Jacob: Are you my mom?
Me: Yes, but call me mommy.
Jacob: You're not my mom.
Me: Yes I am.
Jacob: No, you are my mommy. My mom is at my dad's house. I'm going to call her.
:: Should I be worried about this?!? ::
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Denver March 2011
::pictures are at the very bottom of the post::
We had a blast in Denver! It was Adam and Parker's first time and it was so good to have the whole family there. Jacob was most excited about throwing snowballs, building a snowman and going to Mymo's adventure...that is what he calls My Gym. If you call it "My Gym", he says "no, it's not YOUR gym, it's MY gym!!!"
Friday: The boys did really good on the plane. Parker took 3 cat naps and Jacob watched movies, ate a tone and finally fell asleep at 10pm our time. It was a long flight, but uneventful and the boys did great. We went straight to bed once we got to the Hobby's house.
Saturday: We were so excited that Juli and Thomas had the weekend off and could play!!! We drove 1.5hrs to Winter Park. On the way, you get on this winding, mountain road that is 30min long with no exits. That was the longest part as I had to pee so badly...my pain provided great entertainment for the entire family.
Once there, we went snow tubing. That was so much fun! There is a "lift" that takes you to the top and there are different grades of hills you can go down. Jacob went down only once and that was because the only way back to the bottom was to go down the hill. He was just super excited to throw snowballs and build a snowman. I don't think I have ever seen him so excited. He had a blast playing in the snow and we had a blast going down the steep hills (we even went down riding on our belly on the tubes!).
Sunday: We went to church with the Hobbys. It was so fun to see where they go. Their church is part of the same group of churches that our church is a part of. We then went to Red Robin for lunch...it is everything the commercial and jingle promise and more. So yummy!
The guys went hiking in the Rocky Mountains and us girls took the boys home to nap and just relax. The guys had a blast. They hiked 6miles and were bummed to have to stop and come home (it was getting dark). Adam wants to have an entire day to hike next time we visit!
Monday: We took the boys to a class at My Gym. It was Adam's first time there. Jacob was super excited. He was so ready to play. I think he would be happy if we let him live at My Gym. Parker even seemed to enjoy all of the colors and excitement.
After the class, we left the boys with Aunt Juli and Uncle Thomas and we headed to Winter Park to go snowmobiling. We had so much fun! Our guide came out and said "I'm Rockin' Rob! I'm going to be your guide today, but first I'm going to go and throw back 3 or 4 chicken wings." When he came back, he had chicken wing sauce on his mouth and all over his fingers...we knew then that we were going to have a good ride!
It was just Adam and I on our tour. We were pretty excited about that. We had so much fun. It was beautiful. When we got to the top of the mountain, a storm was starting to roll in and it was really windy and cold. It was crazy to look around and see the side of the mountain on one side and a continuous sea of white snow on the other.
We went on an extra 8 miles of trails since we didn't have anyone else with us! We were on wider trails, narrow/steep trails, trails where on one side you had built up snow and on the other the mountain dropped off. We were able to go slow in parts and enjoy the scenery and then in other parts go really fast! We each had our own snowmobile.
We got to a big, open area and got to play. I followed a path Adam had made through the soft snow and I was having trouble making the turn so I slowed down...big mistake! Next thing I knew, I was tipping myself and my snowmobile over. It was a very slow roll and didn't hurt either of us. The snow was up to my knees! Another time, I had trouble turning again (it took me until about the end of the trip to get the hang of how hard you really had to crank the handle bars to turn hard) and I ran into a few tree branches. Fun stuff! We definitely will be snowmobiling again!
Tuesday: By Tuesday we were ready for a more relaxed day. After Parker's morning nap (the first real one he had gotten the entire trip!), Adam and I took the boys to the butterfly pavilion. Jacob loved seeing all of the bugs. He kept saying "cool!" I didn't care for the roaches at all and thought about throwing up!
There was a lobster tank and Adam told Jacob to watch out because the lobster was going to get him. Jacob freaked out! He wrapped his arms and legs around Adam so tightly and started crying. His reaction gave us a good laugh. Thankfully he relaxed quickly.
We went out into the butterfly part. It was really neat to have all of the butterflies flying around. One landed on my head and it tickled. After that, I really didn't want another one to land on me as it was just weird, but I tried to stay calm as to not freak Jacob out again. We all enjoyed watching and looking for all of the butterflies.
