I honestly can't believe that there are only 25 days until Christmas! Let the count down begin. There has been a lot of "stuff" going on in our house recently. And as a mom of Graham and sweet Ellie I feel like God is teaching me more about surrendering everything more and more each day. Our sweet Ellie was in the hospital a full week the week before thanksgiving. She had a tough time with some random virus. Bless her heart. She was such the fighter through it all, ev
en when her fever reached 105.3 she was still hanging in there like a sweet little love. She sure learned about doctors and nurses though. Everytime her hospital door would open and she'd see someone with a germ mask on, she'd start crying instantly. It didn't matter if they were taking her blood pressure, taking her temp, or anything she wanted them to leave her alone. I learned about being in the hospital with a child. Oh my goodness, absolutely so hard. Ellie couldn't ever get any good rest b/c someone was always coming in to check something on her, or she'd finally fall asleep and off to another test we went. By the third day in the hospital my body, spirit, heart, emotions, were all tired. I felt like no one in the world knew how hard this was or how tired we were as a family. I had to take ellie to get a chest x-ray about 20 minutes after all these overwhelming emotions were setting in....so a nurse came and got ellie and me...we were walking down a long pale yellow hallway with bright animals jumping on the walls, I am carrying Ellie, and as I pass a doorway I see a little girl about 3 yrs old with no hair, sitting in her hospital bed drinking something pink from a straw. I smiled and waved at her. She gave me a little smirk back. Then my smile turned into a shaking one. Tears flooded my eyes quickly and all I could do at that point was to tell her how brave I thought she was. She said-"thank you, I am kinda used to all this." AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......my spirit hurt even more- how in the world can this 3 yr old be so adorable and have to be in a hospital so much....will she go see Santa this Christmas? With this story being told- this is what I am learning. Our life with Ellie is different than most. It is hard. But, she is our joy. Her smile will melt your heart and make you fall in love with her more and more. We might have a longer road ahead of us than most..but we stand together strongly with our sweet heavenly Lord's strength. Our family has been incredible. Mike's mom was so dear to come help us with graham while ellie was in the hospital that entire week. Her heart to help us is always willing and ready. When we came home from the hospital she wanted everything as orderly as it could be so we didn't have another worry on our hands. So, thankful! T
hen days after we were home my mom came over from atl to let us rest some and to get her hands on ellie. Ellie has a huge cloud of believers praying for her and loving her and us through every minute of this journey. Thank you. So for the next 25 days I am going to try and do a blog each day of what God has blessed us with!
Today- it dec 1st! My blessing today is graham. He has been such the big brother through all these trials. Constantly joyful--and being his charming self. This picture to the left cracks me up b/c he is playing in ellie's jumperoo- trying to show ellie how to jump and be a monkey in it.
Graham is always keeping me laughin and showing me his sweet child like faith. We are really into baby jesus and his mommy and daddy. He has a cute little little people navity set that seriously is a GREAT play item for his age and to teach him about Christmas.
Graham is always wanting to help mommy or daddy in anyway. He was helping me put some things on the tree this morning and couldn't have been more excited.
I am so thankful for my big boy graham today. He bring so much to our lives.
A new journey for us- is potty training. Graham did so great yesterday. He doesn't go to school on tues or thurs so while we are home he wears big boy paints and no diapers. He did so great at telling me he has to "go". We are working harder and harder on making this a fun and exciting experience (as funny as that sounds!). Our goal is to be potty trained by Christmas! Way to go big boy! He is soooo proud of his tomas and friends big boy undies!
we had to bring his potty in the kitchen b/c we kept running up the stairs anytime he said he might have to go- having it near was a great tip!
Only one child to buy diapers for- that sounds so nice!
en when her fever reached 105.3 she was still hanging in there like a sweet little love. She sure learned about doctors and nurses though. Everytime her hospital door would open and she'd see someone with a germ mask on, she'd start crying instantly. It didn't matter if they were taking her blood pressure, taking her temp, or anything she wanted them to leave her alone. I learned about being in the hospital with a child. Oh my goodness, absolutely so hard. Ellie couldn't ever get any good rest b/c someone was always coming in to check something on her, or she'd finally fall asleep and off to another test we went. By the third day in the hospital my body, spirit, heart, emotions, were all tired. I felt like no one in the world knew how hard this was or how tired we were as a family. I had to take ellie to get a chest x-ray about 20 minutes after all these overwhelming emotions were setting in....so a nurse came and got ellie and me...we were walking down a long pale yellow hallway with bright animals jumping on the walls, I am carrying Ellie, and as I pass a doorway I see a little girl about 3 yrs old with no hair, sitting in her hospital bed drinking something pink from a straw. I smiled and waved at her. She gave me a little smirk back. Then my smile turned into a shaking one. Tears flooded my eyes quickly and all I could do at that point was to tell her how brave I thought she was. She said-"thank you, I am kinda used to all this." AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH......my spirit hurt even more- how in the world can this 3 yr old be so adorable and have to be in a hospital so much....will she go see Santa this Christmas? With this story being told- this is what I am learning. Our life with Ellie is different than most. It is hard. But, she is our joy. Her smile will melt your heart and make you fall in love with her more and more. We might have a longer road ahead of us than most..but we stand together strongly with our sweet heavenly Lord's strength. Our family has been incredible. Mike's mom was so dear to come help us with graham while ellie was in the hospital that entire week. Her heart to help us is always willing and ready. When we came home from the hospital she wanted everything as orderly as it could be so we didn't have another worry on our hands. So, thankful! T
hen days after we were home my mom came over from atl to let us rest some and to get her hands on ellie. Ellie has a huge cloud of believers praying for her and loving her and us through every minute of this journey. Thank you. So for the next 25 days I am going to try and do a blog each day of what God has blessed us with!Today- it dec 1st! My blessing today is graham. He has been such the big brother through all these trials. Constantly joyful--and being his charming self. This picture to the left cracks me up b/c he is playing in ellie's jumperoo- trying to show ellie how to jump and be a monkey in it.
Graham is always keeping me laughin and showing me his sweet child like faith. We are really into baby jesus and his mommy and daddy. He has a cute little little people navity set that seriously is a GREAT play item for his age and to teach him about Christmas.
Graham is always wanting to help mommy or daddy in anyway. He was helping me put some things on the tree this morning and couldn't have been more excited.
I am so thankful for my big boy graham today. He bring so much to our lives.
A new journey for us- is potty training. Graham did so great yesterday. He doesn't go to school on tues or thurs so while we are home he wears big boy paints and no diapers. He did so great at telling me he has to "go". We are working harder and harder on making this a fun and exciting experience (as funny as that sounds!). Our goal is to be potty trained by Christmas! Way to go big boy! He is soooo proud of his tomas and friends big boy undies!
we had to bring his potty in the kitchen b/c we kept running up the stairs anytime he said he might have to go- having it near was a great tip!
Only one child to buy diapers for- that sounds so nice!
"Oh come let us adore him."
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