Do you ever read someones blog and just want to reach out and give the blogger a huge hug and tell her that you just know everything will work out in the end and God's Will is going to be even better than she imagined? I have a friend who I haven't seen in years, but I keep up with her and her husband's life through her blog. No, I don't blog stalk her, she reads mine too. :) Anyway, I just want her to know I'm praying for her. I probably should actually email or send her a message on FaceBook letting her know this, but that seems too intrusive for some reason right now. So, I hope you know who you are and I hope you know that I care.
Now diving into October...What a great month it was! We went to the zoo! At least I think that was this month, and I think I may have blogged about it, but it's 4:40 AM and I am too lazy to check the date or my blog, so there you go. We also went to the pumpkin patch! OK, so I did just check this blog and I did fail to blog about both. Oh well. We had a great time. Addi liked the monkeys at the zoo, Brogan liked the nap. ;) Addi liked running and playing at the pumpkin patch, Brogan liked observing and swinging. :) Oh and she liked the fake cow at the pumpkin patch. She ran up to it and said, "Hi Cow! Moo Moo!" Everyone who heard her chuckled, it was adorable. :) We also celebrated the first birthday of Jonah - a little boy at our church whose family we are very close to. We did not celebrate Halloween, nor will we ever. We have decided that as a family, we will do something special for the kids so that they don't feel like they are missing out. However, dressing up and going to get candy on a pagan "holiday" is not our cup of tea. We don't look down on the families who choose to celebrate this day and have deep respect for the churches that provide Christian alternatives. It's just not our thing. Anyway, we did nothing special for the kids on Oct. 31st this year though because the kids wouldn't care anyway and due to the busyness of life, I didn't really care either. So there you have it. That was October or at least part of it.
On to my reason for being up and blogging so early, simply put, I'm in pain. I had to have my gallbladder removed yesterday. It was my first time under anaesthesia and that part freaked me out more than the actual procedure. I don't know why I was so scared, and felt silly for even worrying, especially after I came to and realized all was well. :) Anyway, the recovery time should not be that long, but can I tell you how excited I am that the weekend that I am basically being forced by my husband and doctor to sit around and do NOTHING happens to be the weekend of the Hallmark Channel's Christmas Movie Marathon??? I LOVE Hallmark Christmas movies. They are some of the best out there! I'm sure half way through the marathon I will want to get up and get the Christmas decorations out, but I'm going to resist the urge. Not because I think it's too early for decorating, but because I have a goal of being back to work on Monday just because I'm stubborn and everyone says they doubt I will feel well enough to be there. Anyway, the one downside to my exciting weekend is that Addi is in Virginia with my parents and I miss her like crazy! She has been there since Wednesday evening, so not even 48 hours and I feel like it's been a month. Jared feels the same way and I am pretty sure that Brogie is missing her, too. I must admit that it is nice to be able to let him play without having to constantly make sure that Addi isn't trying to play a little to rough with him, but still the house is just a little too quiet without her here. To add to my grief, she is now sick with a stomach bug. So, she's not here, she's sick and because of my surgery and the stupid fact that I have to take it easy to recover, there is absolutely nothing I can do to help her feel better. I take that back, I can pray. I have prayed and keep praying and I am so thankful that she is in great hands (God's hands first and foremost, and my parents' hands while she is there). Unfortunately, Brogan is sick, too. He started throwing up yesterday evening. He doesn't have a fever and hasn't thrown up since about 7:30 pm, so we are hoping to send him to daycare today. That makes me feel like a terrible mommy, but hey, the kids caught it at daycare and while I'm not a proponent of allowing children to share germs and make each other sick, we are quite desperate. I can't even pick him up and hold him today and Jared is working so we don't really have a choice.
Can I just say that my husband is incredible!! The man is seriously holding this house together. He works well over 40 hours a week, he helps me clean (sometimes he cleans more than I do), he always takes out the trash without my prompting, he helps with taking and picking up the kids at daycare, packs my lunches (which I know I've blogged about before!) and helps in 100 other ways every single week. I could not do this without him. Jared - you are amazing!!! :)
I'm closing this now, because I'm pretty sure this blog is even more discombobulated than normal thanks to being up since 2:00 AM and my earlier mention of Christmas made me want to check out the Black Friday ads. :) I hope you all have a great weekend! Try to take the time to watch a Christmas movie and don't forget to go to church! :)
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