What do you get when you have 3 boys (who should be sleeping), a camera with video recording capabilities, a flashlight and a CD player, all in the same room?
As we were driving to the beach, we passed several cows grazing in a field. A little further down the road, there was a stray cow in a marshy, treed area close to the road, ankle deep in water (do cows even *have* ankles?) with its head bent to the ground eating.... something.
From the back seat we hear Josiah yell, "Hey! I just saw an anteater!"
Um, no dear. While that cow did look a bit different from the rest, I assure you, it's no anteater. ;)
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One Sunday afternoon we hiked down to a beach that was, except for us, completely vacant. It's not the easiest beach to get to and is enclosed by a steep bluff. A short distance from the shore we noticed some sort of head bobbing up and down in the water. We were trying to guess whether it was a seal or an otter when Josiah set us straight, "No! That's a man out there!"
Um, yeah. Just swimming out in the middle of the ocean.
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Millie excitedly (and quite loudly) proclaimed to me one day, "MOM! You're GROWING blond HAIR now!"
*sigh* No, that, my dear, would be called gray. Wouldn't that be nice to spontaneously change from light brown to blond hair at this point in life though?
Children have such a way about making us feel good about ourselves, don't they?
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Overheard on the baby monitor one morning: Baby fussing a little as Josiah walks in the room and in the same sweet, sing-songy voice one would say, "It's okay, baby! It's alright!" he coos to her, "I'm not a robber, Julianna! No! I'm not a robber!"
I'm sure that's what she was thinking when she saw him.
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On the way home from a field trip to a goat farm I was explaining to the children my game plan for our next school year, which includes schooling year-round, except during the couple of months in the summer when our weather is at its nicest. I told them that during those brief two months, we'd check the weather forecast for the week each Sunday. If 4 out of 5 weekdays call for rain, we're going to do school that week.
I guess Josiah was not pleased with my plan. I hadn't even finished speaking when I heard him loudly declare from the back seat, "THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY!"
Okay. Maybe introducing a 4 y/o to the protesting process was not such a good idea.
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(this one from Alek)
Alek, unfamiliar with Josiah's MP3 player (more like the mp3 player *assigned* to Josiah when we hand them all out on long road trips), asked Josiah how to turn it off. Josiah replied, "I just leave it on for a long time and it just turns off by itself or I throw it on the ground *really* hard and it turns off."
*sigh* Is it any wonder things don't last around here?
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I have been wanting to do this for the longest time. I use a traffic watcher for both my website and blog. The main reason I do this is to keep away unwanted visitors. I do this by monitoring the google keywords people use to get here. I do understand they'll slip through my radar- that this isn't fool-proof, but I have blocked several IP addresses from ever visiting again, based on the keywords they used.
Now I am not going to share "those" keywords with you because just listing them will probably attract more sickos, but I do want to share some that have made me laugh... or scratch my head.
Here are some exact words that have landed people on my blog:
"stuff to do when snowed in" (um, like I said, I don't want to add any keywords that would attract certain people to my blog, so I will refrain from offering suggestions)
"how christian mother makes $5,000,000.00 from home" (I'm sorry. I would suggest you contact Google's technical support for landing you here.)
"josiah waffle" (I think I shall refer you to cannibalism.org)
"what is the name of the word for the condition where you cant think of a word" (Ummmmm... I don't know, I can't think of it....)
"i flunked diabetes" (I'm so sorry...)
"tricks to passing the 3 hour glucose tolerance test" (um, you don't really want to try & cheat your way through that test... it's kind of important...)
"she was puking" (and you had to google it because....)
"how can i pass my gtt" (by studying hard?)
"sorry about that, things have been super crazy busy!!" (are you talking to google?)
"crazy busy homeschool blogger camera" (me? Canon 40D, if that's what you wanted to know)
That's all for now! I also get a lot of miscarriage keywords. :(
I apologize for my lack of blogging lately. I will admit to being a bit hooked on Facebook. I plan to start posting more frequently here again though, for several reasons. Hope your school year is going great!
Josiah (4) to Julianna (6 months) one day: "I'm a very peaceful man."
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Josiah was upset about the outfit I picked out for him one day. Pointing to the brown corduroy patches on his sweatshirt, he complained, "I wanted my BLOND pants that match this shirt!"
