"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
matt 13:44
It was so nice out yesterday and she was feeling so great when she got up from her nap. I decided it was pool time.We don't have a yard yet, all we have is a little apartment deck so i just put her in her suit, which she hated the top- and put her in a little plastic container i had with some toys & water. She really had a great time. She looked so cute in her bikini!
Here she is havin' a good ol time. I LOVE this weather. i can't wait to have a yard. course then it's freezing today. I've got to get to packing for the trip to France anyway - no pool today.
Lucy has not been herself since i took her for her shots on Thursday last week. She had a little cold when we went but, she just got worse and worse. She spend most this weekend looking like this. This is a bib i made for Chloe back in November and Lucy wasn't really cooperating with trying it on for me. Monday night was the kicker. We were up every 2 hrs with her and she wouldn't even nurse she would just cry unless she was sitting in front of her video. Even then she wasn't happy. She wasn't eating and i was just freaking out that something, having to do with the shots, was terribly wrong with her. I woke up Tuesday feeling like i had been rolled out of my pasta machine so Brian called the doctor for me and took her. Sure enough she has an ear infection in BOTH ears! I'm so glad i didn't go, they had to get all that wax out of her ears and Brian said she was screaming the whole time.
We are leaving for France Monday and i was just panicked about taking a sick baby on that plane! Since she came home from the doctor and is on her antibiotic she has been back to good ol smily Lucy. Man i missed this kid. Here she is dancing to the Gilmore Girls ending tune - or more like doing some aerobics. She loooves to dance to anything, even when my phone rings.
Please pray for our trip. I am still nervous about getting on the plane with her over night. I am so excited to go to France to see my in-laws but its the getting there that i'm nervous about. Pray that i will have Peace that night and be kind to Brian. When i don't get sleep i turn to a crazy woman and i'm soo mean. Don't know how that man stays with me day after day!
Here you go Heidi. The recipe you were waiting for. I have been craving won-tons like no body's business! oh my gosh it's insane! Kim and i made these last week. We made a plate full then had enough to freeze for later. I um, made them the next day..... i know what you are thinking not the best fuel for making baby parts huh? i know. save it.
(i used the foil around the stove top cause i hate getting oil on my oven.. yuck!)
I had been having some trouble with my hip and knee last week and one night was so bad that i was crying from the pain. Good ol Tylenol was doing nothing for me! Brian gets up with me and looks up Ibprofen on line to see "just how bad" it was for the baby. He said it was more a 3rd trimester thing and it had to do with the baby's heart rate or something like that. Anyway he says cause the pain was so bad that i could have one with my Tylenol to see if that helped. I swear i never do anything unless Brian says it's ok. then i guess i can blame it all on him right?
crying from terrible pain joy: i just don't want to hurt the baby. Brian, i would feel terrible if something happen cause i took the Ibprofen this one time.
in his most sarcastic tone brian: Joy, one Ibprofen is not going to hurt the baby, you are doing worse things by eating all those won-tons
so there you have it... Well i stopped crying and tried some silly defense about my wontons. it was so lame i can't remember it now. here is the delicious recipe Kim and i (and Brian if he'll admit it) enjoy. trust me they won't last long. delicious!
Nothing makes me want to blog more than clipping my nails and having a cup of Clover coffee. i love the way my fingertips feel on the keys.. ahh it's the little things. My sweet husband who has been working so hard at doing school every free moment and watching Luce when i'm exhausted, went to The Good Cherry this morning to finish some stuff up. He called on the way home to check on me and brought me a cup of Clover. I love you sweetie!
So here's our Easter pictures. I got the idea to make Lucy and i matching shirts to wear to church. I have been so lazy lately i didn't think i would actually get around to it. But lo and behold, since i picked an easy pattern idea. I got it from the pillowcase dress idea, and added some pockets. It was super easy. Course mine looks more like a moo-moo than a shirt but hey i'm pregnant right so who cares?? Lucy just looks adorable. Brian loved the way her dress looked on her. She has been sick with a cold and fever for a few days so she wasn't extra happy yesterday morning.
Brian and i have been talking about Easter a lot this Lenten season and really wanting it to be a special time. We both grew up in the church hearing about "Jesus died on the cross for your sins". As wonderful as it was to grow up in family's that taught us that, you just become callused to hearing about it. I was just hating the fact that Easter wasn't really affecting me as i hoped. I was longing for feelings of thanksgiving, awe, humility and all that goes with understanding that - Jesus really did die on the cross for my sins and for my soul! We went to the Tenebrae service at Grace which was amazing. A very quiet, dark service. Like a memorial for Jesus reading thru the passion story.
We had decided to watch The Passion, which has got to be the hardest movies to watch. Brian and i aren't ones to watch a graphic violent film unaffected. But this was something we chose to watch, trying not to shut our eyes the entire time.
I had prayed earlier Saturday that He would impress on me the importance of Jesus death and give me a sense of thanksgiving for it. HE totally came thru for me while we were watching the movie. I'm sure the pregnancy hormones were helping too, but i couldn't stop crying the entire time. The strongest sense i had was just deep sadness that this horrible death of precious Jesus was truly the ONLY WAY for us to have life. My awareness, respect & connection with Mary was so different this time, because it was the first time we had seen it since Lucy was born and i was totally there with Her. Man, that actress that plays Mary is soo amazing. I will never see Mary any other way.. I am so thankful that Mel Gibson chose to make that movie. Beside the fact that it is the story of our faith, it is really well done. I want to encourage you, if you were also having trouble this Easter to "get into the season" to watch this movie. Trust me i was praying to Jesus to help me get thru the movie the entire time and it is NOT FUN. but the blessings i received from watching it were so worth while! There is this part in the beginning that keeps sticking in my mind. He's in the garden praying and Satan is saying stuff like, "do you really think this will work? you really think you can save their souls?" He was not just afraid of what would happen to him, he was carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders.
***BEFORE YOU WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO...We had an art exhibit at our church about Easter and i wanted so badly to participate. The only thing that kept coming to mind was the U2 song - Until the end of the world. It was written about Judas betrayal. I wanted to do something with it but couldn't think of what. Someone has dubbed it over clips of The Passion movie and it is AMAZING. I spent the entire 4 min crying.. I'm posting it here but i'm warning you, don't hit play until you are ready. If you have a queasy stomach (pregnant friends) don't watch it. If you haven't seen the movie and are wondering if you should, Candace, you may not want to start with this. If you love U2 and have seen the movie, say a quick prayer to make your heart ready. It may even help you see Judas in a different way - then hit play.
Because Brian and i worked hard to prepare our hearts for long awaited Easter Sunday, we both enjoyed the most amazing Easter we ever have. He actually went to a sunrise service then we went to our church, Grace Ev Free. The songs that we sang made me weep the entire service and the joy i felt knowing that Jesus had answered my prayer with establishing the importance of His sacrifice in my heart was so special. We have this tradition of flowering the cross. It was so beautiful. Everyone brings flowers and we are dismissed by rows to put our flowers on the cross. This is the best picture we got. Lighting isn't best.
If you have gotten this far, thanks so much for reading my Easter journey. I will treasure this year in my heart and hope every year i will reflect on His death and resurrection in a new way. Easter is so important.
