An Apple A Day...

Keeps the doctor away. Not today. Today was doctor visit day for Benjamin because we got so sad every time we looked at our poor baby. I gave his eyes a couple of days to clear up with no avail, so we got up bright and early {well, Hubby got up SUPER early, for us anyway} and headed out to see what was wrong with our baby.



You can kind of see the red ring beneath his right eye there. It's kind of chapped I guess you'd say. Anyway, the doctor checked Benjamin {who was very good-natured and sweet through the whole process} out and said that this was not mere allergies. Benjamin has an eye infection {or in both? dunno}, nose infection, and on top {or really, bottom} of all that, he has a stomach virus. The stomach virus seems to be very tame as he hasn't had too much of a problem with that, so the doctor said to just let that run it's course.




The infections, on the other hand, we have oral medicine and some ointment for his eyelids. If that doesn't clear him up, then they will have to give him some antibiotics I believe. We'd rather not go back, because as I mentioned before, we are having insurance problems and I don't want to be spending so much out of pocket. Today they were really nice to work with us and I am so thankful. God takes care of us, always. I am so thankful.



Benjamin is resting now, but hopefully when he wakes up he will be feeling well enough to eat something. He hasn't been eating well lately, because of the stomach bug I'm sure. I think after a while I am going to take some allergy medicine and work in the yard some. I know, any of you who really know me will be really shocked to hear that, ha! But I've been wanting to get out all year, but it has just been back and forth with the weather. I think we are out of the chill zone so we should be good!



Keep my Benny in your prayers, please! Y'all are so sweet with your comments. Thank you for thinking of him! I hope you all have a blessed day!

Mommy/Wife MD

Today has been so tiring. I have been Doctor Wife and Doctor Mommy all day and I am pooped. Having both my boys sick is not fun at all. Hubby, thankfully, seems to be doing better this evening. He slept a lot today and I think that must have really helped.

Benjamin, on the other hand, had diarrhea three times today {having puked once on Sunday}. We dealt with Ben's insurance today and apparently for some odd {infuriating, unknown} reason, Benjamin is not covered with insurance. So we have to go and pay out of pocket when we take Benjamin to the doctor tomorrow. This is the first time we are having to do this since birth so I suppose it isn't too bad, and it could be worse, so I'm keeping my chin up, or trying to. It's just really frustrating when a company either loses or misplaces information when it has to do with covering your child!

Anyway, keep our sweet boy in your prayers. He just doesn't feel well. He has goopy eyes, a rash on his face, red rings around his eyes, and like I said, diarrhea. I just hate to see him feeling so ill. He hasn't been eating a lot today, which if you know Benjamin, is very rare.



Thanks for any prayers, friends!

Things I Say To Benjamin Daily...

"Benjamin, please don't touch that..."



"Benjamin, no sir..."



"Do you need a nap?"



"We don't touch things on the wall, Benjamin, they can hurt us." {Electric Outlets}



"Come on out of there..."



"We don't touch the trash, the trash is yucky."



"Don't eat that, it's yucky!"



"Don't scratch, baby, you'll bleed!"



"When mommy says not to do it, that means don't do it."



"I love you, Benben."

rambling.

I've been trying to figure out what I wanted to talk about tonight, because I felt like after a break from Blogging I should at least attempt to come up with something. I toyed with the idea of doing a post about why we don't celebrate Easter {or Christmas, for that matter} as a religious holiday. But I believe that I'm going to save that for another occasion, after I do a bit more studying on the matter. Right now our house is coated with nasty pollen. Benjamin and Hubby are both being beat down by the nasty stuff. Surprisingly enough, I haven't had such a problem. Perhaps it is the fact that last night I took some Benadryl and when I woke up, I took an allergy pill. Please keep them in your prayers. It's hard when both my boys are sick!

I'm really excited for a few reasons. You know those diaper straps I made? Well my new love for sewing has inspired me to think about opening an etsy shop. Right now I am trying to perfect my talent, which is probably impossible, but I can work toward it! But in the future I really would like to do this.

