Ten Days Old

10 and 1/2 days ago Kevin and I were blessed enough to bring into the world a new being. My doctor prayed with Paige and I yesterday and reminded me of the wonder of 2 cells coming together and making a whole being. Today, studying Paige's face, her eyes, her ears, her tiny peeling hands, I realized again, that God is a truly amazing maker.

She's so precious to us. Not that the other children are not precious, or lovely or as loved, PLEASE do not read that here, but this child has come at a time in our lives when we understand that life is challenging, not perfect and hard to handle but that the little things are what make it good. Cuddling my Paige, knowing that in a blink she will be 12, makes me understand that I have very little time to hold her and cuddle her before she gets bigger and for that reason, I am completly enjoying her company.

I am breastfeeding her and she is a great team mate! She latched on PERFECTLY just after she was born, she ate every hour and a half or so for the first 48 hours, my milk came in at 24 hours and despite being jaundice has never been too sleepy to wake and feed. She is now becoming an extremly efficient nurser; feeds are becoming shorter and sleeps longer (*TOTAL*YAY*) She's already over 8lbs which means she's made it past her birthweight of 7lbs 4oz, and even the community health nurse said wow.

I wanted to blog and now I have. I don't have much to say, because I don't want to complain, but know this: That labour and delivery was THE most painful I had ever had! The recovery is horribly uh, horrible but as I was telling Denise today, there is little for me to complain about and more for me to be happy about because they didn't have to cut me open to get her out and I am not recovering from major surgery.

Kim, your mom is in my prayers
Tanya, THANK you for calling everday
Mom, I am so sorry that you are not well and praying for your health to return
Denise, OH MY GOSH the support that you've given me is amazing!
Tricia, who doesn't read my blog but all the same, I love you! You are fabulous to us THANKS!
Tara, I love you and think of you everyday!
Carole and Bill, thanks for coming for a visit and bringing "the thing" lol
RONNIE AND CHRIS!!!! BLOG DARNIT!
Jilian, thanks a bunch for the goodies and the visit.  The kids are enjoying them and well, so am I :)
For anyone else who reads my blog and came to visit us THANKS!!!! Come back and hang out again.

Love you all!

I am really just being honest about whining...but...

I feel so bad about whining so much. My braxton hicks get stronger and stronger as time passes and I can only assume that my body is going to be MORE than ready to go when it's time. I really do mean to be pleasant and lovely like a princess but I feel like I am being a spoiled rotten princess just whining and complaining about the wait for something that I already have, not unlike a child wanting to open a birthday or Christmas present beforehand.

Well, here is the thing. This goes against my faith, my belief structure and while it goes with the undercurrent of flesh that I am battling, it goes against the very core of who I am in Christ The words of Paul tell us to allow the Spirit overcome the flesh and what I am feeling is Romans 7:15 For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

So, pray for me. I don't want to beat myself up over being whiny and I don't want to allow the enemy to creep in. This is an AMAZING time in my life and the last time I will have a whole person living in my tummy....I should by all rights, be enjoying it and not overlooking the blessing of carrying a child.

(but also pray that she comes like today, tonight or early this week because Austin is away next weekend from Friday to Sunday afternoon and I just asked him if he'd be sad if she came while he was away. He said yes, then (this is the funny part) I said, "oh good, I was just making sure we were on the same page." Then we laughed....

Another great blogger to add to our community!

Recently I stumbled upon an old friend on Facebook. Some of you know and love her already but I wanted to share her blog with the resta' ya because her style is much the same as all of ours. Yesterday, I read her new one and asked her if she would be okay if I blogged about her. Without further adieu, click here to visit Antinozzi Adventures where Alex shares her views on all the stuff of her life :)

 And now a funny.

Samuel has started Beavers this year. Our group at Willingdon Church is totally committed to keeping with the original God centred guidelines passed down through the generations from Baden Powell and I couldn't be happier with the promises and mottos that the Scouting program instills into each boy in our group. Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Ventures and Rovers all have their own Motto, Promise and Law to memorize. The Beaver law is: I promise to love God and help take care of the world. I read the promise to Sam and then asked him if he could say it back to me. He said this back: "I promise to love God and take over the world."