Everyone needs a little encouragment

I wanted to share a blog with you that I have been following over the past few months. It has been a very encouraging and uplifting blog. I am going to put it under my favorites, incase you ever wanted to read it. It has really touched my heart, and I just wanted to share it with you. www.aplacecalledsimplicity.blogspot.com

Things going on Around the House!

So one of my on going projects to keep me busy while Jordan is gone is sanding down an antique table that we got from our neighbors back in Cape May. We actually swapped tables. Our table is has two benches with it, and they painted it black. The wood under it is absolutely beautiful, so I want to put it back to its original condition. Since Im pregnant I am limited to my options as far as paint elimination is concerned, so sand paper is the way we are going. Notice I said "we". The kids have taken quite an interest in helping me, they laugh at the noise the paper makes against the bench, and are going crazy with it. Over the past few days I have been working on more pacifier snugglies for my store. Here are two that I just posted today. I am making 2 of the same flannel every day, and I am trying to quilt a block everyday too, at that rate, I will have a restocked store in no time, and a quilt. Bonus! Hope you are all having a good day, and thanks for checking up on my blog!

A Fresh New Start

It certainly has been a while since I posted on here last! Its amazing what you have time for when your kids have hand foot and mouth disease! I have been confined to my house for the last 4 days now..and let me tell you, as much as I hate it, I love it too. I cant go out and spend any money, so we are saving money right now, my house is pretty much immaculate. I have so much time for sewing and am also learning alot of patience along the way. You can never have too much of that. I also have absolutely adorable friends and neighbors who are taking such good care of me. Bringing me food, as the kids havent been eating because of cankers in their mouths, I am still eating healthy and the baby is still being well nourished. They also come over to my front step and talk with me, and make sure everything is OK and im not pulling my hair out yet! I am very bummed we wont be going to church tommorow. I love it so much and so do the kids. In other news, I have become somewhat obsessed lately with stalking other peoples blogs. There are some super encouraging blogs out there, and I love especially reading about peoples struggles, and how they come out of their struggles victorious, with God in the center of the equation. SO now, I have been inspired to start writing in my blog, and start another one. I know, I know...I havent updated this one since April of last year. I guess I just got a little burnt out and needed a break, but now I am refreshed, revamped and ready to go full steam ahead. My other blog, is going to be a sort of everything blog, things that I am working on, projects that I am going to be working on, self help information and just sharing all of the talents and gifts God has given me with anyone out there interested in "stuff"... so if you would like to follow my new blog as well, the address is www.littlesnuggliebug.blogspot.com Its going to be slow at first, but I am really excited about it! And I will make sure to update my blogs more frequently.. Also if you do not know, I have started selling alot of my sewed things that I make. I have a shop on etsy and am doing very well there . If you ever need unique baby shower gifts you should totally check my store out before you head to walmart or target, or wherever you get your baby gifts. They are inexpensive and absolutely darling! Oh I almost forgot the website for my shop is www.littlesnuggliebug.etsy.com

for Daddy....Our Kiddo's

The top handsome little man is ofcourse none other than Mr. Handsome Pants himself, Micaiah. And the following two pictures are of the baby. The middle one is a picture of the babys arm, hand and fingers, and the picture at the bottom is of the baby's face. The two dark spots are the eyes, and the lighter spots underneath are the nose and the mouth. You can see the baby's hands on each side of its head. The baby is about 13 oz. I thought you all might enjoy a sneek peek or an inside look. Mainly this blog is for Daddy, so that he can see what his two kiddo's look like right now. Jordan is going to be coming back home in 15 more days!! We all cant wait to be back home altogether again! In seven days I am going to be able to talk to Jordan again when they hit port in Rhode Island, and then only 5 more days after they leave port in Rhode Island, they will be back in port here !!! I hope everyone is having a good week, and thanks for checking up on us!

Micaiah's Self Portraits

My Micaiah...