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Showing off his super-strength, Josiah came prancing into the kitchen one evening holding a laundry basket with one finger and announced, "Look! I can hold it with my twinkie!" (I think you mean "pinkie", my dear...)
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I bought the children some little churros one day. After his first bite, I heard Josiah announce to his siblings, "These are good! They've got wood with sugar on them!"
Gave me a little insight to that mind of his, which really wasn't too surprising. Doesn't matter what it is. If it has sugar on it, it's good.
I saw this posted on someone else's blog and thought it would be fun to do with my children. If any of you decide to do it, let me know so I can read yours! I interviewed them one at a time, privately, so that their answers didn't influence the others.
1. What does mom always say to you?
Alek (11): Do all things without complaining or disputing.
(yes, I suppose you do hear that a lot....)
Gracie (9): I love you. Good night.
(and in that exact order. LOL!)
Gabe (7): Pick up your toys.
Emilia (newly 6!): You say "no" and "yes".
Josiah (almost 4!): G-O-N-S. (what does that mean?) Good-night. (okay little code-talker)
2. What makes mom happy?
Alek: When we surprise you by cleaning the house or something.
(oh yes, that would make me very happy. are you planning on doing that someday?)
Gracie: When we obey.
Gabriel: Thank-you cards and saying I love you.
(thank-you cards? Huh?)
Emilia: If we get done with our chores.
Josiah: Julianna.
(ah, yes. such wisdom for such a little guy.)
3. What makes mom sad?
Alek: Sad? I'm pretty sure you were sad when one of our pets died.
(Pretty sure?)
Gracie: I don't know. I've never seen you sad, mom!
Gabe: I don't really know because I've never really seen you sad.
(okay, obviously not showing negative emotions is one of my faults...)
Emilia: If I get killed or if I go away.
(*snickering* why yes, that would make me quite sad, Miss Millie.)
Josiah: I don't know.
4. How does mom make you laugh?
Alek: You kind of tell funny jokes sometimes. Once in a while. (kind of? sometimes? once in a while? thanks dude.)
Gracie: When you say, "Ah blow it out your ol' wazoo!" with Julianna. (okay, for those of you with the raised eyebrows, this obviously needs some 'splainin'. My children started this thing with Julianna. When they see her after a nap or if they're all sitting at the table, one of them will say, "One, two, three!" and on cue, they all know they are to say "Hi Julianna" at the same time. It's quite a phenomenon to behold, actually. And the sing-songy voice in which they say this totally reminds me of the movie Annie when the orphans all say, "We love you MIss Hannigan!" Remember Annie? That was one of my favorite movies growing up. I have a lot of it memorized still. So it only came naturally to respond to their "Hi Julianna" in that orphan girl sing-songy tune with a typical Miss Hannigan retort. Okay, so maybe I didn't pick the best one, but hey. What can I say.)
Gabe: By tickling us.
Emilia: By tickling me.
Josiah: Playing cards. That's all I have to say. Playing cards. (this child. he cracks me up! YOU, Josiah dear! YOU are what makes me laugh! Playing cards?!) (ADDED LATER: ohhhhh.... it just hit me as to why he probably said this. We played a game called Last Word with Kenton's parents the other night and we were busting up over some of the answers shouted out... and it is played with cards...)
5. How old is mom?
Alek: Thirty......five?
Gracie: 35?
Gabe: 35. (Gabe's the only one who didn't hesitate and said it with confidence. He has a thing for knowing people's ages.)
Emilia: Uh...36?
Josiah: 36? (I can't believe he was so close!)
6. How tall is mom?
Alek: I don't know that. You're about my size and I'm about five feet. So you're about 5 feet, 4 inches. (Nope. I'm 5'6". You're not THAT close to my height, ya stinker...)
Gracie: Mom doesn't want me to know her height. (pwahahaha! No, Gracie Dear, that would be my WEIGHT that I refuse to share with the world)
Gabe: 2 feet. (thanks? Maybe I should've asked Gabe my weight?)
Emilia: 10 inches. (nope, Millie. I should've asked Millie my weight. 10 inches. LOL! Hey. A person's a person, no matter how small.)
Josiah: Your feet to your hair. (hey, good, accurate answer! I'm impressed!) *runs his finger from my toes to my head* You're 21! (21 what? feet or inches?) *does it again while counting quickly* Eighteen. You're 18 inches!
