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So i read this blog every day that this incredibly strong woman writes, She has 4 kids ages 1-4 (that scares the heck out of me right there, and makes me want to pay for her a vacation) she has an incredibe story about her youngest and about God's grace and faithfulness. read her blog she is awesome. http://www.mycharmingkids.net/
Any way not only is she an awesome mom, wife, christ follower, teacher, housekeeper, chef, wife steward, friend..... etc etc... the list could go on and on, but she also finds time to blog... DAILY.... sometimes she has multiple entries daily. whew i wish i had half her energy, anyway he blogs are always so fun, inspiring, humbling, and encouraging to read.... and then she throws in conests everyonce in while, most of the time i don't enter but this time i could not resist, so i wanted to share it with you too. she is givin a way an HP touch smart computer!!!! WHAT???? yes i said GIVING away a COMPUTER!!!! here is a link to the post so you can enter too. Good luckhttp://mckgiveaways.blogspot.com/2009/12/hp-touchsmart-giveaway.html!!!

And the Saga begins

Well so as you know my brother had a motorcycle accident 2 weeks ago and he is still in the hospital he is now just aiting on the insurance to approve the rehab facility... but if they take any longer he will probably heal incorrectly and they will need to do surgery again. But it is what it is! So anyway i was supposed to go to knoxville to help care for ryan last saturday (that did not happen) but befor i left i knew i needed to get Jaxon in to the MD to check on what i thought was a yeast infection, after h visit with Dr. Tam on Friday we found out that he had blood in his urine, and they classified it as a UTI. Boys do not typically get UTI's so she sent his urine off to the lab for a culture, and she started him on antibiotics twice daily for 10 days.
On tuesday Dr Tam called me and told me that he would need some further test run, so on Thursday the 24 we are going to have an ultrasound and a dye test done to check his anatomy and to see if he has reflux in his kidneys.
So here is where it gets interesting... both my dad and I have 3 kidneys 2 functioning and one non functioning, and we both had surgery to "redo our plumming" move our ureters rom the non functioning kidney to the functioning ones. we both had reflux, so now i am concerned that Jaxon has the same issue. I know that my surgery was 20 years ago but all i remember is being in the hospital for a while and i continue to have kidney infections to this day. so my prayer is that If Jaxon needs surgery that it would be an easy proceedure, and thatwe could afford it. Please pray for our little fellow, he has been pretty canky lately and with Aleks getting off at 8 every night this week i have not had much relief.

Prayer request
Ryan to continue healing and improving,
Insurance to hurry and get him in rehab
Jaxon to feel better
Mommy to not be so frazzled
Daddy to know how proud i am of him for all the hard work he does.
Our finances

Thanks everyone

Jaxon

This baby of ours is the most wonderful blessing. i want to spend every minute with him that i can possibly have(when he is happy, lol) Today we went to the Delta Fair and it was warm with a descent breeze but it was rediculously humid so Jaxon was just sweating to death so what did mama do? .... i pulled the redneck card and took his shirt off, so here is my sweet baby strolling around the fair with sweat making his hair stand up in a mohawk and no shirt, Super Classy. any way when us adults completed our embarrasing display of devouring every fried morsel available we decided to go in to the building and cool off, well when we got in there we put Jax clothes back on and he got out of the stroller and walked around., not only did he walk but he danced for all the ladies, and he clapped for them, he was a real ham.

We went to the fair with our friends Wes and Liby and their baby girl Kate (i watch Kate during the week) Jaxon and Kate are good buddies and they played well together today. We all had a great time and devoured some good food. at the agricenter!!!

Ryan update

HE WALKED!!!!!!!!! praise the LORD he walked today (friday 9/11) he took several steps and sat in his chair, he sounded great today, he had high spirits and seemed to be feeling better. What we know right now is that he will be going to a rehab facility either in Jonesboro Arkansas (that is where my mom lives) or in Memphis once he gets through rehab and is healed significantly he will go back to Knoxville.

Prayer request: continued healing and strength

that he will be able to get off the heavy pain meds soon

Finances in the coming weeks and months

strength for our parents

Thanks so much

Updates on Ryan:

On Friday night 09/04/2009 Ryan had a motorcycle accident, he was following Megan(his girlfriend) to her house and she was about 1 mile ahead of him, and as he crossed a bridge he lost control of the bike and crashed. Megan called me about 10:00 and asked if i was sitting down, and proceeded to tell me about the accident she said Ryan thinks he broke his pelvis. well he would be correct, after he arrived at the hospital and had tons of x rays and after what seemed like forever they finally confirmed that he had multiple fractures in his pelvis, and right hip as well as where the Femur fits in the hip socket he had multiple fractures there as well. and they would schedule surgery for Tuesday 9/8/09

Over the weekend Ryan was in tremendous pain but they kept him well medicated, and they scheduled his surgery for tuesday mid afternoon.

