This morning started out as any normal morning does at my home- Bennett playing in his crib, and finally he is loud enough for me to wake up, roll out of bed, and go get him. We then eat breakfast, have a bottle, and play for a couple hours in the living room. Josh woke up around 8:30 (it was his day to sleep in, lucky guy!). He then got a phone call from his boss, and the day quickly took a turn for the worst. The phone call was rough for him, and he was pretty upset afterwards. So I encouraged him to get out of the house for a bit, blow off some steam, cool down, go for a run... you know, what guys do to release their anger/frusteration/sadness. So he took me up on my offer.
I have noticed, though, that when he has a bad day, it affects me! I hate to see him hurt and upset. I want to fight for him and help him feel better. If I am unable to, it really bums me out. So that was the beginning of the day. Bummer. But totally not the type of thing that can ruin a whole day. We will get through it... right? WRONG.
Then, Bennett fell asleep in the car while we were taking him to the park to play. Normally, he naps in the morning and the afternoon, but lately that morning nap has been giving us fits. Well, today he needed a nap but decided to take it at 11:30am. Horrible timing for a possibility of an afternoon nap.
This may not seem like a big deal, but IT IS. I NEED his afternoon nap. For MY sanity.
So we woke him up. He was fussy. In a terrible mood. But I kept him awake and finally at 3pm I decided to try for a nap. That is later than his normal afternoon nap time but I thought he would go down fine since he had hardly slept all day. WRONG again. Cried. For 30 minutes. Went to check on him... poopy diaper, of course. So I changed him, rocked him, then put him back down. Cried. For another 30 minutes. I finally gave up trying and brought him back downstairs.
After that he was in a relatively decent mood. I was goofing around with him putting my hat on him backwards, and he was actually letting me! He hates hats, so this was major! I thought it was so cute that I got my camera out to take his picture. Instead, with the hat still on his head, he stood up and walked away. Well that would be awesome except the hat slipped over his eyes, he stumbled, and fell flat on his face. Like, serious face-plant. Not only that, but his face smacked right into one of his HARD toys. He immediately started wailing. I threw the camera down, scooped him up and held him tight. First I called Josh, and he told me to call the Doctor. So I did. The nurse said from how I explained it to her, he should be fine. To try to ice it if he would let me (yea right. He won't hardly even let me wipe his face with a damp cloth without putting up a fight.) She also told me to give him some baby tylenol if I thought that would be helpful. I then began crying because it scared me so bad. His eye is swollen and red, and pretty bruised underneath. I hope he doesn't have a black eye.
I swear, this day was against me.
Please be better to me tomorrow. Please. My patience is on empty. Please.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Last days of summer
My summer is winding down. It has been an exciting, eventful, and exhausting few months (pardon all the "e's")!! Can you really be all those things at once?!
I can't believe I only have one week left before it is back to the grind. I am excited for a change of pace and the chance to be out of the house a lot. But I am going to miss all the memories with Bennett. The morning laughs, the meals and new foods we try, the pool adventures, play-dates, doctors appointments, first's... you get my drift! It has been such an amazing experience getting to be a "stay-at-home" mom for the summer. I have more appreciation for the moms who do it year round, and do not feel like it is my calling to be a 100% full-time, homemaker. But I am thankful for a break from work and lots of quality time with my family.
I am going to try and enjoy this last week as much as possible, because my next break will be Thanksgiving, and won't be 4 months long, that is for sure!!!
I can't believe I only have one week left before it is back to the grind. I am excited for a change of pace and the chance to be out of the house a lot. But I am going to miss all the memories with Bennett. The morning laughs, the meals and new foods we try, the pool adventures, play-dates, doctors appointments, first's... you get my drift! It has been such an amazing experience getting to be a "stay-at-home" mom for the summer. I have more appreciation for the moms who do it year round, and do not feel like it is my calling to be a 100% full-time, homemaker. But I am thankful for a break from work and lots of quality time with my family.
I am going to try and enjoy this last week as much as possible, because my next break will be Thanksgiving, and won't be 4 months long, that is for sure!!!
I am a Woman!
There was a Women's Conference this week at my church, and one of the nights, a friend of mine, Tiffany Williams, did a short monolague. It was written by another person whom Sheri Silk introduces on the podcast.... It is about ten minutes total in length, but literally amazing if you are a woman, or, more specifically, a mother.
Here is the link. Take a few minutes to encourage your spirit, moms! You are truly amazing, and this reaffirmed in me the calling of God it takes to raise children. We are blessed, and by raising children who love the Lord, we are impacting generations we may never see.
ENJOY! I did! :)
P.S.... on the link, it is the first part of the video so no need to search. And if you don't have an account to iBethel.tv, I am not sure if the link will work. But try it out!
Here is the link. Take a few minutes to encourage your spirit, moms! You are truly amazing, and this reaffirmed in me the calling of God it takes to raise children. We are blessed, and by raising children who love the Lord, we are impacting generations we may never see.