Another thing is the possibility of one of my lifelong dreams coming true. There were very few things I wanted to do with my life when I was growing up. One was country music star {funnily enough, I'm not a country music fan now}. Another was Marine Biologist {I have a water phobia}. And the one I have always really loved to think about was becoming a published author. Being at the Lectureship last week has really inspired me to work toward this.

This past week also lead me to realize a number of other things. One in particular being at how great and awesome our God is. How loving and caring He is in that He always provides for us a way even when we don't know we need one. He knows our needs before we even know we have a need, and He takes care of us. He opens doors for us and I am so thankful! Now, I know this may come as a surprise to some, but I don't believe that miracles still happen today. I believe that some things people call miracles is actually God's providential hand. I do believe in providence, firmly and honestly. Perhaps another post in the future will go more in depth about my beliefs about miracles.

But not right now. Right now I am thinking about the future. And I am so excited.






These pictures were taken on our long drive home from Memphis last Friday. Benjamin was looking at his "Bible for Babies" book, which we bought at the bookstore at the Lectures. It was just a very sweet thing to look back and see, I just couldn't help but to capture the moment!

I hope you all had a very blessed Lord's day, and have a wonderful week to follow!

Bible cover tutorial

I may or may not be addicted to sewing.

Last night I decided I was going to sew a cover for my Bible... and so this morning, that is exactly what I did.





And since I didn't use a tutorial or pattern, and since I decided to make another cover for my smaller Bible, I created a tutorial to share with you all.

Introducing, my very first sewing tutorial!












lemme know if you make one!

a recap.

This past week was so very uplifting. It was well worth every stretch of road that we traveled {9hrs to and from, give or take - mostly give}. It was well worth every nearly sleepless night for one reason or another. It was worth every blister on my foot that came from walking from school building, to Fellowship hall, to Auditorium... over, and over, and over.

I saw wonderful old friends and met wonderful new friends, and it was just so overwhelming almost to be with so many people of like faith. I love being a member of the church of Christ. I can't wait to be in heaven with all my brothers and sisters in Christ, and this past week was a reminder of that! I am so blessed with so many wonderful, loving friends and family.

And the lessons... oh, I wish you all could have been there to hear the lessons!

Here are some pictures from the week:

The drive up was beautiful... here are some pictures as we were driving through Alabama.



Here's Benjamin's napping arrangement for the week:


Benjamin absolutely loved class! Of course, he was very ready to be with us when we came to get him, but he had a lot of fun, and even got to wear a name tag!


Benjamin also went swimming for the first time in a real pool!







We got to spend a lot of fun with our roomies, Micah, Justin, and this darling girl, Reagan!







I do have a few more, but I'm saving them for later posts. So now you have something to look forward to! I know you're excited!

Now we are slowly working our way back to the normal routine... I am so ready for Benjamin to be back on his normal napping schedule!

I'll write more about the lectures later this week.

I can't believe it!

This is unheard of. I haven't posted anything all week. I meant to, I really did. I had planned to post every day about what I learned that day during the lectures... or at least let you know how we were getting through our days. However, we were just so busy and so tired at the end of the day that believe it or not, blogging was far from my mind.

Tonight, though tired, we have nearly packed everything up and gotten them ready to go to the car tomorrow. We leave in the morning, heading back to life as usual. I'm sad that the week is ending, but really needing to get back into the regular swing of things. This night and the last have been the only two that Benjamin has gone down in his pack-n-play. I'm ready to sleep in my own bed with a comforter that will reach my chin without pulling.

I didn't take very many pictures, either. While that is something that I really truly enjoy, I enjoy listening to God's word and fellowshipping with God's people a lot more! I will share the few pictures I did take at a later time though. In fact, there are a few things I will share with y'all, but right now... I am dead tired.

And I will have to catch up on all your blogs this weekend, too!

I hope you all had a fantastic week! For all of you who we saw or met in Memphis, see you next year, Lord willing!

Keep us in your prayers as we travel, please!