A super popular Christian Mom Blogger recently posted a blog about what a lame end--of-school-year Mom she is. I don't read her blog regularly and I don't know her, but several of my Facebook friends "shared" it, so I took a peek.
It was sad.
And it lined up with a lot of attitudes I've seen around me lately (and in the past) as well as things I've been wrestling with spiritually.
This Mama who writes books and speaks at conferences (kind of proudly?) went on and on about how sucky she is, that she's basically given up on her kids and her involvement in their education because it's the end of the year. She was good at the beginning of the year and she will be next year too, and then she'll suck again as the year progresses. You know why? Becuase she's tiiiiired! Super funny, huh?
No. It's not funny. Not to me.
And I don't think God thinks it's funny either.
I've heard a lot of this attitude lately, from people I know and just from Moms I meet in passing. The just-get-by-I'm-such-an-exhausted-martyr mentality...oh and it's funny!
I know being a Mom is HARD WORK and I know it makes you tiiiired (remember my Precious Dude didn't sleep through the night until he was 11 months old and now only takes a 30 minute nap)!! And I know there will always be some hard days or moments where a just-get-through-it attitude is probably the best option (we've all been there and we will all be there again!). But to live your life as if your family and kids are some group of inconveniences, not worth giving your all or fodder for your super funny blog so hundreds of people can stroke your ego with their supportive comments is sad. Sad for the mom, sad for the kids and very sad for the people looking up to you.
Hebrews 12 tells us to '...run with perseverance the race set before us.' And Colossians 3 says 'whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.'
I want to be a Mama who runs this race with perseverance, with all my heart! I know I miss the mark, but it's still my goal.
Growing up, my parents always told us to "finish strong" not to get weak or lazy just because it's the end of a project, school year, no one is watching, etc.. What a great attitude to impart to your kids-thanks Mom and Dad!
Life is hard. Raising tiny humans to the glory of God is VERY hard. But God equips us, leads us, gives us grace and strength so that we don't have to be sucky! He also puts people in our lives to come along side us and encourage and support us.
What really made me sad about this blog was the number of people who read it and look up to her and felt good about their sub-par Mothering as well, who want to be like her. I don't think anyone was challenged to do better or work unto the Lord, if anything, it was kind of permission to suck more. (If you happen to read her blog, I'm not judging you, just sharing how I felt about this post.)
I want to be around people who inspire me to be better and give me hope for the future!! My mom does this of course, but in my life right now I have two friends who come to mind.
My friend Kristen makes me want to keep a cleaner, less cluttered home, with an organized fridge and bubble water. She inspires me to seize the day by the way she plans fun things for her family to do-always making great memories and taking advantage of what Austin has to offer. Most importantly though, Kristen gives me hope! Hope that my sleepless, high energy, to-the-max toddler will one day sleep! Hope that he too will be an awesome, chilled out preschooler...or if he's not chilled out, he can at least "take it down a notch" when told to do so! :) Hope, that the hard work I'm putting in now really does pay off, and sooner than I realize.
My friend Stephanie, has 3 kids, 3 and under. She never treats them like a herd and is excited over each milestone as if it were her first. She is organized, she is calm and put together. She picked up and moved across the country with her husband with a huge amount of grace and has taken on this adventure head on. She makes time with each of her kids individually. I love watching her be a Mama.
I want to be a Mom who inspires others. Who lives each day to the fullest and to the glory of God. Not a Mom who is half ass for Jesus.
If you can't tell, I've been thinking a lot lately. I'm reading I Saw The Angel In The Marble by Chris and Ellyn Davis. It is giving me a lot to chew on. So far, I highly recommend, it's inspiring me to be "all in" and to seek out what exactly my God given responsibilities are as Makafui's Mama.
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Phone Pics
These two pics are only a glimpse of Makafui's A Self Portrait on Daddy's Phone collection...there are about a dozen more.
True male bonding= a sink bath and silly Ghana movies on the laptop.
Can you tell we live by the mall? Seems we have LOTS of pictures hanging out there! Makafui is loving being able to run around on his own.
Serious boy...or maybe poser boy.
