Rewind...replay from yesterday.

Yep, still dealing with poop.  Sarah decided to explode around 4:30 this morning.  When I say explode I literally mean it.  Poop covered her bed, the crib railing, the wall.  Not good, especially at 4:30am.  I am not a morning person.  I cleaned up Sarah and the worse of the room and put Sarah in my bed.  I then prayed for no more poop.  I really did not want to clean up my room too.  Sarah slept until 7, then got up drank one sip of pedialyte and went back to bed.  At 9:30 I checked her diaper, it was still dry.  Hmmm, wonder if it was wet at 4:30 when she pooped?  I changed her at midnight and it was wet then.  She was crying and tossing like her tummy hurt so I went in to check and went ahead and changed her.  So either from midnight or 4:30am she has had a dry diaper.  Not good.  She is lethargic.  Will not lift her head or any body part.  Ok, now I am concerned.  I called the pediatrician, and they tell me to take her to the ER and get fluids.  I start to change her and wipe her off to put on some clothes.  She peed.  Just a dribble, but pee.  I then got her to take a few sips of juice.  So I called back the doctor and we decide to force fluids and give her to lunch to have a good wet diaper.  Man did I push the fluids.  She took about 6 oz and had a small wet diaper.  Yippee!  The doctor said to keep watching her and if she goes 6 hours without peeing or is lethargic go to the ER.  She is suppose to be on the BRAT diet, but my hmmm, angel would not eat any of those items.  I did get her to eat mac-n-cheese and drink 4 oz more of pedialyte!!!  She is napping now.  Please pray that she does better this afternoon and will drink and eat for me.  Also, pray for no more poopy.

Blow Out

Hmmm, not the tires on the van, but Sarah's diaper this morning.  Man, I have never seen so much poop in all of my life.  Not to be to graphic, but to paint a picture of the scene if I may(stop now if you are squeamish).  I smelled the deed when I picked her up this morning.  I really did not  think she had pooped.  Sarah has a hard time pooping(I know TMI).  She poops once every 2-3 days and then only if she is on the potty and strains, no matter the consistency.  She just has low muscle tone.  So back to this morning.  I laid her on my bed to change her diaper, remind you I still think it is just a wet diaper and she has gas.  As I remove her pants(why didn't I put her in a gown last night?), the poop went flying out of the pants on the bed, on me, on Sarah even more.  She had poop all the way down her legs.  Her pants did not feel wet when I picked her up so it must have run when I picked her up.  Needless to say I am gagging at this point.  As I begin to clean her up, she poops more.  Watery poop that goes everywhere.  Ok, I am really gagging at this point.  Not fun.  I got us all cleaned up.  Cleaned up the bed, the floor, the bathroom floor, the cloth diaper.  Why, Oh why does my child have to be allergic to disposable diapers?  She has not had any further diarrhea today(Praise the Lord-reminder to self-need to reread the blessing post from the other day!).  She now has a fever and is very fussy and whiney.  My baby feels bad.  Please keep us in your prayers that we have a speedy recovery and no one else gets sick.  I am having flashbacks from our last illness where everyone got the stomach bug at the same time and we were remodeling and they wanted to take out my washer and dryer.  In fact this was the last time Grandma was at our house, hmm maybe Grandma is the problem!  I think Grandma is having second thoughts about visiting us.  I think she is having flashbacks too!  Sorry no pictures today, brown is not our best color!

Weekend Happenings

Sorry I have not posted in awhile, we went to Grandma's this past weekend.  Grandma came home with us, so she will be here this week.  We had a great trip.  The kids actually were ok.  We set up the DVD players again, but did not hook them together.  Both kids got to watch their own movie and that seemed to work better.  Sarah enjoyed Baby Signing Times and Wiggles and Elijah enjoyed Hermie and Clifford, and others.  Mommy and Daddy went crazy listening to two movies were very happy that they did not have to hear whining and crying.  Friday we had a party for Elizabeth and Amanda's 21st Birthday!!!  All of the family was there and we had a great time.  Here are a few pictures of the kids playing with Grandma's toys.  The second picture Sarah is feeding the baby a bottle.  She moved before I got the shot, but this was her favorite thing to do.  Guess I now know what Elijah can get Sarah for her birthday!! While we were there we went to Walmart and they had booster seats on clearance so we got one for a great deal.  We wanted one for our trip to Fla so we could get everyone in the van.  I really did not want to put Elijah in a booster seat this early.  I wanted to keep him in the car seat with a 5 point harness until he was grown, but for some reason all of his friends parents have already put their kids in booster seats.  All I have heard is Abbe and Abigail have big seats.  He had to, of course, use the booster seat immediately.  Here he is in his big seat.  Yes I had tears in my eyes, he is growing up TOO FAST! We now have the seat belt adjusted so it does not hit him so high.  I hate to admit, but I really am liking this booster seat.  He can buckle himself in and out without help.  It is much easier and faster. 

