January 25, 2012
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well hi there : )- - -
i'm seriously hoping the next family picture has him in it.obviously we could just not take one 'til he is here - but that reasoning breaks down quickly when related to other things ....
like i hope this is the last time i have to wash my hair pregnant or shave my legs or put sheets on jacks bed or mop the floor or sit on the floor & change a diaper or pick up the swept up pile of cheerios
i mean not doing all those things would be a pretty extreme strike : )
my mind is on crazy active over drive right now. over thinking labor, mainly : ) playing out every worst case scenario, thinking of the just plain pain.
and it dawned on me yesterday .....
let it go.like God doesn't already know, one my thoughts, two how its going to all go ... when it will happen.
along with taking every thought captive - which is always healthy for the mind! - start replacing those thoughts with truth.
so tonight i'm (and him : ) he's a kickin' away!) sitting here while every one else is at awana. and we're having our own praise & worship session.
the song that just started playing is 'my grace is sufficient'
i cast all my cares upon You, i lay all my burdens down at Your feet.
seek peace & pursue it.
i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
My yoke is easy & My burden is light.
the voice of Truth tells me a different story - i will listen to the voice of Truth.
and this song.
and that's the end of my brief pep talk to myself : )
in other news ....
benny & i were doing math today and his eyes just slayed me. i could hardly concentrate on skip counting triangles & candy canes in his math book for how dreamy his crazy chocolate brown eyes were. i would have taken a picture but it would have messed up the moment. and we were on a roll because the dude had just read me 20 spelling words.
i had a vanilla milkshake tonight.
sailor put a nice hole in her toe this afternoon by stepping on a rock, she said. it looked like you just took a knife & slit the bottom of her toe nice & deep.
every cat is ban from the house. period.
my aunt came yesterday - she beautifully sat on the couch for just as long as she wanted and loved on each kid.
so the reality is i'll still probably do some freaking out in the next few days : ) and i'll go back & forth from the whole i've already had 5 kids sans pain meds to i'll just stay pregnant forever, thank you.
and all of the sudden i'm at a serious block on how to end this ....
good bye -
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Comments (8)
Love your posts! Your kids are adorable and you are so real! Thank you! I've had 4 kiddos without any pain meds. You would think that you would grow less anxious every time and be like I've done this before no big deal, but at least for me every time I get more worried. Keep taking those thoughts captive and resting in His arms.
Awww, hang in there! This last stretch is always the hardest. Well except for the actual birth part. . . . lol
Love the pictures!
Praying for you. May it be sooner rather than later.
I'm so excited for you!!! I bet the kids are so anxious for baby.
You are such a cute mommy. =)
blessings to you for the birth of your little one ~
yay for the beautiful worship time with you and 'him' and God...sounds good.
no pain meds for 5 kids? your go girl! Hope he comes soon!
i forget, when are you due? Almost done already?? (you lucky person). I'm already over-thinking labor, and I've got over half of this to go yet. I can't imagine how I can possibly get a better labor then the 30 hr. nightmare and c-section from last time, but there's no way it can be worse either, no? Reading natural birthing blogs only helps the outcome so much i think. It would be a dream of mine to go drug-free, because I can, but in reality, we'll see.
anyway, good luck w/ all that. Can't wait to hear all the gory details on the flip side.