Running With Spears

Forgive me a sappy post for a moment…Here’s the back-story…after my second miscarriage, about a year and a half ago, one Sunday we were singing “Desert Song” and maan, it was one of those God moments for me. I realized…not just in my head, but in my heart…that I didn’t have to live in fear of something bad happening, because God would bring me through any storms that came my way. It seriously touched me so deeply, I wrote part of the lyrics on a scarf so I wouldn’t forget.

Anyway…when we were discussing middle names for “Ice Cream” the one we were leaning most toward was Autumn. The more I thought about Autumn, the more right it felt. I could go on and on about all I love about the fall season, but what stood out to me most is that autumn is a time of harvest. And that felt so fitting for the precious baby God blessed us with after months of tears and prayers and faith.

This past Sunday we were singing “Desert Song” again, and the last verse caught me completely off guard.

“This is my prayer in the harvest
When favor and providence flow…”

Harvest…Autumn…God’s favor and providence! For the first time I can recall, when we finished the song I discovered that my cheeks were wet with tears but I hadn’t even realized I was crying!

It’s taken me over a week to sit down and write this post. It’s just too upsetting. And before we go any further, YES I know in the scheme of things, this is NO BIG DEAL! And, as I’m sure each of you and your Momma is going to point out, I’m extra hormonal right now. I know this. I nearly cried last night cause I wanted a Krispy Kreme donut but there aren’t any around. 🙁

Anyway…my baby Boo is now missing her 4 top front teeth and it kills me!

The dentist diagnosed her with “weak teeth” when she was about one and a half, I think, and we’ve been to the dentist probably at least 2 dozen times since then trying to fix them.

A temporary filling fell out, so Misteris took her to the dentist to have them repair it, but apparently they decided to pull it…AND the one next to it. UGH!!!

He brought her home with a little blood still around her mouth, it was awful. Of course I smiled and we talked about how awesome it would be to give TWO teeth to the Tooth Fairy! But, oy, I hate this! I feel like there must have been a million things I did wrong to lead up to that moment.

She asked “what if I lose ALL my teeth and can’t eat?” I assured her that wouldn’t happen, while inwardly thinking…”What if she loses ALL her teeth and can’t eat?!?!?!?!” (What, me, melodramatic? Never!)

Misteris thinks she looks cuter now…I disagree…but then again he’s always been a huge fan of symmetry. Artist thinks she looks kinda like a vampire, and although I’m pretty sure it makes me a horrible Mom, I can’t help but somewhat agree. At least she’s an exceedingly adorable little vampire! 😉

So I was at Half Price Books the other day, and was actually wandering around sans kids because my in-laws were with us and offered to watch them in the kids section! Sweet!

Unfortunately, I didn’t really know what to do with myself because I primarily read books on my nook these days. (I apologize if you’re an avid e-reader hater. I was at first…then Misteris got one for “himself” but he let me test it out, and I realized how much more often I was able to read with it, and because I have a total love affair with books, I stole his nook and have been hooked ever since. And since I’m already completely off topic, let me add that the ability to check e-books out from the library from my own computer is pretty much the best thing since Keurigs!)

Ooops, sorry for that tangent. Anyway, I decided to look at baby books for Ice Cream. And immediately laughed at myself. Boo’s baby book is still 100% empty. I’m just not good at that kind of thing. I thought, ya know, someone really needs to make a baby book where you just clap a sticker on a page when your kid does something you want to remember. And then I saw this:

It’s a 12 page book with stickers for each milestone (and some extras to create your own). I kid you not! This is exactly what I need!!! The pages even have the option of being pulled out of the book to form a long banner you can hang in your kid’s room, if that makes it easier to keep track of where you put the thing. 😉

Gotta love it when you find something that’s perfect for you! Now if someone would just start a coffee delivery service!!! 😀

My girls are frustrating “the bejiggers out of me” as Artist would say!

Right now they are taking a bath together, and pestering each other to no end. They claim they’re having a good time, but I am sick and tired of having to run in there to see what has made one of them start screaming at the other every 27 seconds!

I finally decreed that the next time EITHER of them screamed or whined or fussed they both had to get out, so they’d better start being super nice to one another if they want to keep playing.

Their response to this was to try to pick apart exactly how nice they had to be, tell me how everything up to that point was ALL the other one’s fault, or determine precisely what the consequences would be for being mean (“So, you’re saying we’d have to get out, but not go to time out?”).

UGH!!!!! Are you kidding me?!?! I don’t want to spell out every detail, just be SUPER nice! End of story! And then I realized, that’s kind of how we are to God, sometimes.

Love your neighbor! “Yeah, but, I mean…exactly who is my neighbor?” (Hey, I didn’t say this was anything new.)

Give to the poor! “Well, which poor?” I mean, surely not the homeless guy on the corner, cause I think he might be scamming me.”

Don’t judge! “Now, God, let’s talk about this a second. Surely you didn’t really mean to be COMPLETELY non judgmental of everybody! Cause, that Mom over there doesn’t vaccinate! Or spank! So, obviously she’s raising wild, hippie freaks!”

You may have noticed by now that I’m not very good at concluding my posts, so I’m just gonna let that hang there awkwardly and go have some iced coffee! 😉

Soooo…..we got Boo a story of the Nativity for her Tag Junior for Christmas! (Little aside about this…a couple years ago we started a tradition of our Christmas gifts consisting of something they want, something they need, something to wear, and something to read…we’re loving it so far.)

The girls each have a tag and love it…the downside is downloading the audio when you get new books. Yeah. I finally got around to downloading Boo’s Christmas book today.

On a positive note, she enjoyed just looking at/having me read the book for months, and now it’s new again! Or at least that’s what I’m telling myself so I don’t feel bad. 😉

Oh, and that pic was taken today…she just happens to be wearing her Christmas jammies. And yes, it’s noon and we’re all still in jammies. 😀