ENJOY! I did! :)
P.S.... on the link, it is the first part of the video so no need to search. And if you don't have an account to iBethel.tv, I am not sure if the link will work. But try it out!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Laughter In the Morning
One of my favorite things in the whole wide world is giggles and laughter with my son in the mornings.
Some mornings, just like I do sometimes, Bennett wakes up on the wrong side of the bed. It is so frusterating when you are tired, groggy, and haven't had any coffee, to try and deal with a fussy baby. It starts the day off all wrong.
But on the mornings where he wakes up in a good mood, life is amazing! He is smile-ly, laughing, and snuggles and giggles fill the air. I just love it. It makes for a wonderful start to any morning when Bennett smiles at me. I love that little boy even when hes in a bad mood, but it makes it much more fun to be around him when he is happy!
Some mornings, just like I do sometimes, Bennett wakes up on the wrong side of the bed. It is so frusterating when you are tired, groggy, and haven't had any coffee, to try and deal with a fussy baby. It starts the day off all wrong.
But on the mornings where he wakes up in a good mood, life is amazing! He is smile-ly, laughing, and snuggles and giggles fill the air. I just love it. It makes for a wonderful start to any morning when Bennett smiles at me. I love that little boy even when hes in a bad mood, but it makes it much more fun to be around him when he is happy!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Sneak Peek
Here is a sneak peek at some family photos taken by Josh's uncle this past June. One of these will probably be the star of our 2011 Christmas card :)
This is the cutest one of Bennett...which means even if it isn't the cutest one of me, we have to go with it!
The grandparents- 3 Gillispie generations
Uncle Sean!
Bennett and I... I love this boy so much!
Grandparents, Gillispie brothers, and some of the cousins!
The brothers and some of the kids being goofy! Love this one.
What a great family. Hopefully there will be many more family photos to come with the Gillispie side!
What a great family. Hopefully there will be many more family photos to come with the Gillispie side!
Monday, August 15, 2011
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Mountain Illustration
As Josh and I talked last night, he gave a great illustration of what we are walking through right now.
He went on a midnight hike to Lassen Peak (a 10,457 ft. peak just east of Redding). As he was hiking with his friends, he said "This mountain is like my life right now- my finances, everything." He was saying the hike was so difficult that he was literally lifting his legs up by pulling on his jeans. Every time he got to a small plateau in the landscape, he would wonder how much further there was to go. Sometimes he didn't think he could make it any further. But a friend or stranger would say, "You are almost there". Even when there was a long way to go, everyone kept saying it wouldn't be much further. Finally, at 11:30pm, he made it to the peak. He said that the whole way up, he had seen 20-30 people turn around in defeat. "It is just too hard" they said. When he got to the top and could see out over the entire city, and the surrounding cities, he decided it was well worth the work. He was afraid at first to go all the way to the top, but once he was there, it was worth the fear, too. He said the whole way up he felt like this mountain was happening to him. Once he got to the top, he realized that HE just happened to that mountain!
This is the story of our life right now. Everyday it seems like our legs just can't move any further. It feels too hard. It feels too scary. We are literally begging for the light at the end of the tunnel. Everyone keeps saying, you guys can do it! You are almost there! But our circumstances say we have a lot further to go. We do not want to be the people who turn around halfway there and say, "Its just too hard". We want to be the ones at the top of the peak saying, "This was so worth it!" God has something beautiful in store for us. We have to cling to the possibility that all the trials and storms will be well worth the fight. We won't just let life happen to us. In the end, we will look back and say, "We have happened to our life!"
He went on a midnight hike to Lassen Peak (a 10,457 ft. peak just east of Redding). As he was hiking with his friends, he said "This mountain is like my life right now- my finances, everything." He was saying the hike was so difficult that he was literally lifting his legs up by pulling on his jeans. Every time he got to a small plateau in the landscape, he would wonder how much further there was to go. Sometimes he didn't think he could make it any further. But a friend or stranger would say, "You are almost there". Even when there was a long way to go, everyone kept saying it wouldn't be much further. Finally, at 11:30pm, he made it to the peak. He said that the whole way up, he had seen 20-30 people turn around in defeat. "It is just too hard" they said. When he got to the top and could see out over the entire city, and the surrounding cities, he decided it was well worth the work. He was afraid at first to go all the way to the top, but once he was there, it was worth the fear, too. He said the whole way up he felt like this mountain was happening to him. Once he got to the top, he realized that HE just happened to that mountain!
This is the story of our life right now. Everyday it seems like our legs just can't move any further. It feels too hard. It feels too scary. We are literally begging for the light at the end of the tunnel. Everyone keeps saying, you guys can do it! You are almost there! But our circumstances say we have a lot further to go. We do not want to be the people who turn around halfway there and say, "Its just too hard". We want to be the ones at the top of the peak saying, "This was so worth it!" God has something beautiful in store for us. We have to cling to the possibility that all the trials and storms will be well worth the fight. We won't just let life happen to us. In the end, we will look back and say, "We have happened to our life!"
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