Sunday, February 19, 2012

Still Here

I am still here.
I have not abandoned this blog of mine...or you.
Life has been pretty crazy around here since we got back from Baltimore.
We've had 100th day of school activities, baseball sign ups, Valentines Day, birthday parties, extra hours at work, Sunday School and the dreaded stomach bug.
Yes, the stomach bug.
Now there's something you should know about me, if you already don't.
I am a borderline germ-o-phobe...... with 3 kids, yes this is true.

Do I have a tendency to wash my hands and my kids hands multiple times a day? 
YES
Do I make sure the first thing our kids do when we get in the house after being out is washing their hands? YES
Do I have a bottle of sanitizer in my purse, my car, hubby's car, our diaper bag, my desk at work, and both of our strollers? 
YES!
I am the type of person that if I even think you are sick or hear your sneeze I will do everything possible to stay as far away from you, and if we for some reason do come into the slightest of contact with one another I will then run to the nearest sink to wash my hands with scalding hot water and soap followed by quickly administering myself an Airborne.
If your kids are sick and you bring them near my kids-momma bear comes out! I try everything in my power to not let my kids interact with yours.
I mean seriously, who brings sick, snotty nosed, fever running, coughing, germ spreading kids out in public to spread their germs to other kids? It's hard enough to take care of 3 healthy kids let alone 3 sick kids, and we all know moms don't get sick days so that is just OUT of the question!
I'm sorry but I think that should be in the mom handbook.
If your child has been coughing/sneezing (not allergies), had a fever, or throwing up in the last 48 hours (yes, that's right I said 48, NOT 24) DO NOT bring them to a public place to keep spreading their germs!
Aye caramba!  Okay {stepping down from my soap box now} haha!

So the stomach bug hit our poor Ayden first on Tuesday night and the just when I thought I had disinfected, Lysol'd, and washed all of the germs out of our house Friday night it snuck up on me too, BOO!
Now, as I just stated Mom's don't get sick days.
This bug was a real whopper! I'm talking full on body ache, fever...the whole nine yards.
I felt so terrible that I was almost in tears!
I was lucky enough to lay in bed all day Saturday but my husband still had to go into work on Saturday night leaving me with 3 children to keep alive...{ahem} take care of I mean :)
Today I am feeling a bit better, able to keep down some food and liquids and actually able to get out of bed without being hunched over in pain.
I am also fortunate enough to have a husband who realized that I needed some recoop time and took himself and all three boys to his mom's house for the day.  Either that or he feared catching the bug from me too, but I like to think the first option!

So in case you have been wondering where I went I am back and ready to continue life with you my friends!

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Stuck

Have you ever felt stuck?
Not like overwhelming stuck.
I'm talking about the kind of stuck where your trying so hard to figure out your calling or what to do next that you keep drawing a blank?
Like the harder you try the further away from it you actually get?
If that even makes sense...
I've been struggling with this the past couple of weeks-probably since the new year.
I want so badly to see how He will use me that I feel lost.
I feel useless.
Like I am wasting precious time that could be used for my true calling.
I've spent time focusing, praying, thinking but nothing has come about yet.
No clear cut signs.
I keep reading all of my books {which I am very much enjoying!} but feel empty at the end of them.
I start each one saying to myself "this will be the one. This book will lay upon my heart what my calling is."
But none of them have...
They all excite me and challenge me to live a more Christian life but don't quite fill that void.
I'm waiting and believing but my patience is wearing thin!
I hope it gets here soon!
Until then... Keep Believing my friends!

Monday, February 6, 2012

Unplugged.

This past weekend we celebrated my birthday in Baltimore.  
We were completely {unplugged}...well almost!  
We did keep our cell phones on us but only in case we got seperated, which of course we did as soon as we got inside Port Discovery!  
The kids had a blast, the weather was gorgeous, we actually ate out
...as in at restaurants!! 
That is something we almost never get to do as a family of 5!
We visited the biggest Barnes & Noble I have ever been in or seen...and the boys absolutely LOVED it!!  We walked the inner Harbor, spent the morning in the National Aquarium, and ate at The Cheesecake Factory {yum}
We explored a submarine, and the USS Constellation and of course the boys thought it was an adventure sleeping in a hotel room too!  
It felt great to spend quality time with our family-just US!  
There were so many "thank you's" and "I love you's" from the boys that it was overwhelming and practically brought tears to my eyes just to see how thankful and appreciative our kids really are (because they're not always that way).
  It was a great weekend all around! 
Enjoy some pics :)