M had a very independent breakfast this weekend. He took the knife (butter knife) out of the Nutella and slapped it on a waffle, drank out of a glass the whole time and decided to try out cheese-water.
...cheese-water was a little clumsy.
Finally, turn the sound off before you watch this, you don't need to hear my nasally voice! This was a super long video that we just grabbed a clip of. M has been watching Daddy do pull-ups and has decided he needs to exercise too...he does this anytime he can! :)
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Do I Have a Target on Me?
I think I have a target on me for wakadoos. I've thought this for a little while, but was encouraged from MOPS a few weeks ago to get out of my comfort zone and seek/make friends. SO I brushed of my target theory.
I met a mom who lives downstairs from us. She has 7 1/2 month old twins. We had seen each other in passing, but a series of interesting events kept us from knowing one another until now. She tagged along with G and I on a walk this week and then left a note on our car with her contact information. Sweet, huh?
We were surprised by how much we had in common! She seemed so nice and I was a little bummed to learn she would be moving soon.
Then today happened. She sent me an e-mail accusing Makafui of making her babies and basically her whole family sick! (M had a LOW fever for a few hours several days before our walk, like you know, the way kids do when they are cutting 4 teeth!) This e-mail was HUGE with all sorts of snippets from articles she found online stating that babies with compromised immune systems can be contagious for 5 days after their last symptom(s). She went on to say that they had NEVER been sick before this, that she distinctly remembers M touching her daughter's toy and that since her husband is a Medical Assistant they know this stuff.
Ummmmm. I'm sorry?
For the sake of argument, could it be possible that your MA husband brought germs home from work and WE got them from your kids' dirty toy (I had something nasty a few days later)? For the sake of argument, if basically every childcare facility and Doctors themselves say kids can be around other kids 24 hours after fever, then could it be possible that that is actually the greater and more likely truth, not something you found on Dr. Google? Furthermore, if you truly believe that, then why did you come (uninvited) on a walk with us when you KNEW that my kid had a fever 2 days earlier? Have you considered that they contracted this from their nanny grandmother, or from your dirty dog or from any off the other people you come into contact with on your 3x a day walks?
And really, even IF Makafui were to share a little bug (which is seriously all it is) do you really need to make a federal case out of it? And hasn't Dr. Google told you that children NEED to get sick to help build and strengthen their immune system?!
And seriously, what am I supposed to do about this?!?
I did not say these things to my neighbor, which is why I am now venting them on my blog...it's also why I'm not too disappointed that she's moving away.
I seriously have a target on me! Do other people meet, become friends with or find themselves suddenly related to an inordinate number of people who are so socially inappropriate and have such a skewed view of reality...or is it just me?
I met a mom who lives downstairs from us. She has 7 1/2 month old twins. We had seen each other in passing, but a series of interesting events kept us from knowing one another until now. She tagged along with G and I on a walk this week and then left a note on our car with her contact information. Sweet, huh?
We were surprised by how much we had in common! She seemed so nice and I was a little bummed to learn she would be moving soon.
Then today happened. She sent me an e-mail accusing Makafui of making her babies and basically her whole family sick! (M had a LOW fever for a few hours several days before our walk, like you know, the way kids do when they are cutting 4 teeth!) This e-mail was HUGE with all sorts of snippets from articles she found online stating that babies with compromised immune systems can be contagious for 5 days after their last symptom(s). She went on to say that they had NEVER been sick before this, that she distinctly remembers M touching her daughter's toy and that since her husband is a Medical Assistant they know this stuff.
Ummmmm. I'm sorry?
For the sake of argument, could it be possible that your MA husband brought germs home from work and WE got them from your kids' dirty toy (I had something nasty a few days later)? For the sake of argument, if basically every childcare facility and Doctors themselves say kids can be around other kids 24 hours after fever, then could it be possible that that is actually the greater and more likely truth, not something you found on Dr. Google? Furthermore, if you truly believe that, then why did you come (uninvited) on a walk with us when you KNEW that my kid had a fever 2 days earlier? Have you considered that they contracted this from their nanny grandmother, or from your dirty dog or from any off the other people you come into contact with on your 3x a day walks?