NOTE TO ELIZABETH:  Grandma says she loves you and sends kisses!

Daddy and Sarah time!

Sarah is into EVERYTHING!  She is a mover and shaker.  Always on the go.  She climbs out of her bed, climbs up the stairs, tries to climb the gate, unplugs her nightlight, climbs in the cabinets and pushes all of the dishes out, plays in the toilet water, pulls all of the toilet paper off the roll and shreds it, and more.  You can not take your eyes off her or she will find something more interesting than the million toys we have!  Last night, Elijah and I went to church.  Elijah has choir and mission friends on Wednesday nights. While we were gone, Sarah decided to give her daddy a run for his money.  She is normally better for him than me, but not last night!  Doug was vacuuming for me and so Sarah did not have his undivided attention.  She took immediate steps to remedy this situation.  She climbed in the cabinet and pushed all of the pots and pans out.  Daddy found her and took her out and replaced the pots and pans and moved Sarah to her room to play.  He then went back to vacuuming.  Sarah decided a more drastic action was needed.  She crawled into the dining room, around the table and to the plants.  The dirt looked inviting and she wanted desert, so she took a big bite.  Not as tasty as she thought so she tried to spit it out.   No luck.  Great now she would have to show daddy so he could help.  Daddy immediately picked her up and started wiping her mouth out and giving her water to rinse with.  He then took her downstairs and gave her his undivided attention.  Ahhh, finally the response she wanted, but was the cost worth it?  Who knows, guess we will see! 

Special Exposure Wednesday

Sarah taking her first independent steps!

Still working on the video for the post below!!

SHE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah took her first independent steps tonight!  She took three steps several times!  She was so excited.  Maybe not as excited as ME!!!!  Here is a video of her success.  WARNING:  You might want to turn the volume down a bit.  I was kinda loud and enthusiastic in my praise.  My baby did it!!!  I told those skeptics she would walk before she was two.  SHE DID IT!!!!!

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Praise God from whom all blessings flow

The last week has been a bit rough for me.  There have been several situations that have really tested my faith and God's plan and purpose for my life.  I do not want to go into details of the situations, but I do want to share what God taught me during this.  For over a year we have been trusting God more and he has been showering us with blessings beyond our comprehension.  There has been one area that has been our thorn.  A simple thing really, but now a major ordeal.  We trusted God and took a path that we knew would be bumpy, but he told us he would provide, trust him.  So, we did.  We stepped out in faith and allowed God to have full control.  Things were going along wonderfully then a bump.  A bump that stopped us, caused us to look around and say ok God what was that?  Do we pursue this, or not?  Both Doug and I felt we were to pursue it.  During this time, we were able to share God's peace to several people and that God was in control and His plan would work out for the good of all concerned according to His plan.  Then we hit the bump again, but this time the bump had grown and appeared insurmountable.  I was shaken.  Shaken more than I had been in a long time.  I could only cry angry tears.  Anger, I hate to admit, towards God.  WHY GOD???  We did what you told us, we were faithful, why are you making this so hard on us?  I knew deep in my heart that God was in control, but I was confused.  I was scared of the what ifs.  I was angered because we were wronged of no fault of our own, but a simple mistake of someone elses that effect our lives tremendously.  A simple mistake, a stroke of the pen not made, an honest to goodness mistake.  Then Doug shared an article he read that morning in the  In Touch magazine(he is several months behind on these magazines, but again all in God's timing.  What we needed at the moment).  The point that hit me the hardest was, "What may seem to be a grave disappointment can also become a doorway to blessing."  Hmm, ok God you have my attention.  What are you saying?  The article went on to say, "Too often, we judge God's blessings by the way they affect us.  We fail to consider that He has a plan and knows its outcome."  Anything that forces us to turn to God and cling to him is good for us.  "In some cases, you may not know until much later the good He is working in your life through times of brokenness and discipline.  However, He knows, and I believe if you will allow Him to work, He will bring good out of the even deepest tragedy."  That insurmountable bump began to crumble.  Then Sunday morning came, we went to church.  We sang songs.  Songs of worship to a wonderful God, then I looked at the bulletin and the next song was.....you guessed it, Praise God from whom all blessings flow.  I was broken.  All I could do was cry and ask God's forgiveness.  He has never forsaken me, yet over a bump I questioned Him.  Some relationship I have.  God throughout the next 24 hours showed me that He was in control and He would not forsaken me.  That bump has continued to crumble and I know that God has overcome the bump.  "The good things in life are not for sale.  They have already been bought with a price far too great for us to pay, but not too great for God's Son.  His death on the cross not only paid for our sins; it also purchased for us the right to enjoy every moment God gives."  Praise God from whom all blessings flow.