Well since I had a few minutes of free time on my hands I thought I would update on life a bit and add a few more pictures of the family, but mostly of the cutest little guy in the whole world. I have lost count of his teeth but the incisors are currently coming in and are taking their grand old time..so the nights for Micaiah have not been sleeping through the night as of late. All I can do is give him some tylenol for the pain and pray for him that Jesus will take his "owies" away. His ear tubes have been doing a fantastic job so far, but they do not completely eliminate the possibilities of getting another ear infection. So far so good though. Micaiah has been getting quite the little personality lately and its so much fun waking up every day and wondering what kind of mood he will be in and what things he will do today that will make me laugh and smile. He is a beautiful blessing, and I enjoy and fall more in love with him every day.

Jordan has just recently found out that he is going to be able to go on the "Dependable" again. He is leaving March 22nd and will be gone until May 15th. He is really excited about the trip and I am really excited for him that he has the opportunity to go. While he is gone I am going to try and plan a trip up to PEI for a little visit. I am pretty sure that I will not be able to go on family vacation. The doctor has given me three possible dates so far that the C-section will be done on. August 24th, August 28th, or August 31st. But those are full term dates, he may go earlier than that depending on the size of the baby and stuff like that. I have really been missing PEI and would love to go back home again before Christmas. eventually I will get to PEI in the summer time.. I hope..

From the top of the pictures to the bottom, are a little explination.. Micaiah and Daddy sharing some Valentine M&M's..he looooves M&M's but dont worry I dont feed them to him all the time!They are emergency foods when he has a really bad accident, I am not going to mention any of them because you will think very badly about me and I will feel even worse about it than I already do. Last week was a very nice evening so Jordan made a bonfire while Micaiah lounged in one of the camping chairs. Last month we had some snow that actually stayed over night! It was so exciting!!!! Micaiah has a snowball in his little finger gloves..those things are completely pointless because as soon as we got in the car and buckled up, they were already on the floor! useless I tell you! Ahh.. I love the next one. Micaiah is watching Jack's Big Music show on his "T.V. Pillow" and enjoying some kopke. When Jordan fixes something around the house, he has usually got his tool box out and so Micaiah takes out the screw driver and starts fixing his own toys..such a guy thing! And the last one , he is enjoying some Sonic ice..thats all that was leftover from the drink. well I think for now, you are probably exhausted from reading this "supposed to be" short post, soon enough though I will have another update and I suppose I should post a belly picture soon too huh! Well that can wait for a few more days! Love you all and thanks for reading! have a super day! I am off to get Micaiah a passport this afternoon so that if we can go home for a bit we can leave the country for a week or two! : )

This is how we hang in Jersey!

"Got a comfy couch, my apple juice and not a care in the world!" Now this is the perfect example of a sitting back and relaxing position. Micaiah is quite the little comic without even trying.. Well two days ago we got up at 5:30 and headed to the surgey center where Micaiah got tubes put in his ears. The surgery itself only took like 6 minutes and then the doctor came out and said that everything went fine and that there was fluid in both ears. That explained why the past three nights prior to the surgery Micaiah and I were up for most of the night. The poor little guy was so tired and exhausted from the lack of sleep. Once we were finished at the surgery center we went home, but stopped off at starbucks so that i could have my pick me up venti white hot chocolate, and a breakfeast sandwhich. Once we got home, Micaiah , Sarah and me all went down for a nap and 4 1/2 hours later we all woke up. It was the most lovliest nap I've had in weeks! The kids went to bed at 8 that night and we followed a couple of hours later. The next morning I woke up at 9..everyone was still breathing, but very nicely asleep. They woke up a few minutes later, and we had a great day. Micaiah has to get antibiotic drops in each ear. 3 drops 3 times a day for 3 days. Thats a fun time. Last night Micaiah was awake 3 times, and that was a little disappointing, but I got a great sleep the night before and it was just what I needed. When Micaiah wakes up during the night there is no other place I would rather be than by his side, mind you i do wish I could sleep, but if me holding him or rubbing his head and back comforts him, then there is nothing in the world that I would rather do than be there for him. it is sometimes tireing but it is such a treat to hold him and make him feel better. It makes me feel good. really good. So I had a spare moment and thought I would try and stay ahead and update. We really appreciate all of the prayers so much, I think it helped me alot knowing that there is so much family support out there. I hope you all have a great week! And take a tip from Micaiah. Sit back and relax with a bottle of apple juice or whatever your drink preference is at the moment! Cheers!