7. What does mom like to do?
Alek: Play on Hidden Expedition Mount Everest- when you have the time, which is usually at night. LATE at night. (*snickering* we've had this game for what, 2 weeks? And I don't normally care to play games on the computer...)
Gracie: Take pictures! (Gracie got that right!)
Gabe: Shop. (LOL! okay, buddy, you got me pegged.)
Emilia: She likes to sew, play in the summer and that's all. Wait. AND you.... nothing else. (said in Larry the Cucumber's psychologist's voice, Fascinating!)
Josiah: Play.
8. What is mom's job?
Alek: To make sure we grow up in the ways of the Lord. (Amen, son!)
Gracie: To keep the kids good and to train us up in the way we should go. (woo- look at you, quoting scripture and all! That's right, Gracie!)
Gabe: To take care of us.
Emilia: To get clothes and tell us to do our chores. (if only my job were that easy...)
Josiah: To do everything like pick up toys with me and that's all I have to say.
9. What is mom's favorite food?
Alek: You sure seem to like the baked potato soup otherwise you wouldn't have asked us boys to make it.
Gracie: Macaroni and cheese.
Gabe: You never told us that. (you never asked) Bananas. *he giggles* (I had just taken a bite of a banana when he said that) Just food or healthy food? (either) Peppermint bark. (yes, anything with peppermint and chocolate is a favorite of mine)
Emilia: Probably peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, baked potato soup and split pea soup. (can you tell what we've eaten lately? that baked potato soup is really good...favorite though?)
Josiah: Waffles and vegetables and onions. (especially at the same time. LOL!)
10. How do you know your mom loves you?
Alek: There are many reasons. Well, you know the bible says if you don't love your children, you don't discipline them and you sure discipline us. And if you didn't love us you wouldn't take us fun places.
Gracie: Because she cares for me.
Gabe: By taking care of us.
Emilia: Cuz we were just borned and we were first a baby and because we do what you say but not all the time. And even when you spank us we know you still love us. That's all. (wait a second while I find an interpreter... can you tell by these answers who my most strong-willed children are? The ones that require the most discipline?! Oh my....)
Josiah: Because you tell me. (plain and simple. I like that.)
I just want to take a moment to thank my children for helping me vacuum last Saturday. If it wasn't for the shiny glitter you scattered all about the carpet lighting the way, I'm certain I would've missed a spot.
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Kenton doesn't ask much of me, so a few weeks ago, when he told me he'd like me to do family worship with the children on the nights he works, I gladly agreed. We've been pretty good about doing it too. However, I'm sure he wonders about my methods.
The other night when Kenton was leading family worship, the children begged, "Dad! Can you read Amelia Bedelia for family worship tonight? Please? Mom did! And we LIKE that book! Please, dad? Please?"
Oops. Busted.
p.s. We DID sing and pray the night I read that.
p.p.s. Kenton read Amelia Bedelia for family worship that night.
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I don't talk on the phone very often. In fact, we turn our ringers off before we go to bed, and if it's a school day, I don't even turn them back on until we're done with school. There are enough distractions around here without the phone ringing. My poor mother was so pleasantly surprised when she called this morning and I actually answered the phone (children are at co-op).
My very good friend from Modesto that I miss very, very much called me last Saturday. I knew I'd be on the phone with her for a long time, catching up, so I tried to find a quiet spot in the house so we could talk. (quiet spot? with 6 children?)
I headed to my bedroom first, where Kenton had just drifted off to sleep after a long night's work. Jeanette was asking me about Julianna (whose name, by the way, I got from Jeanette's sister, Julianne!) and I was telling her what a sweet baby she was.
Kenton sleepily replied, "Yeah, she is."
I kind of laughed and thought he had figured out I was talking on the phone so went on to tell her that I thought she was our easiest, and that she was already pretty much sleeping through the night.
To which Kenton again replied without opening his eyes, "I think so too. She is."
I laughed and told Jeanette I'd better find another spot to talk to her.
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A distraught Josiah (3) came running into the living room saying quite excitedly, "Alek! Obama is going to STEAL our MONEY!"
To which unmoved, straightforward, cut-to-the-chase Alek (11) replied, "No, he's not."
Josiah, unconvinced, replied, "Yes he is! Gracie told me!"
Alek then tells him, "He may raise our taxes, but he's not going to steal from us."
Too much conservative talk radio being listened to around here I guess.
