Oh, Sweet Sunday!

Back to School!

Hey there! It's been a few days since my last post, but with good reason! This past week has been insanely busy, stressful, and time consuming as a mom, wife, and student. In my last post the kids were heading back to Mother's Day Out and to Preschool the next day. Oh my goodness did that go GREAT! All 3 of them were ecstatic to go back, and momma was beyond happy to have a scheduled routine back in place! Seeing their faces that first morning set the tone for this year, I can tell it's easily going to exceed all of my expectations! It was a good feeling to have them be in school and me head to my class too, it felt like we'd been doing it that way forever even though it was the first time!

2nd Day of Pre-K!

Thursday was a big day for us because it was the first day that Destiny headed off to preschool alone, meaning without her little brothers! Since she'll be going two extra days every week without them I know this will be an adjustment for all of us, but as far the first day of it went, it was a great change. She was so proud and excited to go alone! On the way to school that morning it was just me and her, when she told me, "I sure hope Ben and Jonas will be okay without me at home with them, I hope they don't cry about it too much Mommy!" Oh let me tell you, watching our kids love each other with such big, loving hearts will melt me every time! Such a beautiful thing as a parent! We made it at home without her, and she made it at school without us! Happy dance!

My girl!

Friday came and went, it was nice after a week of adjustment to not do anything! Cooking dinner was the highlight of my day, and after I put the kids to bed I thought it was just like any other night. My husband and I kicked back, turned on Netflix, and settled in to relax. Somewhere along the way, around midnight, we heard the loudest crash from where we thought was either Ben and Jonas's room or outside because it was so loud. He headed out, and I went in to check on the boys. Jonas had been having some congestion problems and was unsettled and wiggling in his bed, coughing a little, so in fear of waking Ben up and still in the pitch black, I quickly scooped up Jonas and met Andy in the living room.

First ER visit

This is the point when Andy saw us that he realized Jonas was gushing blood from his mouth and it was all over my shirt where he'd been laying his head on my shoulder. Our brains were racing, he must've fallen out of his twin sized bed (hence the loud noise) and hit his mouth (hence the blood). But as we looked closer and tried stopping the blood we realized that yes he hit his mouth, but in doing so he bit straight through his bottom lip into his mouth, and the bottom lip had a huge chunk missing from it. We scrambled around trying to make the best judgement call on taking him to the ER or foregoing it. After all, he is our accident prone daredevil, and is ALWAYS getting himself into bloody/dangerous situations so while we knew that ER trips would be in our future, we just didn't realize the first one would come at 21 months old.

And his first stitches!

We both didn't feel right not getting him checked out, so me and Jonas loaded up and went. We were the only ones in the entire ER that late luckily, and 3 stitches on his bottom lip later, we were headed home. Poor little dude, could barely breathe from his congestion anyway, then they pinned him down to sew his lip back together. While he handled it like a champ, mommy was losing it. Protecting our babies is literally our #1 priority, but for him to get injured this badly while he was asleep was driving me crazy! I spent all day Saturday medicating him and loving on him, and the swelling has gone down drastically and knock on wood, he hasn't tried picking at the stitches or anything yet! So in a week we'll go back to get them out, and hope he doesn't mess with them between now and then!

Church time

I contemplated taking the kids to church this morning or not, after all the past few days had brought. But the same voice I've heard for the past several weeks pulled me in again, I needed to hear the message today, and Andy would be gone to work again, so I got the kids dressed and we went! I'm so thankful I did, not only was it a great message but we also had communion. This spiritual journey I've been on lately has had me viewing things differently than I have before. I'm seeing that the small things that I used to think didn't mean anything, and I'm learning to pray and trust Him for answers, specifics included. As I took communion for the first time with my opened eyes, it was a completely different situation than being a kid and getting handed a cracker and glass of grape juice. There was a message behind this, there was symbolism, it was a very good feeling to take it and actually FEEL the meaning of it!

Sunday you are SO sweet. It's a day when our only plan now consists of worshiping together and resting. So much has changed in such a short amount of time. A day that used to mean nothing to me other than the day before Monday is one that brings me whole hearted joy. And tonight as I set here writing, the Dallas Cowboys game on in the background, and my heart as full as I could hope for, I can easily say I'm ready for Monday because of how sweet our Sunday's are now. (Even if I have been praying for a much less dramatic week next week!) I hope you all had a great weekend and are ready to face the new week tomorrow as well! Spend the time we have wisely! Talk to y'all soon!