And really, even IF Makafui were to share a little bug (which is seriously all it is) do you really need to make a federal case out of it? And hasn't Dr. Google told you that children NEED to get sick to help build and strengthen their immune system?!
And seriously, what am I supposed to do about this?!?
I did not say these things to my neighbor, which is why I am now venting them on my blog...it's also why I'm not too disappointed that she's moving away.
I seriously have a target on me! Do other people meet, become friends with or find themselves suddenly related to an inordinate number of people who are so socially inappropriate and have such a skewed view of reality...or is it just me?
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Are You Curious?
This evening G and M were reading a book together, I so wish I had taken video...
G: This is George. George is a good little monkey and always very curious. Do you ever feel like George?
M: Yeah.
G: Do you ever feel happy?
M: Yeah.
G: Are you sometimes loud?
M: Yeah.
...(lots more questions along the same lines)...
G: Are you sometimes sad...or silly?
M: Yeah.
G: Have you ever been naughty?
M: NO!
Seriously?! We read this book over and over again and Makafui answered "yeah" to all the feelings and behaviors except for naughty. Over and over again he made sure we knew "NO!" he was never naughty. Hahaha!
G: This is George. George is a good little monkey and always very curious. Do you ever feel like George?
M: Yeah.
G: Do you ever feel happy?
M: Yeah.
G: Are you sometimes loud?
M: Yeah.
...(lots more questions along the same lines)...
G: Are you sometimes sad...or silly?
M: Yeah.
G: Have you ever been naughty?
M: NO!
Seriously?! We read this book over and over again and Makafui answered "yeah" to all the feelings and behaviors except for naughty. Over and over again he made sure we knew "NO!" he was never naughty. Hahaha!
Friday, May 24, 2013
Why I'm a Picture Taking Lame-o...
Because I am not sneaky enough. My very wonderful and very willful child sees the camera and wants it!! I get attacked while he says over and over again "no" and "mine" which turns into "nine"...or is it "nein"? Maybe he's just yelling at me in German....
Anywho. It ruins the moment. I'll keep working on it.
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| This is him moping. |
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Happy Mother's Day!!
Happy Mother's Day to my most wonderful Mommy! You have given so much to us! I still learn things from you on a daily basis and strive to be as awesome as you are! Lately, I have been admiring your bravery at starting a new job and jumping in with both feet to be the best! I love you so much!!
And Happy 1st Mother's Day to my sister! You are doing a great job with Hannah Kate and I look forward to many years mothering side by side with you!
And Happy 1st Mother's Day to my sister! You are doing a great job with Hannah Kate and I look forward to many years mothering side by side with you!
Friday, May 10, 2013
Ridiculously Easy Pulled Pork
We got to bring a meal to the recently expanded Gohean family this week, so I decided to make BBQ pulled pork. It's insanely easy, delicious, kid friendly, makes a lot and is pretty affordable. Kristen, as well as everyone else who eats it wants the recipe, so here it is!
3-4 lbs. pork*
1 bottle of your fave BBQ sauce
2-3 cans cheap root beer
Toss your pork, with all the fat on into a crock-pot, pour root beer over, crank it up to high and leave it alone for 4 hours or so. Once the meat is falling apart tender, pour off the liquid, saving a cup or so. Put the pork on a cutting board and pull it apart with two forks (this is where you toss out the fatty stuff). Toss it all back in the crock-pot, pour your BBQ sauce over and add back any of the saved cooking liquid as needed. Let it warm or cook on low for another 20 min to however long it takes for dinner time. Suuuuper easy, huh? I usually double this and have people over, bring it to someone, or freeze half of it. We like to make sliders using Hawaiian rolls.
*For the pork, I stay away from large pork shoulders like are traditionally used. They take longer to cook, shred into really long pieces and it's just a harder piece of meat to deal with once it's cooked. I also feel like there's a lot of waste with the big bone. I buy the value packs of pork at H-E-B that are basically the end pieces, I can almost always find a pack with big boneless chops and maybe some loin. I always look for bone free, with some fat for flavor. It cooks way faster, pulls apart faster and is better sized for kids to eat and for making sliders. It's usually about $1.60ish/lb.
