I'm in a hurry...

Remember that country song that goes..."I'm in a hurry to get things done, Rushin' Rushin' till life's no fun...all I really gotta do is live and die but I'm in a hurry and don't know why."

Well as I was rushin' around yesterday and a little stressed, that song came to mind and it just kinda made me happy and calmed me down. Fun little ditty...

Anyway, yesterday I took Asher to mom's for the afternoon. That's probably the longest I've left him and the longest he's been with Grandma! He had a good time and even went to sleep for her. I need to help him aquire some better sleep habits now that he's not sick. He's been a bear to get to sleep at night and finally the last two nights we just let him cry himself to sleep. Hard to do, but I feel it's necessary at this point. Hopefully he'll get the point soon that it's not worth it and to just go to sleep!

So now we are looking forward to our first Christmas with a child! He's so fun and I can't wait for Christmas morning.

I should report that he's quite the verbal little boy. His words that he says with meaning are: Ma Ma, Da Da, A-ma (Grandma), Moh (more), A-meh! (Amen) and Uh-oh. Only Uh-oh sounds more like a hiccup. It's cute.

Poor Little Sick Boy

Well we got through (we're getting through) our first major illness with a child. Poor little Asher couldn't keep anything down this morning. He was so tired and so limp in my arms all day...I've never seen him so lethargic. But thankfully, after much rest and many sips of gatorade, he's hydrated and feeling better. I'm glad we didn't have to take him to the ER for IVs! Actually, I think he's on a sugar high from the gatorade! Here's a picture of him when he was feeling so sick...



But even though he was feeling so sick, he still found it in him to smile at the camera...sweet boy...




I felt so bad for him. But now he's feeling better...see?

Thankfulness

I just read an email from a friend with a Thanksgiving greeting saying what she is thankful for. It made me think...what is thankfulness, really? Sometimes it can seem like just something I say, but how deep does it go in me? Is thankfulness a feeling? Do I FEEL thankful like I feel love or hurts? Is it a state of mind, thinking about what life would be like without the things we're have, and being glad that we have them, recognizing that others don't? Each year at this time and times throughout the year even, I think about thankfulness for my blessings. I even think about where the blessings come from - from God. But I'm not sure the thankfulness reaches my very soul, which is where I think thankfulness should truly come from.

As I pondered all this, I realized that thankfulness is not a feeling, nor even a state of mind, though it may begin there. True thankfulness is seen in where it ends, in our actions. Yes, thankfulness is a way of life; an attitude. If we are truly thankful, it is seen in our attitude in the daily, mundane tasks of life. I was just folding laundry, a task which I often loathe. Yet, if I am thankful, my attitude would be happy to do the task...happy that I have clothes to fold. Even many clothes to fold. Thankful for my husband and son, whose clothes I am folding! Each day I am faced with the task of cleaning and organizing my home and all the things in it. Sometimes I hate all the stuff we have. In fact, I do beleive I have too much STUFF. I am trying to get rid of what we don't need. I get frustrated easily when I cannot seem to keep things in control here. But in thankfulness I am reminded that I am blessed to have this home, and to love taking care of it.

Well those are my random thoughts today. Now it's back to work, and this time with a thankful heart.

By the way...Asher's getting a tooth!

Catching Up

It's been a long time since I've added to this blog, because I've been pretty busy at home, but I'll get into that later. THe biggest news since I last wrote is that Asher has started crawling! He is also getting stronger and stronger at standing and pulling himself up...he even walks a little from thing to thing while holding on! Jeremy says that he stood himself up independently yesterday, but promptly fell back down. My prediction is he'll be walking by Christmas! We'll see! Here's a clip of his first time crawling...yep! I caught it on camera! It's kinda long, but he does crawl at the end!Ok it looks like the video didn't work on my computer...so here's some pics.






So I've been busy because I have given myself a schedule of tasks to complete each day, and it's really helping me to focus my time. I was getting so overwhelmed each day when I'd look and see 15 different things that needed to be done all over the house, and I just didn't know where to start! But now, when I'm unmotivated (or overwhelmed) I can tell myself, I just have to do this and that, and then it gets me going and helps me to focus. Last week it worked well for me. But it means I'm not spending as much time on the computer. Which is a good thing, except those emails pile up! But it's really helping me to keep up with housework; at least the everyday stuff. And it's satisfying to cross tasks off the list each day. Well that's all I have time for now...hopefully I can work computer time into my schedule now...

At the Old Homestead

Today I am spending at my parent's house, filling in for mom babysitting the kids and taking care of the dogs while she's in Nashville. It's been a pretty good day, except for the dog pooping in the LR this morning, and the fact that the heat isn't working! But other than that, it's kinda boring. I could clean, but I don't want to. Maybe if Asher goes down for a nap. Anyway, the weekend was cool; getting to see nephew Luke dedicated at church. I think I teared up as they talked about raising him to be a Godly man...so neat. My other nephew was also dedicated on Sunday. Mom was there to witness that. I'm so thankful for siblings who are following the Lord and to see them promise together to raise their son to be a follower of Jesus. And it's so cool that we're going through this whole parenting thing together. It's really bringing us closer too and I love that.
Well Asher's upstairs on the Johnny Jumper so I should go check on him.

Saturday Mornings

There's nothing like sleeping in on a Saturday morning...Jeremy didn't have to get up early and go to school...Asher woke up early but went back to sleep...and then...dum dum dum...Asher wakes up with an explosion in his diaper. So we began our day giving Asher a bath! That was quite exciting. But now we've all eaten breakfast and it's time to plan our day. Our neice was supposed to come over to jump on the trampoline but it's kinda dreary and wet outside so I don't know if that will work or not. Oh well...whatever happens, it's just nice to have a day at home together as a family. I guess I should add some pics to make this blog a little more interesting. So here they are. This is what Asher has been doing lately. Forget all the toys he has to play with... He'd rather pull himself up and stand! One more picture...a few weeks ago we dedicated our son, Asher Joel, to the Lord, renewing our commitment in marriage to each other, and promising to raise Asher in the ways of God our Father. Asher Joel means, "Happy and Blessed for Jehovah is my God." This is our hope and prayer for him! Here is a picture of Asher all spiffed up and ready for his dedication at church! Here's a video or two to show Asher's other tricks of late...

Uh...ok

Hi. I'm starting this blog but I'm not going to tell anyone about it yet. This is all kinda new to me. I've been reading my sister's blog and watching her tell all and be really deep about things in life. I'm a deep person but I'm not sure I'm ready to start writing my innermost feelings or even my everyday doings to the unknown in cyberspace just yet. We'll see how comfortable I get with this.

I like the title of this blog site because we don't really have any adventures. We might like to but we don't have any money to go anywhere. But hey, life in itself is an adventure. And Steven Curtis Chapman said that the Christian life is THE GREAT ADVENTURE (yeah yeah). And now we're parents and I know that is and will continue to be an adventure. So, I guess, in a way, we do have adventures.

Ok, I'm warming up to this writing thing. I don't write a whole lot anymore. I used to write in a journal, but man....typing is so much easier!

Well I'm still kinda confused because of my dreams last night. Before I went to sleep I watched this show about a couple having sextuplets. Four of them survived. They were so small! Anyway, I dreamt that I was in labor having babies, but we were far away from the hospital and had to go to this weird place really far away from home. And I had, like two babies, but then there was one more in there and no one would help me deliver. There was more but very strange...as dreams are.

So today the adventure was in my dream...let's see what adventures the rest of the day brings...

PS The time at the bottom is off...I did not get up and create this blog at 7:40 am!