When I got home from the hospital after giving birth to Julianna, I noticed Emilia (5) staring at my shrunken but still poochy belly. She very innocently asked me if I had another baby in my belly.
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Since the birth of Julianna Kate, my ***** have (unfortunately) been the topic of several conversations. Josiah (3) was intrigued with the whole thing at first. I've had to explain to Josiah that this is how God made mommies to feed their babies and that's how I fed him when he was a baby.
Josiah was observing as I was nursing Julianna soon after she was born. He pointed to the breast opposite the one which Julianna was nursing and very innocently asked, "Was that one mine when I was a baby?"
(if that were so, how would I have nursed his older 4 sibs? LOL!)
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As I was nursing Julianna one day, I had Emilia standing on one side of me and Josiah on the other. They were arguing about which one (boob) was for food and which one was for a drink.
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Kenton & our two older boys went to a father/son retreat about 5 hours away recently. They had a really great time! The speaker, Kevin Swanson, was really good (animated!) according to Kenton. After the children went to bed the night they got home, Kenton went over his notes with me and was talking about some of the highlights of the Kevin's talks.
The boys both brought clipboards with pens and paper so they could take notes too. I noticed Gabe's clipboard sitting on top of his suitcase and read the scant bit of notes he took. This is what he got out of several talks over the weekend.
"Don't lev (leave) food close to cracs (cracks- windows) or the bear will com (come) and eat it."
That was it. That's what impressed him most- not to leave food out or bears will come. That and he drew a pictures of Nooshie, our husky.
I am so glad Gabe got so much spiritual food! He came away a changed boy! Hee-hee!
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On that same father/son retreat note, my boys were gone for two whole nights! Yes, we sure missed them! Even though Kenton works nights, it felt strange having him gone, knowing he *should* be home. At least I get to see him in the mornings after he works. Now this isn't a funny, but it was too sweet not to share.
Kenton & the boys got home about 9pm Saturday night. They were warmly greeted by all, except Julianna, who was asleep in her swing. (a recent purchase to have as an extra pair of hands when school starts!) Julianna's a daddy's girl and his little napping buddy.
After they brought in their things, we started to eat dinner (we'd waited for them to get home). Julianna started to stir, and at her first little cry, Kenton quickly perked up, looked over in her direction, put his fork down and went over to get her out of the swing. He didn't even hand her over to me or even *ask* if I wanted her, just cuddled her and kissed her sweet head while he proceeded to finish his dinner. I think he missed her. Don't think I didn't notice your eagerness to get your baby girl, honey! Warmed this mama's heart.
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As we were leaving the lake on Gracie's birthday, Kenton called from work to let us know that a pod of orcas had been spotted near the harbor earlier in the day. Onlookers could hear the splash of their bodies slapping the water and could even see baby orcas. We missed it!
After I got off the phone with him, I told the children all about it. They thought that was so neat and were bummed we missed it. There was a lot of excitement in the van.
Josiah asks, "Were they statues?"
"No, they were REAL whales!" I told him.
"Can we catch them?" he enthusiastically inquires.
His siblings got a laugh out of that, and one of them informed him he, in fact, could not catch a whale.
"NO! With a NET!" he clarified.
Laughter again. Again, someone let him know that he could not catch a whale, even with a net.
"NO! When it jumps out of the water I will catch it with a net!"
Laughter ensued once again and we just left it at that.
I haven't done one of these posts in a while! My memory isn't the greatest normally, but especially these days. If I can't remember exactly what was said or how it happened, I just don't post it!
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My parents were over last night and my dad for some unknown reason decided to ask Josiah (3) what color his (my dad's) teeth were.
Josiah examines them closely and then very matter-of-factly says, "Green."
We all laughed and my dad must've decided that was his silly answer so he thought he'd try him again. "Josiah. What color are my teeth?"
Josiah gets this incredulous look on his face, wondering why he's being asked twice and states even more emphatically, "Green!"
My dad, getting a little paranoid, turns to Alek and asks, "Alek, what color are my teeth?"
Alek (11), being the honest, yet politically correct person he is says, "Well Papa, they do look like they are a little bit green."
I wouldn't be surprised if my dad was at the dentist today.
(and by the way, I don't think his teeth look green. Maybe it was something he'd eaten?!)