Also, I've seasoned the meat up really well, tossed large onions pieces in, etc. but it doesn't make a noticeable difference, so now I skip it.
Enjoy!
3-4 lbs. pork*
1 bottle of your fave BBQ sauce
2-3 cans cheap root beer
Toss your pork, with all the fat on into a crock-pot, pour root beer over, crank it up to high and leave it alone for 4 hours or so. Once the meat is falling apart tender, pour off the liquid, saving a cup or so. Put the pork on a cutting board and pull it apart with two forks (this is where you toss out the fatty stuff). Toss it all back in the crock-pot, pour your BBQ sauce over and add back any of the saved cooking liquid as needed. Let it warm or cook on low for another 20 min to however long it takes for dinner time. Suuuuper easy, huh? I usually double this and have people over, bring it to someone, or freeze half of it. We like to make sliders using Hawaiian rolls.
*For the pork, I stay away from large pork shoulders like are traditionally used. They take longer to cook, shred into really long pieces and it's just a harder piece of meat to deal with once it's cooked. I also feel like there's a lot of waste with the big bone. I buy the value packs of pork at H-E-B that are basically the end pieces, I can almost always find a pack with big boneless chops and maybe some loin. I always look for bone free, with some fat for flavor. It cooks way faster, pulls apart faster and is better sized for kids to eat and for making sliders. It's usually about $1.60ish/lb.
Also, I've seasoned the meat up really well, tossed large onions pieces in, etc. but it doesn't make a noticeable difference, so now I skip it.
Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
15 Months!
Okay, I'm super lame at the month posts now that we're over a year. :-/
Here goes anyway. At 15 months...
-Makafui is talking quite a bit! His latest words include: soccer, Gigi, oh well, Turkey, mine, water, doggie and car.
-He eats bananas! He has never liked bananas, but now, he suddenly does.
-He's quite the climber. He can now climb on top of the coffee table, onto the chairs on the patio and up Gigi's oven.
-He usually only takes 1 nap a day, for around an hour.
-He loooooves water! Drinking it, playing in it, seeing fish in it, washing hands, whatever. Any kind of water and he's delighted!
-Brushing teeth continues to be a favorite. He'll steal any toothbrush he can get his hands on and will brush as much as possible. If we are brushing our teeth and he doesn't have a toothbrush, he'll stick his finger in his mouth and pretend.
-Big girls (especially 5 year olds) are the coolest to him. He will gladly leave me and my sight to march after and watch a 5 year old girl play. Annie and cousin Addy top his list.
-His dancing skills are becoming more and more impressive. Anytime he hears music, he'll just break out dancing!
-We've started letting him watch Curious George a little more regularly. It's been a good thing for all of us. On Saturdays we put him in the highchair with Cheerios, turn on Curious George and see if we can clean the house in that magical 22 minutes. :)
-He still nurses a few times a day.
-He still fights bedtime at least half of the time.
-He also still falls asleep in the car, a lot. I've learned that if he's only been asleep for 10ish minutes, I can peel him out of the car seat and take him to his room. If he's been sleeping longer than that, no dice.
-He hates grass. It's actually pretty cool, like an invisible fence along the sidewalk. :)
-Lately he's been talking on the phone a lot. He'll grab one of our phones and just jibber-jabber away, then wait for the other person to talk and continue. He even talks with his hands. It's pretty stinkin' cute!
-He really likes to flush the toilet. I'm hoping this leads to a general interest in the potty and using it...sooner rather than later.
-He loves his cousin Hannah Kate and is very sweet and gentle with her. I love watching them and look forward to the days when they can actually play together.
-He's an all around very happy kid. He laughs constantly and seems to always have a big ol' grin on his face!
-For the small percentage of time he's not happy, I would say we get pretty typical "terrible twos" behavior. We are trudging through how to deal with that and what needs disciplined vs. what needs to be ignored. It's not always easy.
We've been having so much fun together, that I have not been taking very many pictures. I will really truly, try to take more!!
