preface: this post will not be in the usual font that comprises the rest of my blog. it is late....i should be asleep... i can't figure out what is going on....i don't care.
the afternoon was spent with family [kendall's sister and her boyfriend]. the conversation was rich and incredibly pleasant.
this evening was spent at a healing prayer service our church just began last week. you know when you hear a message and you are thinking "ok God, i get it, you are totally speaking directly to me"...yeah that happened tonight. i listened, i prayed, i cried. it was such a beautiful evening. the thunder and rain outside added to the refreshing environment of prayer and fellowship inside. the Lord gave to me Psalm 66. the last part is my favorite:
Come and hear, all you who fear God,
and I will tell what he has done for my soul.
I cried to him with my mouth,
and high praise was on my tongue.
If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
But truly God has listened;
he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Blessed be God,
because he has not rejected my prayer
or removed his steadfast love from me!
God is so good...even in the midst of struggle. he is teaching me to believe and not to fear. to choose faith and not so easily listen to lies. i fear way too much, but He still loves me and is so patient and willing to walk through this struggle with me. i love my daddy.
you know how music makes the mood for a moment. well, as we were driving to dinner after the prayer service, this song made my drive. the air was crisp and everything just felt alive after receiving some much needed rain. the sun was setting and the smell of the earth was so invigorating. i had to drive with the windows down. Loudon was in the back just cooing away. anyways, this was the song that made the drive. i saw this band a few months ago and have recently gotten into their cd. enjoy:
dinner, which began around 8:45pm was the perfect ending to this saturday. a handful of my friends went and enjoyed some incredible sushi [this is the one thing i missed the most while being pregnant. i am so thankful that it is back in my life]. we had a hilarious waitress who adored Loudon [i mean who doesn't?] kendall and i spilt 45 pieces. yes, you read that right. we love us some sushi. furthermore, don't get in the way of a nursing mommy and food [totally serious...have any of you seen me eat lately?....scary]. after our bedtime routine...Loudon was out as soon as his head hit the mattress and kendall and i settled onto the couch. the karate kid was on tv [one of kendall's favorite movies]. i admitted i had never seen it [not on purpose...just so happened i made it 26 years without ever catching it]. i planned on heading to bed myself about an hour ago, so we dvr-ed it [however, i am still awake....blogging]. i plan on watching it tomorrow, as well as posting some pictures of the baby shower gifts i made and my incredibly precious son.
love this post! question.. how do you do it all? better yet.. have days like that.. staying out.. being around people... dinners? I am finding it such a production when we just go to the shops to pick a couple things up.. tips please.. what do you take with you? what are you MUST HAVES? i'm just trying to get into the brains of mom that have days like this.. because i can sometimes feel trapped.. and so tired i'm in bed by 7pm.. help a momma out.. hahah and breastfeeding in public.. how do you do it? i panic and sweat every time..and Marley def picks up on that!
ReplyDeleteyou are so precious!! trust me, i do feel like it is a production most of the time. i get stir crazy staying at the house, although most days getting out of my pj's is all i manage. i have a moby wrap and we love it. if i go in any store, i must have that. i put him in and he usually falls asleep within 10 minutes. even if he wakes up, he just hangs out...looking around at everything (he is in this stage where the world is finally coming alive and he is so into looking at everything!). it is a ton easier when i go places with kendall or when friends will be around. if that is the case (going somewhere where friends will be) i usually just keep Loudon in the car seat, because I know that everyone will want to hold him. he is usually good at meals. every now and then he starts crying because he wants to be held. we get him out and pass him around the table. again, he just wants to look around, so he just sits on our leg looking all around. it took some time to get comfortable with going out and about, and there are still times where i do not feel like going anywhere with him cause it is too much of a hassle. slowly but surely i am getting more comfortable with it all. Moby, pacifier, a few toys, an extra onesie, diapers, wipes, socks, and changing pad are my must haves, although he is falling in love with his thumb and the pacifier is slowly getting phased out.
ReplyDeletethe breastfeeding in public thing has been a relatively new venture for us. i try to plan our outings around feedings so we can just nurse at home, but that sometimes is not the case. i let Loudon feed on demand (but he is pretty much every three hours on the dot), so a whip out my nursing cover and nurse. i have found that i actually like nursing out better. while i nurse at home i seem to focus and think too much about the logistics of nursing and how long he nurses for. when i am out, i seem to relax more and just hang out with friends and let him do his thing. i know that may seem backwards, but i hope it makes sense. nursing cover and receiving blanket are vital for me when breastfeeding out and about.
hope this helps liz!
did i miss the pictures of the gift?
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