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I just bought several new-to-me maternity tops on ebay and was wearing one for the first time today. My children, being much more observant than I, all made a comment about it at different times throughout the day- all but maybe Alek. Millie seemed the most interested. Anyway.
Kenton, my FIL and Gabe went out fishing for halibut on a charter boat today. We went to the marina and watched them pull the boat in and got to examine those crazy looking halibut. My MIL had invited us over for Chili Soup afterwards and we ended up staying pretty late. We didn't get home until midnight and the children have to be up early for homeschool co-op in the morning.
As I was helping Millie (5) get changed for bed, I asked her if she wanted to go to co-op or stay home with me (Kenton takes them every week and helps the pastor that does the PE classes), since I knew she was pretty tired.
She said, "I want to stay home with you because I want to see what kind of shirt you're going to wear tomorrow."
I think that's the first time that "excuse" has ever been used.
I need to find someone who can make something like this in a much larger size. Like if it could hold, just say for instance, totally random numbers here, a child as large as a tallish 11 year old and as small as a 3 year old? And with a 5 point harness system. No, wait. Those over-the-shoulder restraints like they have at amusement parks on their flippy coaster rides. And some sort of tethering system. You know how a child has to go to the bathroom, and a half hour later when you realize they haven't returned and you go to find them, they are outside playing with the dogs or swinging on the swings because "the sun distracted them"? A tethering system to reel them back in would be nice. And an eject button would be kinda cool. Hmm.... Anyone? The possibilities....
I've been bad about remembering to type out the funny things my children say and do these last few weeks. However, I thought I'd add this list that Gabe and Gracie presented with me a couple of days ago.
It seems that while I was in the shower and they were supposed to be working on some school work, they decided our baby needed a name. Like, right then & there! So they brainstormed together and the moment I emerged from the bathroom, they presented me with a list of baby names. My instructions were to read them over and circle my favorites, which I did. And then they wanted me to choose between one of my circled names and make it our new baby's name. Just like that.
Well, I told them as I will tell you that we probably won't announce the baby's name until AFTER the baby arrives. I have a certain family member (**cough** MIL ** cough**) who criticizes every name we suggest no matter how much we love it. That drives me nuts. So- baby's name is going to be a surprise.
However, I was VERY surprised that on Gabe & Gracie's list is a name that I've loved since I was pregnant with Gabriel. In fact, Gabe was our one surprise- the only pregnancy that we did NOT find out who was in there ahead of time. So we had two names picked out for him- a boy's name and a girl's name. If he had been a girl, this would have been his name (and if you're a long time buddy of mine and remember what Gabe's name would've been, don't give it away in the comments!). And I have to say, it's the front runner on our list at this time. We haven't even discussed names with the children so I was surprised to see it there.
Anyway, here is the list I was presented with:
Juliana
Julia
Sarah
Betsy
Hannah
Sanya
Onya
Abbigail
Dovava (I had to ask how they pronounced this. It's: Do VAY va- and I have no idea how they came up with THAT one)
Grace
Abbie
Angel
I'd better not even say which ones I circled. :) I circled four names though.
As I was chopping an onion while preparing dinner, I lightly closed my eyes as they began to water and said, "Whew!"
My two little helpers, Millie and Gabe, were watching intently.
Gabe noticed my discomfort and said, "What's wrong? Is it making your eyes water?"
And Millie answered, "No, it just spices her nose."
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Millie, who is supposed to be picking up the room, reaches into the filing cabinet for another piece of paper to draw on. I tell her, "No more paper, Millie, you're supposed to be picking up."
Millie: "I wasn't getting paper, I was getting antelopes (envelopes)!"
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After taking a few pictures of Josiah and his swollen neck, he said he wanted to see them. After scrolling through a few, I asked him, "See your poor neck?"
He answered with a yes, then paused and asked, "Is it green?"
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Some mail I received today asked for a donation and as a thank you, included some free greeting cards. Knowing how much my children love to make and give people cards and even better, put them in antelopes (er, envelopes), I asked Millie if she would like to have them.
She said yes, took them from me, sat down on the kitchen floor and proceeded to look through each card.
She then proceeded to inform me, "Mom, we don't LIKE these kind of cards! They don't have MONEY in them!"
(Alek just "proofread" this for me and did not approve of the way I spelled "cuz". Corrected per his grammatically perfectionist request)
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Conversation overheard between Gracie (8) and Gabe (6), whilst they were playing "house", using Josiah's Lightening McQueen tent he got for Christmas as a house. They were both inside the house:
Gracie: You can go out but I have to stay inside.
