Monday, June 29, 2009
S.S. Quesenberry
We have a new addition to the family...we like to call it SS Quesenberry. We finally found a new car. Since we paid off my car we decided the best thing to do is trade in Joe's truck for me a SUV that we can pay cash for (as Dave Ramsey suggest) and he take the car since he has so much driving to do. We knew we would really like a Tahoe or Suburban. I researched and searched for months and never had any luck. Well, that streak has come to an end because we found what we were looking for. The pictures below are horrible because of the Florida humidity where you walk outside and immediately start sweating, the make up melts off your face, and your hair looks as if you stuck your finger in a light socket! All of that to stay my camera lense fogged up and as soon as I would wipe it sure enough it would happen again. I LOVE my new car. It drives great! We really would have preferred white because 1) I'm a dork and would like to have matching cars and the car is white and 2) it's easier to keep clean. Oh well, my second favorite car color is black. Once we were driving the Surburban we felt a little silly having such a big car for a family of only three.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
$41 formula...
is TOTALLY worth every penny!! As I mentioned in the post below - and many previous posts :0) - Sophie has had a time with her tummy and acid reflux!! We took her to a pediatric GI specialists and she recommended a special formula called Progestimil. It is a formula that you have to special order from your local pharmacy. When I went to order it the pharmacist warned me that it was pretty expensive...$51 for a pound to be exact. Sophie goes through 2-3 of these a week. I've had a hard time with having to stop nursing Sophie. One of the reasons was all the money we were saving by me nursing. Well, this formula just added to the guilt. Anywho...we ordered the formula with mixed feelings of wanting it to work so that Sophie would feel better and not wanting it too because we will be spending more for it than we spend on our own groceries for the week. However, I do think God is watching out for us because it's only $41 instead of the $51...hey, every bit helps!! Thankfully, it seems to be working! Sophie has been feeling much better and spitting up A LOT less! And drum roll please....she has been sleeping great! YAAAAYYYY!!! Today she has taken both of her full two hour naps. Actually she is going on 2.5 hrs for her second one. I can't tell you the last time she took her entire nap with out waking up. AND...she fell asleep on her own both times! I can't tell you how happy this makes me. I know it probably seems like no big deal, but I have worked and worked with Sophie on her sleeping! I hear that babies that suffer from severe acid reflux have a harder time getting on a sleep schedule, but I have been consistent in working with her. I know it's just one day, but it really has given me hope! It's been a good day!
Lots to cover
Geez…there is so much to update on that I don’t even know where to begin. It has been an eventful couple of weeks for us! Sophie has had a really rough time with what I think is her tummy. When I saw rough I mean ROUGH! She was screaming, not eating or sleeping, etc. I counted that from Sunday night through Thursday night of last week I got a total of ten hours of sleep. Ten hours TOTAL! Thankfully Joe saw that I was on the verge of becoming insane and took on a shift at night! We are currently taking stool samples to see if they can find anything. Oh what motherhood requires :)! After going over every possibility I think I may have it figured out; her cereal. Now as to why it is causing such problems. That is where I’m hoping her doctor will help me! She seems to be doing better since I have stopped giving her cereal. Hopefully when we start solids she’ll adjust well to it!
The rest of this blog is going to be pretty transparent. I guess I just need to get some things of my chest and this is a very therapeutic way to do so. I have always heard that when it rains it pours. Well, that has been the case with Joe and me lately. It was been one thing after another and it feels as if we are just hanging on by a thread. I know that it is in these times that God seems to be teaching us. I definitely see where that is the case here. We have faced some difficult and discouraging things which in the end have been a challenge to us both. It has been certain Christian’s actions that have, to put honestly, shocked the heck out of us! We have been exposed to such legalistic, hardened, and disillusioned attitudes. It has been one of the most frustrating times in my life. Mainly because I HATE, HATE, HATE dishonesty. Any form of it! I don’t care how high you raise your hands, that you’re there every time the church doors are open, or how many hours you pray…it is what you do behind closed doors that matter! (Even though I do think the last two are important) It is how you treat your family, wife, kids, etc when people aren’t looking. THAT is what God looks at…NOT the act you put on for the public. Yet these people judge/condemn others and make such drastic statements about other’s spiritual lives. My momma always said that they people that condemn the most usually have the most to hide. I guess Momma is always right :). It does sadden me to see people living this way because I don’t know if they are truly experiencing God’s grace. I know when I was living without giving EVERYTHING to God, where it was more about the “show”, that I was miserable because God couldn’t heal and restore things that I didn’t open up to Him. For those of you that were close to me in college you know that I faced a similar situation then as well. So when I was faced with the same attitudes again I started thinking that maybe God was trying to teach ME something. And he was :0). I realized just how judgmental I could be as well, how I wasn’t extending grace to people enough, and how I answer to God and God alone…I can’t be worried what others may say. As a people pleaser the last one is my biggest obstacle to overcome, but God is helping me. There were times that I wouldn’t stand up for what was right/truth because I was too afraid of what people might think. So God is putting me in situations where I have to stand for truth even when people make me out to be the bad guy. I do believe that there is also grace in standing for truth. I haven’t always been good at this. It seems as if lately I went from never speaking my mind to never being able NOT to speak my mind. This isn’t good either. God is teaching me to keep my mouth shut because He can say things better than I can and to let my actions speak truth by loving and respecting people. However, there are times that you stand up as well. As you can see God is still working :0). Ultimately, I can’t judge. Only God can do that. Now does that mean to turn a blind eye, no!
