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B and i got the most incredible advice
from a couple we had the privilege
of getting to know last year.
they, too have a child with special needs
and the wisdom they provided for us
has been an incredible blessing.
one of the many, many insightful things they said
was to be sure to spend one-on-one time
with your typical children.
and so last week, K and i had the privilege
to go on a trip.
together.
just us girls.
and yes, as you can guess,
it was incredible.
we got to visit my sister and her hubby and baby boy
and then we headed to a bridal shower in Alabama
for my other sister.
i hope and pray
that there will be more.
many more of these special trips to come.
it was an absolutely delicious time.
here are a few of my favorite moments from the trip:
waiting for K to wake up from nap
a red front door
snuggling up with my favorite girl
the sounds of classical piano music
hearing moos out the window
coffee drinking without anywhere to go
organized closets
snuggling up in a yellow blanket
kissing K awake
B held down the fort with both boys
and a lot of help from my dad.
and K and i traveled to four new states.
we headed to:
Tennessee
Kentucky
Alabama
then Georgia.
many, many more photos to come.
stay tuned.
and somehow,
(i have no idea how)
this little blog
was nominated for the
best family blog
on apartment therapy.
feel free to vote here.
(you have to sign-in first)
The LORD does not look at the things man looks at.
Man looks at the outward appearance,
but the LORD looks at the heart.
1 Samuel 16:7b
1891. our Hope
1892. brand new leaves on our trees
1893. cookies after a warm lunch
1894. wisdom from others
1895. seeing God work through my Bible study
well, last friday was a bust.
B was helping me
pack up the kids
and the lunches
because somehow we were already
incredibly late for the day
and it wasn’t quite 8am.
i thought that B made D’s lunch
until i looked in D’s zipped up lunch bag
to discover remnants from yesterday’s lunch.
(B made the littles’ lunches.)
i can’t even imagine how D would have reacted
if he had gotten his lunch from the day before.
and it was nearly left in the car
and would have come with me to L’s school.
then, only once we arrived inside the gates of D’s school,
i realized that i had forgotten that it was school spirit day.
and to finish off this day,
as D was going to bed,
he was crying because i never showed up
to teach art class that afternoon.
there was a schedule change and i hadn’t realized it.
oh man.
i am not perfect.
not even close.
head over to Danica’s linked up post
picture me {im}perfectly
is a weekly project to reveal
that we don’t have it all together.
i will post a
picture me {im}perfectly
blog post every wednesday
where you will be able to link up to your blog
revealing that:
you are not picture perfect,
your kids are not picture perfect,
your house is not picture perfect,
your crafts are not always picture perfect,
let’s
encourage,
inspire and
remind
other women
that none of us have it all together.
add my button to your blog post
and link up to your direct posting
and feel encouraged.
For our light and momentary troubles
are achieving for us an eternal glory
that far outweighs them all.
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen,
but on what is unseen.
For what is seen is temporary,
but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17, 18
1886. being reminded by the children
1887. the light through the thick trees
1888. a little one who goes right to sleep
1889. being back to the grind
1890. a normal week
the biggest dude has been quite busy as of late
with birthday parties nearly every weekend.
i guess that’s what happens when you start going to kindy.
the latest one was a spy party and it was requested
that D dress up in a disguise before going to the party.
so what did we do?
we got out our trusty sombrero, of course!
who would have thought when i brought that home for B as a joke gift
twelve years ago
that this hat would have come in handy as much as it has!
i did his mustache with mascara this time.
worked much better than
the eyeliner we used last year.
oh how i love that little arm around me.
I sought the LORD, and he answered me;
he delivered me from all my fears.
Psalm 34:4
1866. great hats
1867. special events
1868. invitations
1869. spending one-on-one time
with each of the kids
1870. good advice
my sweet little love and i
get to go swimming
every week through his school.
it’s this amazing built-in program
that so completely blesses us.
we swim in an indoor pool that is around 92 degrees.
yeah, it’s nice and warm.
and this is how we
wash our hands,
wash our hands,
wash our hands
this is how we wash our hands in the pool.
and this is how mommy
gets her workout,
gets her workout,
gets her workout
this is how mommy gets her workout in the pool.
we swim
and we float
and we play
and we sing.
it’s the best kind of therapy.
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity,
but a spirit of power,
of love and of self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
1846. how the pioneer woman inspires me to cook
1847. my new chopped salad
1848. great get-togethers
1849. big puffy clouds
1850. exciting golf tournaments
remember
from last week?
well, here’s the scoop.
L works hard.
he works really, really hard.
he has hours of therapies each and every day
and he’s progressing,
it’s just a very slow progression.
but a progression, none-the-less.
and our little man
is obsessed with walking.
and by obsessed
i mean that he wants to walk
every second of every day.
so B and i hold his little body up
and we walk.
together.
and when it’s dinner time or bath time or just
not-time-to-walk time
he cries.
and cries.
because he just wants to walk.
but the thing is, he can’t walk.
not by himself.
that is, until now.
God has provided a gait trainer (a walker)
for our little L.
something we had only dreamt of getting him.
we got the initial pre-authorization
right before Christmas
from our new amazing health insurance
and you better believe
i did everything i could
to get things lined
up as soon as possible.
we were told that it would take
“months and months”
but we crossed all of our “t”s and
dotted all of our “i”s as fast as possible.
and exactly
ten days
after we placed the official order,
yes, just ten days,
this amazing new piece of equipment
was delivered to our home.
i know.
our home.
and there’s more.
(isn’t there always more when it comes to God?)
L’s PT was here for the big reveal
and was able to watch
this life-changing experience
alongside all of us.
and now we have it
and it’s ours
and L couldn’t be happier.
seriously.
i didn’t know he could be a happier kid.
until now.
the joy is just seeping from his little body.
his little
getting-closer-to-walking-independently
body.
and my favorite part?
my absolute favorite part?
holding his hand.
while he walks.
it’s incredible.
So neither he who plants
nor he who waters is anything,
but only God,
who makes things grow.
1 Corinthians 3:7
1821. L walking by himself
1822. recognizing the blessings this life
1823. the noisy stomping of feet
1824. dance parties
1825. holding L’s hand