Gabe: Why can't you go out?
Gracie: Because I have..... **thinking hard**...... a wind allergy. I have a windy allergy. It gets all over my body except for my face.
I give you full permission to use that excuse should you find yourself in the need of one to keep from having to leave your house.
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During reading lessons with Millie (newly 5), I will sometimes use the word she just read in a sentence either because it's scripted into the lesson or because she had a hard time reading the word because she did not recognize it. Sometimes she will make up her own sentences immediately after reading the word.
Today after reading the word "eagle", she immediately added, "That's ill-eagle." (um, why is my 5 y/o daughter more familiar with the word illegal than eagle anyway!?)
I didn't keep track of the funnies this week, but this one just happened tonight so it's fresh on the brain.
My two older boys are spending the night with their grandparents, so I just had the girls and Josiah. They were at the table, waiting for dinner to be served and were chatting about possible names for our new baby.
Josiah's suggestions for a boy: Frosty the Snowman or Baby Jesus.
Millie's suggestions: Uncle Jim (Kim, you've got to tell your dad about that one) for a boy or Clara for a girl.
Well, Clara's nice anyway. Frosty the Snowman has a certain ring to it....
p.s. I am SO far behind on getting back to you on your comments- I'm so sorry! I usually do that on the evenings that Kenton works, but I've been SO tired these past three months, that I usually wind up going to bed early instead. I will get back to you eventually though!
Our family has been praying for Megan, my husband's cousin's daughter. Megan was complaining of pain in her knee and was starting to get a bit of a fever and just not feeling well. Her mom took her to the doctor but was told it was a virus and was sent home. Her symptoms became worse and as soon as they figured out what was causing it, they airlifted her to a hospital over an hour from their home. It turns out she had MRSA (the bad staph infection that is resistant to usual antibiotics). I believe it was in her lungs, blood and it started out in her knee. She is SLOWLY getting better, improving every day. She was in a coma for a while, on a ventilator, blood pressure medications, etc. They were about to put a trach in her when they decided to give her a chance to breathe on her own, and she did it! She is only 12 or 13 and we have been praying hard for her. We're excited about her progress.
As Josiah prayed for her tonight with his eyes squished tight and hands pressed to his face, in all seriousness, he pleaded, "Please help Bacon to feel better...."
Don't worry, I think God knows who he meant.
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Another thing the children have been praying for just about every chance they get is that we'll "get to keep this baby."
Let me back up a sec. Do any of you have any of the Your Story Hour CD's? If not, I'd HIGHLY recommend them. They'd make a great Christmas gift! ;) I get mine from an ebay seller named Joyful Home Resources (great prices/service). They're dramatizations of bible stories that sound like the old time radio shows. (they also have other stories about famous people, etc. too) They are very professionally done. At lunch we'll usually put one on, and try to listen to the bible story that we're reading about in school.
So we were listening to the story of Samson and I had already pushed play when Alek prayed over our lunch. He got to the part about keeping the baby, and as SOON as he said baby, baby Samson started crying on the CD. His eyes shot open and were as big as saucers! I swear, I think he thought God gave us the baby right then and there! We still laugh about that.
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Would you like to know the name Gracie suggested for the baby if she's a girl? Ready? Rahab. If you're unfamiliar with Rahab, it's actually a really cool story. She's the lady that hid the 2 messengers Joshua sent when they went to spy out Jericho. She saved them from the king who had heard they were there and was searching for them. In return, the messengers promised to save Rahab and her family when Jericho was destroyed if she'd hang a red cord down from her window. Cool, huh? One problem- Rahah's occupation- she was a harlot. I kind of skipped over that part when I read it to the children. So nope, sorry Gracie, Rahab's out of the question! However, her story doesn't stop there. Rahab became a believer and was actually King David's great-great grandmother... which means........ she's in Christ's lineage! However, the name is still out.
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I am REALLY REALLY bad at keeping secrets from my hubby. I've already given him two of his Christmas presents. Doh! He's not going to have much to open! One of his gifts was a GPS unit. He LOVES the silly thing! It was telling us how to get around town. At one point it told us to "Turn right here" twice and Josiah pipes up from the back and yells in his gruffest, meanest voice, "We ARE turning right!"
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