Here goes anyway. At 15 months...
-Makafui is talking quite a bit! His latest words include: soccer, Gigi, oh well, Turkey, mine, water, doggie and car.
-He eats bananas! He has never liked bananas, but now, he suddenly does.
-He's quite the climber. He can now climb on top of the coffee table, onto the chairs on the patio and up Gigi's oven.
-He usually only takes 1 nap a day, for around an hour.
-He loooooves water! Drinking it, playing in it, seeing fish in it, washing hands, whatever. Any kind of water and he's delighted!
-Brushing teeth continues to be a favorite. He'll steal any toothbrush he can get his hands on and will brush as much as possible. If we are brushing our teeth and he doesn't have a toothbrush, he'll stick his finger in his mouth and pretend.
-Big girls (especially 5 year olds) are the coolest to him. He will gladly leave me and my sight to march after and watch a 5 year old girl play. Annie and cousin Addy top his list.
-His dancing skills are becoming more and more impressive. Anytime he hears music, he'll just break out dancing!
-We've started letting him watch Curious George a little more regularly. It's been a good thing for all of us. On Saturdays we put him in the highchair with Cheerios, turn on Curious George and see if we can clean the house in that magical 22 minutes. :)
-He still nurses a few times a day.
-He still fights bedtime at least half of the time.
-He also still falls asleep in the car, a lot. I've learned that if he's only been asleep for 10ish minutes, I can peel him out of the car seat and take him to his room. If he's been sleeping longer than that, no dice.
-He hates grass. It's actually pretty cool, like an invisible fence along the sidewalk. :)
-Lately he's been talking on the phone a lot. He'll grab one of our phones and just jibber-jabber away, then wait for the other person to talk and continue. He even talks with his hands. It's pretty stinkin' cute!
-He really likes to flush the toilet. I'm hoping this leads to a general interest in the potty and using it...sooner rather than later.
-He loves his cousin Hannah Kate and is very sweet and gentle with her. I love watching them and look forward to the days when they can actually play together.
-He's an all around very happy kid. He laughs constantly and seems to always have a big ol' grin on his face!
-For the small percentage of time he's not happy, I would say we get pretty typical "terrible twos" behavior. We are trudging through how to deal with that and what needs disciplined vs. what needs to be ignored. It's not always easy.
We've been having so much fun together, that I have not been taking very many pictures. I will really truly, try to take more!!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Mom Jeans Make Me Ramble
-I recently read something on Pinterest that said Old Navy and Gap jeans are gateway Mom Jeans. I wear Banana Republic jeans, which are pretty much the same thing. I am now paranoid about wearing gateway Mom Jeans.
-I guess I wear gateway Mom Jeans because I have a black girl butt and I refuse to wear Apple Bottom Jeans or other jeans that could fit into the ghetto-fabulous category. I'm now on a serious jean finding mission!
-I made Paula Deen's cinnamon rolls the other day. OMG. So. Ridiculously. Gooooooood.
-Okay, said cinnamon rolls could be part of my jeans problem.
-For the record, I took the cinnamon rolls to MOPS, I didn't make them just for me.
-Enough about the cinnamon rolls...and enough about my butt, or jeans, or whatever.
-When there was no apparent reason for it and medicine wasn't working, I was really scared that something might be seriously wrong with Makafui last week. I had to keep shaking it off and just focus on lowering the fever.
-I hate fear...it sneaks up on you.
-I love having a toddler!
-Apparently my neighbors are actually all puppies...nice weather makes them loud and jumpy.
-I am hooked on Diet Dr. Pepper again...artificial sweeteners and all.
-I was working out the other day and my knee was bothering me again. I remembered what my Dr. had prescribed to help my damaged ligament in the past-support and strength. I needed to support the injury with a brace while strengthening the muscles around it. Hmmm, I thought, thinking I was all wise and crap, people are the same way. When they are causing hurt or discomfort the answer is to support and strengthen. Then I realized, ligaments can't fight back or stab you in the back, and they cannot be mentally ill. Analogy officially blown to bits. I'm not wise, just full of crap.