There is a family that I know God has placed in mine and Joe’s life! I really want to name them because I think they deserve the recognition, but won’t because I don’t want to embarrass them. They have shown us TRUE Christianity! They have shown such grace, unconditional love, and support to those around them. I truly believe that God placed them in my life to show me how to give His love to people! One time when it had become almost unbearable for Joe and I was when Sophie was NOT sleeping AT ALL, my tire had blown – and being the genius that I am I drove on it which shredded it – and while Joe was changing my tire the car fell in his arm. I called them to come watch Sophie while I took him to the ER. Side story…there was nothing wrong with Joe’s arm except it took at chunk of skin out. Tell me that’s not a miracle!! Back to the story…Joe and I were COMPLETELY overwhelmed! We were thinking of all that we had to do, etc. Well, we went and picked up Sophie after getting out of the ER and came back to our house. As we pulled up in the drive way we noticed that our tire was fixed. The man – this man runs his own business and is VERY, VERY busy - had come and checked out the tire that we needed, gone to the store and bought us a new tire, then came back and changed it. I can’t even begin to tell you the relief that flooded over Joe and I when we saw this! I’ll be honest I started crying and even though Joe won’t admit it I think there were tears in his eyes too :0)! Their kindness made us feel like we could make it. Then we walk in the house and noticed that they has straightened up. All of this to say that I think this is what God calls us to do. This is what I think Christianity is!
The rest of this blog is going to be pretty transparent. I guess I just need to get some things of my chest and this is a very therapeutic way to do so. I have always heard that when it rains it pours. Well, that has been the case with Joe and me lately. It was been one thing after another and it feels as if we are just hanging on by a thread. I know that it is in these times that God seems to be teaching us. I definitely see where that is the case here. We have faced some difficult and discouraging things which in the end have been a challenge to us both. It has been certain Christian’s actions that have, to put honestly, shocked the heck out of us! We have been exposed to such legalistic, hardened, and disillusioned attitudes. It has been one of the most frustrating times in my life. Mainly because I HATE, HATE, HATE dishonesty. Any form of it! I don’t care how high you raise your hands, that you’re there every time the church doors are open, or how many hours you pray…it is what you do behind closed doors that matter! (Even though I do think the last two are important) It is how you treat your family, wife, kids, etc when people aren’t looking. THAT is what God looks at…NOT the act you put on for the public. Yet these people judge/condemn others and make such drastic statements about other’s spiritual lives. My momma always said that they people that condemn the most usually have the most to hide. I guess Momma is always right :). It does sadden me to see people living this way because I don’t know if they are truly experiencing God’s grace. I know when I was living without giving EVERYTHING to God, where it was more about the “show”, that I was miserable because God couldn’t heal and restore things that I didn’t open up to Him. For those of you that were close to me in college you know that I faced a similar situation then as well. So when I was faced with the same attitudes again I started thinking that maybe God was trying to teach ME something. And he was :0). I realized just how judgmental I could be as well, how I wasn’t extending grace to people enough, and how I answer to God and God alone…I can’t be worried what others may say. As a people pleaser the last one is my biggest obstacle to overcome, but God is helping me. There were times that I wouldn’t stand up for what was right/truth because I was too afraid of what people might think. So God is putting me in situations where I have to stand for truth even when people make me out to be the bad guy. I do believe that there is also grace in standing for truth. I haven’t always been good at this. It seems as if lately I went from never speaking my mind to never being able NOT to speak my mind. This isn’t good either. God is teaching me to keep my mouth shut because He can say things better than I can and to let my actions speak truth by loving and respecting people. However, there are times that you stand up as well. As you can see God is still working :0). Ultimately, I can’t judge. Only God can do that. Now does that mean to turn a blind eye, no!
There is a family that I know God has placed in mine and Joe’s life! I really want to name them because I think they deserve the recognition, but won’t because I don’t want to embarrass them. They have shown us TRUE Christianity! They have shown such grace, unconditional love, and support to those around them. I truly believe that God placed them in my life to show me how to give His love to people! One time when it had become almost unbearable for Joe and I was when Sophie was NOT sleeping AT ALL, my tire had blown – and being the genius that I am I drove on it which shredded it – and while Joe was changing my tire the car fell in his arm. I called them to come watch Sophie while I took him to the ER. Side story…there was nothing wrong with Joe’s arm except it took at chunk of skin out. Tell me that’s not a miracle!! Back to the story…Joe and I were COMPLETELY overwhelmed! We were thinking of all that we had to do, etc. Well, we went and picked up Sophie after getting out of the ER and came back to our house. As we pulled up in the drive way we noticed that our tire was fixed. The man – this man runs his own business and is VERY, VERY busy - had come and checked out the tire that we needed, gone to the store and bought us a new tire, then came back and changed it. I can’t even begin to tell you the relief that flooded over Joe and I when we saw this! I’ll be honest I started crying and even though Joe won’t admit it I think there were tears in his eyes too :0)! Their kindness made us feel like we could make it. Then we walk in the house and noticed that they has straightened up. All of this to say that I think this is what God calls us to do. This is what I think Christianity is!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Home Sweet Home
We're home!! YAY! We had such a fabulous time out in California!! However, I am happy to be home! We have traveled so much that I am looking forward to being settled. It is only going to get more and more difficult to travel so I am glad that we have had the opportunity to do it.
Gosh, there is so much that we did in CA so I'm not even going to try to get into it all :0)! Sophie and Emma did great together! I was very impressed at how gentle Emma was with Sophie. They're going to be best friends. Here is the link to the pictures of the trip
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=31944994&id=66503049
Gosh, there is so much that we did in CA so I'm not even going to try to get into it all :0)! Sophie and Emma did great together! I was very impressed at how gentle Emma was with Sophie. They're going to be best friends. Here is the link to the pictures of the trip
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=31944994&id=66503049
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