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Sep. 30, 2009

Happy Birthday to my Miracle Baby!!!!!

Posted in Family

Today my oldest son Nathan turns 15!!!! Wow!!!! Where have the years gone???? It seems like it was yesterday that I went to the hospital to have my precious baby boy! But alas, he is no longer a baby, and is quickly becoming a man! What a blessing he is to me!

There came a time during my pregnancy when I almost lost my precious baby. When I was six months pregnant, I was hospitalized with severe dehydration and all that goes along with that. I had a friend who insisted I go to the hospital, and I am so glad that I listened to her! The Nurses told my friend that if I hadn't gone to the hospital, Nathan would probably had died.

I was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which would later become full blown Ulcerative Colitis, thus leading to me having my colon removed when Nathan was 6. I was so sick at that time. During a normal pregnancy, most women will gain 20 pounds or more. When I arrived at the hospital to deliver Nathan, I weighed 40 pounds LESS than I did before I got pregnant!!!!!! So I am guessing that I LOST about 60 lbs + while carrying my baby! Everything that I was taking in, was going to my baby first, so I wasn't getting much for myself. Praise the Lord it was enough though, to keep my baby alive!!!!

Like my title says, Nathan is my miracle baby! I could have lost him. He could have been born with health issues. But he wasn't!! God protected him in the womb, and he was born healthy and strong!!!! Now my miracle "baby" is 15 today!!!! Thank you Lord for your loving protection over both of us!!!

Posted by Kim on Sep. 30, 2009 at 9:33 AM • Shared blessings (4) • Share a blessing • Permanent

Sep. 16, 2009

September Country Heart Giveaway

Posted in Giveaways

I came across a wonderful Giveaway at Simply Heart and Home This Blog is new to me, but I look forward to checking it out! Please head on over to Simply Heart and Home and enter her Giveaway before Sept. 23rd!

Posted by Kim on Sep. 16, 2009 at 12:34 PM • Shared blessings (2) • Share a blessing • Permanent

Sep. 2, 2009

September is Here!

Posted in Everyday Happenings

Well, it has been a month since I last posted. Summer Break is officially over, and my children started school today. They only had half a day at their school, but the two oldest came home with Homework on their first day! They were not overly impressed by that, but I think it is kind of funny! LOL!

They were a little nervous about going to school, but they made out o.k. I had to do quite a bit of talking with and comforting my 13 year old daughter before I left her at school. She did not want to stay ~ sometimes being a 13 year old girl and having "friends" that can be insensitive at times, is a very hard thing to deal with. But I managed to convince her to stay, and I think overall, she had a pretty good morning. It sure does help that her Home Room Teacher this year, is her "old" Teacher from another school she used to go to. I am so pleased about that!

It was kind of bittersweet for me this morning dropping them off at school. I like the fact that my children are able to attend a Christian School again, but I will miss having them home with me as well. Oh well, I am pretty sure that they will do much better this year in a Classroom setting. Homeschooling works well for a lot of families, but with ours, it was just one struggle after another.

Now I need to develop a new routine for my days. I don't want to waste my time ~ I want to make the most of my days. But truth be told ~ I think I will enjoy a couple of days (at first) just relaxing and taking some "me" time ~ maybe read a book, work on my quilt that has been sitting all summer, or just have a nap!

I hope you all had a wonderful day, and I hope you have a wonderful School Year ~ whether you teach your children at home, or they attend a school outside of the home!

Posted by Kim on Sep. 2, 2009 at 8:36 PM • Shared blessings (2) • Share a blessing • Permanent

Aug. 6, 2009

Changes are Good!

Posted in Everyday Happenings

Wow! Where has the summer gone! Here it is the first week of August already!!!! My last entry was about all of the rain we have been getting! Well, the sun has finally arrived, and with it the humidity! But I must admit, that overall, the weather hasn't been too bad!

My title mentions "Change". The change is this ~ my children will not be Homeschooled this year. Our Church has started a Christian Day School, so my children will be attending Charity Baptist School in September. My oldest son is going into Grade 10!!!!!! It was just yesterday that I brought him home from the Hospital! It is hard to believe that in just three short years, he will be finished High School and ready for the next phase of his life!

My daughter is going into eighth grade and my "baby boy" is going into sixth grade! I wish the days would slow down, and my children would once again become the little toddlers they once were! Boy how I would do some things differently! Oh well, since I can't turn back time, I will enjoy the time I have now with my "not so little' children!

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Posted by Kim on Aug. 6, 2009 at 2:20 PM • Shared blessings (0) • Share a blessing • Permanent

Jun. 26, 2009

Rain, Rain ~ Go Away!

Posted in Everyday Happenings

It has been rainy and damp for over a week now, and the forecast for the next 4-5 days is for the same!!! Is the sun ever going to shine again????? I wouldn't mind so much, if there wasn't so much humidity in the air! A constant state of "stickyness" is no fun!!!! Oh well, the plants are LOVING this weather!

Posted by Kim on Jun. 26, 2009 at 9:49 AM • Shared blessings (2) • Share a blessing • Permanent

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