-Makafui has become so expressive! I crack up everyday at some new face he has.
-Is it just me, or have other people noticed sooooo many adults in their life that seem to be stuck in highschool? What's up with that?
-I am not ashamed to say that on one of the days M was sick I spent 3 hours in the car because he fell asleep and I was not going to cut his nap short!
-One of the few good things I found on Pinterest was how to make Starbucks' Passion Tea Lemonade at home. Total win!
-The bath salts from Whole Foods are ahhhhhmazing! Get Naked is my favorite.
-I don't have deep relationships with people I am not related to. Some days I'm okay with that. Others, not so much. (Maybe it's that highschool thing.)
-I wish Makafui and I could spend more time with my niece Sophia. Unfortunately, this will not happen.
-I am learning to let go....and how to take charge. It's a challenge.
-I'm pretty much over this whole Facebook thing, but I don't feel like I can get off of it all together because it's one of the ways international friends are able to easily keep up with us.
-I may or may not occasionally watch a soap opera and I may or may not occasionally have conversations about the ridiculous characters with my sister. Maybe.
-I am not a person who likes politics or wants to be involved in them. One of the things I am willing to stand up for and put myself out there for is gun control. I think it's ridiculous that it is so easy to get a weapon that can kill so many people, so quickly. Utterly ridiculous. Go ahead, hate me for it.
-Only 8 of my toenails are currently painted. The pinkies just didn't make the cut this time.
-I had pink highlights for not quite two weeks. My silly hair just doesn't want to hold onto the color, like at all. It was fun while it lasted.
-I want to obey God in whatever He has for us, even when it seems uncomfortable.
-Makafui is just as hard to say as Jessica. To a child, that is. Children don't seem to think his name is different or funny or weird. They don't react to it, or really care and they can usually say it correctly the first time. Adults are a different story. They nearly always react, sometimes in a negative way, sometimes in a positive, and they typically have a hard time saying it. It's funny how we react to things, how we want to kick something out simply because we have never heard it before.
-I knew when I named my child Makafui that I would pronounce it and spell it forever. I don't mind at all, it's a great name!
-I recently ordered a steak taco for my husband in a drive-thru and instead got SIX TACOS. Ha!
-You know how you have fat days and skinny days? I have those spiritually too.
-I guess I wear gateway Mom Jeans because I have a black girl butt and I refuse to wear Apple Bottom Jeans or other jeans that could fit into the ghetto-fabulous category. I'm now on a serious jean finding mission!
-I made Paula Deen's cinnamon rolls the other day. OMG. So. Ridiculously. Gooooooood.
-Okay, said cinnamon rolls could be part of my jeans problem.
-For the record, I took the cinnamon rolls to MOPS, I didn't make them just for me.
-Enough about the cinnamon rolls...and enough about my butt, or jeans, or whatever.
-When there was no apparent reason for it and medicine wasn't working, I was really scared that something might be seriously wrong with Makafui last week. I had to keep shaking it off and just focus on lowering the fever.
-I hate fear...it sneaks up on you.
-I love having a toddler!
-Apparently my neighbors are actually all puppies...nice weather makes them loud and jumpy.
-I am hooked on Diet Dr. Pepper again...artificial sweeteners and all.
-I was working out the other day and my knee was bothering me again. I remembered what my Dr. had prescribed to help my damaged ligament in the past-support and strength. I needed to support the injury with a brace while strengthening the muscles around it. Hmmm, I thought, thinking I was all wise and crap, people are the same way. When they are causing hurt or discomfort the answer is to support and strengthen. Then I realized, ligaments can't fight back or stab you in the back, and they cannot be mentally ill. Analogy officially blown to bits. I'm not wise, just full of crap.
-Makafui has become so expressive! I crack up everyday at some new face he has.
-Is it just me, or have other people noticed sooooo many adults in their life that seem to be stuck in highschool? What's up with that?
-I am not ashamed to say that on one of the days M was sick I spent 3 hours in the car because he fell asleep and I was not going to cut his nap short!
-One of the few good things I found on Pinterest was how to make Starbucks' Passion Tea Lemonade at home. Total win!
