in Japan and those effected by the events. Thank you God also for the rain today. It is just what we needed after such hot weather.
Amen
Monday, March 21, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
I see Green!
St. Patrick's Day is only 2 days away, not that exciting of a holiday, but another reminder of how fast time is slipping through my fingers. It is already March! My baby girl is 4 months old and I feel like days, weeks, months are just flying by. I try desperately to soak up every second God gives me here on earth.
An 8.9 earthquake struck Japan this last week. Leaving tens of thousands dead, more unaccounted for, and many many more still in danger. As news reports flash across the TV screen of nuclear explosions and meltdowns my heart hurts for those suffering. It also praises God for my own family's safety. I pray for those left in the wake, many hurt without medical help or medication that they need. I pray that God sends them someone to not only help their physical needs but to meet their spiritual ones as well. So that God can be glorified and magnified through the disaster.
This past week has been very busy. Family came down to visit and it was a wonderful time. I miss them so much and it was bittersweet having them here. They were only here for 4 days and all too soon we had to say goodbye. We did have some fun, and some not so fun, experiences. The highlight of the weekend was our trip to the Phoenix Zoo. Elijah just loved seeing all of the animals, again.... and his favorite were by far, the monkeys. I loved getting to spend time with Landon and the kids. All growing too fast. Landon did however come down with the stomach flu, which made the trip not so enjoyable to him and then Aiden got it while at the zoo. By the end of the week Lucas, my mom, Shelly, Grandpa, Holly, John, Elijah and myself had all gotten sick. Samuel and my Grandma I believe were the only ones to escape its nasty clutches. It was worth it though... I would rather have gotten sick and seen them then not.
Another exciting development is that we have finished filling out our Home Loan Application and are almost ready to start looking at houses. We are pre-approved and I could not be more thrilled. Now we just need to pray that God shows us the right home. I am struggling with the location of the home and really need to find where God wants us to be. Originally I had decided on west Chandler. Awesome area, best school district in the city, close to everything... including Sam's parents. But doubt was beginning to sink in. We revisited the area yesterday though and my spirits were renewed. I really love Chandler.
One of my other concerns about moving to Chandler was going to be trying to find a job on that side of town, during summer, with my restricted schedule. However.... I may have the figured out in the form of transferring to 16th Street 5 & Diner. Shea will be there as of April 1st and I feel like this might be the perfect solution. It still will be about a 30 minute drive though.
Alice rolled over this last weekend and has not stop rolling since. The moment I lay her down she rolls over. The smile on her face and light in her eyes as she accomplishes this simple yet monumental task fills me with pure joy. Then she realizes she doesn't like to be on her stomach for long and starts getting mad, which I find the tiniest bit funny. I believe the Zantac has been helping her, but we still wake up 5 or more times a night. As much as I don't want her to grow up on me too fast, I cannot help but pray that she starts sleeping through the night soon. I have learned to function on what sleep I get, but it still is not the same.
Elijah is learning new things so fast. He counts... 1,2,4,8,9,6. Every time. We are working on it though. He can also sort of sing "Jesus Loves Me" and do the sign language with it. He sings part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the ABCs. He is working on spelling his name... he says "E I J A.... all we are missing is L and H. He puts 4,5 and sometimes more words together and is forming short sentences. As fast as he grows he is still mama's Baby. It is so amazing to witness my own love for my child. It truly is a love that cannot be explained or comprehended, only experienced. There are no words to explain how I feel when my son says "Mama, hold me..." and snuggles into my lap, and when I whisper "I love you" he looks me in the eyes with a big grin and says "I love you TOO!"
An 8.9 earthquake struck Japan this last week. Leaving tens of thousands dead, more unaccounted for, and many many more still in danger. As news reports flash across the TV screen of nuclear explosions and meltdowns my heart hurts for those suffering. It also praises God for my own family's safety. I pray for those left in the wake, many hurt without medical help or medication that they need. I pray that God sends them someone to not only help their physical needs but to meet their spiritual ones as well. So that God can be glorified and magnified through the disaster.
This past week has been very busy. Family came down to visit and it was a wonderful time. I miss them so much and it was bittersweet having them here. They were only here for 4 days and all too soon we had to say goodbye. We did have some fun, and some not so fun, experiences. The highlight of the weekend was our trip to the Phoenix Zoo. Elijah just loved seeing all of the animals, again.... and his favorite were by far, the monkeys. I loved getting to spend time with Landon and the kids. All growing too fast. Landon did however come down with the stomach flu, which made the trip not so enjoyable to him and then Aiden got it while at the zoo. By the end of the week Lucas, my mom, Shelly, Grandpa, Holly, John, Elijah and myself had all gotten sick. Samuel and my Grandma I believe were the only ones to escape its nasty clutches. It was worth it though... I would rather have gotten sick and seen them then not.
I love love love this photo.
Me and Alice at the zoo!
Landon, Lucas and Holly
Alice and her Great Grandpa
Elijah, Landon, and Aiden. =]
Alice and her Daddy!
Another exciting development is that we have finished filling out our Home Loan Application and are almost ready to start looking at houses. We are pre-approved and I could not be more thrilled. Now we just need to pray that God shows us the right home. I am struggling with the location of the home and really need to find where God wants us to be. Originally I had decided on west Chandler. Awesome area, best school district in the city, close to everything... including Sam's parents. But doubt was beginning to sink in. We revisited the area yesterday though and my spirits were renewed. I really love Chandler.
One of my other concerns about moving to Chandler was going to be trying to find a job on that side of town, during summer, with my restricted schedule. However.... I may have the figured out in the form of transferring to 16th Street 5 & Diner. Shea will be there as of April 1st and I feel like this might be the perfect solution. It still will be about a 30 minute drive though.
Alice rolled over this last weekend and has not stop rolling since. The moment I lay her down she rolls over. The smile on her face and light in her eyes as she accomplishes this simple yet monumental task fills me with pure joy. Then she realizes she doesn't like to be on her stomach for long and starts getting mad, which I find the tiniest bit funny. I believe the Zantac has been helping her, but we still wake up 5 or more times a night. As much as I don't want her to grow up on me too fast, I cannot help but pray that she starts sleeping through the night soon. I have learned to function on what sleep I get, but it still is not the same.
Elijah is learning new things so fast. He counts... 1,2,4,8,9,6. Every time. We are working on it though. He can also sort of sing "Jesus Loves Me" and do the sign language with it. He sings part of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and the ABCs. He is working on spelling his name... he says "E I J A.... all we are missing is L and H. He puts 4,5 and sometimes more words together and is forming short sentences. As fast as he grows he is still mama's Baby. It is so amazing to witness my own love for my child. It truly is a love that cannot be explained or comprehended, only experienced. There are no words to explain how I feel when my son says "Mama, hold me..." and snuggles into my lap, and when I whisper "I love you" he looks me in the eyes with a big grin and says "I love you TOO!"
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