That night, we all went out to dinner. Jacob fell out of his chair backwards, but after that it was pretty uneventful!
Wednesday: The dreaded day! We were ready to get back to our normal schedule, but the thought of leaving Juli and Thomas was emotional. Juli was watching Analise, so we all headed to the Children's Museum. The kids seemed to enjoy it. The grocery store was a little crazy and the kids almost got run over. Jacob really like the firetruck and was afraid of the bubble room. It was good for him to be able to run around and play.
I have decided that there is nothing good about goodbyes. They just aren't fun at all! The kids did great, but you could tell both of them were ready to get home. I didn't cry too much saying goodbye, but when that plane took off, I couldn't keep the tears from falling.
The flight home was really rough. We had bad weather on the decent. Both Adam and I started to not feel well. Thankfully, Parker (who had pooped as soon as the plane took off and then cried when we couldn't change him right away because the turbulence was so bad) was perfectly calm. With about 10min left, Jacob started crying "I don't want to get on the plane!" and didn't really stop until we landed. We were all ready and glad to be back on steady land!
We had so much fun! We enjoyed it so much that Adam wants to vacation in the next year or two instead of the beach! We are so proud of Juli and Thomas and love visiting them in their beautiful state...just wish it was closer!!!
Jacob Stories:
"Is it snowing yet?"
::looks out window::
"No yet! It will when mommy wakes up."
It had just started snowing a little bit...
Jacob: "Is it gonna be big snow?"
Aunt Juli: "That's up to God."
Jacob: "It's up to OUR God!"
Aunt Juli was trying to give Parker a bottle while we were snowmobiling...
Jacob: "No, no, no! Parker doesn't want a bottle. My mommy will feed him when she gets home. You can't make milk for him, Aunt Juli, only mommy can."
We had a blast in Denver! It was Adam and Parker's first time and it was so good to have the whole family there. Jacob was most excited about throwing snowballs, building a snowman and going to Mymo's adventure...that is what he calls My Gym. If you call it "My Gym", he says "no, it's not YOUR gym, it's MY gym!!!"
Friday: The boys did really good on the plane. Parker took 3 cat naps and Jacob watched movies, ate a tone and finally fell asleep at 10pm our time. It was a long flight, but uneventful and the boys did great. We went straight to bed once we got to the Hobby's house.
Saturday: We were so excited that Juli and Thomas had the weekend off and could play!!! We drove 1.5hrs to Winter Park. On the way, you get on this winding, mountain road that is 30min long with no exits. That was the longest part as I had to pee so badly...my pain provided great entertainment for the entire family.
Once there, we went snow tubing. That was so much fun! There is a "lift" that takes you to the top and there are different grades of hills you can go down. Jacob went down only once and that was because the only way back to the bottom was to go down the hill. He was just super excited to throw snowballs and build a snowman. I don't think I have ever seen him so excited. He had a blast playing in the snow and we had a blast going down the steep hills (we even went down riding on our belly on the tubes!).
Sunday: We went to church with the Hobbys. It was so fun to see where they go. Their church is part of the same group of churches that our church is a part of. We then went to Red Robin for lunch...it is everything the commercial and jingle promise and more. So yummy!
The guys went hiking in the Rocky Mountains and us girls took the boys home to nap and just relax. The guys had a blast. They hiked 6miles and were bummed to have to stop and come home (it was getting dark). Adam wants to have an entire day to hike next time we visit!
Monday: We took the boys to a class at My Gym. It was Adam's first time there. Jacob was super excited. He was so ready to play. I think he would be happy if we let him live at My Gym. Parker even seemed to enjoy all of the colors and excitement.
After the class, we left the boys with Aunt Juli and Uncle Thomas and we headed to Winter Park to go snowmobiling. We had so much fun! Our guide came out and said "I'm Rockin' Rob! I'm going to be your guide today, but first I'm going to go and throw back 3 or 4 chicken wings." When he came back, he had chicken wing sauce on his mouth and all over his fingers...we knew then that we were going to have a good ride!
It was just Adam and I on our tour. We were pretty excited about that. We had so much fun. It was beautiful. When we got to the top of the mountain, a storm was starting to roll in and it was really windy and cold. It was crazy to look around and see the side of the mountain on one side and a continuous sea of white snow on the other.
