Well, I leave at 5:30 am for a 9am flight tomorrow morning. I'm going home to Jax! Wahoo! I'm really excited. Just wanted to say if I don't update for a while, that's why. Also, I posted blog links on the side for the blogs I visit of friends :)
Today was my Golden birthday (24 on the 24th). It was great for the most part. It did start off bad. I woke up with a 459 blood sugar! AHH! My pump had messed up. It was still high during church and about an hour afterwards, was finally down to a somewhat better number. Anyway, went to church this morning, felt like I wasn't going to make it through.
Came home, vegged a little, cleaned a little, talked to my mom for a while, etc. Then, a lady from church came over to babysit. She was soooo excited to babysit. She wants grandkids, but doesn't have any yet, so she likes watching Zach. She said he was great (of course! :) ) Then our friends from church, Kelly and Matt, came over. They recently got engaged. We headed to Macaroni Grill. We got calamari, YUM!, some pasta dish that was penne, ham, chicken and shrimp, YUM!, and then they brought me tiramasu! WAY YUM! We talked, and talked, and talked and REALLY enjoyed eating out with Matt and Kelly. Then they were so sweet and paid for our meal! Then we were right next to the resort where they're having their wedding reception, so they took us there and went and showed us. It's really pretty! Kind of reminds me of Disney's Wilderness Lodge.
Then they dropped us back off at our place, and since it was only 9:15, we decided to try to hit a movie. We went and saw Vantage Point. It was REALLY good! It was the only thing out that looked good, so I'm glad we had to see that one. It was funny b/c we got there at 9:35 and thought it was too late to see the 9:15 movie, so we asked for the 10:00 showing. We got in, saw a preview, and the movie started. That's when we realized we were seeing the 9:15 showing. we were really glad!
Anyway, it ended up being a great time! I much rather hang out with friends for my birthday. :) But, Jon did kind of get me some Mary Kay stuff and technically, a flight to FL in two days, wahoo! Anyway, tomorrow I plan on laundry, packing, and early bed, since we have to leave the house about 5am on Tues!
Today, Jon got home from work at 6am and slept until 2. Then he got up and we went to Goodwill and bought several more books for our book collection. THe entire big bookcase Jon built is PACKED with books now. It's great! Then we got some Chic-Fila :) Afterwards, we went to Walmart, and did well on getting the things we needed. We got Zach a Bumbo chair! HE LOVES to sit up, but I can't keep holding him constantly. He seems to like it so far. THen we got some Valentines decor that was 75% off, and some fabric. Jon's going to teach me how to use the sewing machine- don't laugh! Yes, my husband can use a sewing machine and I can't! Then we went to Hobby Lobby, so I could get a three shelf storage unit to store my 12x12 scrapbook paper. Then we came home, called Jon's mom because it's her birthday, cuddled for about 10 minutes, then Z woke up, and Jon left. It was a fun day. I love going "out" with my husband. :) Well, I just love being with my husband and doing anything with him.
Some of you may remember my neighbors from when I lived with my aunt- Thomas and Janice. Well, Thomas' brother and SIL had a baby 11 weeks ago. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died 2 days ago. :'( Please pray for his parents, Meg and Joe, and for Thomas and Janice. THank you.
About an hour and a half from where we live, there's a city that is BIG on casinos. They have tons. Well, we're not in to gambling, but they were having an ice festival this weekend to get people to come out and hopefully go to the casinos. So, we went to see the ice festival and ignore the casinos. It was really cool. We drove up there, snuggled Z up, ate brats and ice cream in COLD weather lol, and just had a fun time. Then we went to a museum as well that was more geared towards kids, so we took a few pics of Z in the museum.
Sometimes, your husband can say words that just absolutely capture you. Last night, Jon said something to this extent:
"You know, our faith really seems to have grown lately and we're taking it a lot more seriously."
This has been a prayer of mine for a while, that we would begin doing this. It's had some good points, but we easily get caught up in life and God tends to be put last. So, to hear my husband, the spiritual leader of our home, say those words, mad me so happy. With the exception of maybe the past week, where Jon was working long hours and we weren't seeing each other, we have really been studying God's Word together. We've also both been reading a few different spiritual books and talking about them a lot. A lot has also been going on through church, really deepening our faith and our spiritual discussions. And, best of all, we're really seeing God present in our lives, even in the small things.