-The bath salts from Whole Foods are ahhhhhmazing! Get Naked is my favorite.
-I don't have deep relationships with people I am not related to. Some days I'm okay with that. Others, not so much. (Maybe it's that highschool thing.)
-I wish Makafui and I could spend more time with my niece Sophia. Unfortunately, this will not happen.
-I am learning to let go....and how to take charge. It's a challenge.
-I'm pretty much over this whole Facebook thing, but I don't feel like I can get off of it all together because it's one of the ways international friends are able to easily keep up with us.
-I may or may not occasionally watch a soap opera and I may or may not occasionally have conversations about the ridiculous characters with my sister. Maybe.
-I am not a person who likes politics or wants to be involved in them. One of the things I am willing to stand up for and put myself out there for is gun control. I think it's ridiculous that it is so easy to get a weapon that can kill so many people, so quickly. Utterly ridiculous. Go ahead, hate me for it.
-Only 8 of my toenails are currently painted. The pinkies just didn't make the cut this time.
-I had pink highlights for not quite two weeks. My silly hair just doesn't want to hold onto the color, like at all. It was fun while it lasted.
-I want to obey God in whatever He has for us, even when it seems uncomfortable.
-Makafui is just as hard to say as Jessica. To a child, that is. Children don't seem to think his name is different or funny or weird. They don't react to it, or really care and they can usually say it correctly the first time. Adults are a different story. They nearly always react, sometimes in a negative way, sometimes in a positive, and they typically have a hard time saying it. It's funny how we react to things, how we want to kick something out simply because we have never heard it before.
-I knew when I named my child Makafui that I would pronounce it and spell it forever. I don't mind at all, it's a great name!
-I recently ordered a steak taco for my husband in a drive-thru and instead got SIX TACOS. Ha!
-You know how you have fat days and skinny days? I have those spiritually too.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Whew!
We had a very intense weekend, which has morphed all the way into mid-week! The past 5 days are a bit of a blurrrrr.
On Saturday morning, M woke up with a little fever. I figured it was teething and gave him a dose of Tylenol and some extra snuggles.
Before we knew it, his fever was at 104.7 and staying there, eventually peaking to 105.7. All weekend we struggled with this stupid fever. There were about 347 tepid baths in the kitchen sink, some at 2am by light of the microwave, lots of Tylenol and Ibuprofen, many calls to the Dr and calls and texts to a very special nurse in our life, cold drinks, tears and sleepless nights.
We were at the Dr. on Monday morning before they opened. The verdict? A throat infection...viral of course, so wait it out.
This was a scary weekend for me as a Mommy. M has never been this sick! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful partner and support in George. I am also grateful for our access to medical care and medicine, I am especially grateful that M is not generally a sick kid and that he is feeling better now.
He slept through the night last night and woke up happy, knocking on his door for me to let him out.
When he started to feel better, he got to have his first sucker...
And I knew he was really feeling better when he figured out how to climb on top of the coffee table!
On Saturday morning, M woke up with a little fever. I figured it was teething and gave him a dose of Tylenol and some extra snuggles.
Before we knew it, his fever was at 104.7 and staying there, eventually peaking to 105.7. All weekend we struggled with this stupid fever. There were about 347 tepid baths in the kitchen sink, some at 2am by light of the microwave, lots of Tylenol and Ibuprofen, many calls to the Dr and calls and texts to a very special nurse in our life, cold drinks, tears and sleepless nights.
We were at the Dr. on Monday morning before they opened. The verdict? A throat infection...viral of course, so wait it out.
This was a scary weekend for me as a Mommy. M has never been this sick! I am so grateful to have such a wonderful partner and support in George. I am also grateful for our access to medical care and medicine, I am especially grateful that M is not generally a sick kid and that he is feeling better now.
He slept through the night last night and woke up happy, knocking on his door for me to let him out.
When he started to feel better, he got to have his first sucker...
I started to realize he was getting better when he colored on the wall with crayons, and then showed me with his sucker...
And I knew he was really feeling better when he figured out how to climb on top of the coffee table!
I love my boy, glad he's "back"!!
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