Not Me! Monday

I cannot believe I'm going to own up to these stories, especially the first one! I never ever thought I would do this. Ever!

On Saturday night, I was not so exhausted that I suggested to Jacob as we stood looking at our unmade bed (I had washed the sheets earlier in the day) that we just sleep on the mattress pad with the comforter. NO, I would absolutely never ever stand for such a barbaric idea, no matter how exhausted I am! We most definitely did not follow through with my idea, nope, not us!

Facts: I play the organ at church. I've never had lessons. I don't use the feet pedals. I had piano lessons for 14 years. I've played the piano at church off and on for 8 years and the organ for 1 1/2 years.

During singspiration at church last night, I did not begin 2 (TWO) songs in the wrong key. No, I would never do that! Ya'll know how loud an organ is too. eeERRRAHhhhh! After the initial shock of what I'd done, I did not completely pretend that it wasn't me, hoping that everyone thought it was my sister on the piano or one of the other instruments that had made such awful racket! Nope, not me!

For more great laughs, visit my sister. She's got some great confessions today! ha. MckMama will probably not do Not Me! post today because her darling little boy is in the hospital. Please remember to pray for their family.

Pregnancy Update: 30 weeks

I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by! In a way I'm ready for Lily to be here, but then I think about all the stuff I need to get done...
Thankfully I still have lots of energy and I'm slowly but surely getting things marked off my to-do list.

I'm feeling great except for the occasional backache. Lily is growing alot and moving tons too! At random times I'll have a foot poking out one side of my belly and when we push on it, something pokes out on the other side! It's pretty funny.

I'm so glad that I'm still able to workout about 4 times each week. I'm also still walking about 3 times each week. We've had so much rain, it's been hard to walk everyday.

The nursery has been put on hold since Jacob's accident, but hopefully soon we'll make some more progress! Our goal is to have it done by Thanksgiving.

Lily Grace weighs about 3lbs, like a red cabbage

My Sweet Girl

Last week Jacob and I kept Kaitlyn again for a few days. We had such fun taking pictures!

Me & my girl

I love her like my own.

She's finally walking!

Go Auburn! It's my little brother's cap. Btw, he took all the pictures of me and Kaitlyn! He did a great job.

Eating chips...

Chillin' with Uncle Jacob. She loves him.

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Little Things

My posts this week are going to be kind of short because I'm going to school with Jacob to help him out so his back/ribs can recover. Today I want to share a few little blessings.

::Yesterday I was at my all time favorite store, Hobby Lobby. I was looking for some cool yarn to make several little girls scarves for Christmas. Well, on an end-cap, I found this awesome yarn marked down to .71 cents each!! I was so excited! I love finding deals like this.

::My friends at Mimi's Babies gave me these adorable little socks for Lily Grace. Are they not the cutest things ever?! I just love them. It's so hard to find little girl socks with the sweet lace or crocheted edging.

::The other night I was at Target killing some time while Jacob played at a wedding. At separate times, two different ladies stopped me to tell me how good I looked in the dress I was wearing. It was the sweetest thing! Now, I'm not asking for compliments or anything like that, so please don't think that! I'm sure you would all agree that that would make any pregnant girl's day! It's nice to be assured that you look nice when you're pregnant because you feel so fat (at least I do), and you know that there's a lot more cellulite, uh, flab that clothes hopefully hide! Ha.

I Thessalonians 5:18

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

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Update & Prayer Request

Thank you all so much for your kind comments and prayers for my sweet hubby. He made it through the weekend, which was kind of a big deal because he had three gigs already scheduled that he couldn't cancel.

We went to the doctor first thing this morning. Everything sounded good internally (lungs, breathing, heart, kidneys, etc) and the doctor is pretty sure that Jacob's ribs are cracked or bruised. Funny thing about ribs is that there is really no pain difference whether they are cracked or bruised.

Dr. F didn't feel like it was necessary to do x-rays, which was totally fine with us since we don't have health insurance. He gave Jacob a prescription pain patch to wear on his ribs, pain killer, and an anti-inflammatory. We were so blessed because the doctor gave us tons of samples so we don't have to pay for the prescriptions! God is faithful!

Jacob should be feeling better in a week or two. I'm going to go with him to school as much as possible to help him with the violins and teaching.
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I wanted to ask you to pray for my dear blogging friend Nikki and her family today. Their beautiful Trisomy 18 little girl was born on Friday and spent about an hour with her family before she went to be with Jesus. Today they are celebrating her life and honoring the Lord.

Please keep this family in your prayers, and if you feel led, stop by their blog and leave them a comment or an encouraging Bible verse. I have been following their story since they found out about Johanna's Trisomy 18, and I'm just amazed, challenged, and blessed by their godly testimony through this trial.
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Y'all have a great Monday!

Caffeinated Randomness: Accident

Last night was one of the scariest nights in my entire life. Jacob and I were over at my in-laws for a big surprise birthday party for my brother-in-law.

He was so surprised!

After supper all the guys (there were about 14 of them) decided to play 2-hand touch football in the front yard. They strategically set up three cars with the lights on so the yard would be lit up.

The game was going really well until my dear hubby decided to run a fastbreak (or whatever it's called) down the sideline, which happened to be the edge of the curb.
As I was watching, I knew something horrible was about to happen.
Jacob was running as fast as he could, with bare feet (because he had worn flipflops).
Someone touched him.
He lost his balance and tripped.
Crash!
He slammed extremely hard directly into the front of the pickup truck with it's lights on in the picture.
I thought he had hit his head. I thought he was dead. The full cup of water I was holding was thrown across the yard as I ran as fast as I could over to him.
Praise God he was alive! 
He had actually hit his side and back against the truck. His foot was torn and bleeding, he couldn't breathe very well, and he thought he had some broken ribs. After he got up and rested, he decided that at worst his ribs were bruised or cracked. We didn't check the truck, but with as hard as Jacob hit it, I'm afraid it might've had a dent or other damage.

Thankfully we made it through the night, getting a decent amount of sleep, and he is going to the doctor for x-rays this morning.

I honestly have no idea how people make it when they lose a spouse. Last night, I saw the accident, thought my husband was dead, and had the scene replay in my mind for hours. It was horrible. I can only praise the Lord for his goodness to me and our family.

Today as I care for my dear husband, I am reminded to always be thankful for him, no matter what. And to always remember to tell him that I love him because we never know what can happen.

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Happy Friday! Go hug your family and make sure they know how much you love them!

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful that we had to get up early to go eat breakfast with my in-laws to celebrate my bro-in-law's birthday...otherwise we would've missed this beautiful sunrise!

Today I am thankful that my living room is such a mess...

...because it shows how God has abundantly provided for our needs.

Today I am thankful for odorless garlic and Emergen-C...

...because they have helped keep us healthy (so far) this flu season. Even though we have been around many sick children in the public schools and in 3 different youth orchestras.

Today I am thankful for this verse...

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalm 43:5

What are you thankful for today?