We went on an extra 8 miles of trails since we didn't have anyone else with us! We were on wider trails, narrow/steep trails, trails where on one side you had built up snow and on the other the mountain dropped off. We were able to go slow in parts and enjoy the scenery and then in other parts go really fast! We each had our own snowmobile.
We got to a big, open area and got to play. I followed a path Adam had made through the soft snow and I was having trouble making the turn so I slowed down...big mistake! Next thing I knew, I was tipping myself and my snowmobile over. It was a very slow roll and didn't hurt either of us. The snow was up to my knees! Another time, I had trouble turning again (it took me until about the end of the trip to get the hang of how hard you really had to crank the handle bars to turn hard) and I ran into a few tree branches. Fun stuff! We definitely will be snowmobiling again!
Tuesday: By Tuesday we were ready for a more relaxed day. After Parker's morning nap (the first real one he had gotten the entire trip!), Adam and I took the boys to the butterfly pavilion. Jacob loved seeing all of the bugs. He kept saying "cool!" I didn't care for the roaches at all and thought about throwing up!
There was a lobster tank and Adam told Jacob to watch out because the lobster was going to get him. Jacob freaked out! He wrapped his arms and legs around Adam so tightly and started crying. His reaction gave us a good laugh. Thankfully he relaxed quickly.
We went out into the butterfly part. It was really neat to have all of the butterflies flying around. One landed on my head and it tickled. After that, I really didn't want another one to land on me as it was just weird, but I tried to stay calm as to not freak Jacob out again. We all enjoyed watching and looking for all of the butterflies.
That night, we all went out to dinner. Jacob fell out of his chair backwards, but after that it was pretty uneventful!
Wednesday: The dreaded day! We were ready to get back to our normal schedule, but the thought of leaving Juli and Thomas was emotional. Juli was watching Analise, so we all headed to the Children's Museum. The kids seemed to enjoy it. The grocery store was a little crazy and the kids almost got run over. Jacob really like the firetruck and was afraid of the bubble room. It was good for him to be able to run around and play.
I have decided that there is nothing good about goodbyes. They just aren't fun at all! The kids did great, but you could tell both of them were ready to get home. I didn't cry too much saying goodbye, but when that plane took off, I couldn't keep the tears from falling.
The flight home was really rough. We had bad weather on the decent. Both Adam and I started to not feel well. Thankfully, Parker (who had pooped as soon as the plane took off and then cried when we couldn't change him right away because the turbulence was so bad) was perfectly calm. With about 10min left, Jacob started crying "I don't want to get on the plane!" and didn't really stop until we landed. We were all ready and glad to be back on steady land!
We had so much fun! We enjoyed it so much that Adam wants to vacation in the next year or two instead of the beach! We are so proud of Juli and Thomas and love visiting them in their beautiful state...just wish it was closer!!!
Jacob Stories:
"Is it snowing yet?"
::looks out window::
"No yet! It will when mommy wakes up."
It had just started snowing a little bit...
Jacob: "Is it gonna be big snow?"
Aunt Juli: "That's up to God."
Jacob: "It's up to OUR God!"
Aunt Juli was trying to give Parker a bottle while we were snowmobiling...
Jacob: "No, no, no! Parker doesn't want a bottle. My mommy will feed him when she gets home. You can't make milk for him, Aunt Juli, only mommy can."
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Where does he get this stuff???
Daddy: "Ok Pumpkin"
Jacob: "Don't call me pumpkin"
Mommy: "What are you?"
Jacob: "I'm Jacob!"
Mommy: "Ok Cupcake"
Jacob: "I not a cupcake. Don't call me any desserts!"
Jacob: "Don't call me pumpkin"
Mommy: "What are you?"
Jacob: "I'm Jacob!"
Mommy: "Ok Cupcake"
Jacob: "I not a cupcake. Don't call me any desserts!"
Saturday, February 12, 2011
I get to be a stay-at-home mommy!
Why I quit school…I still can’t believe it. I get to stop school and not work. Seriously, it doesn’t even seem really real!
I started this journey of going back to school to be a nurse January of 2010 and I never imagined then, that a year later I would be quitting school.
I went back to school so that I could one day work with women who were going through what I went through when I had Jacob. Giving birth to a baby at 30 weeks and going home from the hospital without him was a life-changing experience. I learned and grew so much during that time. You only know what that feels like when you go through it.
When Adam and I first got married, we decided that we wanted the lifestyle that me working part-time would afford. Nursing seemed like the perfect fit—it combined ministering and providing for my family.