Tuesday 9/8/09

Ryan went in for surgery about 1:40 his time (he lives in knoxville) and they placed pins and plates to repair his hip and some of the fractures, the surgery took about 3 hours. After surgery he was in recovery for a while and spent the rest of the evening trying to control pain. (this was not an easy task) Ryan was pretty uncomfortable most of the night.

Today 9/9/09 the physical therapist came in this morning and worked with him to try to get him to walk 2 steps to a chair, she worked with him for about 45 min. He was in such excruciating pain they decided to wait till tomorrow to try.

Prayers:

Please pray for him to be able to take those steps tomorrow without pain.

Please pray for God to heal his body completely and that he would not develop arthritis.

Please pray that his family would know when to be there and when to back off so he does not get frustrated with us.

Please pray for a quick recovery

Please pray for finances through his healing.

Please pray for a sound frame of mind for all of us, that good decisions would be made with wise council from the lord.

Thanks for all your prayers and concerns. and i will keep you updated.

I will be in knoxville on saturday

I am still here

I know I know it seems as if I have dropped of the earth, but iI am still here, there is just nothing exciting to blog about. However this week has been really exciting(for me anyway) and it is only Tuesday. On Monday we started using cloth diapers exclusively. I was really shocked at how easy it is. We purchased a sample pack of diapers with 5 different name brands of cloth pocket diapers in it and I already had one blueberry diaper so now we have six diapers total which means that i have to wash them every night but that is minor. I have changed him at home and in public and both places were easy. We are hoping to get more diapers for his birthday but we want to find the brand that works the best for us, so far we like all of them. Aleks has yet to change J's diaper so that might be an experience. I will keep you posted on how things go, but if you are interested in cloth and you have several brands that you would like to try check out Snootybootydiapers.com and look at their sample packs. Michelle was great and very efficiant. Thanks Michelle.

Enjoy the little things

I have learned how important it is to slow down, take a breath and just enjoy the moment. I feel as though I am always running from one thing to the next without ever slowing down.

For instance when I clean my house I always start in the kitchen and move back, because that is the first thing everyone sees.
Unfortunatly by the time I am to the living room there are items from my room, Jaxons room and the bathroom that need to be put away and somehow I always end up aving these crazy thoughts while putting things away.

Here is a look into my thought process (and actions), While taking an item to Jaxons room I notice hey the diapers in here need to be refilled, so I refill them, then I notice hey the sheet on his bed needs to be changed, so I change it, then i notice the dust ruffle needs to be adjusted, and the carpet needs to be vaccumed, and I should probably go thru his drawrers and empty the things he has grown out of... hey this dresser needs to be dusted, so I go get the dusting stuff (in the laundry room ) these cleaning supplies are low let me make a list, hey the laundry is done let me switch out loads, oh these are my clothes in the dryer let me put them away real quick... man my closet is a mess I dont need this outfit, or this outfit, or this pair of shoes, and why are all these wires in my closet(Aleks). What was I doing before i started cleaning my closet......???? oh well I am here might as well finish, hey Jaxon's paci I was wondering where that was, and here is a toy I betterr put it where it goes befor i forget again... (again back in jaxon's room) hey this dresser needs to be dusted, I should probably gather all the clothes he can't wear anymore and store them so we can have more space. ....... on and on and on i think you get the point.

So needless to say Aleks's and I's room never gets cleaned... it get's picked up but it is always neglected. In sayin all this I am trying to get you to see the chaos involved in me just cleaning my house, however this same type of thought process happens in my everyday life. So my 1/2 year resolution is to SLOW down, tackle 1 task at a time... if it is not all done in 1 day, week, month... who cares... Spend this precious time with my husband and my ever growing son. he is growing so fast and I am missing the little things with him, because I think hey I need to go to once upon a child, and walgreens, sams, kroger, target, and hey why is he so cranky... oh yeah he is tired, hungry hot and ready to play.

I not only am missing out on time with my family But time with my Father... my heavenly Father.. I can't remember my last quiet time.... SAD I know, Infact mothers day was the last time I sat in a church service, I have been to church but I have been back at the nursery desk.. (which I love) but I need to go to church. I miss the worship.
I wake up everyday and thank God for my day, and in the middle of the night while rocking Jaxon i thank God for him, but that's not enough I miss that relationship, that closeness. I need to slow down and enjoy the little things.

I have been humming this song all day today, and i feel like it is exactly what God is trying to get me to understand:
In the secret in the quiet place
in the STILLNESS You are there
In the secret in the quiet hour i wait only for you God
I want to know you more.
I Want to know you
I want to hear your voice
I want to know you more.

I want to know you
I want to see your face
I want to know you more.

This is such a simple concept
yet so hard for me to comprehend,
God just wants me to stop, be quiet, and get to know him more... why is that so hard.
I can take time out of my busy life to watch t.v. or to get on the internet, but not to get to know my Father more.
How can i teach my son to love Jesus if he does not see me spending time with Jesus, or if my relationship with Christ is not what it needs to be?

Friends please pray for my walk, pray that i can take that special time to sit bac and just listen to what God has to teach me.