**giggles** I just love God and the way He works in our lives.
Our big boy is, well, big :) He had his 4 (4.5 really) month checkup today. He weighs 15 lbs 13 oz and is 24.25 inches. Everyone tells me he's huge for his age, but he's only in the 50th-75th percentile. His head size is in the 75th percentile. Heehee, he has a big head :) He got 3 shots and an oral vaccine today. He was soooo good. He cried of course during the shots, but immediately afterwards cuddled with me and was fine. He was screaming (like fun) /laughing by the time I had him dressed. Then he slept tons. He slept for 2 hrs, ate, then fell asleep on my chest and has been sleep for an hour and a half. He might actually be asleep for the night.
Other than that, he's going through this scream for fun and it's LOUD. He also started reaching and grabbing for things last week. He's LOVING his jumperoo and squeals and talks and, well, falls asleep in it hehee. Yesterday he rolled from his belly to his back! I put him to bed and he was crying, so went to give him his paci, and he had rolled on his back. He did it several times again til he fell asleep (baby won't sleep on his back).
I'm going home to FL in just over two weeks and I can hardly wait!!! I'm making plans to see friends, family, etc. As for me, I've been working on my photo album like crazy! I've given up tv until Easter because I watch it WAY TOO MUCH (with the exception of Sundays), and so I've been listening to books on cd while working on my albums. Lately it's been Nicolas Spark's Dear John. It's almost done, so I'll probably go to the library tomorrow and check another one out. I've done about 20 pages in my album. I gave up on trying to catch up, and decided to just do 2007, since we've been married. I"m on June, but def. not half way done, as the end of the year was crazy for us. When I'm done with this, I'll play catch up on the others and do my wedding album.
I thought I'd move this over here from my other blog.
I really need to make a list of the things I keep *meaning* to do but forget about. Figured I won't lose it here.
So, last Friday, I was doing laundry and our washing machine started leaking everywhere. So, I dropped a note off at the apartment office early Saturday morning. They did not come to fix it until Monday because it wasn't an emergency. On Monday, they said they had to order the part and it would take about a week. Basically, all four straps in the machine broke. So, instead of holding the tub in the machine in place, it wobbled back and forth, and so the water did not pour in to the machine, but rather down the back of it, pouring water everywhere.
So, Jon went to our friend's house yesterday to do some laundry. He gets there and the friend is finishing up his laundry when.... his machine broke! How ironic ay?
So, when Jon got home from work today, we REALLY needed clean clothes, so I took a shower and as I was getting dressed, there was a knock on the door. It was the apartment repair man, to fix the washer. WAHOO! I cheered! I also felt like it was another one of those God Encounters I had mentioned previously in the week. So he fixed the straps, told us to run a load and let him know if we had any problems. So we started a load and sure enough, it was still leaking. Jon paid attention to where the leak was and I went back and told them. He beat me to the apartment!
It was a hose, so he set off to find a new hose. Came back, and the one he had didn't fit. So he went to find ANOTHER one. Came back, and it fit! So, finally, after a week of doing no laundry, a week of using disposable diapers and surprisingly hating it, a week of wearing clothes I hadn't worn in a long time, etc. I have a working washing machine and I've never been so happy to do laundry. Besides, doing laundry is how I keep on top of the daily chores. It just all keeps me motivated, so now, well, I have a messy house to clean as well!
Lol... so after posting this... I'm about to put load 3 in the dryer. Open the washer up, and it's still full of water! Now the stupid thing isn't draining! I called Jon and he messed around underneath and got it draining again. Man, what a day with the dumb washer.
I had enough of my old blog, especially when they started posting ads within my posts, so I have finally converted over to blogger. Hopefully I'll be posting a little more than I have been lately.
On a different note...Jon and I have been doing this couples devotional book for about 2 weeks now and we're LOVING it. It has a story, a discussion point, an application and a prayer. Today's was talking about the author (a preacher) how he had wanted to be a better public speaker like DL Moody and one day, realized he'd been becoming better. He told his wife and she said that was great, as she'd been praying for him for that for TWO YEARS! He didn't remember, but he had asked her to pray that for him.
So, the application was to tell our spouse three things we'd like them to pray for us for and mark our calendars for 30 days away, then discuss. So we wrote all three for each on note cards and taped them to the bathroom mirror. I think it's going to be awesome. So, I thought I'd share if you're looking for a way for your spouse and you to grow closer.