The first semester went well. Then there was summer school and that was crazy. 4 days a week—long, long days and I was pregnant. Since Parker came 5 weeks early, I was unable to finish my last two classes. This January, I started those classes again.
The way that the nursing program works is that it is a very competitive program and they only have room for about 1/3 of the applicants. Since I didn’t get to finish my summer classes, it meant that I couldn’t get into nursing school until August 2012 and then would have 2.5 years before I was done. Wow!
In the meantime, Adam started a new work journey. When I first started back to school, he started looking for a Saturday job. As a physical therapist, it is easy for him to pick up extra work on the weekends or after work. He found a Saturday job at a nursing home and started working two Saturdays a month and then three Saturdays a month. We were making it work and that money was helping to make up for the money that we used to make when I worked.
He then got switched to a place on the East side of towns for his Saturday gigs. The drive got to be taxing and he started thinking about finding another Saturday job at a different place that was closer. He got a postcard in the mail from Sunbelt, a sub-acute place connected to Florida Hospital that was 10min from our house. He had done a clinical there when he was in PT school and decided to go in and see if they would hire him for Saturdays.
Only in a way that God could work out, the same lady that he worked for during his clinicals when he was in school was still there. He obviously impressed her then and now she was looking for a full-time PT. She pushed hard to get him to come work for her. After a lot of thinking and praying, he said he was interested. We knew there would be a pay increase, but we wanted to put that aside and make sure he would be happy in a different work environment. He decided that since he would no longer be managing and would be able to just focus on treating patience that the change of scenery and patient type would be nice. We went back and forth with offers and counter offers and after Christmas, he accepted the job.
I started wondering if I really was supposed to do this, go back to school and become a nurse. Yes, I want to minister to moms, but I could do that by volunteering, I didn’t have to be a nurse to do that. Financially, it seemed we were doing fine without my income.
I was nervous to even suggest such a crazy idea (going back to school was crazy enough), but I brought up my thoughts and feelings to Adam. Did we really feel that I should be a nurse? Did I really need to work? We really want Adam to have his own clinic one day and I would absolutely be working there, so how long would I really be a practicing nurse before I stopped that to work with Adam?
I would do anything to provide for my family. I want to contribute and take care of them, but if my income isn’t needed, then why go through 3.5 years of no work and school? I wanted to honor my husband and all of the sacrifices that he had made and how he had worked for me to be able to do this crazy thing.
Again, in a way that only God can orchestrate, my husband had had the same thoughts rolling around in his head. Financially we were doing fine without my income. God had blessed him with an amazing new job, he no longer had to work Saturdays and at the end of each month, every bill was paid.
We talked and talked. I’m not one that quits things. I desire to be a person of character, integrity, dependable. I want to do what I set out to do no matter what. I want to be consistent. And what about nursing fulfilling my desire to minister to moms who went through what I went through? Adam and I talked and he helped me see that I choose nursing under the premise of me having to work. If I didn’t need to work, I could accomplish that another way.
We talked and talked and weighed the pros and cons. The more we talked, the more it didn’t make sense for me to continue with nursing school (and if I wasn’t going to nursing school, then why finish this semester?). Adam called our pastor to run everything past him and get his wisdom (and make sure we hadn’t fallen off our rocker). He agreed with our thinking.
I wasn’t sure if what was happening was really happening. Were we really talking about me not only quitting school, but being a stay-at-home mommy? By the time we had the last conversation, I couldn’t keep the smile off of my face. Then Adam said the words “do you want to be a stay-at-home mom?” Yes, yes, yes! “Ok.”
That was that. I’m done with school. I’m done with work (until God opens the doors for Adam to have his own place, but that is different). I get to stay home with my boys. I get to be free to have more time for my family, for youth, for worship, for ministry. I still can’t get the smile off of my face.
God provided for us financially more than we ever imagined would be possible. We never doubted His provision, but we never guessed He would provide a way for me to not work.
Of course this was a desire of my heart, but I had pushed it down so much, never thinking that it would ever happen, that when asked by a friend a few months ago if I would ever stay at home, I quickly answered “no”. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that this would be happening, let alone happening now.
God is so good. He truly knows what will make us happy. He truly knows the deep desires of our heart. This week, He has “gone out of His way” to show me that He not only sees me, but loves me and cares for me. Amazing!
I’m still in shock. I get to stay home with my boys! God is so good, all of the time!!! I’m giddy!
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